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Classic feminine names

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Snowhite12 · 06/12/2017 08:35

Looking for classic but not overused names. We already have an Elizabeth, which I loved because it is traditional but not that popular these days. Happy to go a little less traditional this time.

I like Rosie, Evie and Millie. Evie is my favourite but worried it’s a bit popular. Any other ideas along those lines?

Thanks!

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mumgointhroughtorture · 06/12/2017 11:52

Emma
Charlotte (Lottie and Lizzie)
Laura
Lauren
Francesca

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 06/12/2017 12:00

Elizabeth and Anna (Annie).
Elizabeth and Josephine (Josie).
Elizabeth and Constance (Connie).

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LittleBlueRidingBoot · 06/12/2017 12:03

Tabitha/Tabbi

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gingerclementine · 06/12/2017 12:05

Elizabeth and Jennifer (Jen, Jenny, Jenna)
Elizabeth and Alexandra (Sacha is a cute diminuitive if you think Lizzie and Lexi is a bit much. Or Alex)
Elizabeth and Rosalind/Rosamund (Rosa, Rosie)
Elizabeth and Susannah (Susie?)

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PastaOfMuppets · 06/12/2017 12:06

Alice
Beatrice
Clara
Penelope
Olivia
Sophie/Sophia
Emily
Victoria
Georgia/Georgina
Catherine
Mary/Maria

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Joinourclub · 06/12/2017 12:11

Alice
Charlotte
Annabelle
Beatrix
Harriet
Josephine
Penelope
Rosemary
Jocelyn
Francesca
Eleanor

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daisypond · 06/12/2017 12:22

I wouldn't say that Evie, Millie or Rosie are particularly classic names apart from Rose (nn Rosie). Margaret? (Meg, Maggie). Cecily? Helena? You could use Xandra or Zandra for Alexandra as well as Lexi.

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Navegante · 06/12/2017 13:34

Evelyn with Evie as diminutive, Caroline, Davinia, Faye, Sarah, Angelica

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ChesterBelloc · 06/12/2017 13:39

Anna
Marianne
Beatrice
Olivia

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pipilangstrumpf · 06/12/2017 15:54

Haven't read all the responses but personally I do not regard Evie or Millie as classic beautiful names at all.

They're trendy cutesy nicknames that will soon sound dated imo.

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ShowMeTheElf · 06/12/2017 16:01

You already have an Elizabeth Catherine?

Hmmm, What would Jane Austen do?

Lydia, Mary, Jane
Anne
Elinor, Mariane.
Charlotte
Frances
Georgiana
Emma
Caroline
Isabella
Harriet
Henrietta

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Yika · 06/12/2017 16:49

Cassandra! (Jane Austen theme - lovely name too)

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Whythesnoring · 06/12/2017 18:52

Helena

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peachypetite · 06/12/2017 18:56

Alice Beatrice Charlotte Rose Victoria

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Smoliver · 06/12/2017 20:35

How about...

Lily
Audrey
Grace
Eloise
Lucy
Darcy
Ruby
Molly
Emmeline (nickname Emmy? possibly Millie?)
Rosalie (Rosie could be her nickname with this)
Beatrix (Bee or Trixie?)
Dorothy
Felicity
Cecily
Imogen

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LittleBlueFish · 06/12/2017 21:33

Elizabeth and...

Madeleine
Natalia
Amelia
Abigail
Susannah
Gabriella
Francesca
Harriet
Olivia
Imogen
Rosalie
Rosanna

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HiggedyPiggedy · 07/12/2017 00:43

Millie could be a diminutive of Amelia or Emilia

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Loveache · 07/12/2017 00:57

Olivia
Lavinia
Rebecca
Alice
Anna
Lydia
Maria
Francesca
Helena
Rachel

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Sophronia · 07/12/2017 07:59

Louisa
Jemima
Marianne
Anna
Georgina
Harriet
Julia
Tabitha

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SuburbanRhonda · 07/12/2017 08:03

Lexi is everywhere - with some pretty ... creative ... spellings out there, too. I wouldn’t.

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SuburbanRhonda · 07/12/2017 08:04

Vivienne was second on my list.

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Tuttytoffee · 07/12/2017 08:06

Evelyn 😍

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Jedigirl29 · 07/01/2018 13:14

If you like Evie maybe you could have an Evelyn and for a nn Evie

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ruralmother · 07/01/2018 15:07

Genevieve, nn Evie?

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shsh3r · 07/01/2018 22:24

Don't like Lexi at all, sounds like a stripper name - all names with "x" sound a bit stripper-ish to me Confused

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