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danascully96 · 25/11/2025 03:16

Please give me your unfiltered thoughts on some or all of the names! Other name recommendations also welcomed.

Juliet or Julia

Charlotte

Violet

Bridget

Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake)

Caroline (“line” pronunciation)

Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)

Felicity

Margot “Maggie”

Tessa “Tess”

Elizabeth “Eliza”

Louisa

May

June

Grace

Serena

Elise

Susannah

Pippa

Natalie or Natalia

Flora

Dahlia

Heidi

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miniaturepixieonacid · 01/12/2025 23:19

Juliet or Julia - Love Juliet. Julia is okay. No idea why I like one so much more.
Charlotte - Love. One of my abslute favourites. All Charlottes always seem to be such lovely people too.
Violet - It's ok. Sunds too much like violent to me.
Bridget - never come across a child called Bridget. Would be unusual. Biddy and Bridie are cute nicknames.
Georgia - Quite like it. Lovely story. But I think you really have to love an honour name to make it a first name rather than a middle. If you do, go for it.
Caroline - seems dated to me but don't dislike it.
Madeline - like it but think everyone will say Made-lynn not line. I prefer Lynn.
Felicity - Love it.
Margot “Maggie” - not keen on Margot and really dislike Maggie. Ugly sound to my ears.
Tessa “Tess” - Quite like Tessa. Not so much Tess which seems too short.
Elizabeth “Eliza” - ambivalent. Timeless, elegant name but I don't particularly like it.
Louisa - not keen but nothing against it.
May - bit nothingy. Pretty but seems like a middle name.
June - not keen. Quite old ladyish.
Grace - really like it, even though I know it's also more often a middle name. I would worry that the child wouldn't be graceful though.
Serena - Quite like it.
Elise - Quite like it. Elegant. Sounds a bit European.
Susannah - Really like it. Unusual for a child
Pippa - Really like it but would go with Philippa on the birth certificate.
Natalie or Natalia - Love Natalie (dated but I still like it). Natalia is quite nice too.
Flora - not keen. Margerine. Florence is nice.
Dahlia - not keen.
Heidi - Like it.

My top 3:

  1. Charlotte
  2. Juliet
  3. Felicity or Natalie, I can't choose.
scottishGirl · 30/11/2025 19:51

I'm not keen on Dahlia , Bridget or Susannah.

bridgetreilly · 28/11/2025 08:40

Bridget or Juliet, if you’re looking for something uncommon. I really like Felicity.

Calliopespa · 28/11/2025 08:32

danascully96 · 28/11/2025 01:48

Well, I just love names that make me think of the Secret Life of Bees. My grandma had a deep Georgian accent that made everything sound grand and romantic.

Names that could fit in Bridgerton/Fried Green Tomatoes/Little House On the Prairie/Anne of Green Gables — those are my kind of names 🤣

Also, Caroline, Louisa, and Charlotte are less obvious place names to me compared to Georgia. Charlotte’s just one city v. a whole state!

I think it's lovely to embrace your heritage like that OP.

TheSandgroper · 28/11/2025 03:35

Caroline is the very heart of Little House of the Prairie - the same as any family.

danascully96 · 28/11/2025 01:48

CarlaLemarchant · 27/11/2025 06:08

Exactly but then I thought that was maybe your thing seeing as Caroline, Louisa and Charlotte are leaning heavily towards US place names too. V Patriotic! They’re all pretty names though.

Well, I just love names that make me think of the Secret Life of Bees. My grandma had a deep Georgian accent that made everything sound grand and romantic.

Names that could fit in Bridgerton/Fried Green Tomatoes/Little House On the Prairie/Anne of Green Gables — those are my kind of names 🤣

Also, Caroline, Louisa, and Charlotte are less obvious place names to me compared to Georgia. Charlotte’s just one city v. a whole state!

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Calliopespa · 27/11/2025 22:09

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/11/2025 10:52

Definitely not up north. I don't like Clara, Chloe, or Clementine because they make me think claggy and clammy.

Yes I definitely am with you on Clemmie sounding a bit Clammy. It also makes me think of Phlegmy - but that's my rhyming ending thing again!

I do quite like the name Clemency for all of that.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/11/2025 10:52

Definitely not up north. I don't like Clara, Chloe, or Clementine because they make me think claggy and clammy.

Calliopespa · 27/11/2025 10:05

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/11/2025 09:28

@Calliopespa , because it would never have crossed my mind, and the C in clotty is strong. I do think clot, clumsy, clown, clod etc with names like Clara and Chloe.

You see I don't think that at all with Clara.

It must be like faces and saying who children take after: some people notice hair colouring most, others face shape, others eyes or expressions.

I very much notice the "rhyming ends" of words and the "C" sounds barely there for me - certainly not enough to morph Clara into clotty.

I notice up North people pronounce an initial C with more force. Maybe you are up North?

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/11/2025 09:28

@Calliopespa , because it would never have crossed my mind, and the C in clotty is strong. I do think clot, clumsy, clown, clod etc with names like Clara and Chloe.

Calliopespa · 27/11/2025 08:27

DuchessOfNarcissex · 26/11/2025 19:27

It doesn't sound like Clotty. OP is in the USA, and it might not be as popular there. @Calliopespa.

Agree it might not be as popular there.

But how can you say Lottie doesn't sound like Clotty? But for the c, which is swift and subtle, it's pronounced exactly the same.

pilates · 27/11/2025 06:47

Eliza and Louisa are my favourites

Sparklesandspandexgallore · 27/11/2025 06:44

Sorry I read Dahlia as Delilah!
Don’t like Dahlia. It’s pronounced Day-Lee-ah as in the flower. Yet I’ve heard people mispronounce it as a name.

