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Help! Are these girls names nice- or poncy beyond belief?

108 replies

messydrawers · 14/05/2010 18:02

Clementine
Cordelia
Augusta
Allegra

Any thoughts?

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treas · 15/05/2010 23:15

Have a friend whose has a dd called Cordelia which is shortened too Corky and you just know the kids at school will call Allegra Leggy.

ASmallBunchOfFlowers · 15/05/2010 23:12

Conversely, the only one I don't like is Augusta.

If you really want poncey, I am sure we can suggest some for you!

MrsvWoolf · 15/05/2010 23:06

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persephoneplum · 15/05/2010 15:01

I love all of them. My last list was called overly-pretentious but I've got thick skin and any girl of mine deserves a grand name

Eff the naysayers, they're all awesome!

TiggyR · 15/05/2010 07:54

I'm not wild about Augusta because it's a golf course and bit clunky for a little girl, plus 'Gussie' is a rather unflattering pet-nmae, but the rest are beautiful. I loved Cordelia and Clementine when I was PG (in the dark ages) but the don't fit with my last name.

Ophelia, Cressida and Daphne are lovely too.

cumbria81 · 15/05/2010 07:45

way too poncey, I'm afraid.

LuluF · 15/05/2010 07:22

Cordelia and Clementine are lovely.

Augusta is Bertie Wooster's Aunt - though there's nothing wrong with that. PG Wodehouse is a good source of names IMO.

Allegra - not my favourite.

nooka · 15/05/2010 06:53

My cousin is a Cordelia. I think it both a bit poncy and really nice. I'm not very keen on the other names.

florence2511 · 15/05/2010 02:46

I love Codelia. Anne of Green Gables would love to have been called Cordelia. I also love Clementine.

Not too keen on Augusta or Allegra.

JosephineClaire · 14/05/2010 21:43

I went to university with an Augusta - Gussie or Goose for short

LiquoriceLila · 14/05/2010 21:42

I only like Clementine Im afraid, I really do like that though

KickArseQueen · 14/05/2010 21:40

You can turn Augusta from poncy to chavvy by shortening it to Sta

Love Cordelia tho.........

bibbitybobbityhat · 14/05/2010 21:21

Sorry! wrong thread

bibbitybobbityhat · 14/05/2010 21:21

Please come back and tell us how it all went, won't you mmj?

ZZZenAgain · 14/05/2010 20:12

I really like Allegra but dh wasn't having any of it.

Actually with the surname I think it would have been a bit odd!

MamaLazarou · 14/05/2010 19:53

Agreed.

Chislers · 14/05/2010 19:51

That's a lovely meaning for a name imo

MamaLazarou · 14/05/2010 19:50

(So, yes: the same as the Spanish Alegre)

MamaLazarou · 14/05/2010 19:50

It means jaunty, or gay (in the old-fashioned sense).

Chislers · 14/05/2010 19:48

What does Allegra mean in Italian? not fast is it? Alegre in spanish is more like cheerful, lively. I would have seen Allegra as the same word (but in a different language)

LynetteScavo · 14/05/2010 19:48

I love Clementine, and Cordelia.

I like Allegra.

Not so keen on Augusta.

None of them are poncy, IMO.

bibbitybobbityhat · 14/05/2010 19:47

Clementine wins by miles. We had a thread about Clementine yesterday!

MamaLazarou · 14/05/2010 19:46

I don't think they are poncy at all. Allegra's a bit 'OK yah', but the others are all lovely.

Chislers · 14/05/2010 19:45

Clementine - unattractive sound
Cordelia - lovely name with loads of really nice nick names
Augusta - awful. Awg? Gus?
Allegra - I like it

Cordelia and Allegra are beautiful. Clementine and Augusta are a bit clunkier and fustier.

dizzydixies · 14/05/2010 19:40

I live Evangeline but I would have used Evan as the nn - please see above posts regards my strange choice of nn for my children

be aware of how popular Eve/Evie/Eva etc etc are at the minute though - if that bothers you in the slightest, it doesn't bother me

one of DD2's middle names is Cecelia and I love it, if it was her first name we would use Cece as a nn