I can't use Cressida now can I?

[bigkidsdidit]

I've loved the name Cressida for years. But I happened to glance over a copy of the DM while I was reading it avidly and I see Prince Harry is dating a Cressida and it is apparently serious.

I can't use Cressida without looking like a Royal fan who has china corgi plates hanging up now, can I :(

any suggestions for similar? Cressida was the limit for fanciful DH would take. I also like Beatrice and Eleanor...

Surely only a royal fan with corgi plates would know that!

Cordelia? Miranda?

I'm worried they'll get married and I'll look like a loser

oooh, Miranda! I like that

Ha, well I know a baby Katherine - but I didn't make the connection- I do now tho.
But if you go with another name and then she dumps him, you'll be gutted!
How about Chelsea ;)

I had no idea Prince Harry was dating a Cressida. Nice name.

The only Cressida I'm aware of is the Met policewoman.

Cressida and Malcolm were the parents of Tarquin and Guinavere ... or am I showing my age with this not so literary reference?

hmm, maybe it's not as well known as I'd thought and I might get away with it

but DS is already an Albert so for a rabid republican I'm not doing very well, really

Miranda is now on the list though :)

Phillipa :o
Regina :o

Astrid
Rosalind
Vivienne
Alannah
Lillian

Cressida is awful anyway, and very ill-starred. You've had a lucky escape.

How about Nerissa? Or Clarissa?

Goneril?
Regan?

Seriously Cressida is awful.

Celeste

It won't last, go ahead.

Victoria?
Elizabeth?
Mary?
Anne?
Margaret?
Zara?

thanks for suggestions; I think some are a bit too much for DH but I like Lillian too.

thanks soon and Felicity

Vanessa?
Calista?
Arabella?

My DF had a Toyota Cressida in the 80's

Well, are you about to have your baby? At the moment, it's not publicly serious is it? he didn't go to a wedding she was at as he didn't want to be seen with her or she with him. Sounds a bit shabby when you type it.

Cressida is awful though. It would suit a snake. sssssss

What about Carrissa (not Clarissa)?

Or Cecily, I like Clarissa although both really need a posh double barrelled surname.

Eleanor gets turned into Ellie and DD already confuses me by being friends with two Ellies (I wouldn't mind, but their full names are different so why do they both insist on Ellie?)

Cressida is a car, and that's why you shouldn't use it.

That car looks very like the one my DF had Feile

Thanks for the memory OP

what about Araminta or Octavia?

Miranda is a beautiful name though - i prefer it to Cressida.

My sister had a friend called Cressida when we were kids. I don't associate it with anything really, and I'd not worry about who a minor royal was dating. Does Beatrice make you think of Princess Beatrice?

I like Miranda more though.

I'm 29 weeks so a bit to go.

not a lot of love for Cressida on here! I might scratch. It's my fave but not only name. thanks :)

And I had totally forgot about Princess Beatrice. And if a boy he will be Leo or Edward. FGS, what is it with me and royals!