i thought the 'wider audience' line was a good one
right, i'll go through the posts one by one and give you my favourites here so...in no particular order
Eleanor.... but agree, Roosevelt link possibly puts a stop on that one
Allegra....i like this for its unusuability... actuallymynamesmarina...how many are in your DD's class?
Sophia...maybe... not 100% this is going on the list for DH
Bethany... again..another maybe
Beatrice.. yup, def like this one! I think it goes particularly well with DS's name
Anabelle.. this was our original list (it had one name on it!) but I'm not sure about the nn 'anna' purely because of an anna I used to know
Jacqueline.. i think i like this one...not 100% though but its more than a maybe!
Harriet.. love this but would be ridiculous with our surname
Ariane... again, like this for being unusual
Amelia... I love this but aren't there a thousand little Amelias in the world now? I just get the feeling this has suddenly become very popular. Its actually a name that's been in my family for years (ancestors, not current) so it would be great to use it
Agatha... my first thought was 'no' but actually, its on the maybe list!
Jemima... yup, this is now on the list for DH to look at
Carrieanne..maybe..
Annalise... yup but again not sure about the 'anna' nn which would be inevitable!
Araminta... love this one!!
Antonia... love this one as well...in fact it was on the list from DS
Penelope...yup, yet another maybe..actually, its a bit more than just a maybe
ooh now Arrabella is a definite alternative to my other favourite of Anabella but without the anna nn...this is on the list!
Amara.. yet another usual one, on the list!
Matilda... i really like this name but not sure i can use it, mum used to have a dog called Matilda... what do you wise ladies of mn think?
Gabrielle.... maybe
its quite funny looking at the suggested names because most of my female relativess are accounted for, as are the names that my mum wanted to call me (instead of the one that my father actually ended up registering )
i've now got a couple for you to mock/comment on...
Juliana... v similar to close relatives who will def see baby lots, older generation though so not sure if this matters?
Aralina... love this but think I may have invented it as a name?
Analina... but yup, you've guessed it... don't like the anna nn
NB...sorry to all the "Annas" out there, its not the name as such, just the connection to an anna i used to know
so dizz does that make the barrel a little smaller and the fish a little bigger?