Really feminine girls names....

[scarletforya]

I like really feminine frilly girls names, possibly french sounding like;

Vivienne
Evangeline
Genevieve

Possibly;
Angelina
Angeline

etc

Has to have three or even four syllables....Can anyone think of more names of this type...?

I think the baby might be blonde and I'm not sure Viviennes can be blonde!

karmabeliever I think you're right about the marmite thing, I absolutely love it but I'm not allowed have it...

scarlet I do agree with your DH about evangeline though!

What do people think of Aurelia, could have Lia as a nickname...

Aurelia is nice I guess.

If you give a long name it will be shortened which Is fine- but watch how many there are about - any ....Ella /Elle ending names will certainly have another in their class. Ditto Eva / evie type nick names.

Love cecily but do you want school friends shouting " Oi sess " ??

What if your girly named girl isn't girly in personality though? Have a think about a name that she can still grow into if she wants to be a motor mechanic - the pretty rosalind or rosalie can be a sweet " Rosie" when she's small and a rather stronger " roz" if she's that motor mechanic.

Also " frame" the name with a context and see if it sounds ok " doctor girly name bloggs" or " her honor justice girly name bloggs" as well imagining it shouted in the local accent across a school yard!

I really like Eleanora. :)

I wouldn't call Aurelia 'Lia'. I think 'Lia' seems like a wrongly spelled 'Leah' (we do know someone whose DD is nicknamed 'Lia', though not shortened from Aurelia, and I really don't like it).

Ophelia?

Aurelia is nice.

I like the sound of Leah though but I think Aurelia may be a little too frilly even for me.

Of them all the one I keep coming back to is Genevieve. The only thing putting me off is that people will shorten it to Jenny/Jen wont they? I have no problem with Jenny in itself, I like the name but unfortunately it reminds me of a very nasty ex collegue who I don't want to think about every time I say my daughters name.

If you call her Genevieve all the time, then other people will also call her by her full name. People do tend to follow the parent's lead. When she starts school, just tell them she doesn't answer to Jenny (which, after all, isn't her name).

As lovely as some abbreviations are, it seems a shame to me, to spend 9 months choosing a name you love, only to then accept everyone calling your child something entirely different to what you wanted.

Can you not shorten genevieve to Vivi? Obviously she may choose Jenny, but you have input into early years shortenings surely?

Nbut do make sur it has an unfussy shortening. Not all girls/women like the idea of being frilly.

Anything ending in -ette

Colette
Yvette

Etc

Eleanora. Then she can be Nell.

Evangeline- Eve

Clemency- Clem

I knew a Genevieve who was always Vivie

Melissa is an underused gem!

Spanish girls names?

Maria
Mariana
Paloma
Adalia
Aureliana is used in Spain sometimes (in addition to Aurelia)
Maricella
Floramaria
Carmelita
Xaviera
Ariela
Atalya
Cesara
Catalina
Chrisanna
Celestina
Shoshana

Felicity
Susannah
Georgina
Marianna
Henrietta
Madelaine
Matilda
Arianna
Xanthia
Clarabel
Isabelle
Annabel

I think I've had a change of heart re a long multi syllable name.

I think I'd like to call her Clara. I'm pretty sure she is going to be fair haired and I think Clara suits a blonde child better than the others!

Clara Vivienne
Clara Genivieve
Clara Angeline

Her first cousin is Ciara, does anyone think that might be a problem, is Clara too close too Ciara ? Would you be annoyed if you had a Ciara and her cousins Mum called her Clara?

How do they pronounce Ciara?

Like Kiera Knightly's name; Keer-A....

Do you think it's too close?

Gwendoline
Frederica
Gladys (know not long but is beautiful)

Olivia is lovely, also like Isabella, and i think Bella is lovely as a shorter verison!

Juliet.

If its already been mentioned and disregarded, apologies. I just think its a lovely name, one i would use if I have another and is a girl.

I think Ciara pronounced Keira is quite different from Clara. Wouldnt bother me at all.

I love the name Clara too