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Long elegant non-frilly girls names

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PrimroseWharf · 27/07/2022 09:24

What sort of names come to mind with this description?

Long (with nickname potential)
Elegant/classic (nothing made up)
Feminine yet strong (not too ‘frilly’ sounding)

I have some ideas of my own but don’t want to sway anyone so would just like immediate thoughts.

Thanks! 😄

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Myleakycauldron · 27/07/2022 09:25

Rebecca
Catherine
Penelope

AlohaMolly · 27/07/2022 09:26

Eleanor

Louise0701 · 27/07/2022 09:27

Francesca
Georgiana

Mistlewoeandwhine · 27/07/2022 09:27

Josephine
Georgina
Constance
Allegra
Ursula
Minette
Serafina
Victoria
Rosalind

FayCarew · 27/07/2022 09:28

Georgina
Vanessa
Caroline

HastaLaBisto · 27/07/2022 09:28

Elizabeth
Josephine
Catherine
Alexandra
Dorothy
Margaret
Miriam

bluedelphinium · 27/07/2022 09:28

Temperance, Clemency, Adelaide

ANewNameANewDay · 27/07/2022 09:28

Elizabeth is always a classic on here.

PuttingDownRoots · 27/07/2022 09:28

Araminta
Georgina
Wilhelmina
Eustacia

bluedelphinium · 27/07/2022 09:28

Josephine, Marguerite

DanglingMod · 27/07/2022 09:30

Veronica
Josephine
Agatha
Caroline is due a revival. Love Caro for a nickname as also not frilly.

shreddednips · 27/07/2022 09:30

Love Vanessa as a suggestion! You so rarely hear it any more- I had an awesome 7yo Vanessa in my class a few years ago, remember thinking at the time what a great and underused name it is.

SleeplessWB · 27/07/2022 09:32

Charlotte, Florence, Madeleine, Isabel

stupidly · 27/07/2022 09:33

Georgia
Rachael

caringcarer · 27/07/2022 09:39

Cordelia
Veronica
Elizabeth
Charlene
Charlotte
Virginia
Catherine
Juliette
Alexandra
Margaret
Georgiana
Georgina
Melissa
Henrietta
Michaela
Christina
Daniella
Carolina
Victoria

Headbandheart · 27/07/2022 09:45

Caroline

can be shortened to Carrie, cas, caro depending on what she prefers at each phase of life.

SBAM · 27/07/2022 09:51

Alexandra
Catherine
Elizabeth
Jennifer
Jacqueline
Caroline
Georgina
Francesca
Isabel or Isabella
Eleanor
Victoria

KavvLar · 27/07/2022 09:52

Evangeline

ThatshallotBaby · 27/07/2022 09:57

Marianne

Workawayxx · 27/07/2022 09:57

Catherine
Cecilia
Louisa
Victoria
Elizabeth
Emmeline
Alexandra
Marianne

Jamepume · 27/07/2022 10:02

Tabitha
Gabrielle
Katrina
Rebecca

Shipsafeinharbour · 27/07/2022 10:05

Seraphina

jammiewhammie65 · 27/07/2022 10:05

Francesca.

FeedMeSantiago · 27/07/2022 10:06

Depends what you mean by frilly. I would class Catherine, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Margaret and Alexandra as non-frilly.

Josephine, Juliette, Evangeline, Felicity, Alexandria, Georgiana, Christiana, Annabelle, Jessamine and Isabelle I would class as frilly. Same with Penelope, Persephone and Seraphina.

Not as frilly as Enid Blyton dolls names like Clarabelle and Marybelle though!

ladyinwaiting99 · 27/07/2022 10:06

Elizabeth
Georgiana
Penelope
Suzannah
Dorothea
Katherine
Isabella
Arabella
Cassandra