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For an unusual elegant timeless classic name?

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:03

Bianca

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changeage · 09/06/2023 08:55

Or maybe the people who associate it with being council house and violence are uncultured themselves, hence the association.

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changeage · 09/06/2023 08:57

Seraphina is pretty

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lankyhanky · 09/06/2023 08:59

I can't say Bianca with it sounding nice.

Marion probably for me although I'd never name my child it.

lankyhanky · 09/06/2023 08:59

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:25

I don't know any Marinas. Lovely name.

I've only known Russian women called Marina

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changeage · 09/06/2023 09:01

Yes, the sound of a name is what I think makes us like it too.

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IntravenousDeMilo · 09/06/2023 09:01

Sophie
Josephine
Eleanor
Rosemund

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changeage · 09/06/2023 09:03

I knew a French girl called Coralie, I always thought that sounded nice.

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DeflatedAgain · 09/06/2023 09:07

Mona.
Monica.

Pemba · 09/06/2023 09:16

Nerissa is Shakespearean, unusual and I also think elegant, with a nice sound.

weirdas · 09/06/2023 09:29

Theadora
Isolde
Margot

fairycupcakes · 09/06/2023 10:49

Bluebellsbells · 08/06/2023 21:25

But it's synonymous with Eastenders! And not for elegant, timeless or classic reasons!

This, unfortunately

fairycupcakes · 09/06/2023 10:49

Isadora

oldnorsesaga · 09/06/2023 11:37

lankyhanky · 09/06/2023 08:59

I've only known Russian women called Marina

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Popular in Eastern European countries, but definitely not out of place in places such as Italy, Spain, Portugal.... especially because Marina comes from Latin words. Also working in France, if french naming laws allow Italian names. Marine as in Marine Le Penn is definitely used.

Redkatagain · 09/06/2023 12:04

Enid

DuchessOfSausage · 09/06/2023 12:54

It's nice but EastEnders.
Vanessa or Miranda?
not RTFT

wizzler · 09/06/2023 13:19

Zinnia?

Tulipblank · 09/06/2023 14:44

I'm probably older than the OP (my child bearing days are over) but all I can think of when I hear the name Marina is the "floozy" from Last of the Sunmer WineGrin

MissCherryCakeyBun · 09/06/2023 15:25

changeage · 09/06/2023 08:55

Or maybe the people who associate it with being council house and violence are uncultured themselves, hence the association.

Blimey that's a bit of a reach and rather rude.
Eastenders comes to mind for quite a few posters and not Shakespeare and rather than admit that for a good chunk of the population the same will be true you decide we are all uncultured Blush

Eastenders and Shakespeare appeal to the same demographic in each of the time periods they were written in..... the rabble kept many a playhouse afloat

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/06/2023 19:16

Virginia.
Rosabelle
Vanessa
Helena.
Terese
Pearl

HubbaBubbaJubba · 09/06/2023 19:45

Tamara
Imogen
Beatrice
Francesca
Margot

XelaM · 09/06/2023 21:13

changeage · 09/06/2023 03:52

Dahlia is actually lovely.

Thanks for that one.

  • never hear that one around either.

Maybe because it's associated with the famous murder

Mummytobe333 · 10/06/2023 06:36

Colette 🤍

nibblethekibble · 11/06/2023 23:08

@soddingspiderseason why would my Allegra have a brother called Austin?

I assume in your ignorance you failed to grasp that the car was an Austin Allegro

Stupid person

Skinnylegend · 11/06/2023 23:26

Harriet
Monroe
Cecily

Dazedandbemused0 · 12/06/2023 05:37

Bianca is the opposite of elegant in my opinion! It’s a Donna/Tracy type of name. When I think elegant, I think:

Claudia
Celine
Tabitha
Dorothea
Jemima
Oriana
Beatrice
Antonia

Things like this.