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DessieLou · 26/01/2013 19:31

My SIL has just found out she is having a girl but is really stuck for names. They want something elegant that will suit dd at all ages and something that isn't overly popular/trendy. Some names she likes but can't use are...

Madeleine
Caroline
Susannah
Francesca
Charlotte
Annabelle

Any suggestions for her? Thanks. Smile

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MrsHuxtable · 26/01/2013 22:18

Oh sorry, just saw she can't use it.

racingheart · 26/01/2013 22:20

Go for names from Shakespeare?

Beatrice
Rosalind
Hero
Helena
Miranda
Jessica
Portia
Olivia
Cressida
Juliet
Cordelia
Luciana
Adriana
Octavia
Constance
Marina
Hermione

etc

jkklpu · 26/01/2013 22:21

Margaux
Vivien
Odile
Marianne
Verity

amck5700 · 26/01/2013 22:58

Lillian Ruth
Harriet Anne
Henrietta Anne
Persephone Anne

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 26/01/2013 23:14

Susannah is brilliant.

DessieLou · 27/01/2013 03:16

some fantastic suggestions, I will pass them all on. I've just thought of Joanna...do you think it fits the bill?

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TheWave · 27/01/2013 13:49

Celia
Phoebe

MrsHuxtable · 27/01/2013 14:42

Also JOSEPHINE!

Sadly I can't use it either as a close friend named her DD it.

Lovely, elegant name!

Rhubarbgarden · 27/01/2013 19:20

How about Coraline if Caroline is not allowed?

I'm currently loving Marjolaine.

JumpingJackSprat · 27/01/2013 19:21

i love claudia and francesca

Viviennemary · 27/01/2013 19:25

Camilla
Rosamund
Georgiana
Clarissa
Vanessa
Venetia
Marguerite

Are all quite elegant I think.

DisappointedHorse · 27/01/2013 19:28

Hilary. I love this and am a little sad that I'll never get to use it!

DessieLou · 27/01/2013 19:43

Thanks everyone! Current list...
Josephine (good work mrshuxtable!)
Camille/camilla (she's a bit worried about the parker-Bowles connection though)

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DessieLou · 27/01/2013 19:48

Sorry, posted too early! Also on the list...
Gabriella
Carys
Rebecca(not sure on this one.)

More thoughts in these and new suggestions welcome. Thank you oh wise mumsnetters! Grin

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lostinindia · 27/01/2013 20:02

Audrey.

CountBapula · 27/01/2013 20:04

Daphne
Penelope
Sophia
Lara

MadameCastafiore · 27/01/2013 20:05

Gabriella is my fave gild name, and Kitty but Kitty not very elegant IMO

DanceYourselfDizzyBaby · 27/01/2013 20:05

Ginevra. I used to have a friend called Ginevra who was terribly elegant and beautiful.

bodiddly · 27/01/2013 20:06

Clementine
Antonia
Giselle
Valentina

DieWilde13 · 27/01/2013 20:09

Camilla
Victoria
Florence
Helena
Philippa
Josephine
Ellen
Florentine
Mara/Lara

AyeOopMoose · 27/01/2013 20:11

Cordelia
Miranda
Hermione

(These were my favourites if it hadn't been for our ridiculously long surname!)

Really like Josephine too.

racingheart · 27/01/2013 21:02

Serena?

Love Gabriella.

WhereMyMilk · 27/01/2013 21:07

Eleanor Rose
Hermionie Grace
Rosalind Alice

HoneyandRum · 27/01/2013 21:20

Elegant names are classic names so

Anastasia
Alexandra
Caroline
Catherine
Cecilia
Claudia
Cosima
Elizabeth
Francesca
Frederica
Helena
Josephine
Margaret
Theodora
Vivienne

HoneyandRum · 27/01/2013 21:56

Forgot Georgina - still "love" Georgina!

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