Help with our list (girls)

[Helskitchen]

Please could you give your views on our girls list, your favourites and why? We seem to like them all which is the difficult part:

Theodora
Dorothy
Vivienne
Felicity
Imogen
Frances
Lara

Theodora -No
Dorothy- No
Vivienne- love love love this so much
Felicity- No
Imogen -it’s nice, but has become a bit bland.
Frances - I love it! Second favourite, so much edgier than Francesca which is more popular for some reason!
Lara- no no no.

I’d go for Vivienne Frances and nn. Viv

Theodora or Lara.

Dorothy nn Dorrie is gorgeous.

I'm biased as I have a Felicity. Her nickname is Flo, can't stand Flick!

Dorothy (Dot, Ro, Thea, Dory even Fee)
Felicity (Lissy, Fizzy or Fliss)
Imogen (Mo or Jenny)

I love all three of these names, I'm not a fan of Lara or Vivienne.

Theadora or Vivienne - likeVivi as a NN but it would depend on yr surname

Eg Theadora Campbell ok Theadora Thornbury not so

How about Verity or Beatrix / Beatrice

Thank you all. DH has decided to take a different view on Theodora and Felicity, which were my two favourites. And they say women are the indecisive ones?! I hope he comes around to them again soon 🤞🏼

@whatsyourflava I need you here to tell him the names are amazing and he should totally back me up because we love them, who why should he?! 😂

Theodora - far too prissy
Dorothy- same, fine for older ladies, naff for a baby
Vivienne - it's fine, nothing special
Felicity - I like it
Imogen - it always reminds me of a plate of stodgy potatoes
Frances - it's just so...nothing?
Lara - like

I dont love any of these but like a lot
Theodora - getting very popular. Shows up on threads here many times a day so not keen
Dorothy - like it, and baby Dotty could be cute
Vivienne - like. Disagree she would end up 'Viv' I know more nicknamed 'Vivvie'
Felicity - like
Imogen - like but too popular for me to ever use
Frances - have always liked but it's a marmite name for many
Lara - like

Some other ideas:
Lydia, Verity, Juliet, Celia, Anastasia

@IndiaMay thank you for those suggestions. We can't use Verity, Lydia or Juliet as we have one of the first two and a Julie in our immediate family. Beautiful names though. DH won't consider Cecelia but I think it's gorgeous!

Further discussions have added:

Alexandria / Alexandra
Josephine (female derivative of a male relative so that would be meaningful / DH not sold, but he never is 🙄)

Well if you’re open to suggestions here are some more that I think have a similar feel:
Henrietta
Clementine
Helena
Caroline
Genevieve
Frederica

Theodora & Felicity - off the list then (wasn’t a fan of either tbh)
Dorothy- no, dull
Vivienne- love, Vivi is a great nn
Imogen - not keen
Frances - yes, like this, not common, don’t like Frankie nn
Lara- no, a bit bland
Josephine - dull
Alexandria - place name
Alexandra - underused; like it

I have to say Lara- it’s my daughter’s name!

@Helskitchen

Theodora- Yes!!
Dorothy- Don't recommend.
Vivienne- Not keen on the spelling, Vivian or Vivien I like better.
Felecity- don't like the name
Imogen- Love it!
Frances- It's ok
Lara- Not big on it

Thanks all. They are still my favourites, I must admit. I am just going to try to think of some additions to the list that DH may like for us to come to an agreement. He loves Dorothy and doesn't want to consider any of the others. I like it too but it wasn't my top choice. We have some time thankfully

How about Dorothea as a sort of compromise between Dorothy and Theodora?

@Ginandplatonic I suggested this to him too but he doesn't like the mixture of the two he doesn't like the "fussiness" of the Dorothea/Theodora names

That’s a shame, I love it. (And clearly the preference of a random internet stranger should be your main criterion in naming your child...)

Theodora - I think this is very pretty and I like the associates nicknames. It’s a bit more of a mouthful than some, but I still like it.

Dorothy - my absolute favourite name, and my pick too! I love it so much. It’s unusual without being out there, and both pretty and classical.

Vivienne - probably my least favourite on your list but still a nice name.

Felicity - gorgeous - lovely sound and meaning.

Imogen - slightly reminiscent of a Jilly Cooper heroine but very pretty

Frances - I love this, think it’s a really classical, gentle name.

Lara - not the most exciting but still a nice name. I have only ever known lovely Laras!

Really nice list!

Why not shorten it to Thea instead

My favourite is Imogen.

Lara is fave

I absolutely love Theodora and Dorothy!