Girls name- classic but not “try hard”

[Cinnabomb]

Looking for inspiration! I am soooooo fussy about names and have read pages of threads here. I would a name that is classic, that most people would have heard of/ know how to spell, but is not popular. I reeeeally don’t like the current trend for very frilly/ over the top sounding names (sorry, just an opinion!)

I like:
Rosalind, Susannah, Alexandra (maybe a bit too popular), Juliet,

Dislike: Ottilie, Amelie, Freya, Ophelia, Verity, the whole Ada/Eva, Ivy Evelyn set etc

Margot, Clara etc becoming too popular

Don’t like too complex names like Arabella, Genevieve,

So if there is anyone left I haven’t offended would be great to hear your thoughts! 🙈

Rachel, Philippa, Katherine, Amelia

I would imagine that Sarah, Helen, Elizabeth, Rebecca are all fairly underused by now.

Phillipa on the maybe list

I see Amelia as very similar to the current overly vowel heavy names eg Amelie, as above. Just my opinion of course I understand lots of people like them.

Katherine, like Elizabeth, is a bit too popular for my liking.

Sarah
Anna
Kathleen
Elizabeth
Christina
Jennifer
Penelope

I'm not a huge of Rosalind or Juliet but Susannah and Alexandra would be a refreshing change. Are you ok with Susie and Alex as nn? That list is names I associate with my generation rather than their children, how about.....
Elizabeth
Emma
Emily
Claire
Sarah
Helen
Hannah
Jessica
Caroline
Katherine
Katie
Amy
Joanne / Joanna
Lorna
Laura
Rachel
Natalie
Deborah
Gillian
Heather
Jennifer
Ruth
Victoria

Elizabeth, Charlotte, Beatrice, Ruth, Helen(a), Victoria, Judith, Eleanor, Louisa,

Lucy,Ellen,Grace,Anna

Forgot Mary!

I agree with you on the Amelia/Ava/Eva/Evie/Mia etc. They are lovely names but I have seen so many babies given those names over the past few years, they are so popular.

I absolutely love Rosalind :)

Eleanor is nice but could be too popular too. Annaliese? Alison? Amber?

I don't know why I've gone all As there 😂

Adelaide
Cecily
Claudia
Diana
Frances
Louisa
Madeleine
Marina
Tabitha

Phillipa
Lucy
Helena
Sarah

Anne
Jane
Katherine
Mary
Sarah

Emma
Rose
Alice

Claudia?

Harriet
Jessica
Francesca
Tamara
Lillian
Sasha
Caitlin
Beatrix
Charlotte
Matilda

Miranda
Manon
Jocelyn
Hester
Cressida
Imelda

Beatrice

If you choose Philippa, this is the normal spelling, as Philip has only one L.

Esther
Rachel
Justine
Lindsay
Nadia
Audrey
Celia

Eleanor/ Helen/ Ellen etc all very similar to close family member so they would be out.

I like Jocelyn, Phillipa

Really like Diana but is it useable? It’s such an iconic name I’m not sure anyone would think of anyone else other than Princess Di?

Sarah/ Rachel/ Clare/ Anna/ Laura all a little too much my generation. I was at school in the 90s and my class was filled with them!

Matilda/ Beatrice too popular for me (I know loads under 5!)

I think you could use Diana! IF you like Diana though, what about Dinah?

Or...

Robyn,
Sadie,
Maria/Marie
Megan,
Josephine,

Rosamund, Rosemary
Caroline
Miranda
Eloise / Heloise
Viola
Celia

I like Jocelyn and Philippa.
Also Antonia and Julia.

Beatrix
Delilah
Christina
Victoria
Zoe
Francesca
Juliana
Laura
Cleo
Kathleen

I love the name Juliet.