My 'short' list - girls

I love Poppy! I named my baby this in Nov, I get loads of compliments, BUT it is fast becoming popular...I have heard it a fair bit since naming my DD this....I also LOVE Ava and this is Poppy's middle name...I wished I had kept it back for any future daughters I might have, but yet again this name is so popular now.

I LOVE Ruby too, it was a name on my short list.

Juliet, Clara, Dulcie
Do you like Topsy? or Darcy?
I love Posy but wouldn't use it myself

Gosh, you weren't kidding about it not being overly short, were you!!

Anyhow, my tuppence worth is as follows:

Posy: Don't like. It makes me think of the Flumps.
Stella: Don't like. Too harsh plus there's the lager connoitation.
Poppy: Too twee. Not keen.
Charlotte: Love.
Ida: OK. For some reason it reminds me of Edith Wharton novels though.
Abigail: Love.
Cora: Not keen. Makes me think of apple corers.
Verity: Love.
Agnes: Don't like at all, although the French/Latin pronunciation is an improvement.
Lucinda: Sounds too much like cinder.
Tilly: Ok as a nn for Matilda but I'm not keen on either of them really.
Madison: I'm afraid I can't abide this name.
Ava: Love.
Clara: Lovely if pronounced Clare+a as they do in Yorkshire. Clah + ra is not so pleasant.
Helen: Ok. Tend to prefer Ellen, Eleanor or Helena.
Olivia: Too ubiquitous.
Lucy: Not keen. Sounds too little girly to me, even though I know plenty of adults with the name.
Lorna: Not keen. Reminds me of forlorn and lovelorn. Plus Lorna Doone is a bit tragic, really.
Ella: Pretty but ubiquitous.
Dulcie: Love.
Juliet: Prefer Juliette, but this is ok.
Lauren: Love. Also like Laurel.
Ruby: Quite like.

Posy - Not sure
Stella - would always remind me of beer
Poppy - cute
Charlotte - love this name. Possibility for our hypothetical DD2
Ida - Ok
Abigail - not too keen, although I like Abby.
Cora - Pretty
Verity - ugh, no.
Agnes - no
Lucinda - no
Tilly - like
Madison - don't mind and I know it is commonly used for girls but in my babies name book it was down as a boys name meaning 'son of Maude,' which put me off it a little.
Ava - pretty but very popular, however I always say that names are popular for a reason.
Clara - nice
Helen - no
Olivia - no
Lucy - love Lucy. Classic and pretty name!
Lorna - ok
Ella - really love Ella. It was my Grandma's name and I think it's so pretty!
Dulcie - ok
Juliet - nice
Lauren - ok but reminds me of Catherine Tate.
Ruby - Lovely!

Posy - ?
Stella - cute
Poppy - ok, but a little too sweet
Charlotte - lovely. classic.
Ida - old lady chic gone too far
Abigail - like nn abi but not keen on the 'gail' part
Cora - fabulous
Verity - dislike
Agnes - see Ida
Lucinda - too frilly
Tilly - cute
Madison - too american
Ava - too 'now' (Ava, Eva, Eve, Evie etc)
Clara - beautiful
Helen - too 70's
Olivia - lovely
Lucy - beautiful - my favourite
Lorna - harsh
Ella - pretty. popular.
Dulcie - too try-hard
Juliet - gorgeous
Lauren - forever blighted for me by Catherine Tate
Ruby - too now. very very popular.

My favourites are
Lucy, Cora, Clara and Juliet

Ooh, didn't see Juliet - I like that too.

Posy - I like this a lot. I wanted dd2 to be it but dp totally anti!
Stella - hate it but not sure why
Poppy - nice enough
Charlotte - gorgeous
Ida - not fond / sounds quite hard
Abigail -ok
Cora - don't like
Verity - love it
Agnes - not fond
Lucinda - ok
Tilly -no
Madison - hate this
Ava -ok
Clara -ok
Helen - v nice indeed
Olivia - like
Lucy - but dull
Lorna -ok
Ella - not fond
Dulcie -ok
Juliet - lovely
Lauren - no
Ruby - no (nothing wrong with it though)

Ida
Verity
Clara
Lorna
Juliet

would be my shorter shortlist iyswim.

I really regret not going with Clara for dd, so that's my favourite but I do really like the others.

