Help me find a really pretty, princessy girls name

[babyblabber]

DD is Sophia (DS is Noah). DD2 is arriving by section in 4 days and we still don't have a name. I LOVE the name Sophia, it's everything perfect for girl IMO. i know it will get shortened to Soph at times but that's not the worst. I can't find something I like as much for poor DD2!

DH has vetoed Poppy, Penelope (my favourite at the moment), Aurelia, Lola, Layla, Mila, Annabel, Alannah, Alexa, Phoebe, Arabella.

Names I love but don't want to use coz i don't like the shortened versions are: Juliet, Elodie, Rebecca, Eloise, Julia, Aurora, Isabella, Valentina, Vivienne, Olivia. These are the exact type of name i want but can't get around the shortenings which i really don't like.

I also love Clara but we're in Ireland and most people pronounce it differently to me (like Lara as opposed to Clar like Car -ah) and that would annoy me!

I LOVE Rosa and Elena but can't use them due to friends and family.

The only name we remotely agree on is Chloe and while it is a lovely name I'm not sure if it's fancy enough, especially as it's been so popular for so long, I'm worried it's a bit boring now.

Sophia and Elise.

If not Chloe, then how about Cleo?

Theodora
Saskia
Leonora
Daria
Estella

Ophelia?

i don't know why but i just go all princessy and guey as when i was little i dreamed longingly to have an Ophelia. regrettably my exH vetoed and we had our precious 'Scarlett'. i have been told that that's princessy before but don't necessarily see it myself.

so...

Ophelia (LOVE Ophelia Star as mn)
Scarlett
Florence
Anya
Isla
Sienna
Talulah
Delilah
Pollyanna

marielle
amelie
lilia
Angelina

Luisa

Isla or Margot.

Penelope is the worst! Actually, no...Penny is vile.

Claudia
Celeste
I knew an Anastasia who was known as Tansy. I've never known a nickname suit a child quite so much for some reason.

Tiana.

Sorry if any of these have been repeated

Gabrielle/Gabriella
Aurelia
Miranda
Katarina
Carlotta
Jessamine
Annalise
India
Aurora
Seraphina
Adriana
Antonia
Cassandra
Clarissa
Larissa
Marissa
Cecilia/Cecily
Eloise/Eloisa
Evangeline
Francesca
Fenella
Freya
Giselle
Helena
Hermione
Isadora
Jemima
Jocelyn
Juliana/Julianna
Leila
Leonora
Linnea
Lucia
Natasha
Rhiannon
Scarlett
Sienna
Susannah
Sylvie
Verity

Ah sorry just seen I put a few that were on your no list, ignore them!

MyHovercraft

Sorry but I can't get past "girly and princessy". You do realise that you're not naming a four year old who loves pink, you're naming someone who will be an adult woman? Who may have to introduce herself in the boardroom/courtroom/operating theatre?

Having said that, the names on your "not to be shortened" list are all good except Aurora. As others have said, you don't have to shorten if you don't want to. My MIL calls all her sons by their full names, friends shorten, and it doesn't cause any problems.

Natalie
Camilla
Susannah
Amelia

Fwiw i have a Chloe and Emilia. Sophia was also on the list both times

I love all these names - what did you call your daughter eventually?

Seraphina

Eye-rolling at the need for a 'princessy' name, OP. But, Ok, if we're doing this...

Madeleine
Louisa
Matilda
Genevieve
Rosalie
Isadora
Isabella
Amelie
Seraphina
Josephine
Georgina
Georgette
Juliette
Katerina
Clementine
Tabitha

Zombie thread

Amaryllis
Miranda
Rosalind
Rosamund
Rosalba
Clarissa
Clarinda
Genevieve
Ginevra
Priscilla
Alexandra
Cassandra
Calista
Anastasia
Tatiana
Viviana
Lucilla
Juliana
Georgiana
Ariella
Ariana/Arianna
Marianne
Esmeralda

Zombie

If you like Chloe, how about Cleo? Or if you like the -ara suffix but not Clara, how about Tamara, Samara, Tara or Amara.

I know someone with a Sophia and she also has a Florence

Diana, Anne,Charlotte

Mary, Grace, Alexandra, Alice, Margaret, Victoria, Eugenie, Beatrice, Marina, Caroline ...