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Girls name- classic but not “try hard”

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Cinnabomb · 08/03/2022 11:40

Looking for inspiration! I am soooooo fussy about names and have read pages of threads here. I would a name that is classic, that most people would have heard of/ know how to spell, but is not popular. I reeeeally don’t like the current trend for very frilly/ over the top sounding names (sorry, just an opinion!)

I like:
Rosalind, Susannah, Alexandra (maybe a bit too popular), Juliet,

Dislike: Ottilie, Amelie, Freya, Ophelia, Verity, the whole Ada/Eva, Ivy Evelyn set etc

Margot, Clara etc becoming too popular

Don’t like too complex names like Arabella, Genevieve,

So if there is anyone left I haven’t offended would be great to hear your thoughts! 🙈

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Cinnabomb · 08/03/2022 11:46

Phillipa on the maybe list

I see Amelia as very similar to the current overly vowel heavy names eg Amelie, as above. Just my opinion of course I understand lots of people like them.

Katherine, like Elizabeth, is a bit too popular for my liking.

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FebruaryRainandSleet · 08/03/2022 11:46

I would imagine that Sarah, Helen, Elizabeth, Rebecca are all fairly underused by now.

Jk987 · 08/03/2022 11:43

Rachel, Philippa, Katherine, Amelia

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