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Strong,timeless,unusual,not poncy...

84 replies

Idoitforthelove · 26/03/2016 12:24

Yes, I'm looking for the Holy Grail of girls names.
I don't want anything popular, nor do I want a frilly, girly unusual name (Seraphina, Elodie, Primrose...) or a way out there OTT name (Honeysuckle, Temperance, Jacintha...)
It has to be classic and strong, but still a name that a little girl would be proud of.
Does it exist?
So far, I'm going along the lines of Miranda, Juliet, Helena...but I don't really love any of them. Any ideas mumsnetters?

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Suddenlylastsummer · 26/03/2016 12:33

Alice would have been my choice for a girl.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/03/2016 12:48

Nancy
Sadie
Julia
Tessa
Araminta
Francesca
Jemima
Tabitha

Imps9 · 26/03/2016 12:51

What about:

Miriam
Jennifer
Hannah
Heather
Rebecca
Katharine
Rachel

?

nellyflora · 26/03/2016 13:05

Catherine
Elizabeth
Alexandra
Margaret
Anne/ Anna
Mary
Sarah
Helen
Jane
Claire

Rebecca
Tabither
Jemima
Imogen
Hannah
Matilda

You need to look at Royal names and biblical to get the true classics I think most of the above fit those rules.

KitKat1985 · 26/03/2016 13:27

There are some good suggestions here. Francesca and Elizabeth would be fave out of these. x

ashesandfire · 26/03/2016 13:41

Rosalind
Adelaide
Cecily
Meredith
Imogen
Eliza
Romilly
Violet

Tryingtodecideboy3name · 26/03/2016 14:00

Hester, Tabitha, Romilly

TempsPerdu · 26/03/2016 14:02

Honor
Greta
Rosa
Meredith
Clio
Tessa
Vita
Iris
Esther

HairySubject · 26/03/2016 14:05

Charlotte
Elizabeth
Francesca
Harriet
Alice
Alexandra

thatstoast · 26/03/2016 14:07

Cordelia
Ramona
Edith
Margaret

thereareworsethingsicoulddo · 26/03/2016 14:09

I second Margaret. Maggie is sweet for a baby but still strong and classic.

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:15

Enid

Claudia

Tabitha

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:16

Celestial

CosimaSmile

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 26/03/2016 14:16

How can a girls name, be poncey.Confused. But I think. I know what you mean something classical.
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Georgina
Jennifer
Mary
C/Katherine
Helena
Louise
Megan
Ana
Rosa

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:17

Sorry 'Celestia'

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 26/03/2016 14:18

Julia
Josephine
Hannah
Marie
Francesca
Samantha

BertrandRussell · 26/03/2016 14:19

Harriet
Helen (shortened to Nell)
Jane
Miriam
Ruth

iseenodust · 26/03/2016 14:21

I like Alexandra too.
Rosemary
Dorothy nn Dottie

evenoldergregg · 26/03/2016 14:23

Muriel,
Meryl,
Dorothy,
Agatha,
Sylvia,
June,
Vanessa,
Frieda,
Josephine,
Ines.

madmotherof2 · 26/03/2016 14:29

Josephine
Theodora
Jemima
Esme
Juliet

Summ3r · 26/03/2016 14:35

Freya
Nora
Laura
Charlotte
Emily

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 26/03/2016 14:37

Elizabeth
Catherine
Francesca
Laura
Jane
Victoria
Anne/anna

WhiteHairReally · 26/03/2016 15:17

Celia
Frances
Ursula
Maud

GoldPlatedBacon · 26/03/2016 15:21

Lucinda
Phoebe
Helena