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Classy, beautiful, elegant girls name wanted

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LibbyLou123 · 28/07/2011 10:47

I want a girls name that if nice for a baby but will be something classy, beautiful and elegant when she is older.
I'm really not into 'faddy' kind of names and don't want a really popular one.

Names I like so far include

Harriet
Eliza
Beatrice
Georgia
Elizabeth
Charlotte

Names I would consider but don't like as much as the ones I just listed

Catherine
Louise

Any more suggestions you think I'd like?????

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DesertOrchid · 21/08/2011 09:39

antage of being both elegant and strong sounding, would suit a lot of different types of person.

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DesertOrchid · 21/08/2011 09:38

Jennifer

also second Laura.

What about Helen? Not often used these days, very old name, name of the most beautiful woman in the world (supposedly)... Has the adv

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GodKeepsGiving · 21/08/2011 09:04

Naomi.

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bloombloombell · 01/08/2011 10:00

Clara
Martha
Alice
Rose
Evelyn
Lucy
Emilie

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WheelsOnTheBike · 31/07/2011 22:48

Juliet
Caroline

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Unlurked · 31/07/2011 22:38

Lydia
Miriam
Francesca

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Reesie · 31/07/2011 22:33

Florence - definately my fav dd1's middle name so I am biased (wish I had given it to her as a first name!)

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sunshinejanuary · 29/07/2011 21:20

Charlotte and Amelia are very popular round this neck of the woods.

I think you might get a lot out of looking at a list of female names from Shakespeare! Although, possibily some are quite sad heroines and the namesake might not be appropriate?

We loved Harriet, but weirdly felt that we somehow couldn't see ourselves with a child with that name!

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alliwant · 29/07/2011 20:45

What about Erin?

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muminthemiddle · 29/07/2011 12:11

Well Ithought of Emma first.
How about Araminta- leading on from another thread.
Arabelle
clarabel
or anything that ends in "bel" is classy.

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Sequin1 · 29/07/2011 11:53

How about Lois?

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CocktailQueen · 28/07/2011 23:41

Rebecca
Rosanna
Phoebe
Ella

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BabesandJugs · 28/07/2011 23:27

Georgia (biased lol)
Susannah
Felicity

Rebecca
Kate
Eleanor
Martha
Josephine
Tabitha
Beatrice

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spottyock · 28/07/2011 21:02

Alice and Honor. Honor is our daughter's middle name.

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scarlettlips · 28/07/2011 20:59

Angelica just popped into my mind.

Stunning name IMO!

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InstantAtom · 28/07/2011 20:40

Cecilia
Violet
Clementine
Grace
Diana
Rowena
Christina
Alberta
Anastasia
Zara
Florence
Henrietta
Angela
Abigail
Jane
Alexandrina
Sophie
Frances
Constance
Margaret
Margeurite
Dorothea

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Greenwing · 28/07/2011 20:01

Oh yes - and Sara or Sarah (especially from Sara Crewe in 'A Little Princess' one of my favourite books as a child.)

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Greenwing · 28/07/2011 20:00

When I read your title the first names that jumped into my head were Elizabeth and Katherine/Catherine.
I might add Anna, Kate and Maria/Marianne/Mary.

All gorgeous IMO.

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stigofthelump · 28/07/2011 19:56

What about Laura, it is timeless, classy and elegant (and my dd1s name so I am a tad biased:o)

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exoticfruits · 28/07/2011 17:02

I love yours, except for Beatrice, and I prefer Georgina to Georgia and Louisa to Louise.

Also like

Sarah
Rosamund
Rosalind
Hannah
Susannah
Eleanor
Rebecca
Olivia
Victoria
Verity
Caroline
Catherine or Katherine
Alice
Emily
Emma

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bibbitybobbityhat · 28/07/2011 16:57

Rachel
Sarah
Suzannah
Penelope
Stephanie

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minimuffin · 28/07/2011 16:56

(Oooh I like your names msbuggywinkle) Well I've just had DS3 and am destined never to have a daughter so you can have my girls names FWIW!

Helena (pronounced Helen with an 'a' on the end) which we were going to shorten to Nell

Anna

Lucia

Cecily

Another which I liked but DH didn't so much is Emmeline

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princessdave · 28/07/2011 16:45

I'd second Rebecca (my sister) and Lucy as well!

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scarlettlips · 28/07/2011 16:45

Another vote for Susannah...also I'm throwing Caroline and Philippa into the ring.

Very pleased that at least one of you thinks my DD's name is classy, beautiful, elegant Grin Grin

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