Opinions on girls names

[grandmasterstitch]

I would love opinions on our girls names. We still aren't completely sure any of them are the right one but I think I'm at the point where I can't think of any more names!

Agatha
Dorothy
Meredith
Winifred
Gwendolyn
Daphne
Polly
Cora
Tessa
Roberta

Out of those, polly

The only name on your list I like is Meredith.

Agatha - love, wish I was brave enough to use
Dorothy - like a lot
Meredith - love and would use
Winifred - don't like but don't hate
Gwendolyn - ok, could be very very cool
Daphne - you can't have this, this is my imaginary DC name that DH would never let me use 😭😭😭 🤣
Polly - like, almost used
Cora - nice
Tessa - ok but nothing special
Roberta - as above

[quote grandmasterstitch]@Chilldonaldchill Gwendolyn Mary from Malory Towers is one of the reasons I'm not totally sold. DH hasn't read them so doesn't have that connection [/quote]
Looking back on these as an adult the others were far worse to gwendoline than she was to them! They were horrible stuck up bullies, she was a little bombastic but the others were awful.to her so defo not a reason to can the name!

I love Agatha!

Thomasina.
Alfreda.
Georgiana
Francine

Agatha a bit school mam
Dorothy I like this.
Meredith not keen, a bit sour sounding
Winifred love this and winnie
Gwendolyn a bit of a mouthful
Daphne adore this name
Polly I like
Cora a bit 'Cor!! You smell gorgeous ' etc.
Tessa I like this but a bit normal
Roberta a bit harsh sounding.

With Gwendolyn and Meredith on your list, do you have a Welsh connection?

Love Daphne. Also a pp's suggestion of Isolde. I think I prefer Agnes to Agatha.

Agatha - love, also Agnes
Dorothy - no
Meredith - my favourite
Winifred - maybe
Gwendolyn - no
Daphne - no
Polly - no
Cora - love
Tessa - nice
Roberta - love

Daphne or Roberta. Great names!

Tessa and Cora are lovely, fairly classic and very useable.

Agatha and Winifred are guilty pleasure names - I like them but they still scream "old- lady" to me, so I don't think I'd be brave enough to use them personally.

Gwendolyn, Daphne, Meredith and Polly are all okay, just not my taste. I don't like Dorothy or Roberta - too dated for me.

I think the more I look the more Gwendolyn (maybe spell it Gwendolen?) and Winifred appeal. I love Dorothy but I expect it'll be really popular which isn't the end of the world but with such a lovely name it would be a shame if she was one of several in her class

Gwendolen is welsh and pronounced differently from Gwendolyn.
Gwen -DOL-enn not GWEN-duh-lyn

Both Gwendolyn and Meredith are anglicised versions of welsh names -Gwendolen and Meredydd. Meredydd is a boy's name.

Meredydd is pronounced Merr-ED-ith, ith as in 'with' or 'dither'.

Absolutely love them all, they are right in my street!

Apart from Cora and Roberta, don't like those

Ah ok we're not Welsh so maybe won't go for that spelling. I like Gwendoline but DH said that makes it sound like a cleaning product 🙄

Agatha- No, such a harsh name

Dorothy- I love it but the wizard of oz and people potentially saying things like 'friend of Dorothy' put me off.

Meredith- Love this

Winifred- No

Gwendolyn- No

Daphne- No

Polly- No

Cora- not the worst but not a massive fan

Tessa- No

Roberta- god no

Agatha - ugly, sorry.
Dorothy - dated. Dotty as a nickname is sweet
Meredith - very old and posh man’s name.
Winifred - Winnie the Pooh and poo poo nick names at school
Gwendolyn - ugly name
Daphne - dated and dowdy
Polly - ok
Cora - ok
Tessa - ruined once the banks used it, used to be a lovely name.
Roberta - dated.
Alberta - nice. Bertie is cute

Old fashioned names which are also lovely IMO:
Clementine/clemency - Clemmie
Constance - Connie
Florence
Biblical names (certainly old):
Eden
Shiloh
Talitha
Phoebe
Naomi
Martha