Thoughts on these girls names

I like Astrid best. Not keen on Lavinia (purely because she was a mean character in one of my favourite childhood books!!) but I love Livvy as a shortening for it. Along the same lines, I also love Laetitia, with Lettie as a shortening.

Anais - English people will mispronounce
Ophelia - agree
Leonie - DH thinks chavvy, I think he’s wrong - love this name
Poppy - like don’t love - ditto
Flora - really like it, but the spread - not so much
Florence - could be shortened to Flora - reminds me of Italy, not a bad thing
Posy - not my fave
Lavinia - too much, agree
Dolly - too kitsch? LOVE
Astrid - too Nordic? also love
Viola - pretty
Marielle - I know it’s not but sounds a bit made up? Marinelle nice too
Agnes Reminds me of a name from handmaids tale
Agatha - too granny - shortened to Agy?
Petra sweet
Delphine - too much - my eyes just want to say dolphin
Hattie - fave
Iris - too like isis? Nice

How on earth is Leonie chavvy? That's moronic.

I would say Leonie and Viola are my favourites of your names. They're both fairly unusual too. Viola is so much nicer than Violet (fusty, Victorian) - Viola is Shakespearian, also a lovely flower as well as a musical instrument. You will need to get the pronunciation pinned down though! I believe the Shakespeare character is VY-oh-la, so like Violet, just with a different ending.

I dislike both Agnes and Agatha, as I find the 'ag' sound really harsh.

You've got a bit of a Nordic/Germanic vibe going on... Have you considered Freya? Viking goddess of... war?

From your list, I like Ophelia and Leonie. Leonie WAS a little bit chavvy 20 years ago, but I feel like it's moved away from that now.

What about verity?
I like Agnes and Iris best from your list.

Anais - it will be mispronounced.
Ophelia - too much - Yes too much.

Leonie - DH thinks chavvy, I think he’s wrong.- He is right.
Poppy - like don’t love. I think its ok as a nickname. I would not name a child this.
Flora - really like it, but the spread. - I don't like it.
Florence - could be shortened to Flora. Not a nice name at all. I can never understand why so many seemingly like it. I guess it will in time be a Lauren type date and easy to date its popularity.
Posy - No - Its terrible.
Lavinia - too much - yes.
Dolly - too kitsch? - yes. Margaret is better and Maggie is better still.
Astrid - too Nordic? - A lovely name.
Viola - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Marielle - I know it’s not but sounds a bit made up? - No.
Agnes - No.
Agatha - too granny - you are right.
Petra - I really like this name.
Delphine - too much. I like this name too.
Hattie. My favourite. I love it.
Iris - too like isis? - I would never have made the association.

I did Twelfth Night at school too!
Mar-eye-ah not Mar-ee-a.

I think Viola tends towards Viler depending on accent.
I know a Wiola, hence my question (- the ?) about how you'd say it.

There are lots of lovely Rose names you could 'shorten' to Rosie.

Rose
Rosa
Rosalie
Rosanna
Rosalind
Rosamund
Rosemary
Rosemarie

I don't think Leonie is chavvy - there were a couple at Uni and they were all quite posh.

Anais is gorgeous, but will be mispronounced. I think Florence is more likely to become Flo than Flora. I like Iris, I don't think people will think of ISIS.

I like Viola too (Vye-luh, rather than Vee-oh-luh - the instrument is the latter and the name the former according to my year 9 English teacher when we studied Twelfth Night).

I really love Agnes and Agatha. You could even have Agatha nn Hattie, I think. Also consider Annis.

Also love Petra. And Harriet nn Hattie. I wouldn't give Hattie as her full name.

I have an Iris and a Viola, I didn’t think of ISIS really and no one has ever said anything. I would have called my third child Agatha had he been a girl!
I really like Astrid too.

Anais - English people will mispronounce.
They will and it's annoying having to correct people, and they don't like being corrected. Not keen anyway.

Ophelia - too much.
Too much.

Leonie - DH thinks chavvy, I think he’s wrong
It has two ways of saying it Lee-un-y or Lee-OH-nee. A no from me.

Poppy - like don’t love
Me too

Flora - really like it, but the spread
Love

Florence - could be shortened to Flora
why bother. Do you like Flo?

Posy
no

Lavinia - too much
Lav?

Dolly - too kitsch?
Fine

Astrid - too Nordic?
Astride.

Viola
Vee-ola or Vi-ola

Marielle - I know it’s not but sounds a bit made up?
ok

Agnes
A bit frumpy

Agatha - too granny
Wagatha

Petra
Rose red city

Delphine - too much
Dolphin

Hattie
nice

Iris - too like isis?
too old lady

My favourites from your list are Poppy and Iris - both gorgeous.

