Girls name- Daphne?

[chloboe]

Hi all 🤍

We're expecting a little girl in the summer and are really stuck on names. Middle name is going to be Rosina (my nans middle name) but we just can't get set on a first name.

We both really love Daphne, we love that's it's quite vintage and that you don't hear it often but we're just not 100%. What do you think of the name daphne?

Some of the other names we really like are ..

Cecily (CeCe)
Beatrice (Bea)
Penelope (P)
Adelie/Addison (Addi)

Please help us or leave any suggestions 😭

Thanks so much xx

[NameChange30]

I love Daphne! Prefer it to your other choices.

[Jacketandbeans]

Daphne is my favourite too!

[atiredtoddlermama]

Love Daphne!
Cecily is nice too

[Barleysugar85]

Love Daphne and Beatrice (although I prefer it spelt it Beatrix :)

[Lasagnaface]

I think Daphne is gorgeous. And there’s that beautiful Apollo and Daphne Bernini statue in the Galleria Borghese. Go for it!

People will light up when you introduce her, I promise x

[Concestor]

I love it and it's due a revival. My mum is called Daphne and she's 80 and I've only ever met one other (in her 40s).

[xfgdhfgnhkk007]

Daphne definitely has that 80s vintage vibe.

[Letsrunabath]

Love Daphne, gorgeous name.

[HoldingTheDoor]

I'm not a fan. Daphne is such an ugly name and it makes me think of the insult "Dafty" too. Adelie/Penelope and Cecily are much nicer.

[DillDanding]

Daphne is awful, sorry but it is.

I love Cece. I know 2, both short for Cecelia.

[RatherBeRiding]

I love Daphne - definitely got that 1920s Bertie Wooster vintage vibe going on. Gorgeous name.

[Skinnytailedsquirrel]

Well at least (I hope) you are not going to be able to shorten Daphne
like the others.

[ladycarlotta]

I love it. It's such a pretty but classical name.

[Wisemensay]

I love Daphne!

[wearewizardsofoz]

Greg Rutherfords daughter is called Daphne. It's beautiful!

[wearewizardsofoz]

Similar to Cecily, I like Cecelia.

[CorpusCallosum]

Love Daphne! Use it!

[elenacampana]

I love Daphne. We considered it, but used one of your other names instead :-)

Maybe reconsider P for Penelope, it’s also wee!

[Enko]

Daphne is a great name was on our short list for dd2

[DPotter]

Sorry it's one of the names that makes me shudder and if introduced to one, I'd have to give an Oscar winning performance for you to see my face light up.

Don't like the full name and the only 2 women I knew with the name were called Daph, pronounced Daf - horrid, as I say - shudder.

Sorry - but you did ask

[chloboe]

@Skinnytailedsquirrel there just nicknames ☺️

[MysticCT]

I prefer your other names, and I think Cecily is lovely.
I only know one Daphne. She is in her nineties, so it seems really old fashioned to me.

[Lamont77]

Not sure OP. Wouldn't want to be a Daphne myself and its a bit scooby doo. Also it's quite close to 'dafty'

Don't think you could go wrong with any of the others though! They're all nice.

[midsomermurderess]

I know it''s not, but to me it has a 1930s feel to it, dancing and frolics at country houses. I think it's rather marvellous. I think 1930s type names might be up for a revival.

[RuthW]

Love it