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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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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

TheSandgroper · 26/11/2025 04:40

I’m not in the UK and named dd an underrated classic and it’s been good only ever being the only one in her schools. Everyone easily identifies her.

As with pp, Caroline is definitely an underrated classic here, too.

b0mbayb1cycleclub · 26/11/2025 04:19

Georgia

danascully96 · 26/11/2025 03:47

Thank you to everyone so far! Lots of great comments. I’m not precious about my names — some of you have me cracking up with your comments about me birthing a 60-year old woman in tweed 😜 British humor is definitely the best 🤣 I was afraid to say that these names will likely be said with a Midwestern American accent (we put Ds where Ts should be) as I know we speak very nasally. Ready to be torched for my accent in the upcoming comments 🤠🔥

That said, I spend a lot of time in the UK for work visits, so I appreciate hearing from the other side of the pond! For instance, Julia and Caroline seem to be much more dated in the UK than they are here in the US. Whereas Eleanor and Harriet have always been classic/popular in the UK, they’ve only recently been dusted off (within the past decade) here in the US.

Generally speaking, I’ve (slightly) narrowed down my favorites to:

Juliet, Elizabeth “Eliza,” Louisa, Tessa, Charlotte, Caroline, Georgia, Felicity, and Madeline.

As for Madeline, I hate the nn Maddie, so it’ll probably drop off too. However, I’m a redhead, so Felicity and Madeline would be cute if I had two redheaded girls (Felicity is an American Girl doll and Madeline for the books).

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danascully96 · 26/11/2025 03:26

Mandarinaduck · 25/11/2025 23:05

Lovely names.
I like Susannah, Caroline, Louisa, Flora and Heidi best.

Some other suggestions:
Nadia
Tamara
Josephine
Miranda
Erica

I love Nadia. Funnily enough, my grandma was named Josephine. I’ve always loved the nn Josie, but I’m not sure about Josephine 🌸 I’ll have to ponder on that!

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Snugglemonkey · 25/11/2025 23:23

Since it has such meaning to you, I would vote Georgia Blake. However, I really love Caroline, it is my dd's middle name and it ia my favourite from your list. I realky like Felicity too.

adropofgoldensun · 25/11/2025 23:07

Juliet, Georgia and Heidi are all lovely.

Harassedmum123 · 25/11/2025 23:06

Don’t add Eve to the list!! Perfectly nice name but boring and loads of similar names like Evie, Eva , Ava etc.
Your name list is one of the nicest I’ve seen in a long time and I like almost all of them . Favourites are probably Violet, Felicity and Serena.

Mandarinaduck · 25/11/2025 23:05

Lovely names.
I like Susannah, Caroline, Louisa, Flora and Heidi best.

Some other suggestions:
Nadia
Tamara
Josephine
Miranda
Erica

TheaBrandt1 · 25/11/2025 23:04

Like them all except Bridget. Bridget is a stout 60 something in tweed with lots of dogs not a baby.

And please not Eve either it is the most boringly overused girls name in England. So generic. One to avoid..

DoYouReally · 25/11/2025 23:00

The first three on your list are my favourites.

Most of the others are ok other thsn Bridget & Caroline.

schoolsoutforever · 25/11/2025 20:18

Juliet or Julia - like both
Charlotte - nice but too pop
Violet - no
Bridget - Quite like
Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake) - No, sorry bit 90s
Caroline (“line” pronunciation) - no
Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books) - no
Felicity - yes
Margot “Maggie” - yes
Tessa “Tess” - yes (though both Teresa?)
Elizabeth “Eliza” - yes
Louisa - lovely
May - Yes
June - Yes
Grace - OK
Serena - no
Elise - OK
Susannah - No
Pippa - No
Natalie or Natalia - No
Flora - Yes
Dahlia - not sure
Heidi - I like it but I wouldn't choose it.

All 'nice' names but some are more to my taste than others, any would be fine though. Louisa and Felicity are my faves.

Calliopespa · 25/11/2025 18:04

Sofiatheworst · 25/11/2025 09:18

Georgia is my absolute favourite name. I couldn’t use it unfortunately. I definitely think you should.

Yes Georgia is my favourite on your list when you consider how meaningful it would be for you. No brainer I think.

I also like Elizabeth/Eliza, Felicity and Violet - though Violet is getting a bit heavily "done" and I possibly prefer Violetta for that reason.

Grace is popular but to me a very ugly, heavy-sounding name, I don't like the hard "G".

Dahlia is awful (sorry).

whatsnewpussycat34 · 25/11/2025 17:55

I like Juliet, Heidi and Madeline

Moreteaandchocolate · 25/11/2025 17:41

Juliet or Julia - ok but feel middle aged to me

Charlotte - lovely but make sure you like both Charlie and Lottie

Violet - I love this but I know others see “violent” which puts me off a bit

Bridget - feels dated, don’t like “Bridge”

Georgia - Love, love, love

Caroline (“line” pronunciation)- nice - like the nn’s Callie / Carrie

Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books) - too much hassle to correct constantly from
made-lyn pronunciation

Felicity - lovely but I dislike all the shortenings

Margot “Maggie” - like a lot

Tessa “Tess” - like a lot

Elizabeth “Eliza” - love (prefer Eliza as a standalone name as I love it best out of the shortenings for Elizabeth, and it avoids people using other nn options)

Louisa - like, do you like “Lou”?

May - like

June - like - still feels a bit dated to me but I like it enough to use anyway

Grace - nice but the ones I know aren’t graceful and it stands out more because of the mismatch with the name meaning

Serena - nice but the one I know is called “Sreen”. Prefer Seren.