Posy - I don't like; doesn't sound like a "real" name
Stella - don't like
Poppy - pretty, like it,
Charlotte - nice
Ida - don't like
Abigail - not keen
Cora - don't like
Verity - don't like
Agnes - don't like
Lucinda - don't like
Tilly - love it as a nn for matilda, but don't like nn as full names
Madison - don't like
Ava - not keen, prefer Eva or Evie
Clara - don't like, too harsh sounding
Helen don't like, prefer Nell
Olivia - lovely
Lucy -nice, also like Lucie
Lorna - too harsh sounding for me
Ella - ok, prefer Ellie
Dulcie - ok
Juliet - not keen
Lauren - not keen, prefer Laura
Ruby - OK

Posy - stupid
Stella = a bit "trendy"
Poppy = cute
Charlotte - no
Ida no
Abigail no
Cora no
Verity like
Agnes no
Lucinda no
Tilly no
Madison a little common ihmo
Ava - granny
Clara no
Helen - boring
Olivia - like
Lucy - like
Lorna - old owman
Ella - very overused
Dulcie - sweet
Juliet - lovely
Lauren - ok
Ruby - no

My favourites are Charlotte and Clara.

my lovely nan (RIP) was called Agnes Lilian and she absolutely hated Agnes, and couldn't understand why anyone would name a child with "an old womans name" and so her whole life she went by the name "Lil" and even when ill, would not respond to the doctors if they addressed her as Agnes.

Out of the names you've listed, i really like Charlotte, Abigail, Clara and Lucy - all pretty and classy names.

I like Poppy, Verity, Juliet and Lucy

Definitely Lucy.

Dulcie!

Posy - too cutesy and girly. Can't take it seriously.
Stella - nice but quite hard sounding, but means 'star' so I could get over it
Poppy - see Posy
Charlotte - pretty/classic
Ida - harsh, like an old 1960's Coronation St character in a hairnet
Abigail - too 70's, like Karen and Mandy
Cora - unusual Victorian name, quite like it
Verity - harsh sounding, dislike
Agnes - really do like, also Agatha but I know that most people hate it
Lucinda - too Jilly Cooper
Tilly - as above
Madison - where did this come from??? Totally different to al the other names on this list...v American and dare I say pretty chavtastic
Ava - 2 million of them around - Eva/Ava/Evie blah blah
Clara - Love it. Very underused but works at all ages
Helen - too 70's and too plain
Olivia - overused
Lucy - cute, know lots my age but no children
Lorna - don't like but can't say why
Ella - loathe it, too many, too blah
Dulcie - quite like it but most people will hate it
Juliet - boring
Lauren - too chavvy
Ruby - wayyyyy too many these days

I like Verity the best

Juliet is beautiful, with Dulcie or Posy as a mn.

I live Clara, Verity and Stella too.

Olivia and Charlotte (Lottie) nice if you don't mind popularity. Ruby the same.

I think Agnes is awful. I think the French pronounce it AnYay. Aggnusss is just terrible.

Posy -- Twee
Stella -- Great
Poppy -- Insubstantial and also a weed
Charlotte -- Great
Ida -- Great, also like Ada
Abigail -- Beautiful, love OT names
Cora -- Harsh-sounding, imo
Verity -- VeryTwee
Agnes -- Beautiful, classic
Lucinda -- Beautiful, classic
Tilly -- Short for Matilda only, if not then no
Madison -- Horrible
Ava -- Lovely but very popular
Clara -- Lovely
Helen -- Prefer Helena
Olivia -- Lovely; very, very popular
Lucy -- Beautiful
Lorna -- Reminds me of 'Forlorn'; prefer Lara
Ella -- Way too insubstantial and popular to the point of cliche
Dulcie -- Taking the old lady thing a bit too far, imo
Juliet -- Beautiful, classic
Lauren -- Lovely
Ruby -- Too popular

Dulcie is gorgeous.

Posy - don't like at all
Stella - don't like at all
Poppy - sweet, very popular round these parts
Charlotte - timeless, lovely name
Ida - Nah
Abigail - like it. Like Abi too
Cora - don't like
Verity - don't like
Agnes - too old lady
Lucinda - nope, middle aged horsey woman imo
Tilly - sweet
Madison - nope.
Ava - love it
Clara - love it
Helen - like it
Olivia - don't liek it at all. Know it's v popular though
Lucy - ok
Lorna - nice
Ella - ok on a little girl, not an adult
Dulcie - not keen
Juliet - lovely, again timeless classic
Lauren - like it, but overused
Ruby - don't like it

Juliet, lorna.

My favourite is Agnes, if we ever have another DD that is what she is gonig to be called.