Veto my extremely long shortlist

[Edenember]

Agnes
Alyse

Arrietty
Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Erika
Eve
Flora
Florence
Francesca
Freyja
Harriet
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Ingrid
Iona
Isla / Eila
Isolde
Isotta
Louisa
Lucinda
Luna
Mary
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia
Pippa
Poppy
Romilly
Rowena / Rowenna
Sarah
Thebe
Theia
Tilda
Xanthie

Names that have already been knocked off- Aphra, Astrid, Autumn, Eleonora, Eseld, Iris, Ivy, Imogen, Norah, Tabitha, Evelyne, Zorah.

Clara
Daisy
Eloisa
Erika
Harriet
Indiana (Indie)
Nancy
Nell
Thea (but not Theia)
Tilda (or Matilda)

I have left the ones I like. Alot of variety in your list. I think imagine what are you most comfortable with when you are introducing your child - which names do you feel happy and confident about.

Aurora
Beatrice
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Eve
Flora
Florence
Freyja
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Iona
Isla
Louisa
Luna
Ottilia
Romilly

Sorry I don't seem to have narrowed them down much
Love thea but not theia
Love isla but not eila

My favourites would have to be Louisa, Ottilia or aurora

Hate Betsey. Even Betsy.

Arrietty sounds made up and like you’ve missed an H off.

From your list I really like Clara and Honor.

I've struck through the ones I don't like (obviously)

Agnes
Alyse
Arrietty
Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Erika
Eve
Flora
Florence
Francesca
Freyja
Harriet
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Ingrid
Iona
Isla / Eila
Isolde
Isotta
Louisa
Lucinda
Luna
Mary
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia
Pippa
Poppy
Romilly
Rowena / Rowenna
Sarah
Thebe
Theia
Tilda
Xanthie

Agnes - veto - personally think it is old lady and not in a pretty way
Alyse - veto- how would you pronounce it? Alice? Al-ease? Al-eyes?
Arrietty - veto - sounds made up
Aurora - pretty, love it
Beatrice - classy, love it
Betsey - a bit cutesy but I like it but would spell it Betsy
Cecily - classy, love it
Clara - underused, quite European, quite like
Daisy - veto, too cutesy and little girly for me
Eliza - I’d use as a shortening for Elizabeth
Eloisa- like it
Erika - veto, Eric is an ugly name and so I don’t like the feminine version
Eve - classic but quite dull
Flora - lovely
Florence - classy, love it
Francesca - ok
Freyja - ok if spelt Freyja
Harriet - do not like personally
Heidi- lovely, same as Clara, very European
Honor - love jt
Indiana (Indie) - veto- awful, it’s not even a particularly nice state in the US and Indie sounds too try hard
Ingrid - don’t like
Iona - pretty, scottish
Isla / Eila - ditto, prefer Isla
Isolde - unusual, but don’t much like
Isotta - veto, sounds made up
Louisa - veto, boring
Lucinda- pretty, like it
Luna - veto, reminds me of Harry Potter bandwagon
Mary - veto, boring
Nancy - veto, ugly and reminds me of the prostitute in Oliver Twist
Nell - just a bit of a boring Victorian name
Ottilia - bit of a mouthful, prefer Ottilie
Pippa- ok
Poppy - don’t like personally but it’s ok
Romilly- pretty
Rowena / Rowenna- unusual, sounds a bit “dark”, reminds me of witches for some reason
Sarah- veto, dull dull dull
Thebe - oooooo unusual, would you pronounce it like Theb-ie? If so I love it!
Theia - spell it Theia
Tilda - reminds me of the symbol ~
Xanthie - spell it Xanthe

