Cordelia

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Is this likely to skyrocket like Beatrice, Amelia, Isabella etc. I don't mind a top 20ish name but would rather it wasn't one the names that are absolutely everywhere now.

I absolutely love it, and can't think of an alternative for DD3, assuming it is a girl, we are very early days.

Middle name possibly Isolde/Isolda, my DH had wanted this for our first two DDs and I'm starting to come around. But then will it sound like 'Cordelia is old/is older'...?

I adore it, wanted it for my daughter but the husband hated it. I would have wanted Della for short.

Oh I like Gwen. Not sure about Isolde but happy to concede it for Cordelia!
I told DH my suggestions, including Cordelia and he likes it! I think he would Delia as a nickname.

And now we need to short list boys which is really difficult as we don't really agree!

Beautiful name but it actually makes me want to vomit when I hear it. I will explain! I was pregnant with first Dc and watching the Brideshead Revisited box set when I had severe morning sickness. Unfortunately this name, as beautiful as it is, stimulates my gag reflex!

Oh no Griffineater!! I completely understand - for me it was the smell of pine trees with DD1, they make me gag even now!

I love it, we toyed with it for DD2, settled with Luisa in the end (for a relative) Middle name Amelia, fir my grandmother and great grandmother, but I'm glad it's a middle name. DD1's class has Amelia, Emilia and Amelie.

I love Cordelia, and our DD1 has another Shakespearean name, but we already have a Cordelia in the extended family so couldn't use it - we chose Claudia instead, which I like equally, and had generally very positive responses to (except it seems to be hated on MN!)

I agree a strong short middle name would work and not repeating a name ending in A (so I'd choose Anne over Anna), or...
Cordelia Jane
Cordelia Lucy
Cordelia Frances
Cordelia Ruby

Sorry that should be we chose Claudia for DD2, that is.

Cordelia was the bully in Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye - made a big impression on me as a teenager, am surprised no one else has mentioned it. I would just think of this though in itself is a nice name - really do not think it will sky rocket though...

I can't believe no one has mentioned Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald?!
Anne of Green Gables? It's the first thing that hopped out at me, and I studied King Lear,!
I like it, OP, but Anne & Cordelia go hand in hand from the story, which doesn't bother me.

Makes me think of King Lear.....except I think she was one of the nicer characters (hated King Lear so apologies if I'm wrong) It's a nice name but will be shortened to Delia (which I don't like)??

Nn will be Cordi/Cordie unless she insists on Cordelia.

I'm not a huge fan of Cordelia but just wanted to query your Isolde/is older thing. I've only ever heard the "olde" pronounced Ol--deh with the Ol as in Oliver or Molly, rather than an old sound with the longer o and the two consonants run together. It seems really odd to me that anyone could hear "is older" from that so I am really surprised that is an issue. Are you overthinking it?

Just had to post.

My nn is an Anne of Green Gables reference though.

I love the shortening of Delia. So pretty to my ears.

Also not a huge fan of Cordelia & think it will get shortened to Delia or Cordi/e