Thoughts on my girls long list

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What do you think of the following names for a girl?

Nigella
Magnolia
Thomasina NN Tamsin
Bryony
Amalia
Mary NN Mitzi
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex
Amity
Cosette
Bronwen
Anwen
Blanche
Alouette
Fleur
Roberta NN Bobbie
Isadora
Rowan

Roberta for me.

From your list my favourites are Rowan and Bryony 😊

Nigella - no
Magnolia - meh
Thomasina NN Tamsin - OK but not my taste
Bryony - lovely
Amalia - OK
Mary NN Mitzi - Mary yes, Mitzi no
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - beautiful
Amity - nice
Cosette - no
Bronwen - yes
Anwen - yes
Blanche - no
Alouette - no
Fleur - no
Roberta NN Bobbie - yes
Isadora - no
Rowan - yes

Nigella - very linked with Lawson and not a pleasant name. A feminisation that didn’t need to happen
Magnolia - I like it. I can see why people say it’s a bit much, but I think it’s pretty. Maggie seems inevitable
Thomasina NN Tamsin - pretty sure Thomasina is Nigella Lawson’s sister! Not my favourite and Tamsin feels very dated to me
Bryony - love Bryony
Amalia - too similar to the ubiquitous Amelia to hold any appeal
Mary NN Mitzi - I quite like Mary, but Mitzi feels contrived. I’d expect it to be dropped after childhood. I wouldn’t want to introduce myself as Mitzi! I love Polly as a Mary nickname
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - nice name
Amity - not a fan
Cosette - Les Miserables
Bronwen- dislike
Anwen - quite sweet
Blanche - I really don’t like Blanche. Something I do to broccoli rather than something I’d want to name a baby
Alouette - don’t like this one, but I dislike almost every -ette name
Fleur - ok
Roberta NN Bobbie - don’t like Roberta or Bobbie
Isadora - love it
Rowan - I quite like it, though I prefer it for a boy

I like Isadora and Roberta not so keen on the rest sorry!

That’s an interesting list. Quite adventurous, which I’d normally like, but most of these aren’t to my taste and there are a few real shockers there, notably Nigella, Magnolia and Blanche. The only ones I really like are Rowan, Anwen and Bryony.

Rowan

Bryony
Fleur
Bronwen

I’m not a fan of the others particular Amity unless you’ve going for a homage to retro horror movies

Nigella - pretty plant and I like her recipes, but she is SO well known: 'Were you named after her??' etc etc
Magnolia - paint is first association, but nothing wrong with it. Nice tree/shrub
Thomasina NN Tamsin - You can't dictate nicknames once children get to school. I like Thomasina, but I expect a lot of her friends will try to call her 'Tommy'.
Bryony- Two x 'y' somehow looks contrived.
Amalia - Nice, but as others have said so easily confused with the more popular Amelia/Amelie
Mary NN Mitzi - Mary is lovely and classic; Mitzi most definitely not. Even if ironic and 'sophisticated', it's not a nice name.
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - Andie is really rather a long way from Alexandra (there's no 'd', for instance). The traditional 'Alix' is much nicer than 'Alex', IMHO
Amity - a bit pioneer/homespun, but a nice meaning.
Cosette - no
Bronwen - This may mean more to people with a Welsh connection, but I've never thought it a very attractive sounding name
Anwen - LOTR?
Blanche - the meaning is a bit bland. Nicer in a French accent, less so in many UK ones
Alouette - 'je te plumerai'. Nasty cruel nursery rhyme about pulling all the feathers out of a skylark
Fleur - Nothing wrong, but I prefer Flora
Roberta NN Bobbie - Roberta is fine by itself; I know two and neither shortens their name. I prefer Berta as a nickname, if you have to.
Isadora - Nothing wrong; not my taste
Rowan - very popular for boys and girls

Favourites would be Thomasina or Tamsin (as a first name, not a nickname), Mary, Alexandra, Roberta

Nigella - no
Magnolia - no
Thomasina NN Tamsin - no
Bryony - ok
Amalia - ok
Mary NN Mitzi -no
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - ok
Amity - no
Cosette - no
Bronwen - no
Anwen - no
Blanche - no
Alouette - no
Fleur - ok
Roberta NN Bobbie - no
Isadora - no
Rowan - no

I like Mitzi but not so keen on Mary. I also love Amalia and Cosette.

Nigella - ugly
Magnolia - boring. Like being named "Vanilla"
Thomasina - ok. Don't like Tamsin though
Bryony - nice
Amalia - don't like it
Mary - nice (Mitzi - not nice)
Alexandra - ok
Amity - ville horror
Cosette - ok
Bronwen - not keen
Anwen - prefer Arwen
Blanche - no
Alouette - no
Fleur - nice
Roberta - ugly
Isadora - is a door
Rowan - nice

Bryony or Rowan

Nigella- like
Magnolia - no
Thomasina NN Tamsin-love thomasina, don't like tamsin
Bryony - like
Amalia - no
Mary NN Mitzi - really like Mary. Really really dont like Mitzi
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - love.
Amity - no
Cosette- no
Bronwen - so so

Nigella is awful. Mitzi is just a stripper name, terrible. I don’t see how you can get Tamsin out of Thomasina, just call her Tamsin which is also nicer.

Alexandra is the nicest, followed by Amalia.

As pp says since when was Andie a NN for Alexandra? It’s a bit convoluted but
Alexandra
Sandra
Sandy
Andie/y?!

Thomasina NN Tamsin - but to be honest Tamsin is a name in its own right
Mary but not Mitzi
Roberta NN Bobbie

I only like Alexandra from that list

@Bellyups

Nigella - no Magnolia - no Thomasina NN Tamsin - no Bryony - ok Amalia - ok Mary NN Mitzi -no Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - ok Amity - no Cosette - no Bronwen - no Anwen - no Blanche - no Alouette - no Fleur - ok Roberta NN Bobbie - no Isadora - no Rowan - no

Well @Bellyups you just saved me typing.

As above, but none of them are that nice, even the ok ones. Sorry!

Nigella - only if dark (etymology) and only if you can put up with the cooking/flirting associations
Magnolia - no
Thomasina NN Tamsin - I think it's really clunky, and Tamsin doesn't work as a nn, but is nice in its own right
Bryony - lovely
Amalia - ok
Mary NN Mitzi - Mary lovely, Mitzi no
Alexandra NN Andie or Alex - lovely (but Andie is a bit contrived)
Amity - no
Cosette - no
Bronwen - don't much like, but OK
Anwen - ok
Blanche - no, still think of the Corrie character
Alouette - no way, the song makes it risible
Fleur - don't really like
Roberta NN Bobbie - don't really like, butnOK
Isadora - OK
Rowan - like

Since Alexandra has 'And' in I didn't think it was such a leap to get to Andie but I see I'm alone in this

Amity or rowan
Most of the others are a tad luvvie and pretentious

The only ones I like are Alexandra (but not Andie) Tamsin (as a standalone name) and Mary - but definitely not Mitzi, which is awful.

Favourites are Isadora and Alexandra.
Quite like Thomasina.
Isadora Fleur is very pretty

My favourites are Tamsin (just by itself not short for Thomasina), Alexandra and Rowan. Bryony and Roberta are nice too.