Classic but ‘not posh’ girl’s name

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Hello, we have recently found out we’re having a girl. I already have an Alasdair, but DH and I have never yet agreed on a girl’s name. He is keen on Penelope - which I have vetoed as I don’t like Penny and think it would be inevitable. His other very subjective requirements are ‘not too posh’ and ‘not the same name as someone I don’t like’!

I like classic names, mostly, ideally not too popular. Names that I like - but can’t seem to pick a front runner, are:

Elizabeth
Stella
Estelle
Imogen
Iris
Simone
Merle (DH strong veto, sadly)
Viviana
Marilla (that’s an Anne of Green Gables reference, not sure if I could do it, but nn Rilla is pretty!)

Any thoughts? Anything else I might like?

Elizabeth
Mary
Victoria
Claire
Katherine
Beatrice

Meredith
Annabelle
Catherine
Philippa
Amelia
Serena
Celeste

Elizabeth and Catherine are stellar names. Catherine surprisingly underused.
Both classic, timeless, strong, pretty (Catherine esp) with loads of good nicknames.
Don’t think of either as particularly posh ??

Lydia
Georgia
Serena
Olivia

Hannah
Rebecca

Florence
Delphine
Rosemary
Genevieve
Georgiana
Mirabelle
Celeste
Julianne
Honey
Jasmine
Henrietta (though that is a bit posh)
Lisette
Antoinette
Arabella
Justine
Paulette
Cordelia

Heather
Florence
Alexandra
Winifred
Harriet
Rosemary
Gwendolyn
Ruth
Daphne
Esther
Faye
Violet
Victoria / Tori
Jocelyn
Juliette
Tabitha
Heidi
Claudia
Eloise
Josephine
Bryony
Hazel
Nora
Polly
Agatha /Aggie
Beatrix
Daphne

Dinah
Ellen
Marianne
Claire
Norah
Maria

Alice
Anna
Beatrice
Eliza
Emma
Hannah
Harriet
Imogen
Kate
Laura
Louisa
Lucy
Mary
Matilda
Phoebe
Rachel
Rebecca
Rose
Sophie

Juliette
Vivienne
Anna
Cordelia
Lillian
Helena
Laurie
Lorelei
Serena
Lena
Lana
Primrose
Posey

Eloise?

Eliza
Darcy
Tilly

Evelyn
Eloise
Elsie

Deborah

Meriel
Gabrielle
Astrid
Helena
Felicity
Rebecca
Rachael
Grace
Imogen
Hermione
Prudence
Rosanna
Ingrid
Tuppence
Emerald
Miranda
Melanie
Juliet

Sarah. Emily. Hannah. Isabelle. Sophie. Jennifer. Stephanie. Alexandra. Jessica. Lucy. Olivia. Erin. Amelia

Love Iris, Imogen and Stella.

Don’t like the rest.

Elizabeth is a a dull, unwieldy name and all the dims are crap - Lizzie, Liz, Eliza, Beth. One of my best friend’s is Elizabeth and I’ve always felt sorry for her on that front.

What’s wrong with ‘posh’ btw?

And embarrassingly Verity makes me think ‘ferrety’
Friend had a child called Verity. Sibling had a classmate who was utterly convinced that her name was Ferret.
Have you read "Rilla of Ingleside" OP? Lovely book.

I love Elizabeth with the nn Linby.

What about Emma, Elodie or Fern?

Sophia or Sophie

I love these threads - mainly as it always surprises me how different my view of classic name is from some other people's!

Catherine

I love Clemency

Alexandra is good but may fall into myths definition of posh whatever it is.

@Sewingbea yes, have read the all of them and Rilla is my favourite! Always makes me smile when she wishes she was known by her middle name (Bertha!) instead...

So much to think about. Pleased with the generally positive reaction to Elizabeth - thinking about Catherine and Lydia too (an Austen theme obviously).

To be clear, I have no objection to ‘posh’ myself - it’s my DH’s description of what he doesn’t like!