Which girl names do you like?

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Can't decide at all! Options so far are:

Polly
Frida
Maeve
Imogen
Sylvia
Delilah
Etta
Mollie
Enid
Posy
Beatrice
Merle
Maud
Madeline
Maisie
Ophelia
Elva
Maren
Florence
Eleanor
Marin

I love Imogen, one of my favourite girl names. I prefer Sylvie to Sylvia. Least favourites are Beatrice and Maud but that’s just personal taste. Good luck.

Florence

That's quite the list OP; you're likely to get as many different responses as there are names on it. My own daughter's name is there, plus several we considered (and equally, a few I really dislike).

I love and considered:
Maud/Maude
Enid
Imogen
Frida

And have a soft spot for:
Polly
Posy
Maren/Marin
Eleanor
Molly (but only spelled like this)
Beatrice

The others aren't to my taste, but that's not important. What do YOU like? Do you want something well-liked or are you ok with a marmite name? How important is popularity, what goes with your surname, what does DP think, etc?

Imogen
I have a hatred for Posy - it sounds very wet

Some lovely names there! I really like the following:

Polly
Etta
Mollie
Enid
Florence

Beatrice
Imogen
Polly

Ophelia and Delilah are pretty sounding names but have pretty awful connotations in Hamlet and the Bible. I know one of each and am always amazed that the names are used to be honest.

Josephine - posy could be used as a nickname, or Josie, fifi

Good list - I like quite a few, especially the vintage and Scandi inspired ones. Favourites are Frida, Sylvia and Marin/Maren. We considered all of these for DD. Also like Eleanor and Beatrice.

I dislike Posy, Maisie and Mollie (though Molly is better) - too cutesy and insubstantial for me. Enid I find harsh, Florence is nice but overdone, and I agree about the unpleasant associations for Ophelia and Delilah (plus they’re a bit fussy and frilly for my taste).

Polly
Imogen
Sylvia
Merle
Maud

Polly - really like
Frida - quite like
Maeve - too many May, Maya, Mia, Mae type names popular and too like Mavis
Imogen - fine but I don't like Immy
Sylvia - horrible
Delilah - awful and yet another Lila
Etta - Ate a what?
Mollie - ok
Enid - the original Welsh pronunciation (Enn-id) is lovely, ee-nid isn't
Posy - too twee
Beatrice - ok
Merle - not a favourite
Maud - like
Madeline - ok but will be Maddie
Maisie -mouse
Ophelia - Feel your what?
Elva - baby eel
Maren - like Karen but with an M
Florence - ok but not a favourite
Eleanor - ok but boring
Marin - looks like Martin

I like:
Maeve
Sylvia
Delilah
Mollie
Beatrice
Florence

Maeve and Elva out of that list. I actually love Maeva.

Florence
Eleanor

Merle, Marin, Beatrice, Etta,Madeline.

Beautiful, graceful, classic names for an adult which also work for a baby and a little girl.

Polly - cute and fresh
Frida - very cool
Maeve - strong but gaining popularity
Imogen - very sweet
Sylvia - lovely
Delilah - don't like
Etta - don't like
Mollie - boring
Enid - very ugly
Posy - pretty but only as a nickname
Beatrice - lovely
Merle - don't like
Maud - i like it, I think it's cool and strong
Madeline - dislike, very boring
Maisie - boring
Ophelia - getting popular
Elva - vulva
Maren - nice
Florence - overdone
Eleanor - nice but only with nn Nell, dislike Ellie
Marin - lovely

Frida, Maeve, Sylvia, Marin and Beatrice are my favourites.

Maren/Marin or Merle

Polly
Maeve
Sylvia
Etta
Enid
Maud

Mollie but prefer Molly is beautiful.
Enid is lovely

Etta
Beatrice
Marin

Dislike Polly, Posy and Molly they sounds like dog names to me.

I agree that Elva sounds like vulva!

Polly
Frida
Imogen
Etta
Molly
Enid
Elva
Florence

My favourites are Elva, Etta and Polly

Polly and Sylvia are my favourites. I really dislike Maud and Enid.

Florence
Merle
Ophelia

In that order.

Polly
Imogen
Delilah
Beatrice
Ophelia

Are the stand outs, the rest are meh.

I like Merle and Maud as middle names.

Love Maeve.

Also quite like:
Imogen
Sylvia/Sylvie
Delilah
Madeline
Eleanor
Marin - but prefer Mirren

My favourites from your list are:

Imogen
Sylvia
Beatrice
Madeline
Florence
Eleanor

Some of the others I like, just not as much. Some like Polly, Posy, Mollie are traditionally nicknames and I still think of them as nicknames.