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Elegant, classic, timeless girls names?

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Meggie2110 · 18/08/2010 12:19

I want to give my daughter an elegant, timeless name. Names like poppy, maisy etc are adorable but i can't imagine them for a grown woman. I really love the names Emma, Laura and Charlotte but i know so many or there's already one in the family so i'm looking for similar names which are a little bit less common.

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CupcakesHay · 18/08/2010 12:23

I like Eleanor. I think "royal" names are quite classic and timeless - so Victoria, Charlotte, Eliazabeth, Caroline, Beatrice.

TheDoodler · 18/08/2010 12:23

Elizabeth
Lauren
Victoria
Alexandra
Alice
Margaret

Pfishofplight · 18/08/2010 12:23

Josephine

RonansMummy · 18/08/2010 12:25

I love Elizabeth

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MollysChambers · 18/08/2010 12:29

Is Lauren a classic name?

TheDoodler · 18/08/2010 12:30

prob not but was trying to think of an alternative to Laura

Sinkingfeeling · 18/08/2010 12:39

Elizabeth
Sarah
Rebecca
Emily
Jane

MollysChambers · 18/08/2010 12:45

Ooh I do like Sarah. DH vetoed (think because he used to go out with a Sarah Hmm)

Sinkingfeeling · 18/08/2010 12:47

Didn't everyone's DH go out with a Sarah though? Mine went out with at least two ...

MarthaQuest · 18/08/2010 12:51

Anna

Catherine

Elizabeth

Susannah (not sure whether really qualifies as elegant and timeless, but tis very nice)

notyummy · 18/08/2010 12:53

Jane

ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 18/08/2010 12:53

Lydia. I love Lydia, but DH used to go out with a Lydia so he vetoed.

Eleanor
Cecily
Martha
Harriet
Matilda
Beatrice
Esther
Louisa
Susannah
Josephine

KSal · 18/08/2010 12:54

Rachel... veto'd in our house because she is DH's significant ex.
Also Helen

LadyThompson · 18/08/2010 12:54

Anne
Helen
Beatrix
Ellen
Victoria
Susannah
Mary
Katharine
Louisa

becaroo · 18/08/2010 12:55

Elinor
Olivia
Lydia
Elizabeth
Julia
Anna
Catherine
Rebecca
Lucinda

cece · 18/08/2010 12:57

Jane
Sarah
Elizabeth
Louisa
Caroline
Nicole
Victoria
Juliette
Julia
Hannah
Anna
Kate
Penelope

MollysChambers · 18/08/2010 13:14

I think Susannah is both elegant and timeless Grin.

poppyknot · 18/08/2010 13:14

Georgina, Amelia, Rosalind and all of ProfessorLaytonIMLS's (we have three of those on the family!)

MarthaQuest · 18/08/2010 13:24

Georgiana pronounced jor-jane-a?

Cortina · 18/08/2010 13:27

Helen
Ruth
Judith
Sally
Rosamond
Caroline
Sarah
Louise
Elizabeth
Celia

Lora69 · 18/08/2010 13:37

Ellen stood out to me reading this :)

ValiumSingleton · 18/08/2010 14:12

Are you looking for something classic and fashion-proof?

Juliet - I love this name and I know some adult ones and a tiny one
Rachel - I wonder why this isnt as popular as Hannah
Marianne - very elegant imo
Susannah - I don't think I could guess a Susannah's age
Eleanor - There are young ones but also young adults and my Mum's friend, so it is fashion-proof
Annabel - same feel as Eleanor
Kate - never goes away
Sarah - There aren't many now, it's still pretty. It would be unusual for a baby.

I really like Laurel like the plant, but I'm not sure I would say it was timeless. Plant inspired names are popular now.

ValiumSingleton · 18/08/2010 14:13

LaureL I mean.

liliputlady · 18/08/2010 14:27

Anna
Hannah
Louise
Jane
Katherine