Not a girly girl....

[travispickles]

Astrid

Estelle

Marina

Marlena

Marnie

Sasha

Stella

This is my new shortlist. Only 5 weeks to go, and no idea what to call her! What kind of person would you say suits these names?

Much appreciated.

Oh and the only Astrid I know is absolutely fab! :)

I really like Estelle

Oh yes, I agree about Audrey. I love Audra too.

Robin is nice, or Kirsten, not overlygirly

Joan - due for a revival

Yes Saskia is nice... or Sadie?

DD is Sasha and she is beautiful :). She's funny, affectionate and strong-willed. Obviously my favourite from your list. It means 'defender of humankind' and I think can be strong and pretty. When I saw it in the baby name book it was the Russian diminutive of Alexandra. IMO much more feminine than masculine.

Of the others also like Marnie and Stella, and Sadie suggested above.

Other suggestions I also like Eden (meaning 'delightful and enchanting') and Emma (meaning 'whole').

Marina - like a shipyard?

I like Astrid and Sasha.

What lovely names. My favourites aren Estelle and Marina.

Estelle is my fave.

I love your choices. I met a little Astrid yesterday (6 yrs old) and said what a beautiful name I thought it was. I also said I thought Scandanavian names were becoming more popular...
Estelle also beautiful. And someone mentioned Greta - I like that too.

scince everbody else is doing lists, i might as well join in...
Some of theese names have already been suggeted but they are very beautiful...

Bellatix
Amellie
Marla
Piper
Marina ad Astrid- both gorgeous
piper
and someone said Sadie, i really love that
Anneliese
Autumn
Elisabeth
Audrey
Eliza
Emma
Tamara
Miya
Anne
Alexx
Victoria
Vivian
Gretchin
Rosie/Rose
Mariah
Paige
Gianna
Heidi
Niah
??? Love them all, My dd is Jessica Niah (christian and middle names)

Prefer Sasha a NN for Alexandra. Sasha is too casual. Love Marina. Marlie sounds likes a cartoon caracter to me. Not a fan of the rest of names.

Love love love Astrid

I love all your names OP, but I think Astrid and Estelle are my favourite.

Other non- girly names:
Tamar
Nyree
Erin
Tess
Zoe
Naomi
Liesel

Astrid is lovely lovely lovely lovely!!!

Thanks all, some great feedback. Think it has helped me to whittle it down to a couple of favourites... TGFM (thank god for mumsnet!) otherwise this child would have been called 'Girl 1' like a poor child from the middle ages

Lol at travispickles, glad to see you have a classy taste in names. x

i'm inferring from your thread title that you don't want an uber girly name.

In that case, have my name, Alexandra.

NN is usually Alex which is pretty bad ass for a girl. I've had nothing but positive feedback regarding it. People seem to really like it.

Astrid lovely name
Estelle reminds me of the old lady from the golden girls
Marina no no no
Marlena no no
Marnie like it
Sasha ok
Stella lovely name

Just thought, how does Ingrid strike you?

What about Estrid - another Swedish name and a slight variation on Astrid? A friend of mine called her baby girl Estrid and I think it's lovely and quite unusual.