Names for 9 year old girls

[RavenWings]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on my NanoWriMo project right now (if you haven't heard of it - you write a novel in November) and stuck on some character names!

I need a generic and common (as in not unusual) name for one 9 year old, and another very flouncy and unusual one (poncey, probably). With the second one I'm looking for multiple names to combine, so think a first name and one or two middles.

Would love to hear suggestions - I teach as well, so I'm really trying to avoid any names of kids I know, I don't want to model it off them. I've tried out a few names but for various reasons they werent quite 'right' iyswim.

All suggestions welcome!

Mia for the common name.

Annabelle, Eugenie, Tallulah, Paris, for the fluffy one.

Ava, Ellie, Jasmine

Lola-Rose-May, Genevieve-Joy, Maribella-Blue

Hannah, Jessica, Sophie, Millie, Olivia

Lily-Mae, Lola-Rosa, taliyah- May, Shayla-Lei, Portia, Rihanna.

Cleo. I love it but it’s quite a flouncy name.

How about : Mia / Molly/ Eva / Evie/ Grace

Josephine / Lucinda

Emma for the first and Penelope Giselle for the second.

Lily, Ella, Ellie, Rosie

Anoushka-Rose, Elspeth-Rose, Felicity-Jade, Serena-May

Millie or Isla

Seraphina fits your bill for 'flouncy'. Seraphina Cecily Harriet.

Petronella Lettice Octavia?

I have a 9 year old girl, popular names in her cohort are- Mia Maya Ava Eva Evie Ella Ellie Poppy Ruby Freya Scarlett Isla Millie

Flouncy could be Araminta Persephone Antigone Viola Xanthippe Anastasia

Ava for the first.

Serendipity for the second.

The ten most common girls' names for babies born in the UK in 2008 - which is right for a nine-year-old - were: Olivia, Ruby, Emily, Grace, Jessica, Chloe, Sophie, Lily, Amelia, Evie. So I'd pick one of those for the more generic name.

For a common name how about:

Molly
Hannah
Leah
Laura
Lauren
Nicole
Rachel
Caitlin
Kate
Morgan
Zoe
Beth
Sarah
Amanda
Anna
Abbie
Paige

Flouncy name:

Nikita
Nova
Angela
Chelsea
Evelina
Verity
Clarissa
Estelle
Millicent
Savanna
Roxanne
Yasmine
Kendall

Lily, Ellie, Ella, Megan, Ruby, Isabella, Olivia, Sophie, Chloe, Katie, Hannah, Grace, Milly - all quite popular amongst 9 year olds or thereabouts of my acquaintance.

For flouncy how about Gabriella, Delilah, Marianne, Genevieve, Persephone, Angelica, Antoinette, Aurelia, Camilla, Bianca, Celeste, Florence, Odette, Collette, Romilly, Tabitha, Claudia, Verity, Vivienne, Helena, Marissa, Cressida, Jemima, Cosima, Arabella, Anoushka, Lucinda, Venetia, Perdita, Odillie.

I’d combine a couple of those:
Florence Collette
Anoushka Vivienne
Cosima Odette
Camilla Primrose
Romilly Rose
Arabella Celeste

Common name
Olivia
Chloe
Lily
Sophia
Isabelle
Isla
Ava
Evie
Belle

Flouncy
Corlena
Clemency
Merrily
Felicity
Catriona
Augustina
Ophelia
Odetta
Violetta
Rosabelle
Delphina

Evangelina.
Everlina
Henrietta
Elodine
Elaya
Floriella
Rosina
Christiana
Luanna
Lilibella
Annabella
Iraina
Vivienne

Lily Ruby Georgia for the 9yo

Posy Clementina for the posh one

Or Ottillie Xanthe Rose

Thanks all! I think I've narrowed down the first girls name (I think Sophie or Ella), but nothing jumping out for the second child - she might just be Clarissa until I get a better feel for the character Clarissa isn't the right name, but something close to the vibe I want.

See I think Sophie suits both posh and children from those working class families.

Well, I wouldn't say I'm looking for a posh vs...er, unposh... name, just common vs very unusual and flowery. Second girls name is one for those with notions, as we say in Ireland!

Sophie, Ella etc are ordinary names nowadays, there's lots of them, so they fit the criteria And there is something about those two that match the character best!

Flouncy name:

Tabitha Mae Rose
Priscilla Mary
Lettice Maud
Fenella Elouise
Queenie Nancy

Rosemary
Rosalind
Marguerite
Bluebell
Posy
Jasmine

Kiki and Augustine

Bluebell is great!

Generic name - Megan, Melissa.

Poncey - Amaryllis Isadora Nimue