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.

These were the nicest options IMO

Alice (rather than your chosen spelling)
Heidi - lovely and underused
Isla

Louisa
Mary
Nancy

Romilly

Sarah

Some of your choices I had no idea how to pronounce tbh, a bit 'out there' for my taste....

That’s an impressive list OP! My shortlist would be:

Flora
Harriet
Honor

Iona
Louisa
Nancy
Xanthe (but only spelled this way)

Top choice would be Honor - lovely

I'm with Spirali. You lost me with the length of that list. I'd love to help if you come back with a much whittled down list

I like Isla.

Or Louise (rather than Louisa)

Loving Honor. Different, strong name.

The ones I like:
Aurora
Betsey
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Erika
Eve
Florence
Francesca
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Iona
Isla / Eila
Luna
Nancy
Ottilia
Pippa
Poppy
Sarah

That’s quite a mixed bag!! I wish we could agree on half as many

Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey- I like the name but prefer it spelled Betsy
Clara- one of my favourites, simple and classy
Daisy
Eliza
Flora- this was on my list for DD4 but DH vetoed, I love it
Florence- ...and this was the name we picked for her instead! It’s very popular in our area but I love it and feel like it’s one of those names that makes a cute baby/toddler name but will also hold her well as an adult
Francesca- I like Francesca, very strong and classic
Ingrid- I really love Ingrid
Luna
Nancy- one of my DDs best friends is called Nancy and I think it’s lovely, really suits her
Nell- I have no good reason but I hate this
Pippa- lovely
Poppy- quite popular but I think it’s a lovely name
Sarah- PLEASE no there are so many beautiful names on your list don’t go for something dull like this!

Wow you’re right OP that is a very long list! Good luck choosing, there are some lovely names on here

Tell us about your surname. How many syllables and what does it start with?
Do you want a middle name too?

Agnes- Y
Alyse- I'd drop the 'e' but otherwise Y
Arrietty- N
Aurora- maybe as a middle name
Beatrice- N
Betsey- N
Cecily - N
Clara - maybe
Daisy - N
Eliza - N
Eloisa - prefer Eloise
Erika - N
Eve- bit 'old' and Evie very overused
Flora- maybe
Florence - maybe...Florrie?
Francesca- N
Freyja- Y
Harriet - Y
Heidi- N
Honor - maybe
Indiana (Indie)- N
Ingrid- Y
Iona - N
Isla - prefer Ilsa
Isolde- N
Isotta- N
Louisa- N
Lucinda- N
Luna- Y
Mary - N
Nancy- Y
Nell- Y
Ottilia - prefer Ottilie
Pippa- N
Poppy- N
Romilly- Romola?
Rowena / Rowenna- N
Sarah- bit boring
Thebe- N
Theia- N
Tilda- N
Xanthie- maybe

If you like classic names how about Leda?

Agnes- One of the worse old lady names
Alyse- Alternative Alice???
Arrietty- A borrower. Unusual but not too bad, not keen personally
Aurora- I imagine this would be quite a hard name to shout. It'd end up sounding like one long vowel.
Beatrice- Love it, Bea is good nickname
Betsey- Short for Bethany/Elizabeth etc, fine but not really on its own (Betsy?)
Cecily- Wet sounding
Clara- Nice
Daisy- Bit twee sounding, not awful
Eliza- Lovely
Eloisa- Lovely
Erika- Lovely
Eve- Lovely (I like your Es)
Flora- Would be hard to carry off if you weren't an especially "girly" girl
Florence- Marginally better than Flora
Francesca- Not bad, prefer Frances
Freyja- Would spell Freya but do love
Harriet- Quite like
Heidi- As above, pretty good
Honor- Don't like virtue names
Indiana (Indie)- No. India, possibly
Ingrid- Really like this.
Iona- Not keen but not for any particular reason
Isla / Eila- As above (actually, it might just be the amount of vowels...)
Isolde- Do like it, actually, though it may be seen as quite "try hard".
Isotta- I've googled it and it's a lot of things before it's a name
Louisa- Not a fan but entirely inoffensive
Lucinda- You will just end up calling her Lucy, which sounds considerably less maiden aunt-ish and is, in my opinion, much preferable
Luna- Always think of Harry Potter
Mary- Classic, currently unusual
Nancy- Like it.
Nell- Like, but as short for something (Ellen/Eleanor)
Ottilia- Nope.
Pippa- Don't like at all
Poppy- Fine for child, less so for adult
Romilly- Nice name, any French connections?
Rowena / Rowenna- One n will do nicely
Sarah- Solid name, underrated in modern times
Thebe- Like Phoebe? Nice enough
Theia- Why the i?
Tilda- Yup, rice
Xanthie- Why the i?

