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Why do we hate most girl names...

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toadandfrog · 03/07/2025 20:05

Dh and I can't agree/find a name we actually love.
These are ones he doesn't hate but has said don't feel like first names, and the ones I don't immediately hate.
And im sure he's only keeping a few for my sake

Elowyn

Mairwen
Odelia
Adoette
Adalia
Alianna
Elliana
Mariela
Alethia
Maeve
Freya / Maea
Medeina
Moryana
Astraea
Arabella
Mariam

We have a Madeleine. I like longer names like this, ones that make you go huh, clearly they own their own ponies and luncheon at the tennis club...
Please help!

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skinnyoptionsonly · 07/07/2025 07:02

Marianna
Aurelia

Hazelmaybe · 06/07/2025 23:03

Ophelia?

plantsdieinmyhouse · 06/07/2025 09:38

Seraphina/Seren
adeleide
Gaia
meredith
Tamsin
Jemima
Tansy
Nuala
Athena

Cheeseplantandcrackers · 06/07/2025 09:09

Do you own ponies and have luncheon at the tennis?

Dstoat · 06/07/2025 08:58

Evangeline
Evelyn

pilates · 06/07/2025 08:56

Evangeline

pilates · 06/07/2025 08:54

Anastasia
Francesca

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 06/07/2025 02:55

Hepzibah
Heloise
Pandora
Xanthe
Lucinda
Juliana
Leonora
Zillah
Rosamund
Rosita
Lydia

Moglet4 · 05/07/2025 21:37

toadandfrog · 03/07/2025 21:54

Please feel free to correct any spelling!
Also, I'm not saying they're specifically posh, just not the regular sarah, claire, sophie names and certainly not mckenzie and brooklyn.
I normally research deeper into spellings once a name has been chosen. These are just ones that I've read and don't immediately hate and then dh has gone and taken more off.

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You seem to like similar names to me… mythological ones. One of mine is Elysia from the Elysian Fields (‘blessed one’). I might also add Genevieve, Persephone, Athena and Niamh to your list

SheSpeaks · 05/07/2025 21:32

Three syllable names (to go with Madeleine) from outside the top 500 in England and Wales:

Deborah
Angeline
Cassandra
Claudia
Meredith
Samantha
Liberty
Agatha
Natasha
Caroline
Mallory

RobertaFirmino · 05/07/2025 21:22

If you want a horsey name then how about Clarissa or Bill?

Themaghag · 05/07/2025 09:53

toadandfrog · 03/07/2025 20:59

Way too many different names for different sausages in france, I didnt know half of them until filling out their forms for delivery and the menu in the wards 😅
So that's crossed off the list.

Also lots of names on here that have already been vetoed gaaahhh
Maybe we'll just call her dave and be done with it 🤔

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Davina is a very pony club name!

mathanxiety · 04/07/2025 23:56

toadandfrog · 03/07/2025 21:54

Please feel free to correct any spelling!
Also, I'm not saying they're specifically posh, just not the regular sarah, claire, sophie names and certainly not mckenzie and brooklyn.
I normally research deeper into spellings once a name has been chosen. These are just ones that I've read and don't immediately hate and then dh has gone and taken more off.

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The made uppey ones are the opposite of posh. Irregular spelling is the giveaway.

mathanxiety · 04/07/2025 23:53

A lot of the names on the list are really weird, made uppey, and a far cry from 'ponies, and luncheon at the tennis club'..

How about
Eloise
Alexandra
Harriet
Juliet
Winifred
Philippa
Alicia
Leonora
Louisa
Seraphina
Penelope

lms2017 · 04/07/2025 23:44

Well im just 'Lucy' but I owned ponies when little and still do .
Also have lunch wherever I fancy.

Fizzy /flick (felicity)
Clara
Esme (esmerelda)
Pippa
Hatty (harriet )
Saffy ( sapphire)
Tilly / matilda
Sophia
Emelia
Those are my more posh horse friends
Then there is
Sophie
May
Louisa
Carly
Emily
Becky
Layla
Audrey
poppy

Xx

ChocolateCinderToffee · 04/07/2025 23:31

Perdita
Andrea
Laetitia
Violette
Rosina

OoohLaLaLa · 04/07/2025 21:46

Josephine

Louisa

Genevieve

I aimed for multi syllable and a bit French sounding but shorten to solidly middle class British.

Fishneedscycle · 04/07/2025 21:42

Ottilie
Susannah
Tabitha
Felicity
Tallulah

Easypeasymacncheesy · 04/07/2025 21:24

Not long, but I think Madeleine and Iris.

landlordhell · 04/07/2025 21:20

I had a beautiful friend as a child called Thomasina.

landlordhell · 04/07/2025 21:19

Or Anoushka?

landlordhell · 04/07/2025 21:17

Just remembered Loralie. Lor-ra- lye.

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toadandfrog · 04/07/2025 21:00

Thank you so much for the suggestions, going to propose some to dh and see where we land!

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landlordhell · 04/07/2025 20:21

Delphine
Odette
Davinia
Annabel
Amabel
Francoise
Francesca
Nanette
Hermione
Evelyne
Emmaline
Gabriella
Gabrielle

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 04/07/2025 20:18

InterestedBeing · 04/07/2025 20:15

I like longer names like this, ones that make you go huh, clearly they own their own ponies and luncheon at the tennis club...

You mean like the royal family? The names they use now and historically, Elizabeth, Mary, Alexandra, Charlotte, Anne, Louise, Beatrice, Victoria.

Those are the types of names that truly posh, people use. The poshest family in the country.For example.

You seem to be after Nouveau riche frilly names.
Evangeline
Genevieve
Araminta

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Actually Genevieve and Araminta are v pony club, although the latter so much so it’s a joke.

The Royal Family take from a v narrow list of names, but the UK upper classes have often liked a bit of flounce, especially for girls, although the OP has mixed it up with Disney

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