Sparklesandspandexgallore · 27/11/2025 06:37

Juliet or Julia- I prefer Julia to Juliet, can’t explain why.
Charlotte - lovely, timeless name. One of my favourite names from your list. I would choose this.
Violet- ok, a bit of its time. I think it will date. That might not bother you though.
Bridget- don’t know anyone under the age of 50 with this name.
Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake) - I like Georgia, not sure about Blake for a girl, it’s a boys name to me.
Caroline (“line” pronunciation)- quite like this.
Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)- like this.

Felicity- great name.
Margot “Maggie”- ok
Tessa “Tess”- not keen.
Elizabeth “Eliza”- like.
Louisa- really like this. I would possibly use Charlotte Louisa from your choices.
May- no, very common.
June- no. Old ladies name and only to be used if born in the month of June.
Grace- no, overused.
Serena- not my favourite. Not sure why.
Elise- no sounds too much of a nickname.
Susannah- due a comeback I think.
Pippa- hmmmm reminds me of a brown haired girl, very thin and willowy. Long messy hair and arty.
Natalie or Natalia- don’t like Natalie. Natalia is better.
Flora- I image a woman living alone in a cottage in the woods. She is very arty.
Dahlia - why, why, why Delilah.
Heidi- no. Not unless she lives on a mountain in the Swiss alps.

wizzler · 27/11/2025 06:28

I love all the names on your smaller list especially Juliet , Louisa and Caroline
i think if you call your dd Madeline she will constantly be correcting the pronunciation. Might be different in the US.

mrssunshinexxx · 27/11/2025 06:26

I love Georgia and the meaning too

Mum3354 · 27/11/2025 06:23

Juliet, Elise, Flora or Serena are my favourites there.

DemonsandMosquitoes · 27/11/2025 06:21

I love Natalie. My favourite girls name. Elizabeth too in its entirety. Louisa is nice.
None of the others.
Tessa, Flora, Pippa, Maggie, Bridget, Georgia particularly bad.

CarlaLemarchant · 27/11/2025 06:08

danascully96 · 27/11/2025 02:30

I agree that Georgia probably works better in the UK since Georgia is known as the state in the US. Not sure why I feel that way, but it’s like being a Chelsea who lives in Chelsea… too meta 😶‍🌫️🤣

Exactly but then I thought that was maybe your thing seeing as Caroline, Louisa and Charlotte are leaning heavily towards US place names too. V Patriotic! They’re all pretty names though.

Trallers · 27/11/2025 02:45

My favs are Susannah and Louisa, but I do genuinely like them all (with the exception of Dahlia, which actually would be a pronunciation challenge across uk and USA with day-lia va dar-lia).

danascully96 · 27/11/2025 02:30

CarlaLemarchant · 26/11/2025 04:48

Really dislike Felicity. Love Georgia but since you’ve said you’re in the US I actually think it works slightly less.

My favourite to least favourite from your shortlist

Georgia
Eliza
Caroline
Louisa
Charlotte
Madeline
Juliet
Tessa
Felicity

I agree that Georgia probably works better in the UK since Georgia is known as the state in the US. Not sure why I feel that way, but it’s like being a Chelsea who lives in Chelsea… too meta 😶‍🌫️🤣

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DuchessOfNarcissex · 26/11/2025 19:27

It doesn't sound like Clotty. OP is in the USA, and it might not be as popular there. @Calliopespa.

Alexandrine · 26/11/2025 19:17

Love Julia, Eve, Caroline and Elizabeth- classic, timeless “can’t go wrong” names imo and quite international (especially Julia and Caroline). The Ev- variations admittedly are very popular at the moment but the original Eve itself has never got much beyond Top 50 here afaik.

Love Susannah, May and Juliet too but I suppose they might have more spelling issues (as Susanna, Mae and Juliette are nearly as well known. Actually I suppose Elizabeth does have the spelling Elisabeth too but that variation is much less well used in the UK).

(Btw I don’t get the 50/60 year old comments about classic names such as Julia and Susannah - statistically they have never been popular enough in the UK to really feel middle aged imo. I can only think that posters are confusing them with similar sounding Julie and Susan which were extremely popular here in the mid century).

But I don’t dislike any of your choices, apart from Margot (too trendy), Heidi (too cute for me), Bridget, June and Violet (just not keen on their sounds). I do personally prefer more “classic” variations of some of your picks though - so Teresa rather than diminutive Tessa, Philippa rather than diminutive Pippa, the original Madeleine over variation Madeline etc.

While Georgia isn’t a favourite of mine in particular (nothing wrong with it, it just makes me think of the State or the Country before it being a woman’s name); I think the family links are lovely so imo it should be a strong contender for a middle name at the very least.

Calliopespa · 26/11/2025 17:22

I think Charlotte is getting a bit overused and stodgy - especially Lottie, which sounds a bit like Clotty.

It isn't a bad name in and of itself, just way too common.

newchristmasjumper · 26/11/2025 16:58

danascully96 · 25/11/2025 03:16

Please give me your unfiltered thoughts on some or all of the names! Other name recommendations also welcomed.

Juliet or Julia

Charlotte

Violet

Bridget

Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake)

Caroline (“line” pronunciation)

Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)

Felicity

Margot “Maggie”

Tessa “Tess”

Elizabeth “Eliza”

Louisa

May

June

Grace

Serena

Elise

Susannah

Pippa

Natalie or Natalia

Flora

Dahlia

Heidi

I like Grace best from your list.

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