Three syllabel Girls Names - with nice shortening

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I'm not bothered by popularity. I have a popular name and I like it.

I love the names Isabel, Olivia, Amelia, but would not use as I'd run the risk of Izzy, Livvie or Milly. I don't like the ie or y ending.

I like a classic strong name.

I have a lot of name associations, so although nice names, I would not use Annabel, Verity, Catherine, Christina, Susannah or Violet. I just can't get past the people I know with these names. Silly I know.

Certain names that trend on here, such as Allegra, I consider too posh, and it doesn't fit with common DH and I.

Hope I have not offended everyone.

So far we have one name:

Helena

Any other suggestions?

It's undoubtedly already on here but Theresa. I love Tess with a passion.

Do you really think by the time your DD is in school anyone is going to remember who Imogen Thomas, Tamara Ecclestone or Leona Lewis are?

I don't know who two of them are now!

Rhiannon ( this is my name!)
Madeleine
Lesceline (came across this in a book and have never heard of it before or since)

Our Isabella is Ella and never Issy
Our Alexandra is Lex or Sass
Our Cordelia is Dylan

Caroline - Carrie
Catriona (Scottish/Irish spelling, pronounced Katrina)
Juliet
Rebecca/Rebekah
Florence
Sarah
Eliza
Rosemary
Diana
Gloria
Danielle
Deborah
Marina
Gillian/Jillian

Ramona
Emerald
Eugenie
Violet
Honeysuckle

Ailsa - no not us
Gillian - MIL's name, would not use it
Siobhan - DH suggested this name, he loves it, but DH has no Irish, and my Irish ancestry is very distant, and it just doesnt fit. But thank you.

Elyssa/Elissa - just not us, it looks likes someone's said, Alicia is too common, and created Elissa

Penelope nn Nell - love this name, it has been suggested to DH, and he said no.

Camille - not us, just a bit too posh

Malia - pretty name, but in my mind it is Miss Obama's name, not ours.

Gwendoline - very good friends went and named their daughter Gwendolen

Fenella - everyone I have ever met with this name has been frightfully posh, were not.

Daniela - not keen

Minerva - brings on a headaches, my poor nerves

Jessica - it's a nice name, but just not liking it. Not sure why.
Evelyn - DH does not like
Elodie - Lovely name, but DH doesnt like it

Willow, particularly if she is likely to be tall.

Fernanda - Nanda, Nandy
Have you rejected Ophelia and Eleanor?

Leonie

Dominique - not us
Mirabel - a bit frilly
Ursula - dislike, mind you I have met a very nice Ursula with nn Sula
Phyllida - sounds like a pretentious Phyllis
Berenice - so, sounds made up
Christabel - too frilly
Lorinda/Lorina - too frilly
Pamela - I LOVE this name, genuinely I do. DH would never agree though.
Venetia - too Venetan, but I do love Venice. Not us
Corinna - A NAME I LIKE, will put it past DH I'm singing in my head Corrine, Corrina as I type this. Nope the singings putting me off. Sorry
Elvira - not us
Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, just not us
Winifred - too old ladyish
Gloria - too old ladyish, I'm not singing Gloria! in my head
Perdita - not us
Isolda - arrh, Tristan and Isolde, love this film. DH would consider the name pretentious. But thank you.
Janetta - not liking, its a bit pretentious
Michaela - a bit 1970s, and not us, but I do like the name
Averil - looks like misspelt Avil. Sorry no.
Olympia - pretentious, don't you think to name your child after the Olympics.
Vivien - I LOVE this name. Suggested it to DH with the spelling Vivienne. He said no.
Sabrina - love the film, and the witch. Not a name that fits with us. A bit German, nothing against Germans though. Thank you.

Virginia - the only Virginia's I know are Ginny's. y ending. Sorry, but thank you.

I know a Virginia with ginger as her nickname.

Lorelei - too try hard, but thank you

Mabeline - it's a nice name, but a bit too close to Maybelline, which is my favourite make up brand. I have association issues. But thanks for suggestion.

Simona - not us, but I quite like Simone. Simona, a it try hard.

Danielle, Gabrielle - don't like either of these. Pleasant names, but not making my heart sing.

Aroha - nope
Anais - Anais Anais is my mums favourite perfume
Magdalen - Magdalen Sisters was an upsetting film. I couldn't use it.

Rosalie - love this name, even with the ie ending and the r. I am contradictory. I just can't use it, what if my daughter can't pronounce her r's. Like me? I had to have speach therapy. I just can't inflict it, but thank you.

Totally agree with you are the 'R' - this is why I choose names without 'r' for my children.

Annelise

Fernanda, Ophelia and Leonie have not been rejected yet and Iona may still be on the table.