To conclude, from your list:
Beatrice- 10
Clara- 13
Eliza- 4
Eloisa- 6
Erika- 8
Eve- 7
Freyja- 12
Harriet- 5
Ingrid- 1
Isolde- 15
Louisa- 14
Mary- 11
Nell- 3
Rowena- 9
Sarah- 2

Win out. The ranking is simply because I can't sleep.

I've known a few francesca's and they've had varied nicknames. One was called Fran, but I don't recall her being teased for it, one is known as Frankie and another is Chesca. Are you any closer to narrowing down your list?

Agnes - it's not awful but not really nice either
Alyse - dislike this spelling, much prefer Alice
Arrietty - silly made up name, no one will take her seriously
Aurora - OK, bit princessy
Beatrice - lovely
Betsey - should be spelled Betsy, but even then I'm not keen
Cecily - OK, bit wet though
Clara - beautiful
Daisy - OK
Eliza - quite like this
Eloisa - don't like it with the A, Eloise is quite nice
Erika - OK but think Erica looks nicer
Eve - nice
Flora - lovely
Florence - nice
Francesca - lovely
Freyja - not with a Y and a J, pick one or the other or you will look illiterate
Harriet - quite like it
Heidi - lovely
Honor - not keen
Indiana (Indie) - no, horrible (India is OK)
Ingrid - OK
Iona - quite nice
Isla / Eila - Isla yes, Eila no
Isolde - not keen
Isotta - not keen
Louisa - beautiful
Lucinda - OK, bit drippy
Luna - quite like it
Mary - lovely
Nancy - quite like it
Nell - not on its own but good short for Helen/Helena/Penelope
Ottilia - awful
Pippa - doesn't travel well, sounds like blow job in a lot of European languages
Poppy - meh
Romilly - dislike it
Rowena / Rowenna - Rowena yes, Rowenna is a spelling mistake
Sarah - like it
Thebe - meh
Theia - not sure it should have an I in it
Tilda - makes me think of rice for some reason
Xanthie - not massively keen but spell it correctly if you must (Xanthe, no I)

I would keep:
Aurora, Isla/Eila/Ayla, Nell, Sarah, Theia, Xanthie

And get rid of the rest

I've left just those that I like:

Aurora

Erika
Eve
Francesca
Isla
Luna

Theia

Agnes Lovely
Alyse Odd spelling. Is it Alice or Elyse?
Arrietty No, and looks daft spelling
Aurora OK
Beatrice Yes
Betsey Betsy, yes. No extra e
Cecily. Yes
Clara Yes
Daisy. Yes but has been so popular
Eliza. Yes
Eloisa Lovely
Erika. Yes
Eve Yes but v popular
Flora Yes
Florence. Yes
Francesca Yes
Freyja Yes
Harriet. Yes
Heidi Yes
Honor. Yes
Indiana (Indie) NO!
Ingrid Yes
Iona. Yes
Isla / Eila Not Eila spelling
Isolde Maybe
Isotta No.
Louisa Yes
Lucinda Maybe
Luna Yes
Mary. Yes
Nancy Excellent name
Nell Ditto
Ottilia. No. Why the extra made up mangling is the end of these names?
Pippa OK
Poppy Yes
Romilly Yes
Rowena / Rowenna yes
Sarah Yes
Thebe Yes
Theia No. Thea Yes. Stop with the made up variations!
Tilda As a Nn for Matilda, not named after premium basmati.
Xanthie No

