Where are Girl Names?! Where?!

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Already have one DD and feel we have used all our name choosing skills on her and picking her name was difficult enough! (She's called Nancy)

I think I like Sally, Ida and Billie. But not enough to love them and pick one. So far short of dipping my hand in the Scrabble tile bag and making up a new name, if think I like those above, what else may be a good shout?

(Margot and Elspeth which always crops up on these threads although nice are a no go)

Nell?
(Could use the long form Eleanor and use Nell as nickname).

Stella

Faith

Harper

Tess

Polly
Lucy
Isabella
Beatrice

Lucy
Sophie
Betty
Marnie
Maggie
Molly

Connie
Tilly
Zoe
Lara

As Nancy is an old pet form of Anne, would you want something similar? A very old name?
Meg/Maggie/Daisy, etc (forms of Margaret)
Betty/Bette/Eliza, etc, etc (forms of Elizabeth)
Molly/Polly/May (forms of Mary)
Kate/Katie/Kathryn

Sally is nice. It's a form of Sarah. As is Sadie. Sara?

I'll give you my girls name list as we've juts had our dc2 and he's a boy
Tuppence
Tempest
Sunday
Henrietta
Holliday
Clementine
Artemis
Verily
Ceecee
Cecelia
Sylvie
Octavia
Elizabeth
Liberty
Constance
Talullah
Evangeline
Araminta
Vivienne
Clarrissa
Amaryllis
Philomena
Iris
Violet
Lavender

June
Ada
Cora
Marla
Etta
Lyla / Lilah
Lana
Iris
Callie
Polly
Emmeline
Norah
Merryn
Audrey
Talia
Thea
Marilyn
Edith
Iona
Valerie
Faye
Ivy
Jaye
Joni
Mila
Honor
Jill
Caroline
Bonnie
Mabel

Ruth

Cora
Edie
Alice
Nina

Alice
Naomi
Rosa
Rosina
Eliza
Fiona
Lucy
Natasha
Francesca
Millicent
Hailey
Natalie
Juliette
Rosalind
Delilah
Loretta
Melissa
Evelyn
Roseanna
Suzanna
Zoe
Lola
Samantha
Maude
Madge
Clara
Cara
Lana
Kaitlyn
Alyssa
Marissa
Joanna
Dora
Louisa
Flora
Ruby
Pearl
Jemima
Carmen
Camilla
Harriet
Bonnie
Belinda
Miranda

Polly or Gwen

Elliot

Etta
Astrid
Tess
Merle
Clara
Beatrix

Sadie

Stella!
Maeve
Alice
Ezri

Bonnie maybe Cassie (can always use Cassandra or cassia for bc)

Gorgeous older names from my family are

Nesta
Miriam
Elspeth
Florence
Meryl
Avril

Ivy
Aphra
Mattie
Letitia/Lettie
Bridie
Lois
Ida

@flyingmonkeys I'm LOVING Elliot..never knew it was a girl's name?!

Also like Madge, but DH has said no and something about Harold bishop 🤔

Nancy was top of my list, then I had a DS. Expecting again, so maybe this one will be a girl?

I also like
Peggy
Winifred
Ivy
Iris
Edith/Edie
Ursula

Probably others...

I think Marianne makes a good sibling for Nancy, and you could shorten it to Madge. Though the rhyming potential for Madge should be considered very carefully.

Is Elliot a girls name? The only one I know of is in Scrubs, and the joke is that she has a boy's name because her father wanted a boy. Never heard it on a girl in real life.

I have heard of a female Ellis, however.

Yes, I have a female friend aged 40 called Elliot. So not unheard of though pretty unique for the UK. She goes by Ella vs Ellie in respect of a nn as she hates the latter. I love it OP and I'd not be scared to use it if I had another daughter.

Mentioned to DH our niece who's also our goddaughter is called Ellie and says it's too similar. I'm so far begging to differ 😄