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Chic girls names

81 replies

ThrillTheaker · 17/05/2020 11:46

Looking for help with girls names. I'd describe the style name I like as quite chic sounding but not too frilly or flowery. Nothing too popular like Grace, Ava, Isla etc, prefer known but unusual/less used names.

Names I have so far in order of preference are:

Claudia (the 'lame' meaning doesn't bother me)
Felicity (I see this is rising in popularity though)
Bianca
Sylvie (DH's suggestion)

In addition, if anyone could think of any similar to this list that we could consider, fabulous x

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ElectricTonight · 18/05/2020 13:42

Love Felicity
Trinity
Ariadne
Arabella
Clementine
Harriet
Jessica
Klara
Laurel
Mirin
Penelope

Everdreamer1990 · 18/05/2020 12:33

Beatrix

My little girl is called is called Marnie. I've always loved to the name it sounds trendy old-fashioned but it's not common.

ThrillTheaker · 18/05/2020 12:31

Thanks so much for all the suggestions. Some absolutely gorgeous ones there x

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Edenember · 18/05/2020 12:19

Sylvie is gorge 💕 cute on a little one, sophisticated on a lady

florascotia2 · 18/05/2020 10:33

Thank you very much indeed, whatausername. I intended no offence or prejudice. As you say, it's all about what I considered to be chic - a sort of simple restrained elegance. My answer would have been totally different had the original poster said ' what names do you consider pretty, for example, or feminine, or fashionable, or daring .....?'
It would be the same for clothes, or interior decoration. For example, I don't consider tea-dresses or 1950s style frocks particularly 'chic', but I might well consider them 'pretty' or 'striking'.

It's all a matter of personal taste, and the use of words. No judgement or criticism whatsoever. And most certainly not prejudice.

whatausername · 18/05/2020 00:42

@ShagMeRiggins Although it was arbitary, it did come across pretty clearly as @florascotia2 interpretation of chic - she even named a designer who she finds chic and what the associated aesthetic suggests to her. Opinion yes, prejudice no.

Whatsyourflava · 17/05/2020 23:44

Felicity is my favourite from your list - perfect !

Jemima
Clementine
Margaret
Edith
Greta
Martha
Wren
Margot

Ellmau · 17/05/2020 23:34

Camilla
Damaris
Alexandra
Helena
Serena
Marina
Marianne
Eleanor
Gabrielle
Verena
Victoria
Aster
Catherine
Katharine
Cassandra
Nona
Laura
Antonia
Constance
Diana
Judith
Ingrid
Ariadne
Hero
Juno
Hermia

ginandoreos · 17/05/2020 23:27

I have a Sylvie - we get so many compliments on her name. We don't know any other Sylvie's - apart from once I heard another parent call it at the swimming pool! It means 'of the forest'.

MaMaMyCorona · 17/05/2020 23:25

Saskia, Sasha, Anna, Cordelia, Vivien, Giselle, Odette

ShagMeRiggins · 17/05/2020 23:20

Absolutely no names ending in 'elle' or 'ella' Hmm

But by all means bring on Jane and Helen.

(Both lovely names. I have an aunt called Jane and my MD is a Helen. But what an arbitrary prejudice.)

FizzyGreenWater · 17/05/2020 22:44

Chic - to me, would definitely be short and crisp rather than flowery, and grown-up, not cute or frilly. Bianca and Felicity would be the opposite of chic to me!

Anna
Blythe
Jean
Sylvie
Saskia
Honor
Hebe

all good

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 17/05/2020 20:50

Audrey

Womanlywiles · 17/05/2020 20:35

Raphaela
Georgina
Fabienne
Clare
Ines
Gioia (Joya)
Jacqueline
Justina/Justine

I think simple or classic names are always chic such as:
Catherine
Anna
Camile
Celeste
Serena

sunnywatermelon · 17/05/2020 19:58

whatausername

Okay. Have a nice day Thanks

NameChange84 · 17/05/2020 19:44

Nadine
Estella
Beatrice
Annabel
Cleo
Carenza
Eloise
Helena
Tanith
Ariane
Celeste
Antonia
Henrietta
Liberty
Georgiana
Adriana
Adrienne
Bethan
Talia
Constance
Patience
Serena
Miriam
Alexis
Cassandra
Calista
Brianna (Not especially chique but perhaps better than Bianca!)
Anoushka
Lucille
Lucinda
Rosamund
Rosalind
Vita or Vida
Juno

TazSyd · 17/05/2020 19:37

Bianca is a bit chavy. Same goes for Chelsea.

whatausername · 17/05/2020 19:37

Perhaps, but given this is forum is in English there's no reason to suppose the average reader knows Spanish. Might as well have just said 'pene' is Spanish for 'penis' so I find it amusing how MNers suggest 'Penelope' so often. Otherwise, it can seem like showing off or drip-feeding.

BikeRunSki · 17/05/2020 19:36

Gabriella
Francesca
Charlotte

audreyand · 17/05/2020 19:34

Estelle
Coco
Elise

Toilenstripes · 17/05/2020 19:33

Hazel and Pearl are not chic!

Margot
Marianne
Domino
Ines

sunnywatermelon · 17/05/2020 19:21

*whatausername
*
Years ago when I was in my teens, a family on our street got a Spanish au pair. Since we were similar ages we eventually became friends and the girl she looked after was named Penelope, she pointed it out to me as she thought it was funny and it stuck with me. There's no bilingual showing off or penis obsession going on.

35andThriving · 17/05/2020 19:12

whatausername, thanks. I didn't know that. Smile

florascotia2 · 17/05/2020 19:03

It all depends on what you mean by 'elegant'. I think of someone like the designer Jean Muir - strong shapes, pure lines, no frills, no fuss, no irony....

Following that, the sort of names that follow are plain, strong and simple.

Jean (as above) or Joan,or Jane, Mary, Honor, Faith, Agatha, Agnes, Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne/Anna, Helen, Judith, Bridget, Catherine, Emma....there are others.

Latin and ancient Greek names can be elegant, but not if they are fussy.

Absolutely no names ending in 'elle' or 'ella'. No supposedly 'unique' names (no name is unique unless freshly-minted) .

No European or other culture names names suddenly discovered and used out of context: Eloise, Ottilie etc. Brilliant if they are from your heritage, but otherwise...

Very very sorry if this sounds impolite.

whatausername · 17/05/2020 19:03

@35andThriving and @Ohtherewearethen the PP is just trying to show off that she knows "penis" in Spanish. She could be bilingual or she may simply be especially fond of the word "penis".

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