Agnes - ugly
Alyse - spell it Alice. Otherwise it is chavvy, for want of a nicer word.
Arrietty - The Borrowers
Aurora - Disney Princess
Beatrice - nice
Betsey - spelt wrong but Betsy is a bit cutesy
Cecily - nice
Clara - nice
Daisy - pretty enough but common (as in frequently used!)
Eliza - love
Eloisa - love
Erika - bit harsh / middle aged
Eve - nice but lots about
Flora - love
Florence - love
Francesca - nice
Freyja- ditch the j unless you are of a culture you want to honour
Harriet - boring
Heidi - ok
Honor - bit American
Indiana (Indie) - I don’t personally like it
Ingrid - harsh sounding
Iona - pronunciation issues (Welsh Yonna vs Scottish Eye-oh-na)
Isla / Eila - loads of Islas, Eila is setting her up for a lifetime of misspelling
Isolde - lovely
Isotta- harsh sounding
Louisa - loads about
Lucinda - lovely
Luna - dog’s name, association with Lunatic
Mary - boring
Nancy - lovely
Nell - lovely
ottilia - ottolith is all I hear
Pippa - nice
Poppy - nice
Romilly - love
Rowena / Rowenna- pronunciation issue (row-ee-na vs Row- enn-a)
Sarah - horrible and boring
Thebe - prefer Hebe
Theia - will be pronounced Thea which sounds like Fear.
Tilda - rice
Xanthie - spell it Xanthe

Erika

I like so many 😍.

Beatrice, Cecily, Clara, Eliza, Eloisa, Flora, Florence, Francesca, Freyja, Harriet, Heidi, Honor, Ingrid, Iona, Isolde, Nancy, Nell (also Nella), Romilly, Thebe, Theia, Tilda and Xanthe.
Also like Astrid, Imogen, Nora and Zora.

You have some great choices!

I've removed ones I don't like, and made a comment next to some

Agnes
Alyse - If spelled Alice or Alys
Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey - If spelled Betsy and as a nickname only. I can't imagine an adult called Besty
Cecily
Clara
Eliza
Flora
Florence - very common
Harriet
Heidi
Ingrid
Iona - as long as your surname isn't a noun
Isla - fine but very common
Louisa
Luna
Nell - as a nickname for Eleanor
Rowena
Xanthie - if spelled correctly (Xanthe)

The spellings you've given put me off. some of your names It's hard having an odd spelling of a common name, you are forever saying "My name is Jane, with a y. J A Y N E."

I think my favourites are Beatrice and Harriet.

I’m not keen on the following but really any are fine. They are just personal preference some remind of another word/thing
Arietty - wasn’t keen on the book borrowers
Freyja (prefer Freya)
Isotta - risotto
Otillia - ears
Tilda (Indian background first thought rice)

Beatrice

Harriett

Honour

Juliet

Agnes - no, too granny
Alyse - no
Arrietty's not made up, she's a character in the Borrowers. But, along with Aurora, it's too princessy.
Beatrice - Hell to the no
Betsey - nope, can't see this ever coming back
Cecily - no
Clara - no
Daisy - yes, and along with Eliza, has a pretty, old-fashioned, folksy ring to it
Eloisa - yes, but prefer Eloise
Erika - yuk
Eve - no
Flora - no
Florence - no
Francesca - no
Freyja - love this, but prefer Freya
Harriet - no
Heidi -no
Honor - yes
Indiana (Indie) - no
Ingrid - no, too severe, like a severe aunt
Iona - no
Isla / Eila - no, too common
Isolde - yes
Luna - yes
Isotta - no
Louisa - no
Lucinda - no
Mary - no
Nancy - no
Nell - no
Ottilia - no
Pippa - no
Poppy - no
Romilly - no, sounds too masculine
Rowena / Rowenna - no
Sarah - no, seriously dry, boring and common
Theia - another love, but prefer Thea
Thebe - no
Tilda - no
Xanthie - no

I like:. Beatrice, Clara, Daisy, Eliza, Eve, Francesca, Freyja, Iona, Isla, Louisa, Mary, Rowena, Sarah