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Girls names - classic but interesting

62 replies

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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minnor · 03/02/2023 22:51

Florence Ivy
Penelope Iris

or...

Agnes
Bonnie
Elise
Evelyn
Freya
Harriet
Juniper
Lydia
Nora
Rosie

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sillysausage999 · 03/02/2023 15:10

Thanks everyone, this is great food for thought! I do really like the Victorian names.

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Whatdayisitalexa · 03/02/2023 14:33

Daphne is lovely

plumduck · 03/02/2023 06:20

I would just like to say firstly that I absolutely ADORE Roberta.

Alice and Ivy are good middle names for any of them. As is Elizabeth.

Personally I'd use Elsie as a middle name though Elsie Roberta has a nice ring to it.

user1492757084 · 03/02/2023 06:17

Elizabeth Lucy
Alice Roberta
Eleanor Margot
Ivy Alexandra
Catherine Phoebe
Jane Margaret

littlelottie127 · 02/02/2023 22:17

Alice Elizabeth would be my choice. Beautiful x

reelcat · 02/02/2023 20:45

I like Roberta Florence from your list

mumonherphone · 02/02/2023 19:52

Ivy Alice or Florence Ivy

Also you may like Daphne

Whatdayisitalexa · 02/02/2023 17:55

Roberta I like it!
Roberta Elizabeth
Roberta Ivy
Roberta Iris
Roberta Hazel
Roberta Alice

NotEnoughMud · 02/02/2023 17:35

If you like Roberta, what about Robina?

Mumofgirls2017 · 02/02/2023 17:31

I’d pick

ivy florence
iris penelope
penelope alice
penelope florence

lovely list! Other ideas

daphne
sadie
daisy
juniper
harriet
eliza
matilda
evelyn
viomer
violet
phoebe
rosa
tabitha
eva
olive
clementine
jemima
juliet
edith

Olidora · 02/02/2023 14:58

I think Elsie Alice sounds absolutely gorgeous.

User6761 · 02/02/2023 14:55

Great names, I like them all apart from Penelope.

Other suggestions -
Catherine
Heather
Phillipa
Emma
Emmeline
Seren
Felicity
Josephine
Lydia
Stella

DuchessOfSausage · 02/02/2023 12:57

Like: Alice, Astrid, Elizabeth
OK: Florence, Penelope, Eleanor, Hazel, Iris
Don't like: Elsie, Margot, Roberta, Ivy

Suggestions: Flora, Laura, Catherine/Katherine/Kate, Emma, Ingrid, Mararet/Rita, Willow
Jasmine

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/02/2023 11:38

I’d dump Florence, Elsie, Alice, Eleanor, Margot, Iris, and Ivy - just because they are all very popular (if you don’t mind that I’d go for Iris)

Penelope - are you OK with Penny? It will get shortened. You could try and impose Nell.

Elizabeth - popular but a great classic and so many short forms

Hazel - I don’t like it

Astrid - I really like it - it’s very of the moment, but I don’t think it’s actually overused

Roberta - I DO quite like it - I know one who is nn Bobbie

I’d go for Astrid

These might be some less common options:

Lois
Ines
Flora
Marianne
Zoe
Aster
Jocelyn
Frances
Carys
Ida

Timaya · 02/02/2023 09:40

I like Hazel Roberta (I would have considered this for my own DD honestly), and Astrid Penelope, and think they are lovely as sibling names too.

Kalpatra · 02/02/2023 09:37

Lovely list.

There’s quite a Victorian era flavour to those names so you might want to google what other names were popular in that era as you may like them too.

Eg
Violet
Ida
Arabella
Clara
Effie
Emmeline
Dorothea

www.babycentre.co.uk/a567488/why-old-fashioned-names-are-so-popular

bertieb7 · 02/02/2023 08:57

Cassandra, Cassie for short

CastleTower · 02/02/2023 08:54

Really nice list. I'd go for Astrid Eleanor.

Othe thoughts:
Claudia
Maria
Annaliese

Consufed · 02/02/2023 08:48

Eleanor Florence
Elsie Penelope
Ivy Roberta
Astrid Hazel

Beatrix
Leah
Rowena
Amber
Pearl
Romilly
Diana
Anthea
Hermione
Violet
Jasmine
Ada

Kentlassie · 02/02/2023 05:10

I love so many of these combos!

Another suggestion: Annie.

Theoldwoman · 02/02/2023 05:04

I love Alice Elisabeth

Suggestions:

Genevieve
Juliet
Laura
Lucille
Olive
Caroline
Zara
Millicent
Lillian
Freda
Frances
Ada

mathanxiety · 02/02/2023 04:39

First and middle name combos:

Florence Eleanor
Florence Elizabeth
Florence Astrid

Elsie Margot

Alice Eleanor
Alice Margot

Penelope Astrid
Penelope Iris

Eleanor Alice
Eleanor Iris
Eleanor Astrid
Eleanor Ivy

Margot Elizabeth
Margot Alice

Hazel Penelope
Hazel Eleanor
Hazel Astrid
Hazel Elizabeth

Roberta Iris
Roberta Elizabeth
Roberta Eleanor
Roberta Penelope

Iris Eleanor
Iris Elizabeth
Iris Margot

Elizabeth Alice
Elizabeth Eleanor
Elizabeth Astrid
Elizabeth Ivy

Astrid Penelope
Astrid Elizabeth

Ivy Penelope
Ivy Margot
Ivy Elizabeth
Ivy Roberta

Suggestions:
Flora
Tamsin
Lara
Susannah
Rebekah/ Rebecca
Edith
Evelyn
Rosemary

MMoon23 · 02/02/2023 03:57

I love your list! They are all gorgeous. Maybe depends if you want something that’s more widely used currently (Florence, Ivy etc) or less widely used. Or one name from each category!

other names I like:
Etta
Maude
Blythe
Estella
Adalaide
Dorothea
Cecilia
Edie
Vera
Gwen
Nell
Emmeline
Cora

Riverlee · 02/02/2023 01:33

Lovely list of names.

Some others include:
Josephine
Meredith
Marnie
Rebecca
Christina

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