Non girly names

[Lumie123]

Can I have some ideas for non girly names
..nothing too unusual
..nothing trendy that is likely to date
..simple, easy to pronounce and spell?

[midsomermurderess]

Jean, Jane, Joan.

[TheVanguardSix]

Rhea
Rae
Hero
Phaedra
Noa
Anouk
Jude/Joud
Salma
Zoe
Nell or Nelle
Lyra
Tova
Zelda
Maxine
Raven
Briony
Anika
Blair
Ines
Daphne
Harlow
Everly
Willa
Imogen
Scout
Pearl
Chloe
Eliza
Dulcie
Catriona
Sibyl

[BlueJeanBabeh]

Love the thread, good like OP. Like you, I'm looking for the right non girlie name! Hope you find the one.

I have Frances, Lois, Vita, Claudia and Della on my list. Looking for more suggestions so this thread has been helpful too.

[RickOShay]

Forgot Manon.

[Minniee]

Hope.

[AdriannaP]

I also love
Billie
Frankie

[RickOShay]

@Edenember
Snap! The first one I thought of was Lois, and then Ines
Also Honor.

Meriel

Vita

Allegra

Beatrice

Miranda

Tara

Harriet

Alix

Frances

[AdriannaP]

Dido
Juno
Cleo
Rita

[Whatsyourflava]

@TempsPerdu ah Greta is an amazing choice! And yes I actually think Greta T may put new parents off using the name now (not that it should!) in the same way many on this board were put off Wilfred when Boris announced his baby name (I advised them to still use it- the baby will be out of the press anyway).
Will wait and see what happens popularity wise with Greta! Again it's such a lovely choice.

[resm]

Nora
Ruth
Eleanor
Lois
April
Hazel
Florence

[JammyHands]

Cecily
Iona
Sabine
Yann

[Scruffyoak]

Brooke
Erin
Hannah
Lois
Xena
Jade

[TempsPerdu]

FWIW we haven’t come across another Greta yet either - it’s still all Islas, Avas and Olivias around here! Also plenty of the ‘granny chic’ type names (Florence, Mabel, Olive) but Greta doesn’t seem to be among them - yet!

[TempsPerdu]

@RumDo
@Whatsyourflava

DD is a Greta - she was born in 2017, just before Greta Thunberg became really well known. We’ve been tracking its popularity since then out of interest but so far it hasn’t taken off as much as I thought it might - think it’s very much a marmite name and its ‘harshness’ puts some people off. Think it actually went down a few spaces on the ONS list in 2018.

Its non-girliness was a big reason why we chose it - as a former teacher I wanted to avoid the twee, cutesy, frilly names that were trendy a few years back and wanted something a bit more solid and grown up.

A few of the other names we considered:

Rosa
Honor
Cleo
Iris
Hazel
Vita
Merryn
Katherine
Gaia
Aster
Rowan
Robyn
Juliet

[Zombiemum07]

I LOVE Jamie, Ryan or Dylan for girls names but my husband likes something more ‘girly’. Plus we’re having a boy! ;)

[thetrinityisshite]

Always love Morven.

[Maduixa]

Abigail
Adelaide
Alison
Ariadne
Carmen
Celine/Selene
Daphne
Isobel
Judith
Marian/Marion
Miriam
Phoebe
Sigrid
Vivien

[LunchBoxPolice]

Veronica.

[Buttercup54321]

Erica
Kay
Jayne
Rowena

[worstwitch18]

Sacha is unisex but it is also traditionally a nickname. It's basically Alex.

[Penguin34]

I love Billie for a girl

[bridgetreilly]

Lois
Rosalind
Harriet
Juliet
Helen

[Whatsyourflava]

@RumDo yes interesting about Greta.
Greta still currently outside the top 500 names so extremely rare. Not met one yet. Will be interesting to see what happens to it in terms of popularity over next few years though (I'm such a loser, I know!)

[RumDo]

@Whatsyourflava

I see what you’re saying about Rowan, but it’s a nice name, and seems to fit the brief otherwise. I’m a bit biased though, as I know a very lovely teen Rowan!

Surely ‘trendy’ is a bit subjective too? - eg I wouldn’t have included Greta, because it feels like a soon-to-be everywhere name, and likely to date.

Love your other suggestions though

[maldivemoment]

Also love Claudia.