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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 · 08/06/2023 21:29

@whatausername I'm looking that up 🤣

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Neongrun · 08/06/2023 21:29

Frances ticks every box

I always like Renee too

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:29

@Bluebellsbells who in God's name watching Eastenders 🤣- especially anymore.
I think of it more from Shakespeare! A foreign name.

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AverageJoan · 08/06/2023 21:28

I do like Lydia
Also saw Cassidy on here a while ago and think that is very nice

whatausername · 08/06/2023 21:28

Whenever I see Bianca my brain instantly hears Lubianca/Lubyanka prison and thinks of torture. Maybe a tad niche though 😂

JamSandle · 08/06/2023 21:26

Constance
Marilyn

marshamarshmallow · 08/06/2023 21:26

Blanca

It's the name of the daughter in Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits.

crumpet · 08/06/2023 21:26

Rowena
Romilly
Elspeth
Jocelyn
Philippa

Bluebellsbells · 08/06/2023 21:25

But it's synonymous with Eastenders! And not for elegant, timeless or classic reasons!

Hoppinggreen · 08/06/2023 21:25

Aurelia

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:25

I don't know any Marinas. Lovely name.

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CurtainsForBea · 08/06/2023 21:23

I love Eleanor

Enko · 08/06/2023 21:22

Marina
Marianne
Letitia
Daphne
Sylvia
Adelaide
Juliette
Carmen
Heather
Celia
Meredith
Ramona
Vanessa

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:20

Some good suggestions that I haven't heard of before, but I am still vying for Bianca. Not keen on Blanche though.

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MissCherryCakeyBun · 08/06/2023 21:18

Cymbeline
Cressida
Arial
Helena
Eleanor
Imogen
Jessica
Valeria
Rosaline
Katherina

All are names from Shakespeare that are elegant I think and also classic

ShandaLear · 08/06/2023 21:14

Rowan
Clara
Josephine
Adelaide
Arabella
Frances
Georgina

mambojambodothetango · 08/06/2023 21:13

If you like Shakespeare:
Jessica
Portia
Miranda
Hermione

MissCherryCakeyBun · 08/06/2023 21:13

Josephine
Elizabeth
Daphne

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:12

Nice names, but they've been done to death.

I just think Bianca sounds elegant without being tasteless or made up. I want unusual I suppose.

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Ketzele · 08/06/2023 21:12

Lydia
Julia
Rosita
Rachel
Jenny

StopFeckingFaffing · 08/06/2023 21:11

I actually really like Bianca

Sadly Eastenders spoiled the name for a while but that won't be an issue for a baby born in 2023

mum2jakie · 08/06/2023 21:11

Corinne
Miriam

MissCherryCakeyBun · 08/06/2023 21:11

And also on Eastenders Blush

Idrankyourbananamilk · 08/06/2023 21:09

I agree with Isabella, and also offer up Victoria.

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:08

I like that Bianca is quite rare and Shakespearean lol!

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