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RedRhino · 06/11/2017 09:37

Surname will be Darlington, so difficult to not seem OTT or precocious.

Dana
Penelope
Valentina
Delilah
Wednesday
Bobbi
Katrina
Dolly

Suggestions? Votes? Opinions?

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MadameJosephine · 09/11/2017 20:48

Verity
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Constance
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Genevieve
Emmeline
Pandora

manicinsomniac · 09/11/2017 23:59

Katrina is definitely my favourite by quite a long way.

But I do agree that Dana Darlington sounds fabulous - ready made for the stage and screen!

You've got quite a range of names there so it's quite hard to give other suggestions.

I'd say Dana and Valentina have a sort of luxurious European (or possibly even Southern Belle?!) kind of vibe to them. Maybe akin to names like:

Avril, Ariadne, Adelaide, Amber, Adeline, Blair, Carmen, Celeste, Cecilia, Delores, Emmeline, Georgette, Gloria, Isadora, Juliette, Jonquil, Jacqueline, Lucille, Lavinia, Leandra, Marcella, Madeleine, Melisande, Marianne, Nadine, Opal, Ruby, Seraphina, Scarlett, Tara, Tamara, Therese, Tallulah, Vivienne, Veronique

Penelope, Delilah and Katrina sound more 'established within the UK without being either 'trendy' or especially popular'. Maybe on a par with:

Anastasia, Belinda, Clarissa, Cassandra, Daphne, Evangeline, Francesca, Felicity, Georgina, Hermione, Henrietta, Joanna, Julia, Katherine, Louisa, Miranda, Natasha, Paloma, Rhiannon, Stephanie, Samantha, Tabitha, Vanessa

Dolly is in the 'cute, old fashioned' trend along with:
Annie, Bonnie, Bessie, Betty, Betsy, Dora, Esme, Elsie, Elsa, Edie, Evie, Hattie, Hetty, Heidi, Ivy, Ida, Lily, Molly, Millie, Maisie, Mary, Maggie, Nancy, Nelly, Posy, Polly, Peggy, Ruby, Ruth, Sally, Susie, Tilly, Trixie

Bobbi is quite 'unisex American' alongside:
Avery, Aubrey, Blake, Billie, Camryn, Candy, Danika, Ellis, Everly, Fallon, Harley, Hadley, Jordan, Morgan, Paige, Piper, Quinn, Riley, River, Ronni, Sutton, Spencer.

And I don't think Wednesday belongs in any genre other than days of the week really!

Ceesadoo · 10/11/2017 14:50

Wow. I love Valentina. Also love your surname.

ChequeredPasta · 11/11/2017 07:38

I LOVE Dana

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 11/11/2017 08:16

Venetia Darlington
Poppy Darlington
Ophelia Darlington
Paloma Darlington
Lyra Darlington
Clementine Darlington
Lyssandra Darlington
Ebony Darlington
India Darlington
Priya Darlington
Seraphina Darlington
Lois Darlington

PhuntSox · 11/11/2017 08:25

Della

MollyHuaCha · 11/11/2017 08:47

Dana - no, the alliteration is silly
Penelope - nice
Valentina - ok
Delilah - alliterative again
Wednesday - no
Bobbi - sounds like it’s a shortening
Katrina - nice
Dolly - sheep

EssentialHummus · 11/11/2017 08:49

I love Dana! Not used enough imo.

Misslemon01 · 11/11/2017 09:41

I vote Valentina, followed by Penelope. Valentina is so lovely, but struggling to think of a nick name that’s cute...

Darlington is an absolutely fab surname btw! :)

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/11/2017 10:27

Dolly Darlington is adorable, but a little bit too story charactory iykwim
Certainly not Wednesday. A different name is one thing. A daft name is another.
How about.
Bryony Darlington.
Rosabelle Darlington
Lilia Darlington
Melissa Darlington
Elina Darlington
Felicity Darlington
Winnie Darlington

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/11/2017 10:30

Alaia Darlington
Ariella Darlington
Ursula Darlington
Carrie Darlington

TatianaLarina · 11/11/2017 10:43

I don’t like the DD. And Dana is awful - 80s pop singer.

The only name I like on the list is Valentina and that would make for a very long name.

CondimentQueen · 11/11/2017 13:13

Katrina is nice but prefer the Catriona spelling Smile

Hastalapasta · 11/11/2017 18:50

mistle Vali (Var- lee) is the shortening of Valentina that I am familiar with.

Hastalapasta · 11/11/2017 18:51

Missle sorry!

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