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Help with our girls names list?

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LittleGwyneth · 05/05/2019 12:44

DH and I have got three boys names picked out, all quite easy. But we're struggling a bit with girls names.

I like our list so far but none of them are absolutely 'it'. Would love to hear your thoughts on it and any other suggestions.

Like pretty much everyone else we're looking for that sweet spot between unusual(ish) and classic.

Alexandra
Allegra
Amelia
Cecilia
Cecily
Claudia
Cordelia
Edie
Eve
Florence
Georgia
Kitty
Margot
Matilda
Nancy
Persephone
Rosamund
Rosalind
Serena
Stella
Theodora

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Whoops75 · 06/05/2019 02:44

Amelia 5
Cecilia 2
Claudia 3
Georgia 1
Nancy 4

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Rosesaredead · 06/05/2019 03:01

Alexandra - okay , classic but boring and don't like nickname options
Allegra - this is nice
Amelia - done to death
Cecilia - like and like nickname CeCe
Cecily - liked until I thought she might get called sess for short which reminds me of sesspits
Claudia - I don't like this
Cordelia - I don't like this either
Edie - love but very popular
Eve - same as Edie
Florence - like Flo but dislike the sound of Florence and very, very popular
Georgia - nice but dated
Kitty - cute but everyone will ask what her full name is / what it is short for
Margot - love this!!!
Matilda - like but so very popular
Nancy - love this!!!
Persephone - no, the sound is nice but it comes across as a bit try hard
Rosamund - no, don't like the mund sound
Rosalind - no
Serena - no
Stella - quite nice
Theodora - lovely!

Favourites: Nancy, Margot and Theodora

tdam · 06/05/2019 06:06

I absolutely love Edie, Margot and Matilda (I'm pregnant and have considered all three) and really like Florence, Allegra, Claudia, Stella and Theodora. I don't strongly dislike the remainder, they're just not my style or a little too traditional for my taste (like Georgia and Alexandra).

It seems we might have similar taste. Some others I love are (sorry for any repeats, I haven't read all of the comments):

Amelie
Olive
Iris
Violet
Bronte
Della
Eleanor
Freya
Marlowe
Noa
India
Aurora
Lennon/Leni
Luella
Ophelia
Rose
Tabitha
Nell
Xanthe
Zella
Juniper/June/Juno
Elodie
Clementine
Alba
Pearl
Willa
Arabelle
Autumn
Giselle
Ada
Daisy
Lyra
Mattea
Clara
Maeve
Dahlia
Seraphine
Mirabel
Celine
Frankie
Elowen
Camille
Flora
Chiara
Aveline

Hope this helps.

tdam · 06/05/2019 06:10

I should amend that and say there is one that I strongly dislike, Nancy. It seems so exceptionally dated to me and I truly can't imagine it on a child however I have noticed it pop up here quite a bit... I'm wondering whether it's coming back a bit in the UK (I'm from Australia)? Anyway, that's the only one I would say you definitely shouldn't use (but that's just my opinion of course).

lljkk · 06/05/2019 06:21

We probably don't have same taste. I only quite like:
Alexandra, Claudia, Rosalind

Fine:
Allegra, Cecilia, Cecily, Cordelia, Edie, Eve, Florence, Georgia, Margot, Nancy, Persephone, Serena, Theodora

Tolerable:
Rosamund

For Pets only:
Kitty

Ugly I've no idea why popular, even a pet deserves better:
Matilda, Amelia, Stella

LittleGwyneth · 06/05/2019 15:37

Thanks guys - very helpful!

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SnowyAlpsandPeaks · 06/05/2019 20:29

Kitty Allegra

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