Jilly Cooper female characters

[hormonesorDHbeingadick]

My list of names for boys was heavily inspired by JC. Now I know I’m having a girl and I’m struggling with the list so please hit me with your JC female characters for inspiration.

Pandora!

Harriet, Imogen

Fenella (nn Fen or Ella)
Emily
Octavia (nn Via)
Mabel
Tory
Molly

Harriet
Octavia
Emily
Bella
Imogen
Agatha nn Taggie

My absolute favourite in Fenella.
I wanted it for dd2 but dh didn't like it

Mouse
(maybe not)

Not a character I like, but I find the name Maud attractive.
Bella too.

Gah! Mousie!

Then her friends could be members of the "Mousie Club".

Daisy
Perdita
Violet
Tabatha
Chessie
Bibi
Helen
Caitlin
Cameron
Janey
Monica
Beattie

Imogen is the only one I’d consider.

Francesca!

I have Agatha (tagging) ear marked if we ever manage to get preggo again and have a girl.

Caitlin
Janie
Beattie
Cameron
Lucy

Emerald
Sienna
Sofie
Dora
Patience
Daisy
Perdita

Retro JC or modern-day equivalents?

Annabel
Claudia
Jemima
Henrietta
Elspeth
Georgina
Lucinda
Susannah
Gabriella
Cordelia
Francesca
Vanessa
Olivia
Marina
Caroline
Lettice
Fenella
Clementine
Jacinta
Araminta

Or to go down the nickname route...

Minty, Jinty, Bunty, Tiggy, Letty, Lottie, Saffy, Millie, Hattie, Hetty, Tabby, Tibby, etc.

Thanks all. Many of these were already on my list so teenage summer holidays reading Jilly Cooper must have had influence than I though. DH and I are still not in agreement.

I did actually name one of my children out of a JC book. And had plans for another name from the same source for the opposite sex.
Are your DH's objections because of the source?
My DC's father had/has no idea that's why I thought of it and would have been appalled in an "anti-chicklit" way if he knew. He loved both names though.
You may be a much nicer and more honest person than I though (not difficult ).
And your DH less judgemental (ditto).

What does your DH object to? Would he prefer any of the more modern sloaney names?

LaMarschallin I haven’t told him the source!

We generally don’t agree on names. He does prefer more traditional names eg Catherine but thinks because our other DD has a short name this one should too. He doesn’t want to call the baby a shorten version of name either so he won’t want Katie.

Trying to find girls names we both like is a minefield and it is why our other DD was nameless for a while.

He also thinks Fenella would be shorten to Fanny.

He also thinks Fenella would be shorten to Fanny
Ah. I never thought of that. I'd have guessed "Fen" (for obvious JC reasons) or "Ella". Which I like.

The shortening thing is tricky. DC's father had similar worries and we chose names that are difficult to shorten/alter, but not impossible. How does he feel about lengthening?
Jane to Janey, to give a JC example. Or, indeed, Jill to Jilly.
I read somewhere that she (JC) said that, while "Jilly and Leo" sounded fine, "Jill and Leonard" sounded like a couple out of 1970s Come Dancing. She did not seem to think the latter was a Good Thing.

My JC named child is often given a nickname based on their initials. Much like RCB for Rupert. Hard to legislate against these things.

Hope you let us know your decision 🙂

The Fenella I know is Nella or Fen. Never heard her called Fanny.

Saffy- but you could name her Saffron