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Girls names - classic but interesting

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sillysausage999 · 01/02/2023 23:26

Hi everyone, I'm 40 weeks pregnant with first baby (eeek) and we are struggling to make concrete headway on names! It all feels so hypothetical still...

Names on our current shortlist, in no particular order:
Florence, Elsie, Alice, Penelope, Eleanor, Margot, Hazel, Roberta, Iris, Elizabeth, Astrid, Ivy

Please don't say anything negative about them, as they are all genuine contenders! But do you think any of them go together well as first/middle name combos?

AND are there similar names that we might not have thought of? I feel like nothing is massively jumping out at me and so I might not have found "the one"...

Thank you :)

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Octocat · 12/12/2023 07:46

I would go Elizabeth Iris.

Nubnut · 12/12/2023 07:44

What did you go for?

roberta is AMAZING. We need more baby Robertas.

peaceinourtime · 17/02/2023 04:59

Robyn is nice and you don't heard it a lot.

Twelve8Ts · 15/02/2023 23:37

Elise
Darla
Peony
Florrie
Sadie
Grace
Eva

WorryMcGee · 12/02/2023 00:39

I have an Ella, we don’t meet many others 🙂 but if she hadn’t been an Ella she’d have been a Hazel or an Elsie.

ODFOx · 12/02/2023 00:16

They are all lovely.
Others that might fit:
Caroline
Felicity
Jennifer
Genevieve
Alexandra
Rosalind
Philippa
Victoria

MadeOfSteel · 11/02/2023 23:43

I love Penelope and Elizabeth. How about Eliza or Serena?

PMAmostofthetime · 11/02/2023 21:48

All your names are my pretty some similar

Pippa
Beatrice
Harriet
Sophia
Lydia

UnleashMyPicasso · 11/02/2023 07:41

I love Penelope, so I would pick that.

not on your list, but similar to my ears, Caroline, Juliet, Felicity

KayEmAy · 10/02/2023 17:31

Favorite combos on your list is Ivy Elizabeth!

Other ideas you may like -

Maxine Marie

Piper Lily
Odette Iris
Wendy Eleanor
Whitney Hazel
Belle Ivy
Octavia Marie
Anna Spencer
Josette June
Natalie Margot
Rebecca Rose
Camille Florence
Thea Quinn
Selina Astrid
Deirdre Rose
Lara Cassidy
Stephanie Violet nn Stevie
Sarah Belle
Keira Elizabeth
Meg Alexandra
Daisy Madalyn
Naomi Cosette
Bonnie Maeve
Wilhelmina
Addison Ivy
Davina Florence
Mona Celeste
Lisette Angeline

HusbandKeepsSnoring · 06/02/2023 00:13

Possibly outing but my name is Elizabeth Alice and I've always loved it :)

Mykittensmittens · 05/02/2023 23:26

Jennifer or Estella?

SoShallINever · 05/02/2023 23:20

Elsie.
Or....Erica

BlueKaftan · 05/02/2023 22:06

Beatrice is always lovely but not overused.

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/02/2023 22:03

Roberta Alice affectionately known occasionally as Bobbie Alice

Twinsmummy1812 · 05/02/2023 15:24

Iona
Mariel
Harriet
Caroline
Virginia
Constance
Frederica
Isobel

SirVixofVixHall · 05/02/2023 15:24

Whydoitry · 01/02/2023 23:39

Roberta! Haven't met a little Roberta!

Roberta Hazel
Roberta Florence

I actually really like Roberta Jane.

Totally agree.
I don’t know a single Roberta, yet it is such a nice name. The Railway Children!

Fifthtimelucky · 05/02/2023 15:17

I'd go for Elizabeth Alice or Elizabeth Ivy.

cravingtoblerone · 05/02/2023 09:18

I like your list!

Margot Alice
Florence Penelope

Pretty much everything works with Elizabeth...

Teeshirt · 04/02/2023 20:34

Suggestions:
Caroline
Frances
Selena
Antonia
Kezia

justcouldntthinkofausername · 04/02/2023 20:09

From your list

I love Ivy
I like Elsie

Mrsbunnychops · 04/02/2023 20:04

Lovely names, I've always really liked the name Astrid.

Henrietta nice - Etta or Etti for short - I know a couple of those

Clementine- Clemmie - I like too!

Exciting!!! Good luck 😁

ReadtheReviews · 04/02/2023 19:59

Iris Elizabeth
Eleanor Astrid
Elsie Florence

Bubbles021 · 04/02/2023 19:55

My daughter is Iris ❤️
It does hold a special meaning for us though as she is our rainbow baby and Iris is the goddess of the rainbow 🌈

Scotskynon · 04/02/2023 19:49

Phoebe Elizabeth
Grace
Sylvie
Martha
Sarah

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