Stuck on girls names!

[alessandra27]

I always thought girls names would be easy but it's proving far hardest than first anticipated!

My family have a tradition of pretty but unusual names, I especially like more mythical names, but husband and I have found ourselves drawn to:

Matilda (husband's favourite; I like, but it's very commonplace now and not especially 'pretty' sounding)

Tabitha (I like, but don't love?)

So there's a more old fashioned theme but I'm not sure there are any others I especially like.

Any suggestions from you lovely lot?

Phoebe?

Jemima
Annabel
Lucy
Helena

Ophelia
Clara
Seren
Thalia

Cecily
Cecelia
Emmeline
Theodora
Jemima
Dorothea
Lydia
Pandora
Penelope
Saskia
Cynthia

Dorothea
Georgia
Rosalind
Beatrice
Antonia
Oriana
Selene
Isadora
Marianne
Josephine
Martha
Daphne
Hebe
Xanthe

Here's my list

Clara
Rosanna
Genevieve
Eliza
Martha
Polly
Lucinda
Clarissa
Rosalie
Primrose
Marina
Flora
Adeline
Carolina
Carrie
Greta

Viviane
Cressida
Arabella
Hebe
Juno
Tallulah
Clementine
Jessamy
Genevieve

Penelope
Persephone
Georgina
Anastasia
Genevieve
Stephanie
Clementine
Aurelia

Vivienne
Miriam
Juliette
Cecelia
Lois
Felicity

Martha
Lilliana
Rosanna
Evelyn
Jessica
Annika
Maria
Annabel
Octavia
Elizabeth

Cecilia.

These are all classical with a mythology connection:
Selene
Alba
Larisa
Cassandra
Jocasta
Agnes
Ariadne
Flora
Cynthia
Octavia
Penelope
Xanthe
Dorothea
Theia
Maia
Caris
Iris

Matilda is great, maybe with a more unusual middle name? Delphine, Evangeline, Minerva, Athena.

Beatrice
Beatrix
Eleanor
Katherine
Eloise

Delilah

Talitha
Mariana
Thalia
Jemima
Athena

Lots of lovely suggestions, lots of which we've discussed and unfortunately not agreed on! Thanks all, I think we'll keep an eye out but Matilda and Tabitha still top two x

What about Talitha, it feels like a nice combination of the two and is a pretty name in its own right.

Far more uncommon than Matilda but still lends itself to nickname Tilly and obviously very similar to Tabitha x

Francesca
Gabriella
Daniella
Madeline
Helena
Stella
Estelle
Esther
Evelina
Pixie
Poppy
Piper
Lian
Leonora
Elenora
Ellen
Helena
Heidi
Beatrice
Brody
Brianna
Brittany
Taylor
Tia
Thea

Hazel, Ariadne, Sara, Xanthe, Daphne, Ruby, Paloma, Meredith, Atlanta, Damaris, Gem, Niobe, Athena, Elowen, Marianne, Gaia, Aurora, Zoe, Merryn, Brigid, Lucina, Eleanora, Maia, Lumi, Nessa, Esmeralda, Diana.

Tamara
Perdita
Cressida

I love Athena but DH says it reminds him of the poster shop 🤔

Just adding Carlotta and Tansy

Tamsin?

Matilda is lovely. Stick with that

If not

Audrey
Verity
Clementine
Margaret Maggie
Roxanne
Edith Edie
Greta
Martha
Jemima
Pearl