Pretty girl names ? Help

Could you add a bit more of what you like so we can help? Maybe some names that you like but can’t use because family/friends have used them already or they don’t work with your surname?

Do you like Madeleine because it’s long, do you like that you can shorten it to Maddie?

If someone likes Madeleine, Emma and Molly I would think they would like:
Elizabeth, Eliza
Charlotte, Lottie
Rose
Rosanna
Juliet
Ella
Zara
Amelia
Verity

Emmeline

Felicity
Ember
Arrietty
Leah
Susannah
Adelaide
Alba
Harriet /Hattie

Laetitia
Cecily
Phoebe
Mirella
Sabine
Elvira

I like both Madeleine and your DH's choices.

Some that I think are pretty:

Melinda
Mirabel
Sarah
Bethany
Faye
Rosamund
Noelle
Joely
Cara
Celine
Cassandra
Camilla
Christy

What is it you don't like about Josie, Hailey and Isabelle?

Based on your back ups:

Emily
Eva
Amelia
Amalia
Milly ( Matilda)
Polly

Obviously, 'pretty' is subjective but, in my opinion

Abigail, Amberley, Anika, Aria, Arabella, Araminta, Alyssa, Ariel, Avery, Amaya
Bryony, Bronwen
Calliope, Cassandra, Carys, Cassia, Cherry, Ciara, Catriona
Danica, Darcey
Effie, Etta, Enya, Everley, Erica, Ebony, Eloise, Erin, Ekaterina, Electra, Elowen
Felicity, Francesca, Faith
Grace, Georgina
Hannah, Hermione, Holly
Ivy, Iris, India, Imogen
Jessica, Jessamy, Joanna
Karensa, Katerina, Keziah
Larissa, Lyra, Livia, Lowenna
Miranda, Melissa, Mika, Mala
Natalie, Nova, Neriah, Naomi, Natasha,
Octavia, Olivia
Philippa, Piper
Rhiannon, Rosanna, Rebecca, Rowena, Rosina, Romilly
Sadie, Savannah, Sylvia, Samara, Sophia, Skye, Saskia, Saffron, Samantha
Thea, Tansy, Taryn
Vanessa, Verity, Victoria
Xanthe
Zara, Zipporah

Really hard to understand your likes and dislikes. All just random names.
I can't see a common link between them. Isabelle is the only one I think of as pretty, but it's a bit too 'pretty' for my liking. I don't think Isabel or Isobel are 'pretty' but I'm not keen on them.

Don’t really like old fashioned names or anything too unique.
By old fashioned, do you mean names that were popular about 100 years ago (eg Mabel, Elsie) or names that were very popular a few years ago but aren't used much now (eg Samantha, Amy)?
Presumably by 'too unique', you mean something too unusual.

Hailey seems old fashioned to me because the name Hayley was popular when I was born.

Are you only looking at the names of young girls you know? You might find names you'd not previously considered if you consider ones that are from a wider range.
Dorothy, Jessica and Melissa are all lovely, but you could look at more offbeat names like Jacqueline, Erica or Margarita...

I like Isabelle (though it was heavily used for a while) and Madeleine.

If you both like Emma and you had wanted Madeleine, like other pps Emmeline seems a good choice. I much prefer it to Emma.

I must say I don’t think much of your husband’s taste! Hope you find something you like.

It depends what you mean by old fashioned. Yes of course Dorothy for example is very old fashioned but names such Jessica and Hannah are quite old fashioned now just not as old fashioned but they are also classic and both very pretty. Names such as Nancy. Daisy. Elsie and Sadie are very pretty and feminine but again also quite old fashioned

Ill just throw out some names that could meet your criteria.

Melody
Alexia.
Elena
Nevaeh
Poppy
Sienna
Natalia.
Cleo
Anastasia
Tiana

Really hard to understand your likes and dislikes. All just random names.

Some suggestions:

Ella
Laura
Lucy
Freya
Zara
Nina
Katy
Julia
Ruby
Tessa
Dana
Maya
Amber
Greta
Lana
Brooke
Courtney

Florence
Abigail
Violet
Margot
Jasmine
Willow
Megan
Matilda
Emilia
Wren
Daisy
Poppy
Lily
Chloe
Rosie
Evie
Grace
Phoebe
Tilly
Bonnie
Layla
Ivy

I think your Madeleine and his Josie, Hailey, Isabelle are all similar in style!
Names that I think are pretty and match the style:
Elodie
Amelie
Rosalie
Maisie
Cecily
Phoebe
Anabelle
Matilda
Lyla
Estelle
Esme

Madeleine - like but I don't like Maddie
Josie - not keen
Hailey - don't like
Isabelle - overused. I don't like Izzy or Belle
Adeline - don't like. The one I know is 'Adda-lyne' not 'Addelyn'
Madison - don't like
Josephine - like
Emma - like a lot
Molly - like

Suggestions: Emmeline, Holly, Polly

Emma and Molly are much nicer than the other names.

You don't need to love the name but you need to be sure that you will always like it.

Shame your husband doesn’t like Madeline

Emmeline
Eliza
Esme
Jessica
Anastasia

Go a bit unusual
Melissa
Nicole
Alicia
Flora

My advice would be to go onto the ONS website and download the girls names spreadsheet for a recent year and scroll through all the options on tab 6 (every name used in England and Wales that year for at least 3 babies). Or do the equivalent for a different country if you're based elsewhere.

You said you're not looking for a unique name, so if you can't find a name on that list that you both like I don't know what other names you're likely to find. Perhaps you're the type of people who will know the name once you meet the baby - there's absolutely nothing wrong with that too!

Alice
Grace
Lottie
Rose
Mary

Jasmine?

Annabelle
Isabelle
Imogen
Emilia
Eleanor
Amy

Polly
Amelia
Talia
Ada

Jemima, Tabitha, juniper

Miranda
Victoria
Cosima
Claudia
Allegra
Annina
Felicity
Xanthe
Helena
Emma
Dawn
Polly
Julia
Tess

Clementine
annabelle
eva
evelina
amelie
elodie
juliet
rosalie
eliza
cora
helena
meredith
genevieve
cecilia
caroline