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Girls longlist

38 replies

Mizzler · 17/08/2020 20:53

Here is our longlist for DC2. If it's a boy, he will be Magnus Jago. Please give me your opinions! (And any other suggestions you think I might like.)

Imogen
Eloise
Rosa
Beatrice
Cassia
Ariadne
Romilly
Elowen
Orla
Rosalind
Aoife
Josephine (Posy)
Allegra

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sorryforswearing · 28/08/2020 00:56

Rosa is my favourite from your list.

SleepingStandingUp · 28/08/2020 00:04

Imogen love
Eloise really like
Rosa really like
Beatrice love bit prefer Beatrix
Cassia really cute
Ariadne love
Romilly no
Elowen love
Orla no
Rosalind no
Aoife only if you're in Ireland, otherwise lifetime of pronunciation issues
Josephine (Posy) no
Allegra car. No.

Leilani?
Ariana?

namenerd · 27/08/2020 23:58

*I meant Cassia- it autocorrected!

namenerd · 27/08/2020 23:58

I absolutely adore Eloise, Cassie and Romilly!

I like Josephine but personally prefer Josephina and similarly I like Rosalind but prefer Rosalina and prefer Beatrix to Beatrice. We clearly have very similar taste :)

My suggestions are Eleanor, Cecily, Evangeline, Maeva, Cara,
Shauna and Nessa.

ZebraKid71 · 27/08/2020 17:17

I love Cassia and Ariadne. Your list is very similar to mine, with the exception of Imogen, it's nice but very popular in my area at the moment.

Catwoman1985 · 27/08/2020 10:59

I love Beatrice, Ariadne, Orla and Aoife

theresaplaceforus · 27/08/2020 10:43

Imogen - ok, quite pretty
Eloise - dislike
Rosa - pretty
Beatrice - nice
Cassia - ok, different, quite like it
Ariadne - gosh please no
Romilly - no
Elowen - no
Orla - no
Rosalind - ok
Aoife - no
Josephine (Posy) - prefer Posy on its own
Allegra - ok

CatRamsey · 27/08/2020 09:34

I like:

Imogen
Eloise
Ariadne
Elowen
Orla

CaffiSaliMali · 27/08/2020 09:13

There's a lot of crossover of our lists

Imogen - Parker-Smythe. Not for me.
Eloise - nice
Rosa - gorgeous
Beatrice - not for me
Cassia - lovely
Ariadne - nice
Romilly - lovely
Elowen - lovely
Orla - lovely
Rosalind - lovely
Aoife - lovely
Josephine (Posy) - nice
Allegra - not for me

My non-Welsh shortlist is Rosa, Lyra and Juliet. The long list includes Orla, Aoife, Elowen, Cassia and Romilly.

Other names on my long list:
Rosalie/Rosemary/Rosanna
Evangeline
Aveline
Louisa
Natasha
Susanna
Verity
Naomi
Iseult
Isabel
Ishbel
Morven
Eilidh

MintyMurray17 · 27/08/2020 08:29

I love your list! Lots were on my own list Smile

My favourites are:
Eloise
Cassia
Ariadne
Romilly
Elowen
Aoife
Allegra

Other suggestions:
Autumn
Elspeth
Emmeline

sunyla · 27/08/2020 01:14

Imogen - Pretty name but also sounds strong.*
Eloise - Not a fan of Eloise.
Rosa - Such a beautiful name!
Beatrice - One of my favourite names.
Cassia - I don't hate it but don't like it either...
Ariadne - Whilst it looks pretty I'm not actually sure how to pronounce it?
Romilly - Never heard of it but is really pretty!
Elowen - To me it sounds like a baby trying to talk, sorry.
Orla - Gorgeous!
Rosalind - I love Rosa but dislike Rosalind.
Aoife - I have no idea how this is pronounced but I see it a lot online so I assume it's just not common where I live?
Josephine - I really don't like Josephine. Sounds equivalent to a Karen to me... Grin
Allegra* - I used to not like this name but now I love it.

Suggestions:
Elena
Rosemary
Beatrix
Penelope
Aria
Mila
Josie / Josey
Sofia

XGOLDEN · 22/08/2020 18:35

Love Imogen!!!

