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!!

Aramantha
Berengaria
Cassiopia
Delores
Esmeralda
Francine
Genevieve
Heloise
Ismeria
Jessemine
Kathleen
Lilleth
Morgana
Narcissa
Odetta
Petronella
Quartessa
Rosamund
Sapphira
Thomasina
Ursula
Viviana
Wilhelmina
Xanthia
Yvette
Zephyrine

Araminta
Oriana
Marina
Paloma

Just remember your child has this name forever. Some of these names have the potential for her to be forever spelling it to people or telling people how to pronounce It.
She may not appreciate it, some of the suggestions are lovely and some are ridiculous. Kids are mean and I suggest you think about how you would feel if you were called Tristessa or Sapphire (sounds like a porn star name to me) at school.
She also has to go in to a work place one day.

You see that doesnt really dissuade me because id feel amazing if I were called Sapphire or Tristessa!! I was very nearly called Emerald and my actual name is slightly more in use than that, but still fairly uncommon. I used to spend all my time wishing I were called something more theatrical!

My daughter will be having her grandmothers name as a middle name which is a traditional and commonly used name. So I think if she ends up thinking her first name is too out there she can always swap to using her middle name.

Adoria. Antonıa. Rose. Antoinette. Romana.
Valetina. Isadora. İsolde. Amy. Vivienne
Caroline. Aurora. Augusta. Cecelia. Alexandra. Florence.

Celestina
I have an Ophelia, love the name
Dorothea
Juliette
Georgiana

Carlotta
Guinevere
Pernille

Severine,
Claudette,
Valentine,
Isadora,
Magali,
Albertine,
Noor,
Manon.

Rule them all out apart from Astrid.

I met a Safiyah once, it's pronounced very similarly to Sapphire.

Tristessa (sadness) is spelt Tristezza in Italian.

Astrid I like, as well as Magdalena, and Althea.
Saffron instead of Saphire?

Other ideas:
Aurelia
Ophelia
Evangeline
Gabriela
Xanthe
Rosamund
Annunziata

Last one Celeste

Tristia. I know someone with that name.

Before reading your OP I was thinking of Iseult. I prefer it to Isolde.

Lovely names
what about
Tatiana

Ines

Christobel

Oksanna

Ariel

Athene

Desiree

Hero

Anneliese

Topaz

Xanthe

Tristessa just makes me think of the Manics, but I’ve heard far worse names!

Tristana

Ariel is lovely but the little mermaid is too well known for anyone to think of anything else. Even if they know it from the Shakespeare play they will still probably think of the little mermaid too.... and then theres the washing powder :-(

Topaz I love but my DH dislikes.
Tatiana is going on the list!!
One of my friends has called their daughter Xanthe so that is out.

Aurelia

I like both Astrid and Isolde.

How about:
Cressida
Cassandra
Juno

Dierdre

Deirdre, sorry.

Camille
Valentina
Athena
Lorelai
But Isolde is best of all.
Not Tristessa, I really think that is bad.

Leonora
Venetia
Paris
Marielle
Estella
Amandine
Lavinia
Carmella
Madonna
Cemile
Celestina
Scheherazade

Glad you like Tatiana
shame about Topaz though

Miranda

Soraya

Belinda

Natalia

Jonquil

I'd stick with Isolde, personally. The only other one of your choices I like at all is Alethea, but I don't love it.

Beatrice is a beautiful name.