Classic but not overused girl names

[Moomin8]

DP and I like Olivia and Grace but I just can't settle on either because I think they are so overused. I want her to have something more unique as that will be nicer for her when she's older. Dp is stuck on Olivia and Grace.

My suggestions, vetoed by dp 🙄

Verity (love this name)
Margot
Violet
Eleanor
Viola
Liberty

Any ideas?

Barbara
Shirley
Susan
Jane
Karen

Katherine - Prefer the C spelling but not overly keen
Clara - It's OK
Felicity - Not a fan
Alice - Love

We had similar criteria when we named our daughter, names on our list were:

• Clara
• Rosemary
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Margot

Rose
Frances
Catherine
Imogen

Violet
Lucy
Hannah

Dp already has a Jessica - if not I expect that would be on our shortlist.

Eleanor
Emily (lots of them a few years ago but not so many now) - ditto Charlotte
Lara

Verity is lovely!

Claudia
Meredith
Romilly
Briony
Francesca
Lydia

On my girls list I had Alice, Emily, Lucy, Laura, May (as a stand-alone in its own right), Ivy and Iris.

Lucy
Joanna
Chloe
Tara (not classic but I like the name)
Annabel
Louise
Sarah (due a comeback I think)
Elizabeth
Maria/Marie
Victoria
Anne
Amelia
Katherine
Alexandra
Charlotte

I'm calling my little girl Alma.

Helen
Louisa
Miriam
Rose
Ann

Not Liberty, too American as soon as I read it I said 'liberty and justice for all'. Lots of lovely others though

I'm a 70's baby and there are loads that were very common then that are rarely heard these days:

Samantha
Caroline
Sarah
Louise
Nicola
Joanna
Emma
Rachel
Lisa
Ruth
Hayley
Marie
Claire

They're all flooding back to me now!

Helena
Genevieve
Emilia
Elizabeth (Libby, Beth)
Clémence/ Clémentine
Louisa
Victoria
Cecily / Cecilia
Mary

Lorna

Vivienne
Esther
Leah

Louise
Genevieve
Mary

No, I also remember this!! But I think by now it's (somewhat forgotten)

Sadly it’s not. I’m an Alice.. but spelt Alyce. All I get when meeting anyone new is “Alice Alice who the fuck is Alice”

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest, but the older I get the harder I’m finding it to fake laugh every time somebody sings it. The jokes old but it will never die.

Lucinda
Sylvie
Alexandra
Magdalene
Rebecca
Elaine
Eliza
Zoey
Julia
Vivienne
Fiona
Iris
Philippa

@DoubtingMyPatience - that must be so bloody annoying. A child with that name now though probably wouldn't have this at school because that stupid song was in the 90s...

Evelyn

I live near a Victorian cemetery, great for name shopping!

I quite like Rosalie and Rosina which were apparently popular in late 19c.

Rosalie is nice but my friend has used that for her dd.

This is the problem when you have three daughters already (all names mentioned on this thread!) and you are 39 so many of your friends have daughters as well!

Geraldine?