Romantic girls names suggestions

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Thought we had firmly decided on Isolde but now we seem to be reconsidering....!

Other names now being considered
Tristessa
Astrid
Sapphire (this is DH choice becase of a 70s tv show he loves)
Magdalena
Alethea/ Althea

Id welcome suggestions of similar names I might not have thought of and also thoughts on these names and which I should rule out.

Thanks!!

Valentina?

Tristessa is erm... interesting, but not in a good way. What about just Tessa?

Tbh I only like Magdalena - beautiful underused name

I do quite like Isolde too

Tristessa is ridiculous. Why would you call your daughter “Sadness”?

I suppose for romantic the classic Juliet comes to mind. I also always see Rose as quite a romantic name.

Juliette
Rosalie
Aurora
Aphrodite

Tristessa is so beautiful sounding but I had originally ruled it out for being over the top. Im not worried by the meaning of it because I do think many names mean 'sadness' but in that capacity its a positive trait. My sons names means soulfullness. I think when names are based around 'sadness' thats what they are implying. Magdalena also means sadness doesnt it I think?

I reconsidered Tristessa this week however after DS playing with a girl in the park who turned out to be called 'Ophelia' Which made me think that maybe it is becoming a bit more common to have quite dramatic names and in school now days no one would turn a blind eye to a name like Tristessa!

I don’t usually think the meaning or connotations of a name need to be taken too strongly into account, but I also would shy away from Tristessa because of the sadness meaning.
I like Astrid. I really like Isolde.
How about Maud, Ophelia, Rosalind, Rosamund, Mariana, Linnet?

Ha, Ophelia cross post!

Aurora was top of our list till we found out how commonly used it was last year. I think its in the top ten or twenty?

I like Magdalena best from your list. I don't like Astrid but can't really say why - I feel as though it just doesn't fit with the others. How about Seraphina or Giselle?

What about Ileana?

Tristessa?? I mean, what if the poor child has a Jamie Oliver style lisp??

Astrid is harsh sounding.
Althea is the nicest of all.

Eustachia?

If we are talking out-there names I actually really like the name Psyche (Sigh-key), as in Eros and Psyche, which does mean soul and has a lovely sound, I think. But I realise I am basically on my own with that one.

Aphrodite

Phaedra, Celeste.

It's up to you OP as only you and your DH's views really matter, but I think Tristessa is over the top. That's a hard name to take through life - a lot of assumptions about your DD will be made because of it and not necessarily positive ones.

Here are some more manageable romatic names you could consider:

Genevieve
Rosamund
Arabella
Juliette
Hermione
Claudia
Rosemary
Beatrice
Francesca

Celeste.
Cosette.

I really am not a fan of Tristesse. It reminds me of the old Manic Street Preachers song, La Tristesse Duera.

What about Aurelia?

Durera, sorry. My phone doesn't like French.

Also it's TristessE.

bevbrook you arent on your own!! I love Psyche and just ran it past my DH who also surprisingly loves it. Whether am actually brave enough to use it is another matter!

Love Celeste, Phaedra and Arabella.
My DH hates Celeste and Arabella though.

But Phaedra can go on the list!
Beatrice too.

Melisende
Evaine
Rowena
Carenza
Mireia
Leonor
Adela
Raphaella
Gisela
Athina
Ariadne
Andromeda
Persephone

I like Ariadne alot!

Dorris??

I'm a romantic old bird