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Long elegant non-frilly girls names

110 replies

PrimroseWharf · 27/07/2022 09:24

What sort of names come to mind with this description?

Long (with nickname potential)
Elegant/classic (nothing made up)
Feminine yet strong (not too ‘frilly’ sounding)

I have some ideas of my own but don’t want to sway anyone so would just like immediate thoughts.

Thanks! 😄

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UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 27/07/2022 11:39

Josephine is the first one that came to mind.

Vivienne
Genevieve
Constance

virginqueen · 27/07/2022 11:27

Elizabeth
Alexandra
Harriet
Imogen
Georgia
Lydia
Melissa
Olivia
Rosanna
Tabitha
Florence
Beatrice
Victoria

minipie · 27/07/2022 11:08

Hermione
Genevieve
Anneliese
Adeline
Eveline
Artemis
Eloise
Ariadne
Meredith
Gwendolyn
Ferelith
Rowena
Victoria
Imogen

SapphosRock · 27/07/2022 11:01

Rosemary (Rosie)
Evangeline (Evie)
Aurelia (Rae)

ivyjess · 27/07/2022 10:58

Charlotte
Anastasia
Rosalind
Isabel
Victoria
Carina

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 27/07/2022 10:57

Alexandra
Abigail
Elizabeth
Victoria
Florence
Charlotte
Dorothy
Christina
Tiffany
Rebecca
Catherine
Caroline
Bridget
Eleanor
Cynthia
Vivienne

IrisVersicolor · 27/07/2022 10:26

Aurelia
Venetia
Alexandra
Sheherazade

SE13Mummy · 27/07/2022 10:26

Beatrice
Elizabeth
Harriet
Imogen
Madeleine
Margaret
Miriam
Rosalind

tootiredtobother · 27/07/2022 10:08

suzannah
annabelle

KosherDill · 27/07/2022 10:08

Wilhelmina

ladyinwaiting99 · 27/07/2022 10:06

Elizabeth
Georgiana
Penelope
Suzannah
Dorothea
Katherine
Isabella
Arabella
Cassandra

FeedMeSantiago · 27/07/2022 10:06

Depends what you mean by frilly. I would class Catherine, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Margaret and Alexandra as non-frilly.

Josephine, Juliette, Evangeline, Felicity, Alexandria, Georgiana, Christiana, Annabelle, Jessamine and Isabelle I would class as frilly. Same with Penelope, Persephone and Seraphina.

Not as frilly as Enid Blyton dolls names like Clarabelle and Marybelle though!

jammiewhammie65 · 27/07/2022 10:05

Francesca.

Shipsafeinharbour · 27/07/2022 10:05

Seraphina

Jamepume · 27/07/2022 10:02

Tabitha
Gabrielle
Katrina
Rebecca

Workawayxx · 27/07/2022 09:57

Catherine
Cecilia
Louisa
Victoria
Elizabeth
Emmeline
Alexandra
Marianne

ThatshallotBaby · 27/07/2022 09:57

Marianne

KavvLar · 27/07/2022 09:52

Evangeline

SBAM · 27/07/2022 09:51

Alexandra
Catherine
Elizabeth
Jennifer
Jacqueline
Caroline
Georgina
Francesca
Isabel or Isabella
Eleanor
Victoria

Headbandheart · 27/07/2022 09:45

Caroline

can be shortened to Carrie, cas, caro depending on what she prefers at each phase of life.

caringcarer · 27/07/2022 09:39

Cordelia
Veronica
Elizabeth
Charlene
Charlotte
Virginia
Catherine
Juliette
Alexandra
Margaret
Georgiana
Georgina
Melissa
Henrietta
Michaela
Christina
Daniella
Carolina
Victoria

stupidly · 27/07/2022 09:33

Georgia
Rachael

SleeplessWB · 27/07/2022 09:32

Charlotte, Florence, Madeleine, Isabel

shreddednips · 27/07/2022 09:30

Love Vanessa as a suggestion! You so rarely hear it any more- I had an awesome 7yo Vanessa in my class a few years ago, remember thinking at the time what a great and underused name it is.

DanglingMod · 27/07/2022 09:30

Veronica
Josephine
Agatha
Caroline is due a revival. Love Caro for a nickname as also not frilly.