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Girls names - classic but interesting

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sillysausage999 · 01/02/2023 23:26

Hi everyone, I'm 40 weeks pregnant with first baby (eeek) and we are struggling to make concrete headway on names! It all feels so hypothetical still...

Names on our current shortlist, in no particular order:
Florence, Elsie, Alice, Penelope, Eleanor, Margot, Hazel, Roberta, Iris, Elizabeth, Astrid, Ivy

Please don't say anything negative about them, as they are all genuine contenders! But do you think any of them go together well as first/middle name combos?

AND are there similar names that we might not have thought of? I feel like nothing is massively jumping out at me and so I might not have found "the one"...

Thank you :)

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Olidora · 02/02/2023 14:58

I think Elsie Alice sounds absolutely gorgeous.

Mumofgirls2017 · 02/02/2023 17:31

I’d pick

ivy florence
iris penelope
penelope alice
penelope florence

lovely list! Other ideas

daphne
sadie
daisy
juniper
harriet
eliza
matilda
evelyn
viomer
violet
phoebe
rosa
tabitha
eva
olive
clementine
jemima
juliet
edith

NotEnoughMud · 02/02/2023 17:35

If you like Roberta, what about Robina?

Whatdayisitalexa · 02/02/2023 17:55

Roberta I like it!
Roberta Elizabeth
Roberta Ivy
Roberta Iris
Roberta Hazel
Roberta Alice

mumonherphone · 02/02/2023 19:52

Ivy Alice or Florence Ivy

Also you may like Daphne

reelcat · 02/02/2023 20:45

I like Roberta Florence from your list

littlelottie127 · 02/02/2023 22:17

Alice Elizabeth would be my choice. Beautiful x

user1492757084 · 03/02/2023 06:17

Elizabeth Lucy
Alice Roberta
Eleanor Margot
Ivy Alexandra
Catherine Phoebe
Jane Margaret

plumduck · 03/02/2023 06:20

I would just like to say firstly that I absolutely ADORE Roberta.

Alice and Ivy are good middle names for any of them. As is Elizabeth.

Personally I'd use Elsie as a middle name though Elsie Roberta has a nice ring to it.

Whatdayisitalexa · 03/02/2023 14:33

Daphne is lovely

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sillysausage999 · 03/02/2023 15:10

Thanks everyone, this is great food for thought! I do really like the Victorian names.

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minnor · 03/02/2023 22:51

Florence Ivy
Penelope Iris

or...

Agnes
Bonnie
Elise
Evelyn
Freya
Harriet
Juniper
Lydia
Nora
Rosie

Scotskynon · 04/02/2023 19:49

Phoebe Elizabeth
Grace
Sylvie
Martha
Sarah

Bubbles021 · 04/02/2023 19:55

My daughter is Iris ❤️
It does hold a special meaning for us though as she is our rainbow baby and Iris is the goddess of the rainbow 🌈

ReadtheReviews · 04/02/2023 19:59

Iris Elizabeth
Eleanor Astrid
Elsie Florence

Mrsbunnychops · 04/02/2023 20:04

Lovely names, I've always really liked the name Astrid.

Henrietta nice - Etta or Etti for short - I know a couple of those

Clementine- Clemmie - I like too!

Exciting!!! Good luck 😁

justcouldntthinkofausername · 04/02/2023 20:09

From your list

I love Ivy
I like Elsie

Teeshirt · 04/02/2023 20:34

Suggestions:
Caroline
Frances
Selena
Antonia
Kezia

cravingtoblerone · 05/02/2023 09:18

I like your list!

Margot Alice
Florence Penelope

Pretty much everything works with Elizabeth...

Fifthtimelucky · 05/02/2023 15:17

I'd go for Elizabeth Alice or Elizabeth Ivy.

SirVixofVixHall · 05/02/2023 15:24

Whydoitry · 01/02/2023 23:39

Roberta! Haven't met a little Roberta!

Roberta Hazel
Roberta Florence

I actually really like Roberta Jane.

Totally agree.
I don’t know a single Roberta, yet it is such a nice name. The Railway Children!

Twinsmummy1812 · 05/02/2023 15:24

Iona
Mariel
Harriet
Caroline
Virginia
Constance
Frederica
Isobel

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/02/2023 22:03

Roberta Alice affectionately known occasionally as Bobbie Alice

BlueKaftan · 05/02/2023 22:06

Beatrice is always lovely but not overused.

SoShallINever · 05/02/2023 23:20

Elsie.
Or....Erica