Opinions and suggestions for a girl's name please

[CertainGecko]

I'm having a girl in a few months and am really stuck! We already have a Francesca who is always known as Frankie.

Firstly, I always quite liked Joey short for Josephine as a girl's name, but I worry that if I have girls called Frankie and Joey people will think I desperately wanted a boy which is not the case at all. I don't really care for Josie. DW likes Billie but I'm put off for the same reason.

Secondly I'd love some suggestions of other names based on the list I've got so far. Nothing is really jumping out at me. With my first, I really loved Frankie just needed to decide if I liked Francesca enough to use it as the long name. This time there are no strong contenders except maybe Joey.

Winnie (but don't like Winifred as the long name)
Iris (strong possibility this will be middle name)
Thea
Isobel
Matilda
Florence
Penelope/Penny
Audrey
Margot
Madeleine
Daphne
Beatrice
Josephine/Joey
Imogen
Martha
Phoebe

Jillian

Francesca and Josephine are both very feminine- they just happen to have unisex nicknames. I personally dont think it's a big deal and I dont think people will think you wanted a boy! They are beautiful names and go well together!

But if it bothers you (which I get, I'd probably wonder that too even though again I think because the actual names are so feminine it's not a big deal!), I'll suggest:

Seraphina (because it ends like Josephine)
Emilia
Elizabeth
Bridget
Arielle
(These sound good with Francesca to me)

From your list I love:
Penelope
Imogen
Thea

Lovely list :)

Daphne, Penelope, Thea

Yolanta
Bryony

If you like Winnie as a nickname, there's a little girl at my son's playgroup called Elowyn who goes by Winnie for short. Elowyn Iris sounds lovely.

From your list I love Matilda, Martha, Imogen and Phoebe.

Joey is lovely 😊

Was going to suggest Elowen too, with nn Winnie.

From your list I love Penelope/Penny.
Francesca and Penelope/Frankie and Penny sound lovely together imo.

Other suggestions:
Beatrix
Stella
Helena (Lenny)
Tessa
Jessamine

I love them all apart from Audrey and Daphne.

Harriet
Alexis
Meredith
Saskia
Alice
Georgia
Lydia
Cassandra
Cecily

Josephine. Josie/Posy for short.

Jessica/Jessie

But I really like Josephine/Joey too.

Josephine is lovely. I don’t think the nickname thing matters at all. But from your list I like Thea and Audrey the best.

You have a lovely list! I’m not keen on Margot but think the rest are fab.

Penelope could have the nn Nell?

How much do you want a short nn type name with a longer formal name? Is that your main criteria?

Vivienne with nn Vivi
Felicity with nn Fliss
Matilda with nn Matty or Tilly or Tilda
Cordelia with nn Cordy or Delia
Persephone nn Sephy

Or, if a nn isn’t that important

Juniper
Lydia
Bella
Nina
Polly
Collette
Willow
Liberty

Or Joanna/ Joanne with nn Jo

I have never heard a girl called Joey as shirt for Josephine. Mainly because it’s a baby kangaroo I think. Also if used to be a name for parrots. Jo was the usual shortened form. Or Joss. You could do Frankie and Bennie.

LOVE Iris Imogen Martha and Margo

Other names I like:

Willa
Sadie
Edith / Edie
Margaret /Maggie
Clementine/ Clemmie
Roxanne/Roxanna/Rosanne
Pearl
Delilah
Ottilie (Ottie)
Cora
Eliza
River
Winter
Jemima
Holly
Cleo
Mabel
Peggy

I think Frankie and Joey are great names that work really well together, and the longer names are also lovely. It wouldn't occur to me that they are overly masculine, mainly because all the Frankies I know are women and I've only ever met two Joeys - one male, one female. Go with what you love.
I also like Billie, which spelled that way is 100% female.

I like Beatrice best from your list. Bea, Beata or Bettie (not keen on Beattie - memories of Maureen Lipman ads. )

Audrey is unusual and works well with Frankie. Not sure how you'd shorten it though if you wanted a nickname.

I know what you mean about Frankie and Joey, but they're only nicknames. I don't think it matters at all, so I say go for it!

Winona nnWinnie?

Or Olwyn/ Olwen or Anwen nnn Winnie?

Wilhelmina nn Mina
Merryn
Lyra
Antoinette
Petra

Nora
Rosa

How about Joely instead of Joey as a diminutive of Josephine?

Harriet (Hattie)
Rosalind (Rosie)
Penelope (Nell)
Elizabeth (Betsy)
Catherine (Kitty)
Charlotte (Lottie)

From your list, I would pick Daphne Iris or Audrey Iris.