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What girls names do you consider 'frilly'

36 replies

emmie841 · 21/01/2021 10:48

Interested to know x

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sleepingfox · 21/01/2021 19:02

Evie, Tilly, Daisy, Annabelle, Millie, Isabella, Lacey, Bella.

VanillaAndOrange · 21/01/2021 18:38

Melissa, Jessica, Arabella, Belinda, Emmeline, Gabriella, Tiffany

...and for older people, Cynthia!

Edenember · 21/01/2021 15:28

Ottilie, Romilly... almost anything with the ‘illy’ sound shared with frilly (but only polysyllabic ones for some reason.) Also names like Aurelia, Emilia. I like the name Cecily and it would have a family connection but the frilly thing puts me off. However I love Arrietty, one of the very frilliest names of all... makes no sense.

Luckyelephant1 · 21/01/2021 15:14

Anything ending in -issa or -cilla or -elia such as Larissa or Priscilla or Cordelia.

Most names with 4 syllables or more.

PattyPan · 21/01/2021 14:54

Lacey
Darcy
Lettice
Ottilie
Florence
Mia
Lily
Evie
Alice
Poppy
Maisie
Daisy
Imogen
Lola
Nancy
Jasmine
Felicity
Flora
Patsy
Bonnie
Summer
Delilah

ParisJeTAime · 21/01/2021 12:08

Arabella
Amelia / Emilia
Rosabella
Aurelia

Why do you ask? Are these names you like or names you are seeking to avoid? Some people love the frill! I'm not entirely against it myself, although I probably wouldn't choose one of the ones I've mentioned.

DecemberSun · 21/01/2021 11:50

I came here to say Felicity but someone got there before me.

Jemima
anything with a hyphen

KirstenBlest · 21/01/2021 11:49

Anything with two syllables or more that has silent letters.
Vivien - K, Vivienne - a bit frilly
Isabelle, Annabelle - both frilly

Names that have an ee sound in, or seem just a pile of vowels.
Ameeeeelia
Aureeeeelia
Elodie
Ottilie

Names that are OK but are spoilt by adding another syllable to.
Julia - fine, Juliana - frilly
Lilian - fine, Liliana - frilly
Georgina - fine, Georgiana - frilly

Calmondeck · 21/01/2021 11:43

Agree with @LittleGwyneth that the -Lou, -Mae additions make names far too frilly for me. Emmy-Lou, Gracie-Mae etc.

A lot of ie/y ending names sound too frilly IMO: Macy, Lacy, Evie, etc

CourgettiSpaghetti · 21/01/2021 11:16

Felicity
Jemima
Clarissa
Josephine

LittleGwyneth · 21/01/2021 11:13

Anything hyphenated, the -lou -may -rae - belle ones most of all.

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