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Help my friend make up her mind!

27 replies

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 23/07/2020 16:57

My friend's baby girl is a couple of weeks old and she and her husband can't decide on a name! They had a very small shortlist before she was born, but they've now gone off those names and the DH is a bit old-fashioned with what he likes. Nothing too "modern" and nothing too frilly and flowery are the criteria. Names that have been considered but rejected so far are:

Annabel
Charlotte
Rosemary
Rosalind
Amelia (and all variations thereof)
Alexandra
Miranda
Jessica

They have a monosyllabic surname and have decided that they want something longer for the first name. Any suggestions?

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FizzyGreenWater · 24/07/2020 20:38

Josephine might fit the bill, it's lovely, traditional, not too flowery but long, and has several good short forms (Josie, Jo, Jojo, Posy, Tansy)

Spied · 24/07/2020 15:49

Hermione
Anastasia
Jemimah

mintich · 24/07/2020 15:46

Georgina
Francesca

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 24/07/2020 13:16

See, I like Miranda because it's Shakespearean - ditto Rosalind, Viola, Cordelia etc. The only one I wouldn't go for is Goneril, as it sounds like an STI.

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Maduixa · 24/07/2020 11:53

Anthea
Ariadne
Calista
Celia
Cordelia
Fiona
Ginevra
Lydia
Margaret
Marian/Mariana
Marina
Miriam
Nadia
Nicola
Serena

Tallace · 24/07/2020 11:24

Eliza
Abigail

Onthedancefloor · 24/07/2020 11:21

Elizabeth
Constance
Honoria
Lorelei
Monica
Eugenia / Eugenie

jassa090 · 24/07/2020 11:19

Miranda just reminds me of that god awful comedian. The rest are good.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/07/2020 11:19

Laura
Ellen
Catherine

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/07/2020 11:18

Clare
Louise
Georgina

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/07/2020 11:17

Elizabeth
Abigail
Victoria
Hannah
Martha
Francesca
Christina
Rebecca
Jennifer
Alison

Lurleene · 24/07/2020 10:52

Tabitha

Onestepup · 24/07/2020 10:30

Louisa
Rebecca
Meredith
Julia
Caroline
Rowena
Alexandra
Phoebe
Philippa
Victoria
Diana
Georgina
Melissa
Rachel
Selina
Maria
Naomi

zincchannel · 24/07/2020 09:57

Madeleine
Rhiannon
Clarisse
Gabrielle
Lilliana
Adelaide
Samantha
Annika

17caterpillars1mouse · 23/07/2020 19:02

Clarissa
Talitha
Juliette
Dominique
Audrey
Hazel
Adeline
Rebecca
Abigail
Susannah
Jocelyn
Madeline

FawnDrench · 23/07/2020 18:39

Octavia
Cosima
Francesca
Genevieve
Artemisia
Susannah
Rosanna
Roxanna

Standrewsschool · 23/07/2020 18:02

Victoria
Harriet
Josephine
Lucinda
Vivienne
Veronica
Adelaide
Penelope

SweatyAndyFromWoking · 23/07/2020 18:02

Isabelle
Laura
Georgia
Abigail
Tessa

flooredbored · 23/07/2020 18:00

Lucinda
Nerissa
Verity
Marina
Victoria
Lydia
Silvia
Juliet

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 23/07/2020 17:58

Some of those are already the names of friends and relatives of theirs, but there's some nice suggestions there. I especially like Felicity and Matilda. I will put them to her!

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lilylion · 23/07/2020 17:57

Joanna
Corina
Michaela
Rowena
Elena
Eliza
Melissa

MrsGilly1 · 23/07/2020 17:52

Abigail
Aurora
Beatrice
Beatrix
Callie
Darcie
Eleanor
Emmeline
Evangeline
Evelyn
Felecity
Florence
Freya
Georgia
Harriet
Heidi
Hermonie
Imogen
Isabella
Izolda
Jemima
Jessica
Madeleine
Matilda
Megan
Nellie
Olivia
Ophelia
Penelope
Rosalie
Scarlett
Sophia
Violet
Zadie

Somethingvague · 23/07/2020 17:26

Olivia
Camilla
Georgina
Harriet
Juliette
Louisa
Bianca
Claudia
Antonia

Whatsyourflava · 23/07/2020 17:21

Felicity
Coralie

Whatsyourflava · 23/07/2020 17:20

Clementine
Delilah
Roxanna
Ottilie
Jemima