Stylish, elegant, 'grown up' girls names?

[sedgiebaby]

I'm now in my 35 week and this is making me crazy...

I have a kind of frilly last name, DH is French-Canadian, its not unlike 'La Rouge', if not careful with a first name, our DD is going to sound like a show girl/burlesque artist/worse...

e.g. Lexie La Rouge (know what I mean?)

Lots of girls names are either too pretty/girly sounding or have an ending that does not work with the 'la' of the last name: Lilia/amelia/aurelia/Lola La Rouge (try saying it!?)

Another test for me (because of my line of work) is how I would feel introducing myself at a business meeting (I just can't do the milly/poppy/scarlet/molly/ etc nice as they are)

Middle name is going to be 'Grace' a special family connection

For one reason or another I can't have these names but like them.

Claudia Grace La Rouge
Evangeline Grace La Rouge
Alexa Grace La Rouge
Charlotte Grace La Rouge
Sophie/Sophia Grace La Rouge
Seren Grace La Rouge
Ines Grace La Rouge

Any other stylish/elegant/non-frilly suggestions that do not end in la? Doesn't need to be french, as long as sounds alright/easily said by a french speaking person.

Please please help!!

Eva?

Helen Grace is lovely and I think would go well with your last name.

Elisabeth

Leia or Lara. Maybe even Lyra.

I'd go with Grace too elegant to just be a middle name.

Hermione
Eloise
Elspeth
Iris

Eleanor, Abigail. Naomi

Carine
Serena (too close to Seren?)
Naomi
Margot
Fleur
Marianne

Vanessa
Eleanor
Eva
Lana

Ottilie
Odile
Sara

Joanna Grace

Anna
Thea
Mary

I think my favourites would go well with La Rouge. They are rare, but may well balance the name structure.

Arduina
Édua
Ilona
Damira

And if French, I like Élodie.

Arden Grace (my favourite but biased)
Eliza Grace
Juliet Grace
Harriet Grace

Carmen

Thank you for the suggestions
I'm liking(from this page):

Carmen
Arden
Élodie
Eloise
Estelle
Marita

I need to ask DH though which is a massive hurdle...

We both quite like Gisele, any thoughts? Is it frilly? We would go for Gigi as a nn., its Frenglish, so fits there. We are both v v tall and slim (ok not so much at 35 wks lol) but would expect a gangly daughter!

oh and csillus , your suggestions are really interesting but I don't know how to say those names, please advise if you see my message. Thanks :)

Gigi is very showgirl, surely?! As is Carmen, I'd have thought. And in France at least (don't know about Canada) Gisele is very old-fashioned.

Eloise is much more elegant. French spelling Héloïse is pretty.

Emmeline? Similar to evangeline on your original list, and fits the franglais requirement

castille - yes I suppose Gigi is frilly, but I just mean for a little girls family nickname. The only Carmen I know was quite surly so I don't think of it as showgirl, but maybe. I like Héloïse.

I did know that about Gisele in France being like 'Ethel' here, that doesn't matter so much, but I can check with the Quebec relatives, to make sure it isn't too old lady-ish, the popularity of names in Quebec v France is quite different from what I've read online so far. However I dare not let too many things influence the choice though, its so difficult already.

Chocolatecheesecake, I like Emmeline too thank you.

How about Darcey or Myrtle?
Any good?

I also loved Artemisia (especially the nn Art) but DP was having none of it!