Elise - slight middle aged French lady vibes - but pretty

Susannah - nice but lots of 50 year olds with the name if that bothers you - makes it feel dated to me

Pippa - love, prefer short for Philippa

Natalia or Natalia - dated, don’t like Nat. Talia is nice as shirt for Natalia.

Flora - nice if you don’t mind occasional “and fauna” jokes

Dahlia - ok, but could become “Dahls” in secondary school

Heidi - love this so much

I’d pick Georgia, Heidi, Philippa (Pippa) or Eliza.

cramptramp · 25/11/2025 17:24

All lovely.

Myblueclematis · 25/11/2025 15:37

I like pretty much all of them but I really like Julia, Elizabeth and Georgia, very classy sounding names I think.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 25/11/2025 15:31

There probably aren't many 60 year old Susannahs, but plenty of Susans and Suzannes.

I'm put off Serena because of the ones I know only one is actually Serena, the others have different spellings like Sarina.

SophieStrawHat · 25/11/2025 15:18

Caroline or Flora are my favourites.

TallulahBetty · 25/11/2025 15:12

Juliet or Julia - is she going to be born aged 60?
Charlotte - wet
Violet - nice
Bridget - no
Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake) - love
Caroline (“line” pronunciation) - nice; bit dated but nice
Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books) - no, not this pronunciation. The other one is nice
Felicity - frilly, but nice
Margot “Maggie” - pretentious
Tessa “Tess” - wet
Elizabeth “Eliza” - no; "yes"
Louisa - nice; bit dated but nice
May - like
June - no
Grace - like
Serena - like
Elise - ok
Susannah - is she going to be born aged 60?
Pippa - wet
Natalie or Natalia - nice; bit dated but nice
Flora - wet
Dahlia - black?
Heidi - ok

elliesmummy19 · 25/11/2025 15:06

Juliet or Julia- Julia is one of my favourite names but I love both
Charlotte- really like
Violet- ok
Bridget- ok
Georgia- I have negative feelings about the name because of someone I know 😂 but it’s a perfectly nice name and I like that it has meaning to your family
Caroline (“line” pronunciation)- like! My MILs name who I’m very fond of
Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)- I prefer when it’s pronounced Made lyn but I like it!
Felicity- like
Margot “Maggie”- love but not a fan of Maggie
Tessa “Tess”- not a fan
Elizabeth “Eliza”- LOVE!
Louisa- ok
May- love
June- not a fan
Grace- ok
Serena- not a fan at all
Elise- ok
Susannah- love
Pippa- love!
Natalie or Natalia- not a fan of Natalia but like Natalie
Flora- meh
Dahlia- don’t like
Heidi- like

Julia and Elizabeth are my favourites.

Serena and Flora are my least favourite

KarriTreeSullivan · 25/11/2025 15:03

Eve, a harmless name but it is incredibly dull and pretty common in all it's forms compared to most of your other names!

KarriTreeSullivan · 25/11/2025 15:01

Love!:
Juliet or Julia - Juliet, I think is a beautiful name and is so nice to say. Julia somehow is dull in comparison and much mor common.

Georgia - Gorgeous, lovely meaning for you, and there is the lovely song 'Georgia on My Mind' but I think that is about the US State Georgia!
Charlotte - another gorgeous name that is lovely to say. I really dislike Charlie as a short version, but love Lottie!

Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books) - beautiful, sort of dreamy and poetic.

May - I love this name, it was top of my list for girls as it is a family name. People might think it boring though as it has been so overused as a middle name.

Susannah - Love Susannah, unusual these days too. Susan was an extremely popular baby name for women who are now in their 70's so some might find it a bit odd.

Heidi - Gorgeous, was high up on my girl names list.

Nice:
Pippa - really cute.

Caroline (“line” pronunciation) - it's alright, almost certainly won't be any others in her class, Caroline is way nicer than just Carol.

Elizabeth “Eliza” - nice, classic.

Louisa -nice classic

Tessa “Tess” - really love, but it does tend to be a dog or horses name.

Margot “Maggie” - I used to love Margot but I think it's a bit too common now and so many people on here say it reminds them of Maggot, which I never noticed before and now I can't unsee it. However, I'm not sure why you would name her Margot but call her Maggie? Just name her Maggie? Bit weird.

June - A Handmaids Tale - what a woman! I quite likely but it is a bit on the wrong side of old lady names to me.

Serena - also A Handmaids Tale, a complicated character. It's quite a nice name.

Natalie or Natalia - I love the way Natalie is said in an English voice and when all letters are pronounced (apart from the 'e' of course), I don't like the American pronunciation at all, or when the English drop the t's. Not a fan of Natalia, not sure why!

Dahlia - Nice, a beautiful flower! But do you say Darr-lia or Day-lia. Whichever way she'll have to let people know forever.

Strongly dislike:
Flora - absolutely awful, it is a margarine or the name of a cow in a meadow.

Violet - horrible, mean girl vibes, really hate the name Violet but a lot of people like it right now.

Bridget - Makes me think - Bridgerton, god awful silly TV series! Though I might be the only person that thinks that. Old fashioned, old money, bit stuck up.

Felicity - She'd be friends with Violet and they'd be mean girls together.

Grace - dull, way too many about now.

Elise - nah, dull, much prefer Eliza

Suggestions: Suzette, Claire, Joanie

Great list OP, good luck and congratulations!

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/11/2025 11:47

Lots of classic choices. I like Juliet (and Julia but prefer Juliet), Elizabeth nn Eliza, Flora, dahlia, would say Madeline but worry about McCann association.

Blueuggboots · 25/11/2025 09:49

I have an aunty Bridget who goes by Bridie.

i love Margot and Maggie.

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