Least favourites are Dolly and Agnes.

Anais - English people will mispronounce They may not know HOW to pronounce it - but you can tell them and they'll remember.
Ophelia - too much agreed
Leonie - DH thinks chavvy, I think he’s wrong Seems fine to me - it's just a normal French name.
Poppy - like don’t love Reminds me of US President Bush I, aka "Poppy Bush"
Flora - really like it, but the spread I like it too.
Florence - could be shortened to Flora Prefer Flora - or maybe Fleur?
Posy not a fan - reminds me too much of posing
Lavinia - too much It's classic.
Dolly - too kitsch? Nickname territory for me.
Astrid - too Nordic? I know an (American) Astrid, and she is always hard at work telling everyone it's AWE-strid, not ASS-trid. And that's even before we talk about whether the second syllale is TRID vs TREE. I'd consider Ingrid or Sigrid to like the vibe but avoid confusion.
Viola Musical instrument.
Marielle - I know it’s not but sounds a bit made up? It's not, but are you going to enforce the traditional pronunciation (mar-YAY)? British people will likely say mar-EE-ell.
Agnes A love it or hate it name.
Agatha - too granny French jeweller, for me.
Petra I like it.
Delphine - too much How? I really like this name.
Hattie Not a fan. Harriet or Hatice, nn Hattie - OK.

Of your list it would be Delphine (Orphan Black fan)

Rosalie nn Rosie as your DC likes it and it's a lovely name.

Rosalie Faye

Suggestions: Marina, Martha, Rosa, Saskia, Tessa?

I really like Rosie! I think Iris, Agatha and Agnes are my faves from your lists. Lavinia is awful but the rest are all quite nice.

Astrid is a beautiful name but as a pp mentioned The Office has ruined it a bit

These are my favourites. Im Not keen on any of the Others

Anais
Ophelia
Leonie
Flora
Florence
Marielle
Agatha
Petra
Iris

How about

Margaret nn Maggie or Peggie
Edith nn Edie
Sadie
Pearl
Delilah
Jemima

Love Florence Ophelia and Hattie

I love the name Leonie, I find it beautiful and not at all chavvy.

I like Astrid and wonder if you would also like Ingrid or Sigrid.

If you like Agnes and Agatha, what about Aglaia? Or Ines which is a variant of Agnes.

Flora is lovely. I prefer it to Florence.

I like a lot of the names on your list, OP, I have a few of them on my own.

Ophelia - wouldn’t say it was too much, but it has sadly been forever ruined for me after hearing “Ophelia tits”.
Lavinia - not too much, it is BRILLIANT!
Astrid - wonderful, strong name, but it looks like it’s going to become jolly popular soon, if that bothers you.
Viola - love it.
Marielle - very pretty.
Agnes - quite cool, but a bit on the ugly side.
Agatha - yes, witchy, ugly and granny-like to my ears. Zero sex-appeal.
Petra - love it.
Delphine - sublime.
Iris - ha ha, your isis comment made me laugh. No, I’d never thought of the similarity between the two names, you’re safe. I like it.

Some others we are considering are Ingrid, Gaia, Greta, and Vida.

I like Flora a lot. And Iris. I also have a sneaking love of Posy. It’s traditionally short for Josephine, I think. I like Viola, but there will be pronunciation issues. I like the others apart from:
I strongly dislike Ophelia. Not Dolly. Not Astrid.

Camilla
Larissa
Marianne
Dorothea

Anais - quite like but agree it’s doomed to be mispronounced in the U.K.
Ophelia - no - too frilly, tragic association and not that unusual nowadays

Leonie - not chavvy imo but I’m not especially keen
Poppy - no, cutesy and twee
Flora - it’s fine but I’ve always found it a bit heavy sounding
Florence - nice name but too popular for me
Posy - far too twee for me; can’t picture it on a grown woman
Lavinia - too severe sounding (like a fusty old aristocrat) and I don’t like the ‘lav’ sound
Dolly - not keen. Better as a nn for Dorothy.
Astrid - OK but I think it’s having a ‘moment’ right now
Viola - really like this; makes a refreshing change from über-trendy Violet - but pronunciation could be an issue
Marielle - quite like Meriel but not keen on this - a bit frilly
Agnes and Agatha - too frumpy; less ‘granny chic’ than ‘grumpy old great aunt’!
Delphine - very pretty; unusual and sophisticated but without the pronunciation issues of Anais
Hattie - like if short for Harriet
Iris - really like this; simple and elegant and I love the meaning and goddess link

My shortlist would be Viola, Iris, Hattie (Harriet) and Delphine.