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For an unusual elegant timeless classic name?

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:03

Bianca

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changeage · 09/06/2023 09:01

Yes, the sound of a name is what I think makes us like it too.

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lankyhanky · 09/06/2023 08:59

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:25

I don't know any Marinas. Lovely name.

I've only known Russian women called Marina

lankyhanky · 09/06/2023 08:59

I can't say Bianca with it sounding nice.

Marion probably for me although I'd never name my child it.

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changeage · 09/06/2023 08:57

Seraphina is pretty

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changeage · 09/06/2023 08:55

Or maybe the people who associate it with being council house and violence are uncultured themselves, hence the association.

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Carryonkeepinggoing · 09/06/2023 08:54

Seraphina
Selena
Dove
Celeste
Artemis
Penelope
Genvieve
Gwendolyn
Thomasina

Tukmgru · 09/06/2023 08:50

Rightly or wrongly I think people of my generation (slap bang in the middle millennial) will think Bianca is quite chavvy. I don’t even know if chavs are a thing in the culture anymore, it’s not like you hear the word much now. But unfortunately the brain associates what it associates sometimes.

I don’t know if it was eastenders as have never watched it, but it’s definitely there when I hear it…

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/06/2023 08:50

Miriam
Elspeth
Rosalie.
Natalia.

Ketzele · 09/06/2023 08:49

Oh and Vita. I love Vita.

Ketzele · 09/06/2023 08:48

Forgot: Beatrice

Ketzele · 09/06/2023 08:47

Allegra
Aurora
Clea
Daphna
Elena
Fenella
Gia
Helena
Iona
Juliana
Katya
Leona
Milena
Noa
Ophelia
Pia
Queenie
Rafaella
Salome
Tamara
Ulrika
Viola
Willa
Xanthe
Yolanda
Zelda

Moomoo36 · 09/06/2023 08:38

I have on my list for dc4 if it's a girl -
Josephine
Nina
Juliette
Jemima
Caitlin
Clara
Tamsin

My other three dd's all have classic but not too common names that have been mentioned above. My pets all have ridiculous names but I like my humans more conventional!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/06/2023 08:28

Tiffany.
Cynthia
Bridget
Virginia
Louisa
Felicity
Nina.

79abbot · 09/06/2023 08:27

Orla

Confusion101 · 09/06/2023 07:58

I think Bianca is a nice name but I would never consider it elegant, timeless or classic. I'm one of people who immediately think of Eastenders when I hear it.

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changeage · 09/06/2023 03:52

Dahlia is actually lovely.

Thanks for that one.

  • never hear that one around either.
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Groutyonehereagain · 09/06/2023 03:02

Anna
Julia
Georgia
Henrietta
Clara
Emma

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 09/06/2023 03:01

For a girl, or both OP?
Rosalind, Emerald, Cassia.

user1492757084 · 09/06/2023 02:53

Clotilde
Georgiana
Caroline
Fotini

beachcitygirl · 09/06/2023 02:10

Phaedra

wizzler · 09/06/2023 02:06

Lorna
Dinah

caringcarer · 09/06/2023 01:44

Cordelia

kwetu · 09/06/2023 01:18

Eleanor (Nell)

kwetu · 09/06/2023 01:17

I love Beatrice

CherryYree · 09/06/2023 01:05

Genevieve
Imogen
Elsbeth