Traditional girls names - inspire me please!

[DrWhy]

So we found out about 3 months ago that we were having a girl and I still haven’t managed to get past the letter C in the baby names book. We’ve got another 3 months to go but I’m just not inspired at all, nothing seems to feel right.

DS we had a name chosen for well before this stage and I could name another three boys but I’m totally stuck on girls.

I’d like something traditional and preferably that has a couple of possible shortening or nicknames that she could choose from later.

I’m pretty sure the middle name will be Elizabeth but DSs name begins with E so we’d ideally like DD to have a different first initial. We’ve got a fairly harsh sounding one syllable surname.

I love Beatrice but DH doesn’t, I also like Charlotte but think the royal connection will mean its really popular. Victoria is OK but probably out for family reasons. I should like Rebecca based on my criteria but I’m not sure I do.

Based on that can’t anyone inspire me at all?!

Anna
Annabel
Alice
Alexandra
Catherine
Frances
Florence
Georgina
Grace
Helena
Hannah
Josephine
Julia
Katherine
Louisa
Lydia
Mary
Matilda
Rose
Susannah

Ellen
Caroline
Verity
Maria
Dinah
Jessica
Veronica
Philippa

Cassandra
Vivienne
Theodora
Rosemary
Lillian
Eleanor
Francesca
Madeline
Matilda
Daphanie
Evelyn
Bethany

Katharine/Catherine
Allegra
Georgina
Susannah
Lucy
Victoria
Rachel
Josephine
Justine
Eleanor
Marianne
Annabel

Cecelia Elizabeth
Alexandra Elizabeth
Francesca Elizabeth
Martha Elizabeth
Jessica Elizabeth
Mary Elizabeth
Molly Elizabeth
Amy Elizabeth
Dorothy Elizabeth
Daisy Elizabeth
Jennifer Elizabeth
Clara Elizabeth
Rachel Elizabeth
Sophie Elizabeth
Nancy Elizabeth

Cassandra NN Sandy, Cass, Cassie
Francesca NN Fran, Frankie, Chest
Jessica NN Jess
Lorraine NN Lainey, Lori
Georgette/Georgina NN Georgie
Annalise NN Anna, Annie, Lissie
Anabelle NN Anna, Annie, Belle
Danielle NN Dani
Eleanor NN Ellie, Nori, Elle
Julianna NN Jules, Julia, Anna
Philippa NN Pippa
Susannah NN Susie, Anna, Sure, Suzanne, Susan

Elizabeth rose plenty of shortened nicknames my dd2 is Libby rose & I love saying it even after all these years,
Jessica
Bethany
Rebecca
Victoria
Harriet
Ann Marie
Georgia
Sarah
Alice
Megan
Maria
Isabella
Cathrine
Florence
Laura
Christine
Wendy
Audrey
Verify
Sophia
Beatrice
Bonnie
Nellie
Clara
Lydia
Emma
Grace
Mabel
Leah
Elinor
Isabelle not sure if it's a classic
Esta
Eve
Jennifer/,jenny
Frances
Hayley

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I hope you meant Verity not Verify!

I don't know why, but the idea of a baby called Verify has given me the giggles.

Harriet
Lucinda
Roberta
Rosalind

Natasha
Tamara
Daphne
Miranda

Harriet Elizabeth
Carina Elizabeth
Ottilie Elizabeth
Matilda Elizabeth
Imogen Elizabeth
Miranda Elizabeth

I wouldn't worry too much about Charlotte getting too popular. I think the reverse happens and people tend to avoid a recent royal name as they don't want to be seen as copying.

Thank you so much folks!
That’s definitely given me some ideas!

I’ll read through properly after work but I’m really liking some,

Alexandra
Francesca
Frances
Natasha
Plus more...

I might still have to keep working on DH for Beatrice

I love Beatrice!!

We are having a boy, but if it had been a girl she would have been Margaret. I'm a stickler for traditional names on the birth certificate, and then you can use a nickname day to day if you choose to.

I think Margaret is lovely on its own, but it does have a bunch of nicknames associated with it. Some nicknames are: Maggie (obvs), Maisie, Peg/Peggie, Margo/Margot...among others.

We were going to go with Margot as a nickname.

I’m Katie Elizabeth but also have friends that are Charlotte Elizabeth and Georgina Elizabeth.

If you love Beatrice do you like Bridget?

that was the first name I thought of after reading your post.

How about

Tabitha
Genevieve
Sadie is lovely but shorter than your choices
Matilda
Araminta
Melody

Nadia
Jane
Antonia
Genevieve

Stephanie

Penelope

Beatrix instead of Beatrice?

Helena
Marion
Alexandra
Josephine
Georgina
Rosemary
Jacqueline
Rosalind
Agatha

Thanks folks!
I had thought about Beatrix instead of Beatrice but I might have an equally hard sell to DH!
Sadly Bridget is out as it doesn’t work with our surname.
There are a few others that are close friend or family names so I’m not sure if I’d feel a bit odd about using them.

It’s interesting how many of the suggested names have a shortened version that could also be a boys name. I actually quite like that.

Georgina is one I hadn’t considered although it is an old family name too - we have quite a lot of George’s and it reminds me of the Famous Five! I might test that on DH too. He currently says he’s not even discussing it until I’ve narrowed it down to a shortlist of 10