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A few girls names

35 replies

17caterpillars1mouse · 26/01/2023 22:02

What are your thoughts on the following girls names

Morag

Millicent

Iona

Beatrix

Agnes

Sybil

Viola

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Mumofgirls2017 · 26/01/2023 22:05

Like Iona, BeTrix is ok

Rauha · 26/01/2023 22:05

My favourite is Viola

Aethelthryth · 26/01/2023 22:05

not Morag or Agnes (ugly). All others lovely, especially Beatrix, which, if I had had a girl......

xprincessxjanetx · 26/01/2023 22:05

I'm not keen on any of them i'm afraid. At a push i'd say Viola.

DestinysGrandchild · 26/01/2023 22:06

I would guess Millicent would automatically be shortened to Milly.

It's a no for Sybil.

Don't really have any feelings for the rest.

ALS94 · 26/01/2023 22:09

I don’t love any of them
Viola is okay but I prefer Violet
Beatrix is cute when shortened to Bea

JustMaggie · 26/01/2023 22:15

I like Sybil and Agnes. My best friend when I was little was Agnes, but she went by Aggie.

Howeverdoyouneedme · 26/01/2023 22:17

I really like Beatrix and Sybil. I’d guess you were Scottish…

AliceMcK · 26/01/2023 22:23

Morag - like, makes me think of Katie Morag

Millicent - mmm ok

Iona - not keen

Beatrix - like

Agnes - Love

Sybil - ok, but can’t get Cybil Shepherd out of my head

Viola - no, not keen

Is there a Scottish connection?

cravingtoblerone · 26/01/2023 22:26

Iona, Beatrix and Viola are all lovely.

everythingsapickle · 26/01/2023 22:36

Like Beatrix and Agnes.
Sybil is growing on me, which I didn’t expect…
Dislike the others.

LaLuz7 · 26/01/2023 22:38

I'm sorry, but I don't like a single one on that list

Andrelaxzz · 26/01/2023 22:40

Beatrix or even better, Beatrice are great
Agnes, Millicent and Sybil aren't nice names to have .

annlee3817 · 26/01/2023 22:43

We had a DD last August and have called her Iona :)

Beatrix and Viola are also nice

antipodeancanary · 26/01/2023 22:44

Iona is best

lulalulalula · 26/01/2023 22:46

I don't like any on the list, but Viola is ok.

sunshinesobeautiful · 26/01/2023 22:53

Morag - dislike, sounds like rag

Millicent - always reminds me of millipedes and of money coins (cents)

Iona - lovely and original

Beatrix - prefer Beatrice

Agnes - dislike the sound

Sybil - frumpy

Viola - beautiful!

LulooLemon · 26/01/2023 23:01

Morag - quite like, if Scottish

Millicent - love

Iona - love, just be careful if your surname is a noun

Beatrix - ok, I prefer Beatrice

Agnes - like

Sybil - ok

Viola

LulooLemon · 26/01/2023 23:01

Viola - like

Hobbesmanc · 26/01/2023 23:02

Sybil and Beatrix or Beatrice are fabulous strong names. Such a different feel to all the vowel girly names that are so prevalent. Like Ava. And Iona, viola I'm afraid as well. Millicent is too fussy.

Firsttimemum120 · 26/01/2023 23:03

I don’t like any on the list, viola is someone’s last name and none seem like a nice pretty name for a girl xx

Twoinapod · 27/01/2023 00:00

I love Beatrix, had to take it off our list as we have a B surname and was a bit much. But absolutely love it.

not keen on the others

AliceMcK · 27/01/2023 00:01

What about Cecelia, I think it’s a beautiful old name, very under used.

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 27/01/2023 02:22

I love Beatrix and Iona - as long as your surname goes with Iona and doesn’t make a sentence.

I don’t like morag. Instantly makes me think of the highland cow on Saturday morning tv when I was a teen

junglemaze · 27/01/2023 02:25

All ugly sorry..at a push,miliicent