Celeste, Estelle, Nova...

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I love beautiful feminine names such as Celeste, Estelle, Nova, Juliet, Arabella, Seren, Bellatrix, Louisa, Aurora, Selena, Portia, Starla, Luna, Delia, Phoebe, Lucie. What do you think of these and what would recommend based off my list?

I LOVE those 🥲 Apollo, India, Calypso, Cordelia, Bianca, Elektra, Calista, Juno, Astrid, Soleil, Carina, Cosima, Araceli, Skye, Aria, Lark, Serephina, Paloma.

Is Bellatrix a real name?

When I glanced at the title to your thread, I thought it was going to be a question about HRT. So unfortunately, that’s the first thing that springs to mind for a lot of those names.

Bellatrix? Who on earth wants to be named that?

Estelle is nice.

Celeste sounds like incest.

Nova is what a teenage mum in Kentucky would call her kid.

Seren and Nova; do you listen to The Archers?!

The only ones I'd go for from your list are Juliet, Louisa, maybe Portia and Arabella, and Lucy with that spelling. But that's just me.
A long list can complicate rather than help so it might be a good idea to pick out the ones you really love fairly early and dump the rest.

Bellatrix is lovely but I read it as Beatrix which I always wanted to call my dd from childhood (I have two lovely boys instead).

Lucie = no as LL case is big at the moment

Luna, Nova and Aurora will date badly.

My favourite is Arabella (on my dd longlist)

My suggestions:
Laurel
Felicity
Temperance (my guilty pleasure)
Beatrix (Bibi is a great nickname)
Pippa
Eliana
Ruth
Lila
Odelia
Riva/Reeva
Nadia
Marnie

OK:
Juliet
Louisa
Portia
Estelle - prefer Estella
Delia
Phoebe
Arabella - never met a nice one

Not OK:
Celeste, Nova, Seren, Bellatrix, Aurora, Starla, Luna, Lucie.Selena

I’ve realised where Bellatrix is from. Bellatrix Lestrange (I think that’s her surname) is a Death Eater in Harry Potter!

Celeste - no.
Estelle - no. Stella is better.
Nova -tacky.
Juliet -yes.
Arabella - no, too frilly.
Seren - tacky
, Bellatrix - Harry Potter.
Louisa -yes.
Aurora -tacky now, even though a Roman goddess.
, Selena, -yes.
Portia -Ok, but not keen, despite Shakespeare. I think it means pig-like.
Starla -is this a name?
Luna -tacky
Delia -hmm. OK. Unusual.
Phoebe -yes.
Lucie. -Lucy is better, but a bit problematic now.

I might avoid Nova as it's one of the most ubiquitous car models ever (Chevrolet) and - ironically, in light of the first point - Spanish for "[he/she/it] doesn't go".

Seren always makes me think of names like Eden, Elowen, Imogen, Mirren, Morven, Morwen, Rhiannon, Rowan, Vivien - you might like some of those? I like Selena and Serena too. Oh, and Genevieve.

A few of your names seem space/sky themed so maybe names like Elara, Cressida, Astra, Astrid, Hera, Gaia, Maia, Electra, Leilani, Estella, Miranda, Pandora.

I like Nova, Aurora and Seren.
I would worry that Lucie would be spelt as Lucy as its more common

Celeste is a birth control tablet. Nova is a car. Used to be driven by burberry cap wearing spotty youths with a sub in the back blasting bounce music.

Is Bellatrix off Harry Potter? Luna every other child and dog round here is called Luna.

The others while not names I would pick myself are nice enough and inoffensive.

Eleanora

Celeste - quite like it but is it also the name of a contraceptive pill?!
Estelle - Estella is much nicer
Nova - low rent
Juliet - nice
Arabella - frilly but ok
Seren - Serena is much nicer
Bellatrix - are you high?
Louisa - fine
Aurora - ok but v Disney these days
Selena - nice
Portia - Ok
Starla - possibly the lowest rent name in existence, it’s up there with Dreama
Luna - looney
Delia - ok
Phoebe - fine
Lucie - slightly twee, especially with ir

Lara
Saskia
Cecile
Paloma
Allegra
Cara
Clara
Philippa nn Pippa
Beatrice
Marianne
Genevieve
Ffion
Carys
Jasmine
Flora
Oona
Astrid
Diana
Fernanda
Rosanna
Verity
Vivienne
Esther

Celeste and Juliet are my favorite from your list. Aurora is quite nice as well but it’s kind of difficult to say.

I thought birth control pills.

Estelle and Juliet are lovely

Seren is alright, however maybe Zerena sounds better (Zer-wren-ner). Depends on preference really.

Seren or Delia.

Nova is chavvy

Celeste - nice
Estelle - nice
Nova - not to my taste
Juliet - lovely
Arabella - sounds posh to me! But ok
Seren - Love this!
Bellatrix - no, sorry, I think of Bellatrix Lestrange!
Louisa - lovely
Aurora - too Disney for me
Selena - nice
Portia - sounds a bit too posh for my taste!
Starla - not to my taste
Luna - I think of loony
Delia - I’ve been reading too much Diary of a Wimpy Kid with my kids and I think of the “Delia is a weirdo song!”
Phoebe - nice
Lucie - love Lucy!! Lucie is nice too