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Rate my girls list

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Loveinaworldgonemad · 11/12/2022 12:46

Amelie
Annabelle
Arabella
Aurora
Clara
Connie (not Constance)
Cerys
Emilia
Emma
Heidi
Isabella
Jemima
Lucy
Matilda
Mariella
Ottilie
Phoebe
Polly
Rosie
Rosanna
Sophia
Zara

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ladygindiva · 12/12/2022 13:57

Can I throw Rosabel into the mix as you seem to love Rose/ bel type names x

ladygindiva · 12/12/2022 13:56

You have loads of nice names there, at a push I'd select Clara, Connie or Annabel ( not keen on the extra le on end, but that's just me 🤣)

wandared · 12/12/2022 13:51

I like Phoebe.

Really don't like Jemima, Heidi or Ottilie. I think they all sound a bit posh/trying-too-hard.

StellaOlivetti · 12/12/2022 13:46

Jemima, Polly, Rosie or Isobel (this spelling).

Luredbyapomegranate · 11/12/2022 20:00

Amelie - bi twee and overused
Annabelle - nice, prefer Annabel
Arabella - I like it
Aurora - overdone. Adela?
Clara - sweet, popular
Connie (not Constance) - not as a full name - Constancia is nice though
Cerys - love it
Emilia - done to death
Emma - a good classic
Heidi - a weird combo of twee and porny
Isabella - done to death
Jemima - bit twee but I like it
Lucy - ok, prefer Lucia or Lucienne as a full name
Matilda - done to death
Mariella - ok, prefer Marina or Marianne
Ottilie - nah, twee and faddy
Phoebe - ok, popular
Polly - sweet but too twee as a full name. It’s short for Mary, so maybe as a nn for Marianne or Maria
Rosie - done to death / too twee as a full name
Rosanna - lovely but so many Rose names - she’ll end up Rosie
Sophia - done to death
Zara - nice, popular

Cassia
Serena
Saskia
Selina
Susannah
Annalise / Annalisa
Flora
Oona
Stella
Estella
Zoe
Lois
Annis
Christabel
Cecilia
Cecily
Verity
Francesca
Frances

might be others

pimlicoanna · 11/12/2022 18:09

I like Amelie, Emma and Sophia from your list.

mintdaisy · 11/12/2022 18:08

My favourites are Clara, Matilda and Jemima

AdaColeman · 11/12/2022 18:03

Heidi is my favourite.
I also like Clara Matilda Mariella.

Ottlie is my least favourite.

I'd avoid Rosie Isabella, Sophia and all your A names as they have been extremely popular for years, so there will already be a lot of them.

BesidetheseasideXxx · 11/12/2022 17:50

Arabella Mariella Isabella and Ottilie are too much for me. I like all the others.

Polly and Lucy are sweet and not too common.

FearofQueefing · 11/12/2022 17:41

Many of these are a bit frilly for my taste. I loathe Arabella.

Think the following are all lovely though...

Amelie
Cerys
Emma
Heidi
Lucy
Rosie
Rosanna

Magicbears · 11/12/2022 15:06

Amelie - no, too similar to overused Amelia
Annabelle - no
Arabella - too frilly dislike
Aurora - no and becoming popular
Clara - like
Connie (not Constance) - like
Cerys - ok
Emilia - too similar to overused Amelia
Emma - dull
Heidi - like
Isabella - nice but overused
Jemima - like
Lucy - a bit dull
Matilda - becoming overused
Mariella - too frilly
Ottilie - really don’t like this and it’s very ‘now’
Phoebe - love
Polly - no
Rosie - pretty but v popular
Rosanna - will blend with other Rose names
Sophia - so overused
Zara - love

So I would go Clara, Connie, Heidi, Jemima, Phoebe or Zara

dancingqueen123 · 11/12/2022 14:20

I like Cerys, Polly & Zara.

Pemba · 11/12/2022 14:14

I don't really like Ottilie, although I know it's becoming popular. Just don't like the sound I suppose. And Heidi is a bit cutesy and twee, you imagine a perky little girl with pigtails and freckles which is OK I suppose, but not later on for a grown woman.

The others are all nice.

cptartapp · 11/12/2022 14:12

Love Zara.
Prefer Cara to Clara and Roseanne to Rosanna.
Heidi and Emma are ok.
Don't like the others.

FayCarew · 11/12/2022 14:09

Amelie - dreary. Emily is much nicer
Annabelle - too frilly.
Arabella too long and too frilly
Aurora - dislike
Clara - the Claira pronunciation is ok, the Clah-ra version isn't
Connie (not Constance) - nice
Cerys - will get said as Serris or Cerise
Emilia - nice but too similar to Amelia, which I don't like
Emma - like
Heidi - like
Isabella - pretty but too long
Jemima - like
Lucy- like
Matilda - overused
Mariella - a bit long and frilly
Ottilie - dislike
Phoebe - fine
Polly - like
Rosie - ok
Rosanna - ok
Sophia - overused
Zara - ok

Theoldwoman · 11/12/2022 13:30

Annabel and Zara

SophiaLarsen · 11/12/2022 13:26

Amelie - no
Annabelle- no
Arabella - no
Aurora - no
Clara- yes, very nutcracker Prince
Connie (not Constance)- no
Cerys- meh
Emilia- yes
Emma - yes
Heidi - yes
Isabella - yes
Jemima - puddleduck
Lucy - yes
Matilda- too popular
Mariella - lovely
Ottilie - nah
Phoebe - meh
Polly - cute
Rosie - nah
Rosanna - ok
Sophia - yes
Zara- I would have said yes but know so many little Zara’s now I am more meh.

NewToWoo · 11/12/2022 13:20

Love Clara and Sophia
Like Jemima, Matilda, Lucy, Emilia, Ottilie
Neutral to the others but they are all nice names.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/12/2022 13:13

Also hate Clara pronounced Cl-Ah-Ra. However I love Cl-Air-ah. My names Clare and I despise it.

KylieCharlene · 11/12/2022 13:13

Heidi is my favourite.

Kimberz · 11/12/2022 13:11

Heidi

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/12/2022 13:10

LOVE: Emma. Emilia. Heidi. Cerys. Isabella. Zara. Lucy. Sophia.
NEITHER LIKE NOR DISLIKE. Connie. Matilda. Annabella. Aurora. Matilda. Mariella. Amelie. Polly. Rosanna.
Hate. Ottilie. Jemima. Phoebe. Arabella. Rosie (yet DD was almost a Rosie)

daschundthroughthesnow · 11/12/2022 13:04

Emilia
Zara
Ottilie
Clara
Lucy

Dislike
Jemima
Aurora
Heidi
Phoebe
Mariella

quietnightmare · 11/12/2022 13:00

I like all these ones

Annabelle
Arabella
Aurora
Emilia
Heidi
Isabella
Matilda
Ottilie
Phoebe
Sophia

Rauha · 11/12/2022 12:53

I love Clara, Connie and Mariella