Mashingthecompost · 22/08/2020 18:27

I like Romilly but not Milly, if that doesn't bug you then no worries. I know an Aoife who's great.

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 19/08/2020 23:06

Imogen Love
Eloise Ok
Rosa. Ok
Beatrice. Ok
Cassia. Not sure
Ariadne. No
Romilly. Love
Elowen. Love
Orla. Love
Rosalind. Love
Aoife Ok
Josephine (Posy). Love
Allegra. Not sure

3rdNamechange · 19/08/2020 14:49

Leisl
Lyra
Shoshana

17caterpillars1mouse · 19/08/2020 14:36

Imogen - I want to like it but all the Imogen's I've met have been a bit snobby, mean girl esque

Eloise - pretty just not my style

Rosa - I like it, prefer it to Rose but prefer Rosalind and Rosalin to Rosa

Beatrice - nice but I prefer Beatrix

Cassia - not a fan

Ariadne - I find it a bit meh

Romilly - don't like, sorry

Elowen - lovely. I also love Olwen

Orla - very pretty, I prefer Orlaith spelling though as autocorrect seems to often correct Orla to Oral

Rosalind - beautiful. My favourite from your list

Aoife - lovely

Josephine (Posy) - love it and Posy. Also like Sephie and Joey

Allegra - not a fan

MikeUniformMike · 19/08/2020 14:20

@irishmammy85,. I appreciate that they are different names but they sound almost the same.
babynamesofireland.com/aoife
GENDER: Girl | Female

IRISH NAME: Aoife
PRONUNCIATION: ee + fa”

ENGLISH: Eva, Ava

Annierose293 · 19/08/2020 12:44

Imogen - Not one of my favourites.
Eloise - Love this. I also really like Eloisa.
Rosa - I love all "Rose" names so this is one of my favourites from your list. I also really like Rosanna and Rosabella.
Beatrice - Neither like nor dislike.
Cassia - I quite like this.
Ariadne - Not sure how to pronounce this, but love Ariana/ Arianna and Ariella.
Romilly - I quite like. Could be shortened to Romy or Milly.
Elowen - Pretty.
Orla - Not sure about.
Rosalind - I like, and could be shortened to Rosa.
Aoife - Love this.
Josephine (Posy) - I'm not keen on, but like Posy.
Allegra - Reminds me of the car my Dad had in the 1980's.

I also really like
Primrose
Seraphina
Carolina
Clarissa
Lucinda
Mariella
Genevieve

Viviennemary · 18/08/2020 21:24

Rosalind best

Rosa
Eloise v nice too

Don't like Imogen at all
Aoife not keen

Rest are fine

Shayisgreat · 18/08/2020 21:21

I like Orla, Aoife, and Rosa best from your list.

Other possibilities
Niamh
Anna

irishmammy85 · 18/08/2020 21:00

@MikeUniformMike no they are not the same. They are very clearly two different names!!

MikeUniformMike · 18/08/2020 13:38

@irishmammy85, isn't it pronounced Ee-fa? And doesn't that sound like Eva?

irishmammy85 · 18/08/2020 11:12

Aoife is not like eve or evie!! It has an ffffff in it... ee-f-a

Anyway I like it

MikeUniformMike · 18/08/2020 10:33

Imogen - fine but I don't like Immy
Eloise - yet another El- name? Louise and Louisa are much prettier
Rosa - great
Beatrice - fine
Cassia - bark. No.
Ariadne - no. Too much. Will be Ari
Romilly - no. Too surnamey
Elowen - L. Owen - prefer Lowenna.
Orla - Orla bout nothing? Orla quiver?
Rosalind - beautiful
Aoife - yet another Eve, Evie ...
Josephine (Posy) - fine but prefer Jo or Joss as nn
Allegra - lovely. will be Legs or Al.

Whatsyourflava · 18/08/2020 07:55

Imogen is my favourite and it's very underused these days compared with ten years ago
Ross also lovely
Elowen is bottom for me as it'll be Ellie and there's loads of E names
Allegra I also really dislike

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