Help with baby girl names! Adelina, Cordelia, etc

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Hi, I’ve narrowed my shortlist down to 8 names but I’m struggling to narrow it down any further - hoping to get down to a top 3. Any opinions on any of these names would be very welcome! Thanks in advance :)

Adelina
Adeline
Antonia
Cordelia
Evangeline
Helena
Romilly
Theodora

I love Romilly, Helena and Antonia all very pretty and sweet yet also elegant and sophisticated.

Romilly and Helena are my favourites but I’d be concerned about Helena being mispronounced. Would it be Helen a or Hel ena . Much prefer the second. Wonder if Romy/ Romilly is going to become popular. That may or may not matter to you but it’s something I would consider.

Adeline is my favourite

I like Helena, pronounced Helen-a

Helena hand-basket (but if I could unhear that, this would be my favourite). I like the pn Hell-EN-uh with emphasis on second syllable too.

Evangeline I used to love but know so many Evies/Eves/Evas that I’m not sure if I still do. Plus I’d hate anyone to shorten it to Vang.

Cordelia is strange as it had quite a harsh sounding beginning then a frilly ending.

Adeline is great-fresh sounding yet familiar because of Madeline being pretty popular.

Adelina- how is this pn? Is it Adaleena? Like it.

Antonia
Helena
Theodora

...are my favourites.

Antonia
Cordelia
Helena
in that order

Adelina - v fussy, but if you tweaked to Adela I’d make that no.1
Adeline - fine, quite popular
Antonia - underused and elegant,
Cordelia - lovely
Evangeline - no because she’ll be one of a zillion Evies
Helena - nice
Romilly - ok, very of the minute, but fussy
Theodora - done to death when you add in all the Thea, Theos and Theodores. Dorothea is more unusual

Adelina - bin
Adeline - bin

Adela? Adele? Prefer Clementine

Antonia - ok nn will end up being Toni. Prefer Aurélia ("golden")

Cordelia - no, prefer Ophelia, Cecilia, Lydia

Evangeline - yes (although will always remind me of Nanny McPhee)

Helena - yes, Bonham-Carter aside

Romilly - bin (Romiley, Stockport)

Theodora - the explorer, Robbie Williams's DD nn Teddy?
Prefer Dorothea/Thea

1. Antonia
2. Evangeline
3. Helena

I love Romilly

My top three are:

Helena
Aveline
Evangeline

In order from best - inspired from your list..

Helena
Adele
Angelica
Adeline
Cordelia
Antonia
Adelina
Evangeline
Romilly
Theodora

I love Cordelia, Evangeline, Helena and Romilly. I agree Dorothea is more unique than Theodora.

Adelina - sounds clunky
Adeline - better than above but not great
Antonia - classically wlega
Cordelia - a bit old lady like
Evangeline - try too hard to be classy
Helena - love this
Romilly - quite like
Theodora - not a massive fan

Adelina - don't like
Adeline - don't like
Antonia - like but don't like Toni
Cordelia -like
Evangeline - don't like
Helena - like but there are so many El-names around it seems samey
Romilly - don't like
Theodora - don't like

Adelina- prefer Adeline
Adeline- ok, prefer Madeline, Clementine, emmeline, Evangeline
Antonia- not keen
Cordelia- I find it a bit frumpy but know lots love it
Evangeline- like
Helena- like
Romilly- like, and nn romy
Theodora- like

Really like Antonia, Adeline, Helena and Evangeline.
Theodora is ok but I prefer Dorothea - to me it's prettier and I love the character in Middlemarch.

Adelina - too frilly and sounds a bit made up to be different from Adeline
Adeline - ok(ish)
Antonia - feels dated and not in a trendy way
Cordelia - too posh and too frilly (unless you are posh)
Evangeline - one of many Evies
Helena - will get mispronounced between Hel-ay-na and Helen-a and even E-lay-na
Romilly - you've clearly never been to Stockport!
Theodora - too many Theos and Theas around at the moment already

What about Alina?

Evangeline is the only one out of your list that I like. It’s a beautiful name.

Adelina - I like this and like Addie as a nickname
Adeline - same as above - prefer this of the two of them
Antonia - really like
Cordelia - really dislike
Evangeline - don't really like, seems a bit fussy
Helena - love and it was on my short list. It can be pronounced 2 ways but I have a name that is rarely pronounced correctly on first sight and it's really not a big deal
Romilly - don't particularly like
Theodora - like but maybe a little fussy, nicknames to Thea or Dora nicely though

Top three would be:

Adeline
Helena
Antonia

Cordelia x 100
Then Evangeline. But much further down!