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Traditional girls name

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BuffyFanForever · 07/02/2022 12:14

Hi all I have 2 boys and boy girl twins on the way. Totally stuck on girls names. Looking for something traditional, the boys all have biblical names. Thought I’d throw it out there incase anyone has any good ideas! Irish Catholic family so Mary seemed a tad too traditional!

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BlueChampagne · 09/02/2022 11:30

Then there's always the feminine version of male biblical names:

Michaela
Gabriella
Petra
Joanna
Josephine
Christine/a

BuddhaForMary · 09/02/2022 09:41

Came here to say Tabitha, I see you already love it Smile

Alrightqueenie · 09/02/2022 08:25

Angelina as an alternative to Angela
Angelique

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BuffyFanForever · 09/02/2022 07:50

Thanks again everyone, some really lovely names on here 😊 half of them taken by cousins etc but my other half is loving Tabitha and I am really liking it too. If I didn’t have an Auntie called Angela I’d also love that!

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frazzledfragglefromfragglerock · 08/02/2022 19:32

@BuffyFanForever

Hi all I have 2 boys and boy girl twins on the way. Totally stuck on girls names. Looking for something traditional, the boys all have biblical names. Thought I’d throw it out there incase anyone has any good ideas! Irish Catholic family so Mary seemed a tad too traditional!
Frances. My favourite traditional name.
narcdad · 08/02/2022 18:59

Louisa
Ellen
Catherine
Elizabeth
Jane
Sarah
Elenor
Helen
Jennifer
Alexandra

FloraPotts · 08/02/2022 17:52

Yes viques , thanks to this thread , I am thinking back fondly to my school days and girls called Theresa, Bernadette, Rosemary, Dorothy, Angela, Colleen, Elizabeth thanks to this thread Smile

heelforheelandtoefortoe · 08/02/2022 17:50

Grace
Eve
Eden
Gabriella

viques · 08/02/2022 17:26

What a thread full of lovely names! Why would anyone want to lumber a child with a youneeq name that will plague their life when there are so many beautiful names to choose.

And a few more

Theresa
Judith
Andrea
Helen
Julia
Katherine
Elizabeth
Naomi

RestingStitchFace · 08/02/2022 17:21

Not massively knowledgable on my biblical names but here goes:

Ruth
Naomi
Esther
Mary and variations thereof - Maria, Marie, Marianne etc
Angela ( derived from Angel so counts!)
Eden
Elizabeth
Rachel
Sarah
Eve
Hannah
Magdalena

FloraPotts · 08/02/2022 16:56

Fenella
Martha
Louise
Maude
Esther
Beth (Elizabeth)
Katherine

Alrightqueenie · 08/02/2022 16:48

Anna
Ruth
Hannah
Christina
Alexandra
Angela
Bernice
Carmel
Daniela
Deborah
Abigail
Esther
Delilah
Irene
Elizabeth
Margaret
Naomi
Tabitha
Joanna
Chloe
Lydia
Bethany

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BuffyFanForever · 08/02/2022 14:35

Thanks all! Some good suggestions!

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Meadowblossom · 07/02/2022 22:30

Olive (would go well with your Biblical boys)
Isolde (from the Arthurian legend)
Mercy
Joy
Sarah (Biblical)
Honor

crabette · 07/02/2022 22:25

Jacob
Eva
Elijah
Hannah

Laureatus · 07/02/2022 22:14

I'm and Elizabeth and honestly think it's the perfect girl's name. As a more unusual choice, I know an Atarah it's a Biblical name I wasn't familiar with at all and very rare!

35andThriving · 07/02/2022 22:12

I second Lucy as a suggestion.

Mumofgirls2017 · 07/02/2022 21:55

My favourite traditional names

Clara
Anna
Eva
Julia
Helena
Penelope
Martha
Esther
Eliza
Florence
Dorothy
Louisa

Chakraleaf · 07/02/2022 20:51

Leah?

caringcarer · 07/02/2022 20:50

Hannah Mary

DueyCheatemAndHow · 07/02/2022 20:43

We have a Dorothea, Greek meaning God blessed

Luredbyapomegranate · 07/02/2022 20:39

Susannah
Serena (a lovely virtue name)
Lois
Elizabeth nn Lizbie, Libby, or BUFFY ofc
Annalisa (blending your biblical names)
Constance
Anna or Annis
Rosanna or Annabeth, Annabel
Sarah nn Sadie to jazz up if you like
Shoshanna
Hope
Theodora (gift of God)
Dorothea (means similar I think)
Sophia (wisdom)

I really like Tabitha

I will be honest and say Ruth just makes me think of a dog barking, and I know Nora is being used again but it sounds like snore and reminds me of 1940s spinsters (not the cool resistance kind, the cardies in bed kind)

BunnyRuddington · 07/02/2022 17:05

*and

Sunnyday321 · 07/02/2022 17:04

No witches cat thoughts from me .

BunnyRuddington · 07/02/2022 17:02

I really like Tabitha abs definitely wouldn't think "witches cat" if someone introduced me to a new baby Tabitha.