Ianthe, Cicely, Apolline, Paloma, Salome...

[Messalena]

Thoughts please on these names for a girl?

I love Cicely!

I like Ianthe and Cicely. Not bothered about Paloma as it feels fussy to me and don't like the connotations of the biblical Salome for a daughter.

If I had to choose, I would go for Paloma.
Have you considered Pandora?

I quite like Pandora, thanks! Panda could be quite sweet for short too.

Love Apolline. Like Paloma.

Love Cicely. Again would be very put off by the biblical connotations of Salome.
I also love pps suggestion of Pandora

I don’t know about Pandora. I can see potential for unsavoury jokes about her box when she’s an adult.

I love Apolline! I also like Apollonia.

Apolline is my favourite

I like Paloma and Ianthe. Quite like Cicely although it does give me an image of a fussy and overly ladylike Victorian woman or girl.

Salome should be nice (ignoring the John the Baptist thing) but unfortunately it also reminds me of salami and salmonella.
Don't like Apolline at all, that's my least favourite. Apollo space missions come to mind.

Congratulations on your unusual choices, you obviously don't like to follow the herd.

I love ianthe (although Evanthe is even better imo!).

Paloma is probably my next fav, then Cicely and Salome joint next, and Apolline at the bottom as it makes me think 'Pauline'.

I love them all. But as much as Salome is a beautiful name the head on a plate thing is an image I can't shake!

On similar lines, just for your interest, not because you need more choices how about
Athene
Solange
Isolde /Iseult

My 3 month old daughter is called Cicely and we absolutely love the name. - and so does everyone else who asks what it is !

Apolline is very nice. I like cicely but I’m not sure how much. Salome the connections are just too strong. Ianthe I like, did you consider iolanthe?

Salome is frankly unusable. It only has one connotation and it is very negative.

I like Paloma, although it does remind me of papilloma.

Really like Paloma.
Apolline = Pauline to me as a pp said.
Cicely is way too fussy and not sold on Ianthe or Salome.

I think Iseult is a bit pedestrian these days compared to your other names. Solange is lovely, though.

Love Cicely/Cecily and Paloma.

I like Ianthe and Paloma.

Apolline and Cicely.

Not Salome.
Really not.

Not Salome.

Cicely and Paloma are the best.

Didn't Salome cut off the head of John the Baptist and serve it on a plate?!

Cecile is gorgeous, not sure about Cicely.

Cicely is pretty. The others are a bit too try hard for my tastes.

I like Apollonia, I knew one who went by Apple for short, and Polly.
I like Ianthe, but love Xanthe!