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Please rate my girl names

35 replies

harriet465 · 11/02/2022 11:56

Elsie
Francesca nn Frankie
Margot
Lydia

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emmathedilemma · 11/02/2022 12:03

In order of preference mine would be:
Lydia
Elsie
Margot
Francesca (a long way behind the others!)

Tsubasa1 · 11/02/2022 12:04

I like Francesca and Lydia. My least favourite is Margot.

ISmellBurnings · 11/02/2022 12:14

I like Lydia and Francesca.

I’m not a fan of Margot and Elsie too popular, it’s a bit twee for my liking.

MrsBertBibby · 11/02/2022 12:23

I am not at all keen on any!

Elsie probably the least bad, but I'd suggest Elspeth nn Elsie.

Lydia is popular but I can't get past Lydia Bennett.

Margot is the worst.

TatianaBis · 11/02/2022 12:42

Only like Francesca from your list. Intensely dislike Frankie.

AnnaSW1 · 11/02/2022 12:45

I like Elsie and Lydia

Luredbyapomegranate · 11/02/2022 13:02

I like them all! - although Elsie only as a nn

Francesca nn Frankie - favourite by a whisper because I like having the option of both an elegant full name and a funky nn .
Lydia - almost as much

Margot - Just as nice, but suddenly popular which will date it

Elsie - overused and too cutsy as a full name, but fine as a nn for Elizabeth so she has options

Happenchance · 11/02/2022 13:08

I like all of them apart from Lydia (hearing Lydia Chlamydia on here has made me like it even less).

If I had to rank them I would say: Francesca, Margot then Elsie.

Synchrony · 11/02/2022 13:12

I like Francesca and Lydia.
I quite like Margot.
I hate Elsie and can't understand why it's suddenly so popular!

Liv999 · 11/02/2022 14:16

Really dont like any of them sorry, Margot at a push

StopForAMinute · 11/02/2022 14:18

I like them all! My favourite is probably Elsie, followed by Lydia.

Pemba · 11/02/2022 14:20

Lydia and Francesca are lovely and classy.

Elsie will always be an old lady name to me. Elsa is so much nicer, (too Frozen?) or Elise.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 11/02/2022 14:21

Elsie and Margot are too old lady like for my taste
Love Francesca and Lydia is nice

Glitterygreen · 11/02/2022 14:22

I LOVE Frankie. It's my number 1 choice and has been for years but DP says no :(

I do really like Elsie but am under the impression it's pretty common at the moment as I see it mentioned a lot on here.

Lydia is pretty too :)

Margot to me is still The Good Life :) But obvs it won't be for the children around her! Although be prepared for people to call her Mar-got at first....I worked with a lady called Margot and a few people hadn't heard the name and called her that.

DramaAlpaca · 11/02/2022 14:26

Lydia is gorgeous.

The rest I dislike rather a lot. Elsie is the worst.

17caterpillars1mouse · 11/02/2022 14:31

Elsie - I really like it as a NN, though saying that we tried using it as a NN for dd2 but it just didn't suit her at all, so now she has a different nickname instead

Francesca nn Frankie - love Francesca but not Frankie. I prefer Cesca or Chess

Margot - pretty, just not my style

Lydia - love it

SatinHeart · 11/02/2022 14:35

I like Margot the best but its super popular at the moment if that bothers you. Glad you spelled it with a t on the end!

Elsie is nice but feels like it should be short for something

Francesca is OK but hate Frankie (though in fairness Cheska would be even worse)

Lydia feels a bit stuffy

Pemba · 11/02/2022 14:35

Margot is pronounced with the 'T' sounded at the end in several countries I believe. (Germany?)

M0rT · 11/02/2022 14:42

Love Frankie, I had two Auntie Frankie's from Frances rather than Francesca. Both lovely women.

RavenclawsRoar · 11/02/2022 14:46

I like Lydia best. Don't like Elsie at all. Margot is quite nice and Francesca is lovely in its full form but I don't like Frankie or Fran.

Comedycook · 11/02/2022 14:57

Love Francesca
Like Lydia
Elsie is too old lady for my tastes...on the wrong side of cool where old names are concerned
Margot is an ugly name imo and a bit trendy

ellenpartridge · 11/02/2022 15:33

Francesca is the nicest

Eycaluptus · 11/02/2022 15:35

Oooh lovely names!

Francesca
Lydia
Margot
Elsie

cptartapp · 11/02/2022 15:41

Elsie - yikes no
Francesca - lovely in its entirety. No contrived nn, and certainly not yet another name ending in ie
Margot - a know a couple of these now. Not keen
Lydia - nah. In the same vein as Darcey or Lucy. A bit wet.

ISmellBurnings · 11/02/2022 17:39

I prefer Elise over Elsie, don’t hear it as much either.

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