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What do you think of these names?

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timeisnotaline · 24/08/2021 06:06

My girls name list is all over the place, which you can see - thoughts on these?
Audrey
Clementine
Charlotte (Lottie)
Persephone (love Percy as a NN)
Clothilde
Penelope (Penny- hmm)
Dido
Ida
Elizabeth (Elsie?)

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bewitchingnight · 24/08/2021 09:11

I absolutely love Clementine and Penelope (both are on my list). Also like Audrey and Charlotte. Not so keen on the others!

Amz6219 · 24/08/2021 09:06

I only like:

Charlotte (Lottie)
Penelope (would NN Nell)
Ida

I like Eliza as well, but not Elizabeth

OneAugustNight · 24/08/2021 07:43

I like Charlotte and Elizabeth.

Dido is awful and I don’t like Persephone.

Milkbottlelegs · 24/08/2021 07:43

Audrey - love
Clementine - love
Charlotte (Lottie) - nice enough but a bit boring
Persephone (love Percy as a NN) - posh, which is fine if you don’t mind that. I don’t like Percy for a girl though.
Clothilde - I don’t know how to pronounce this. Looks like the name of a cleaning product
Penelope (Penny- hmm) - love
Dido - dildo
Ida - eiderdown?
Elizabeth (Elsie?) - love Elizabeth, not a fan of Elsie though. I don’t love any of the nn to be honest but it wouldn’t put me off the name.

Standrewsschool · 24/08/2021 07:41

Audrey - sounds drab to me (apart from Audrey Hepburn)
Clothilde - never heard of. How is it pronounced - Clot-Hide, Cloth-ide, Cloth- Field
Dido - Dildo

The other names are lovely, and a nice mix, including unusual names but known.

RavenclawsRoar · 24/08/2021 07:37

I really like Audrey - to me it's so elegant and I don't understand why it's not more popular these days! Clementine and Persephone are both gorgeous- possibly prefer Persephone purely because I don't like Clemmie as a nn (sounds like clammy!). I love Penelope and Elizabeth- both classic, beautiful names - you can't go wrong there. I don't really like the others.

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timeisnotaline · 24/08/2021 07:12

@MysteriousMonkey does your friend have other children? What are their names? (Can’t be more outing than Persephone!) I’d love to understand what kind of names people think it goes with since I have two boys already

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timeisnotaline · 24/08/2021 07:10

@PostMenPatWithACat fair point, by nn I mean what we would call them. Once they get to school I know anything goes for the other kids.

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Cam2020 · 24/08/2021 07:10

I like Persephone (will she forever be called Percy-phone though?), Audrey and Elizabeth.

Dido is the worst idea ever for reasons stated above.

Starryskiesinthesky · 24/08/2021 07:08

Charlotte and Penelope are nice.
Elizabeth is ok.
Dido is too close to Dildo.
Others are not too my taste.

Bobbybobbins · 24/08/2021 07:07

Not keen on Persephone, Clothilde or Dido but like all the others.

GoodnightGrandma · 24/08/2021 07:05

Dido is too like dildo.

PostMenPatWithACat · 24/08/2021 07:04

I'd take out clothilde, Dido and Ida.
Please bear in mind op that parents do not create or control nicknames. Peers do.

MissyB1 · 24/08/2021 07:00

From your list I like
Audrey
Penelope
Elizabeth

All lovely names.

supagrrrr · 24/08/2021 07:00

I love Clementine from that list.

pilates · 24/08/2021 06:58

Elizabeth nn Eliza is my favourite
Charlotte is nice but dislike the others

MysteriousMonkey · 24/08/2021 06:13

Persephone is lovely, a friends daughter is Persephone and it just really suits her. I also really like Elizabeth, although I prefer Beth, Eliza and Betsy as diminutive.

The others are okay, except Dido which just makes me think Dildo, and Ida which is in too many 'who is it?' type jokes.

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