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searching for girl names I might have overlooked

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MediumRareHairCare · 28/08/2024 11:01

I like a bunch of girl names but can’t settle on one. I’m into Caroline, Laura, Elizabeth, Lucy, Anna, and Maria. Got any other suggestions I might like? I prefer safe, traditional names, perhaps due to my own outlandish name. Can't find one I LOVE...are you supposed to love the name?

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GoldenLegend · 29/08/2024 19:12

Cecily
Phoebe
Rosina

dollopz · 29/08/2024 19:11

Elisabeth is lovely and has a wide variety of nicknames linked.

Ruth

Martha

Charlotte with nn lottie

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 29/08/2024 19:07

Mary
Nora
Friday
Mona
Eliza
Ruth
Martha

FawnDrench · 29/08/2024 19:03

Gwendoline
Muriel
Avril
Monica
Barbara
Marjorie
Kathleen
Eileen
Rebecca
Carol
Caroline
Enid
Phyllis

Firebird83 · 29/08/2024 14:04

This is my favourite type of name. My DD has one of the names on your list.

Susanna / Susannah
Louisa
Helena
Alexandra
Miriam
Eleanor
Mary
Julia
Marianne
Rosamund
Sarah
Esther

wineosaurus4 · 29/08/2024 09:46

I have a Nina and absolutely adore her name. Most people also comment on how lovely it is when they hear it. Timeless and pretty.

Seventimesaday · 29/08/2024 09:29

Catherine is a nice name. However, I know a
Catherine
Katherine
Kathryn
Cathy - ‘please don’t call me Catherine’
Kath
Kat
Kathryn ‘I hate being called Kathy’

00BonneMaman00 · 29/08/2024 09:17

Rebecca
Harriet
Alice
Sophia
Isabella
Charlotte
Emily
Gemma
Florence
Emma
Jessica
Rachel
Lilly

😴💤

theduchessofspork · 29/08/2024 09:09

Of that lot I’d go for Caroline - It’s very elegant and underused and Callie is a nice nn.

Maria and Christina are both nice enough, but I don’t like Chris personally. If anything Maria comes across as more religious - but they are both used by all sorts of people so I wouldn’t worry about that.

Elizabeth, Anna and Lucy (and their variations) are all being overdone at the moment. Laura isn’t, but it’s very similar to the very overdone Lyra/Lara/Luna/Lola/Leila/Lena

Other names you might like

Marianne
Claudia
Miranda
Frances
Lydia
Francesca
Amy
Philippa
Alexandra
Miriam
Lois

PerkyMintDeer · 28/08/2024 15:20

Hannah
Lucinda
Claudia
Antonia
Jessica
Jessamine
Adeline
Helena
Eleanor
Celia
Felicity
Verity
Emmeline
Imogen
Julia
Lara
Marianne
Karolina (caro-lee-na)
Carolyn
Marina
Miranda
Meredith

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 28/08/2024 15:14

Katie Charlotte Elizabeth Vanessa Lily Julia Rebecca Sophie Cordelia Nicola Stephanie Rosie Jennifer

Chaircushion666 · 28/08/2024 13:26

5 of those names were on my list ! I also had Faye.

Theoldwoman · 28/08/2024 13:24

I love your list except Maria.

What about:

Lucille
Kate
Charlotte
Emily
Alice
Lillian
Ella
Genevieve
Freya
Amy
Olive
Zara
Frances
Juliet
Ruby
Amelia

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MediumRareHairCare · 28/08/2024 13:18

Thanks all
The more I think about it the more I really like K/Catherine. Appreciate the suggestions

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MediumRareHairCare · 28/08/2024 13:18

SirReginald1st · 28/08/2024 13:03

Call your daughter Maria Christina, then dive into the RCIA program, have her baptised, and enroll her in a quaint village Christian school for a wonderful start in life. Simple, really! 😉

Honestly, Christina isn’t any more religious than Maria. Now, Elizabeth—there’s a biblical name for you!

I adore all the names you’ve mentioned and would happily throw Catherine, Diana, Louisa, Jane and Alice into the mix.

Aha I'll think about it !

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lollyPaloozah · 28/08/2024 13:15

Julia
Juliet
Catherine
Cecelia
Marisol
Marina
Lucinda
Rosalie/ Coralie

SirReginald1st · 28/08/2024 13:03

Call your daughter Maria Christina, then dive into the RCIA program, have her baptised, and enroll her in a quaint village Christian school for a wonderful start in life. Simple, really! 😉

Honestly, Christina isn’t any more religious than Maria. Now, Elizabeth—there’s a biblical name for you!

I adore all the names you’ve mentioned and would happily throw Catherine, Diana, Louisa, Jane and Alice into the mix.

ThatsNotMyNumber · 28/08/2024 12:49

There’s a Laura at my children’s primary school. It’s so nice to hear among the sea of Evies and Amelia’s and Olivia’s.

Mumofgirls2017 · 28/08/2024 12:32

I think Caroline, Laura and Christina are a little dated though nothing wrong with them. I like Anna and Elizabeth. What about

clara
alice
julia
charlotte
harriet
eleanor
hannah
sophie
grace
rose
helena
martha
emily
emma
eva

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/08/2024 12:01

Christina is gorgeous. I don’t think of it as particularly religious and even if it were it’s still fine to use.

Other names you may like.
Catherine. Victoria. Alexandra. Natalia. Marcella. Isabella. Louisa. Anastasia. Francesca. Claudia. Hannah. Vanessa. Alicia. Pearl. Rosa. Angela. Sarah. Deborah. Catrina. Rachel. Rebecca. Jennifer Aimee.Jessica Stephanie. Elena. Ashleigh. Martha. Theresa. Sabrina. Georgina. Josephine. Nicola. Camilla.

ProvincialLady2024 · 28/08/2024 11:51

I love Christina as long as it's not shortened to Tina.

Helena
Eleanor
Harriet
Roberta

ComealongMartha · 28/08/2024 11:49

Victoria
Sophie
Emma
Emily
Catherine
Claire

User6761 · 28/08/2024 11:47

I really like PPs suggestion of Catherine - it's a name that has grown on me a lot recently. Lots of potential diminutives too.

Joanna
Helen
Elaine
Nicola
Stephanie
Valerie
Alison
Vivienne
Natalie
Patricia

Fontainebleau007 · 28/08/2024 11:43

Louise
Hannah
Victoria
Kimberley
Jasmine
Danielle
Florence
Emma
Felicity
Genevieve
Jessica
Charlotte
Alexandra
Maisie
Violet
Harriet
Emily

sel2223 · 28/08/2024 11:41

Christina religious? No, I wouldn't think that at all.
If anything I would think of Maria as more religious that Christina with the Catholic connections but it's still not a particularly 'religious' name