Agnes - ok
Alyse - no. spelling and how to say it
Arrietty - no
Aurora - no
Beatrice - fine
Betsey - prefer Betsy
Cecily - no. Cicely is much nicer
Clara - no
Daisy - ok
Eliza - ok
Eloisa - no. Louisa is much nicer
Erika - ok
Eve - lovely but so popular.
Flora - lovely
Florence - ok
Francesca - ok
Freyja - no. overused, spelling
Harriet - ok
Heidi - fine
Honor - ok
Indiana (Indie) - no
Ingrid - yes
Iona - depends on surname
Isla / Eila - nice but too popular
Isolde - nice
Isotta - no keen
Louisa - lovely
Lucinda - prefer Lucy
Luna - no
Mary - lovely
Nancy - fine
Nell - fine
Ottilia - no
Pippa - fine
Poppy - fine
Romilly - dislike
Rowena / Rowenna - Rowena is quite nice
Sarah - yes but I know so many
Thebe - no
Theia - no
Tilda - rice
Xanthie - Xanthe is ok

How many babies are you expecting?

Agnes - No. Frumpy nun name.
Alyse - Fine if you spell it Alice
Arrietty - Bit wanky
Aurora - Nice, but she’d better be beautiful.
Beatrice - Fine
Betsey - Fine, if you spell it Betsy
Cecily - Lovely
Clara - Fine
Daisy - Fine
Eliza - Fine
Eloisa - Nice, but prefer Eloise
Erika - Fine, if you spell it Erica
Eve - Lovely
Flora - Fine
Florence - Fine
Francesca - Lovely
Freyja - Lovely, if you spell it Freya
Harriet - Fine
Heidi - Fine
Honor - Lovely
Indiana (Indie) - No
Ingrid - Lovely
Iona - Nice
Isla / Eila - Fine
Isolde - Bit wanky
Isotta - No
Louisa - Nice. Due a revival
Lucinda - Fine
Luna - Fine
Mary - Fine
Nancy - Fine
Nell - Lovely
Ottilia - Fine if you go with Ottilie
Pippa - Fine
Poppy - Fine
Romilly - Nice
Rowena / Rowenna - Nice
Sarah - Fine
Thebe - No. Will be heard as Phoebe
Theia - No. Thea is nice though
Tilda - Nice
Xanthie - Xanthe is fine if a bit wanky

I like these
Eliza - prefer Elsie
Eve
Florence
Francesca
Heidi
Indiana (Indie) - prefer indie
Isla
Nancy
Nell - prefer Nelly
Ottilia
Theia - prefer Thea

I like

Alyse
Aurora
Betsey
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Erika
Flora
Freyja
Heidi
Ingrid
Iona
Isla
Louisa
Mary
Nancy (love)
Nell
Pippa
Poppy
Sarah

Agnes - no
Alyse - no wouldn't know how to pronounce it
Arrietty - love the borrowers but no
Aurora - no
Beatrice - really like
Betsy - maybe
Cecily - no
Clara - yes
Daisy - no
Eliza - love
Eloisa - no, but like elouise
Erika - no
Eve - yes
Flora - yes
Florence - yes
Francesca - not sure
Freya - I like freya
Harriet - love love love
Heidi - yes
Honor - no
Indiana (Indie) - nope
Ingrid - no
Iona - no
Isla / Eila - no
Isolde - no
Isotta - no
Louisa -no
Lucinda - no
Luna - no
Mary - possibly
Nancy - really like
Nell - I like but maybe more as a nickname
Ottilia - no
Pippa - no
Poppy - no
Romilly - no, prefer ramona
Rowena / Rowenna - no
Sarah - yes
Thebe - no
Theia - no
Tilda- undecided
Xanthie - possibly
Hope that helps!

Just realised my phone has auto corrected a couple of the spellings you put and for some reason I said no to Pippa and Louisa but I like both of those names... Must of been on a roll!! 😂 😂

My favourites are: Clara, Pippa, Poppy, Aurora, Lucinda

Least favourites: Agnes, Isolde, Isotta, Otillia, Alyse.

Arrietty kind of is made up - one of the borrowers.

Tilda - rice 😂😂😂 . Nice simple critique 😂. That has crossed my mind as well but just can’t help loving the name. I find matilda too long and unwieldy and I think this is the shorter spunkier version. Strong but cute on a little girl... if only the rice wasn’t a thing 😂

Lol at how many babies are you expecting!

