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17 replies

DessieLou · 26/07/2012 13:15

Any suggestions? I'm looking for inspiration as we can't agree on anything. OH seems to go for classical names but doesn't like anything I suggest!

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DessieLou · 26/07/2012 13:16

Meant to say..we're having a girl!

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BillyBollyBandy · 26/07/2012 13:18

Cassandra
Desdemona
Ophelia
Isolde
Portia

RancerDoo · 26/07/2012 13:27

Hero
Miranda
Lavinia
Rosalind (love this one)
Celia

Leanda? (girl version of Leander)

GnocchiNineDoors · 26/07/2012 13:28

Juliet
Adriene
Celia
Juno
Octavia
Rosalind

shimmy0 · 26/07/2012 13:32

Portia and Jessica
From the Merchant of Venice, the only Shakespeare I read from start to finish lol.

EverybodyKnows · 26/07/2012 13:38

Tatiana
Clara
Emma
Katherine
Beatrice
Miranda
Rosalind
Viola

Pasiphae · 26/07/2012 13:38

Hermia, Cressida, Beatrice, Viola, Cymbeline (I know it's a boys name, but it works fab for a girl too), Hecate, Titania?

GetOrfMoiIand · 26/07/2012 13:40

Calpurnia

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 26/07/2012 13:48

Melisande.

overthemill · 26/07/2012 13:50

my dd is Rosalind (and she HATES it)
I love Portia, Juliet, Olivia, Viola, Beatrice, Jessica

Pasiphae · 26/07/2012 13:51

Also Austen: Elinor, Marianne, Kitty, Lydia, Georgiana, Charlotte, Nancy, Eliza?

Dickens: Arabella, Nancy, Belle, Rosa, Clara, Honoria, Estella, Dora, Betsy?

BlueChampagne · 26/07/2012 14:32

Eliot: Rosamond, Theodora, Celia, Hetty, Dinah, Lucy, Maggie, Eppie, Romola, Esther, Mary, Gwendolen and Lydia.

StrandedBear · 26/07/2012 15:22

Cassandra, Pandora, Lillian all 3 are on my shortlist for the next one

DandyDan · 26/07/2012 16:19

Imogen
Marina
Cordelia
Perdita
Diana
Emilia
Helena
Miranda
Rosalind or Rosaline
Hermione
Celia
Bianca
Julia
Katherine
Silvia
Valentine

Kaloobear · 26/07/2012 16:20

Beatrice is my favourite heroine and also my favourite name from Shakespeare. We have close friends with a Benedict and love that too!

DessieLou · 29/07/2012 11:23

Some brilliant suggestions, thank you. Current shortlist is Lucy, Imogen and Sarah (not sure whre Sarah came from but I actually really like it!). OH thought most of those were too posh!

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monsterchild · 29/07/2012 21:23

Alethea
Daphne
Tehanu
Tenar

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