Girls names - quirky yet classic but not too "try-hard"?

[southlondongirlie]

Baby girl due in September. Initially I wanted names like Francesca, Tabitha, Theodora, Cecilia... I love them all but DH ruled them all out because they sound "too fussy".

Our shortlist now looks like this:

Etta, Nancy, Pearl - what else might I like?

Surname begins with R.

Thanks ninah - I know it seems like I'm making my life harder by adding to our shortlist but I want to be sure I'm not forgetting any brilliant names that I will regret not choosing! There's not many that are coming close to our top three which I guess is a good sign :)

I like pearl and etta :)

In south London will the pronunciation of etta with the -tt- sound be a problem for you?

Funnily enough, i did another post about that last week as I was worried about the same thing - quick poll among friends and my family suggested that most would still pronounce the "t" sound rather than replacing it with glottal stop - i think because it's the main part of the name. I think there'll always be people who will say it with the glottal stop though which I think would really bug me - trying to weigh up whether I can get over that as I love the name so much!

Are you married to my husband? ;-) I've suggested Francesca and Tabitha to my husband and he's discounted both due to them being too fussy ;-)

Philippa
Phoebe
Anna
Juno
Athene
Evalene
Emiliene (sp??)
Millicent

Astrid

Honor

Elsa

Diana

Calypso

I just asked my ds, who is fluent in estuarine chav, and he said she would be "E'er" at his school. He pointed out that "letter" is "le'er" .

Nina
Rose / Rosa
Opal
Thea
Sadie
Orla
Cora
Iris
Edith
Dora
Annie
Mable
Greta
Heidi
Ivy
Lily / Lilian
May
Sylvie / Sylvia
Tess
Una
Vivienne

Claire
Laura
Astrid ^ pinched from up there ^
Mary Ann ( or Mary Jane )
Rosalind

Lorna
Maya
Belinda
Ruby
Ivy
Juliet
Serena
Elspeth/Elsie
Rebecca
Cassia
Harriet
Susan
Lucy
Joanna
Miranda

Rosamund
Rosalind
Emmeline
Florence
Flora

Naomi
Simone
Lorna
Ingrid

Audrey
Aurelia
Laurel
Hazel

My mum was Hazel

Genevieve.

Greta
Stella
Rose
Erin
Fearne
Jane
Olive
Pippa
Nell

Etta no, unless she grows up to be a Basque separatist, then it'll be quite handy.
My DM's name is Nancy, she's aaaaaaalways hated it.
Pearl is gorgeous.

I'm crap at suggesting names, just thought I'd chip in with my tuppence worth.

Betty violet pearl

Meave, Maude,

Can't be bothered reading all the lists, has anyone suggested:
Thea
Anita
Esme
Edith
Robyn

Of your list OP I like Pearl.

Maybe DH could be persuaded re Tabitha, mine was, it is such a fantastic name.

Ramona is a lovely name (might be slightly biased on this one!)

Tessa - haven't found another child with the same name in over 10 years :)

Love Etta + Pearl. Just beautiful. Classic.

Edie
Astrid
Lennox (Lenny). Someone I know called their baby girl Lennox Etta last year.
Mae
Isla
Anais