Beautiful girl names - inspire me!

[Dovahkiin]

Hi ladies,

We've decided to go with Zoe for DD2's first name and our surname is also short - begins with G, think Hugh, Cary...

This means we can choose a no-holds-barred, dazzlingly beautiful middle name with hundreds of syllables if needed.

Give me the names you always ached to give your daughter but were worried would be too flowery.

Calliope

Morwenna

Ooh LOVE Merope! That's going on my list!

Anastasia

(H)Ortensia- came across it in Dahl's Matilida. It is also a type of hydrangea flower.

Eleanor?

Aurelia, Lucretia, Delphine, Georgeta, Graciela, Almudena, Viorica, Nicoleta..and my favorite is Luminita meaning "little light"

Thanks, ladies - some gorgeous ideas. I'm not sure we've found the one but we've got a few months left.

Good luck with the remainder of your pregnancy. Come back and let us know what you went with!

Always loved the name Flora but hubby didn't ..... But got my choice of first name so I'm not grumbling!

Zoe Julianna...

I know a Zoe April. I know it's short and not flowery - at all - but I thought it was such a fantastic combo. And April's around the corner.

Nara (Italian)
Polutimi (Greek, means valuable)
Mursini (Greek)

Callisto/Calista, Amandine, Rosalinda, Ginevra, Amaryllis, Parthenope, Rosmerta, Zuelika, Arianrhod, Guinevere, Annowre, Clarisant, Endelient/Endellion, Melissa...

Or Vespertina?

At the moment, my favorites are Zoe Davina and Zoe Joyce. Davina would be after my DF, David, who was very much not a Davina type of man, and Joyce would be after my recently deceased gran - healthy family we have :) However, DH isn't keen on either, but all the other names suggested, however beautiful, just don't really resonate with any particular significance. Sigh. I have until September to win him over or find something else.

I went to a school with a lot of flowery names (which I love), here are some:

Allegra
Cressida
Georgiana
Ophelia
Arrabella
Theodora
Georgette
Seraphina
Eugenie
Lavinia
Persephone
Augusta
Araminta
Trixibelle
Ottilie

Lucilla
Lucinda
Corinna
Juliana
Morwenna
Kerenza
Tamara

Blossom (reminds me of powerpuff girls...)
Bluebell
Primrose
Dahlia (plain White T's song)
Hyacinth - (mrs bucket)
Ianthe - Mythical too
Zinnia

Not very unusual though.

Ahhhh, Vespertine is amazing! Love it!

Aluna.....that was going to be my choice if I had a girl, but having a boy totally stuck for names!! I like arabella too!!! x

Magdalana
Callisto
Elektra
Beatrix
Miriam
Claudia

Kerenza

Loveday

Cassandra

Paloma

Priscilla

Demelza