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Refine my girl list

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:33

Please help me refine my (far too) long list of girl’s names - any awful connotations I should know of?! Current favourites in bold.

Ada
Eliza
Elizabeth (Libby)
Fern
Freya
Georgina (Georgie)
Harriet (Hattie)
Lara
Maggie
Mara
Megan
Molly
Nora
Ottilie (Ottie/Tillie)
Penelope (Penny/Nell)
Phoebe
Sadie
Tabitha (Tabby)

Thanks! X

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:59

@jumperoozles thank you! I’ll take out Ada as don’t want something too popular. I would prefer a ‘long version’ of Maggie but detest Margaret, maybe I’ll delete that one too.
love Etta/Ettie - maybe full name of Henrietta could work?

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User6761 · 04/06/2022 19:59

My favourites are

Mara
Libby
Nell
Norah (looks unfinished to me without the h!)

Not so keen on Elizabeth or Penelope as full names though - too long for my tastes.

The only one of your list I dislike is Tabitha.

Good luck choosing!

jumperoozles · 04/06/2022 19:53

Ada - lovely but v popular (I'm a nursery/EYFS teacher)
Eliza - lovely
Elizabeth (Libby) - lovely and growing in popularity
Fern - love this
Freya - very nice
Georgina (Georgie) - nice but prefer Georgia
Harriet (Hattie) - gorgeous, this is my favourite
Lara - Lara Croft association? But again I like
Maggie - cute but a bit nicknamy? would Margaret be an option as a full name?
Mara - don't like sorry!
Megan - a bit 90s for me! Have lots of friends called Megan my age (30s)
Molly - don't like sorry!
Nora - loveeeeee this. I know the cutest little Nora. But do prefer the spelling Norah
Ottilie (Ottie/Tillie) - too popular atm, a popular blogger has just named their baby this so expecting quite a few to start school in a few years time
Penelope (Penny/Nell) - cute!
Phoebe - don't like sorry!
Sadie - don't like sorry!
Tabitha (Tabby) - cute

How about some of these:

Heidi
Bonnie
Ettie
Etta
Ciara
Millie
Margot (love this name)

DowntonCrabby · 04/06/2022 19:49

Eliza
Sadie
Nell
are my favourites

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:49

@TeddyTonks definitely! I would love to have 1-3 and was hoping posting here I’d be able to rule some out quickly!

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Frenchyfrog · 04/06/2022 19:46

Libby is lovely (will always remind me of neighbours!). Ottilie is certainly not pretentious! It’s very popular at the moment.

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:45

@halfsiesonapotnoodle thank you! Lara is one we both really like

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TeddyTonks · 04/06/2022 19:45

I just find Penelope overly frilly and fussy tbh. Sorry that's not very specific, but when I had my long list I sort of appreciated negative opinions to help me slim it down 😂

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:43

@TeddyTonks thank you! Is there anything in particular that makes you think that about Penny? I’ve never considered it ‘wet’ but may be going name blind!
Libby is my favourite today but may be jubilee influenced and wonder if Elizabeth will see a surge this year?!

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HisHX · 04/06/2022 19:40

@CatSeany oh I love Evelyn/Evvy / unfortunately it doesn’t go with our surname at all or else the list would be even longer! I do really love Ottillie but DH worries that it’s pretentious and faddy

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halfsiesonapotnoodle · 04/06/2022 19:40

Fern and Lara are lovely. The rest I'm afraid I'm not keen on, or are really boring.

TeddyTonks · 04/06/2022 19:39

Lara, Sadie, Elizabeth (Libby) and Harriet would be my shortlist from your picks.

Some of the others (for me!) are too fussy. Penny is very wet.

CatSeany · 04/06/2022 19:37

Eliza, Freya, Ottillie (especially love the nicknames you've listed for that) and Phoebe.

We called our girl Evelyn, but our older boy struggles to say it so she gets called Evvy at home which we also really love. If you'll need to shorten it for any reason it's worth loving the shortened version too.

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