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Sophisticated, elegant names

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opheliamillissiii · 23/08/2023 15:32

Hello everybody! I’m thinking of changing my name. I always hated my name and since I was young, I wanted to be called with other names.
I really like the name Charlotte, but I’m afraid that it would be too difficult for my Italian family to pronounce it.
Can you suggest more English elegant names?

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Mumofgirls2017 · 24/08/2023 17:03

Julia
clara
eva
anna
elizabeth
emma
harriet
amelia
rosanna
rosalind
juliet
alexandra
sophia
henrietta
annabelle
lydia
gabriella
frances
louisa
Helena
cecilia

jolies1 · 24/08/2023 16:29

If you like Charlotte go for it, I think it’s a beautiful name. And your Italian family can call you Carlotta which is also lovely.

Theoldwoman · 24/08/2023 15:57

Love Charlotte.

Lillian
Isobel
Alice
Genevieve
Estelle
Frances
Caroline
Juliet
Melanie
Annabel
Lucille
Laura

Kaceeee · 24/08/2023 01:08

anastassia

raindropsfallingdown · 24/08/2023 00:55

Bianca, Victoria, Anna, Chloe work wonderfully in English and Italian

SalviaDivinorum · 23/08/2023 20:41

I always liked Caroline. It works in Italian as well as Carolina

Jzpap · 23/08/2023 18:18

I'm surprised no one has suggested Kathryn or Catharine, Catherine, Katharine etc. beautiful timeless name

AgnesX · 23/08/2023 18:16

Elise or Eloise (although not quintessentially English).

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/08/2023 18:15

Alexandra. Sofia. Elena. Catherine. Elizabeth. Miriam. Natalia. Suzannah. Tiffany. Scarlett. Rebecca. Victoria.

FrillyGoatFluff · 23/08/2023 18:03

My daughter is called Allegra, which I believe has Italian roots, and a couple of people have commented how it's a 'sophisticated' name... (lucky accident if so, we didn't plan for that 😂)

She's been digging up daddy's vegetable patch, so is grimy from top to toe and is currently smeared with tomato pasta and raspberries, with a mouthful of blueberry pancake, so I can't say she's doing the elegance of her name much justice right now but that's the joy of being 16 months old 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wishimaywishimight · 23/08/2023 17:10

Isabella

LateSummerLobelia · 23/08/2023 17:09

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TBF @WaffleHouseMonstah your suggestion was not particularly elegant.

Not sure how it would translate to Italian though. Hang on...

dontforgettofloss · 23/08/2023 17:04

Victoria

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WaffleHouseMonstah · 23/08/2023 17:02

Marianna is lovely, why do you want to change it?

Coyoacan · 23/08/2023 16:58

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Hahaha

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mathanxiety · 23/08/2023 16:01

Susannah
Marina
Valentina
Anastasia

ChocolateCinderToffee · 23/08/2023 15:59

Laetitia, Cecily, Sabine.

Valerie23 · 23/08/2023 15:55

Hortense.
Octavia.
Marmalade.

LateSummerLobelia · 23/08/2023 15:54

I love your name. :)

(And just discovered the problems with the edit function if you were trying to be discreet).

marina?

Oh gosh yes- Gabriela- what a lovely name.

My name is uber boring IMO. And very 70s.

Charlotte is a gorgeous name. If you love it, why not?

BlueKaftan · 23/08/2023 15:44

Beatrice

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opheliamillissiii · 23/08/2023 15:42

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Quinque · 23/08/2023 15:42

Agree, Sophia, also Gabrielle/Gabriela.