Timeless elegant names help!

[Donkeydoodles]

DD2 will be here in 10 days and I’m completely freaking out about names.

We have an Elizabeth (nn Lizzie) which I think is timeless and classic with lots of cute nickname possibilities. Can’t seem to find another name that’s in the same league.

Thought we had decided on Georgina/ Georgia but now having real doubts, plus DH wants Georgia and I prefer Georgina.

Other names I’m considering:
Katherine - love Kitty but would rather not use Katherine as I have lots of close friends with the name.
Emily - love but too popular
Emilia - too much like Amelia, which is too popular
Annabel - not convinced by Anna, Annie or Bella
Jemima - worried it’s a bit ‘out there’, not in love with Jem or Mimi either.
Rose/ Rosalind (nn Rosie) - love Rosie but our surname starts with R and DH thinks it sounds like a stripper name!
Francesca - DH has vetoed
Matilda - DH isn’t keen
Alice - seems a bit ‘plain’ somehow.

Not keen on Victoria or Beatrice and Juliet doesn’t work with our surname
I like Margaret, Charlotte and Alexandra but can’t use because family members have taken them.

Any thoughts on the above?

Some others:

Abigail
Adeline
Clara
Cassandra
Catherine
Daphne
Eloise
Emmeline
Felicity
Grace
Hannah
Imogen
Josephine
Lillian
Lucy
Madeleine
Miranda
Sarah
Sophie

I like Rosie the most out of your list.

How about Martha or Esther or Lily?

Would Nell or Nellie work as a nickname for annabel?

I have an Annabelle, she's 11 now and her name has never been shortened by family or her friends. I think its pretty and classic and still love itall these years later!

My second child is a boy but had he been a girl he would have been a Clara...love that name. Def not overly used - good luck in choosing!

I have an Elizabeth. Other names we liked/used are:

Ruth
Emily
Naomi
Catriona
Kathryn/Katharine
Philippa
Helen/Helena
Rachel
Mary
Rebecca
Jane
Abigail
Lydia

Ooh I like Eloise too!

How about...

Caroline
Susannah
Louisa
Esther
Miriam
Eleanor
Cecilia
Julia
Martha
Josephine
Rebecca
Joanna
Charlotte
Abigail
Genevieve
Harriet
Maria
Vivienne
Philippa
Marianne
Sarah
Theodora
Margot

Celine
Celeste
Camilla (Millie)
Marianne
Rosa

Emmeline

PP's suggestions of Marianne and Susannah are brilliant. Same vibe as Elizabeth and plenty of nns

Olivia

Evelyn
Emma
Clara
Harriet
Sarah

I think one person's idea of timeless and classic is another person's - some of the names suggested are really quite modern imo, others really old fashioned so just go with what you like!

I think Georgia is v popular - my eldest DD is 13 now and out of an antenatal group of 15, I think 4 of 10 or so girls were Georgias. Georgina is more timeless.

I like Kate from your list (Katherine) and Anna (don't personally like Annabel), Emma.

I also have a Lizzie. She has brothers but had they been girls they would be Josephine and Frances. I also loved, Katharine (with a K)
Other names I like and see as timeless:
Rosalind
Camilla
Isobel
Margaret (Maggie)
I’m also really loving Mary at the moment. I think it’s going to be very popular over the next few years.

Also like Evelyn and Audrey

Jennifer
Rosalie
Gwendoline
Katherine
Meredith
Clementine
Freya
Carina

Elspeth? Scottish version of Elizabeth. (Elsie, Lizzie, Els) for short?

Camille with Mila/ Millie as nn

iggley, the op can’t have Elspeth when she already has an Elizabeth.

Clara
Freya
Genevieve
Margot
Adelaide
Ada
Alice
Grace
Clementine
Edith
Cora
Esther
Elsie
Florence
Harriet
Francesca
Josephine
Josie
Lottie
Maisie
Martha
Verity

How about Kathleen, as you like Katherine? I know one, who's also called Kitty.
Other suggestions:
Felicity
Margot
Penelope
Gabriella
Agatha
Phoebe
Daisy
Constance
Dorothy
Susannah

Caroline
Helena
Maria
Adeline
Frederica
Anne
Isabel
Henrietta
Eleanor
Rania

Isobel
Stella
Blythe
Lucinda
Carmen
Jasmine
Ruth
Eva

I love Elizabeth!

How about

Louise
Mary
Anna
Charlotte
Arabella
Elaine
Susan
Eleanor
Martha
Harriet
Claire
Laura
Loreena
Adelaide
Constance
Judith
Evangeline
Grace
Winifred
Julia
Rachel

I like Georgia but prefer Georgiana, Georgiana or Georgette

Katherine - i really like Katherine and Kitty. Have you considered Christina nn Kitty. I'm thinking of Christopher can be Kit then why not Christina nn Kitty

Emily - I also love but it's too popular
Emilia - not a fan. Emily is so much nicer

Annabel - love but I love Annie

Jemima - not out there. I've come across a few. I'm not a fan of the nicknames either

Rose/ Rosalind (nn Rosie) - love Rosalind.

Francesca - love it
Matilda - too popular for me. I know more Matilda's than Emily's
Alice - it's ok