Not granny chic/old fashioned/vintage girl's name

[Whatwhatwhat]

Most of the names in drawn to seem to fall into the above category.
Please give me a steer towards something cool (if that doesn't sound pathetic) and classic for a girl...

[intheshed]

Ooh, also Marnie or Mila?

[FingersCrossedLegsNot]

Saskia
Anoushka

[RalphGnu]

Mylah?

[Fraxinus]

I think that I read somewhere that Agnes is another form of Ines. Agnes is a lovely name.

Have you looked at dark greener for names, it show you the popularity increasing or decreasing over the last 10 years.

[FingersCrossedLegsNot]

Agatha
Primrose

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Tabitha

[chubbychipmonk]

Jessica (Jess)
Jennifer (Jen)
Josephine (Jo)

[toastedteacake]

Helena

Ursula

Rosalind

Rosamund

Emmeline

Claudia

Clara

Xanthe

Jocasta

Johanna

Antonia

Constance

Clementine

Anne

[johnnycomelurky]

Well here is my girls shortlist. I think we have similar goals but I'm not averse to a bit of granny chic.

Violet
Lila
Iris
Madeleine
Elodie
Sylvie
Juliet
Cora
Elsa

I am also seriously considering Elizabeth as is a family name, is classic and has great nicknames.

[Rhubarbgarden]

Ingrid

[Rhubarbgarden]

Simone

[Northumberlandlass]

Elspeth / Elsie
Elizabeth / Betty

I love Agnes & Bridie too (although I think I saw somewhere on here that Bridie is a scottish pasty)

[Northumberlandlass]

Oh and I like Florence / Flo

[Groovee]

Maeve, always liked this name but it just doesn't go with our last name.

[MeeWhoo]

Slight hijack alert. How do people in thw UK pronounce Ines?

[MortifiedAdams]

I say In-Ezz

[DespicableMa]

Marnie?

[Hardrockhallelujah]

Ooh Lena is lovely too

[PoppyAmex]

I know loads of girls called Inês in Southern Europe and it's a lovely name, but I find the way English speakers pronounce it a bit odd and sounds wrong to my ears.

I think it's the "s" sound at the end, we pronounce it "Eee-nesh"

It's also a boy's name in Scotland.

[Onyabike]

Cora

[MeeWhoo]

Thanks for the input in pronunciation. Hijack over.

[puffylovett]

Evelyn (Evie).

[Minifingers]

Gabrielle
Rachel

[Minifingers]

Meant to add - my dd is Gabrielle. Shortened to Gaby, or The Gabster, and now she's a hard faced teenager, 'Gabzii'. Yes, she has the personality to fit her name!

[SprinkleLiberally]

Elsa is cool yet still classic.
Audrey? I don't think it is grannyish but you might.
Josie is good but again not sure about the granny test.
Kate is elegant yet feisty but possibly not rare enough.