Love Clara, Eliza, Louisa, Poppy and Sarah.

Can you elimanate any that don't go with surname, or have you already done that?

Alyse is just pronounced same as Alice, I know someone with this spelling. Not normally one for trendy spellings but I just don’t like that Alice has the word lice in it, I don’t think it looks pretty for that reason but I love the sound of it.

I’d promoties Alyse A-lees. Maybe Alys?

I like Erika and Freyja spelt the Norse ways to reflect Norse roots xXx in fact Eerika would be more appropriate in that case, but feel that’s a step too far in this country 😂

Scrap everything apart from Honour and Iona.

Yes Thebe is pronounced Thee-bee, like Hebe. One of the wackier ones 😂 but also one of the lesser used Greek mythological names. Sarah would only ever be a middle name. In fact a lot of these are shelved to middle name territory. List would be a lot shorter if only names considered for first names were on it. I think part of the reason I like Sarah as a middle name is just to confuse people 😂 a super common name after something more unusual... ‘is that after someone?’ ‘No I just like it’... ‘Eh?’ 😂😂😂

@notalwaysalondoner yeah I like the witchy feel of Rowena that’s defs part of the appeal

I like

Beatrice
Erika
Florence
Francesca
Honor
Isolde
Louisa
Thebe

@minipie ‘bit wanky’ is my fave critique so far 😂

Agnes- I quite like it, but it is quite old lady sounding.
Alyse- I would go Alys/Alais personally.
Arrietty- No, it's not pretty and sounds like a nickname, but it's long and there are no really good shortenings. Spelling it will always be a nightmare too.
Aurora- Love this nn Rory/Rori
Beatrice- Similar to Agnes, although Bea is a nicer nickname.
Betsey- Don't like this at all, doesn't feel like a real name.
Cecily- Yy, like this a lot.
Clara- Clara is ok- it just feels a bit Meh to me.
Daisy- There are a LOT of Daisys out there.
Eliza- Ok, would expect this to be a shortening of Elizabeth though.
Eloisa- Another "meh" name.
Erika- Quite like this, and it's not super common.
Eve- Ok, again a bit meh.
Flora- Meh
Florence- I quite like this. It's fine, a "real name but not too common".
Francesca- I like Francesca, and Cesca is a good nickname. Frannie is awful, though.
Freyja- Another nice name. Lots of variations on this out there though.
Harriet- Like this. Potential for the nickname Harrie is good.
Heidi- Again, I like this, and it's quite unusual but still a "real" name.
Honor- Not keen on virtue names, sorry. It's a lot to live up to.
Indiana (Indie)- I like this, it sounds cool, and isn't that usual. Quite a few Indias out there though.
Ingrid- Like this less than the other Scandi names on the list.
Iona- Nice, but not everyone will know how to pronounce/spell it.
Isla / Eila- Again, really common at the moment.
Isolde- Like this, not sure if I would be brave enough to use it. I bet it would end up getting shortened to Issy.
Isotta- Isolde is nicer.
Louisa- Nice, would get shortened to Lou.
Lucinda- Less nice than Louisa.
Luna- Pretty common at the moment. Has Harry Potter connotations.
Mary- Very meh compared to a lot of the names on this list.
Nancy- See above.
Nell- Doesn't feel like a "full" name to me. Would need to be a shortening of something.
Ottilia- Quite pretty, not sure it has a good nickname.
Pippa- Quite pretty, not that common, not sure it feels like a full name.
Poppy- Soooo many Poppys around of all ages.
Romilly- I just don't like the way this sounds.
Rowena / Rowenna- Fine, not as nice as some on this list.
Sarah- Compared to most names on this list, it's very generic.
Thebe- I think a lot of people won't know how to pronounce this.
Theia- People will spell/say it Thea, which is fine, unless you don't want that.
Tilda- Needs to be a shortening of Matilda, IMO.
Xanthie- People will spell it Xanthe. I know a few people who have "X" names, and it's a hassle apparently.

I hope this helps a bit! The only I'd truly veto are Arrietty and Romily!