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Long elegant non-frilly girls names

110 replies

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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tinkertailor2 · 27/07/2022 13:20

Madeleine
Annabelle
Elizabeth
Beatrice

SquigglePigs · 27/07/2022 13:22

Charlotte
Kathryn/Katherine/Catherine
Eleanor
Harriet
Elizabeth
Alexandra
Georgina
Jessica
Amelia
Beatrix
Beatrice
Helena
Francesca
Isabelle/Isobel
Jemima
Natalie
Rebecca
Tabitha
Katrina
Tamara

DisforDarkChocolate · 27/07/2022 13:23

Felicity
Clothilde
Jacqueline

User0610134049 · 27/07/2022 13:25

Elizabeth and Evangeline sprung to mind for me

MolkosTeenageAngst · 27/07/2022 13:28

I’m taking long to mean 3+ syllables:

Elizabeth
Penelope
Catherine
Caroline
Isabelle
Annabelle
Emmeline
Eveline
Madeleine
Matilda
Victoria
Margaret
Alexandria
Beatrice
Cassandra
Juliette

KirstenBlest · 27/07/2022 13:32

Celestria
Leopoldina
Zuleika
Shoshannah
Alexandria
Calliope
Miranda
Despina
Demetra

Fhuukccssghkkb · 27/07/2022 13:43

Emmeline (pronounced Emma-Leen)

fluffyducky21 · 27/07/2022 13:44

Philippa
Felicity
Elizabeth
Isabelle
Verity
Rosemary
Katharine
Dorothy
Lucinda
Cassandra

Cluckycluck · 27/07/2022 13:46

Millicent

clpsmum · 27/07/2022 13:51

Catherine
Alexandra
Gabriella
Francesca

CbaThinkingOfAUsername · 27/07/2022 13:52

Adeline.

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/07/2022 13:54

Phillippa
Carenza
Verity
Veronica

TurquoiseDress · 27/07/2022 13:55

Elizabeth is a classic

TurquoiseDress · 27/07/2022 13:56

Evangeline
Evangelina

rhowton · 27/07/2022 13:59

My God Daughter is called Ottilie (Ottie) and I think it's very pretty.

AleynEivlys · 27/07/2022 14:39

Corisande
Ariadne
Dorothea
Alessandra
Fabienne
Adeline
Miranda
Felicity
Lavinia
Dominique

HastaLaBisto · 27/07/2022 15:29

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!

I completely agree with this - it's interesting to see where people's 'frilly' threshold is.

Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret, Rosemary - not frilly.
Ottilie, Alessandra, Anoushka, Lavinia - definition of peak frilly for me.

babyjellyfish · 27/07/2022 15:42

Katherine
Josephine
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Margaret
Penelope
Hermione
Caroline
Eleanor
Rosalind
Miranda
Francesca
Marianne
Georgina
Matilda
Natalia
Rebecca

KirstenBlest · 27/07/2022 17:34

A lot of the names posted on here are frilly.
I'd say Georgina and Christina aren't particularly frilly but Georgiana and Christiana are.
Isabella and Arabella definitely frilly

FlissyPaps · 27/07/2022 17:48

Harriette
Henrietta
Catherine
Victoria
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Madeleine
Maddison
Winnifred
Georgette
Cassandra
Beatrice
Annabelle
Cheyenne

ariesalien · 27/07/2022 19:28

Alexandra (Alex/Lexi)
Aurora (Rory)
Dorothy (Dotty)
Felicity (Liss)
Harriet (Hattie)
Imogen (Immy)
Juniper (Juno)
Jemima (Jem)
Madeline (Maddie)
Olivia (Libby)
Persephone (Percy)
Penelope (P/Pen/Nel)
Theodora (Teddy)
Verity (V)
Winifred/Winona (Winnie/Freddie)

Imabitbusyatthemoment · 27/07/2022 19:29

Celeste

Limecoconutice · 27/07/2022 19:31

Victoria
Miranda
Georgina
Evangeline

geminiflanagan · 27/07/2022 19:32

Meredith. Bloody love this name.but DH said no :(

SomethingToldTheWildGeese · 27/07/2022 19:33

Esther
Eleanor
Verity
Rachael