Juliette, Cordelia or Lavinia?

[Purtyburty]

Please could you tell me which name you like best, pros and cons, and other suggestion of a similar vein to Juliette, Cordelia and Lavinia?

Just saw jet as a nn. I like that!

I started to write this, then thought: "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all", and deleted it. But then I thought - you did ask, and honestly is valuable, and if I don't say anything then you might call your child a terrible name and condemn them (and you) to lifelong ridicule... So, to be brutally honest OP, I would cringe if I was introduced to a Cordellia or a Lavinia. Juliette is fine though. Please take this as constructive criticism!

Not Constanza if you know anyone who listens to the Archers on R4.!

I have never heard anyone not pronounce the t in Juliet.

@PersephonePomegranate23 I think it would be hard to find a name that someone has had and they have not died 😂 we all die eventually! I already have two children with non Shakespearean names. But Cordelia has always been on the list and Juliet is a new one on the list. I love the works of Shakespeare too but these names aren't inspired by such. In fact I probably associate Cordelia more with Buffy ❤️

@chickpea1982 oh dear. Lavinia is inspired from one of my all time favourite gymnasts Lavinia Milosovici. Take on board some people think Cordelia is condemning a child 😭

Cordelia is lovely, Cordy is a cool nickname. Ditto Juliette and Jet.

Julie is a whole other name, not a nn so that shouldn't happen (but I agree Julie is a bit drippy).

Am not a fan of Adaline, sorry.

Juliette (or Juliet) is still my firm favourite from your list, but I much prefer Adeline to Cordelia - I would be happy to introduce myself as Juliet or Adeline, but would cringe if I had to say my name was Cordelia as it sounds a little frilly / pretentious to me. But that is probably different in different areas of the country.

I appreciate all the feedback - it is great to get public opinion without have to tell family 😂

Juliet this spelling

I love Cordelia, other ideas

Cosima
Lalage
Leticia
Felicity
Cecelia
Raphaela
Antonia
Daphne
Tamara
Clementine
Serena
Valentina
Anastasia
Tatiana
Sashenka
Anoushka
Natalia

All the girls I know called Adeline or similar always are called Addie, so I would be sure to have a nn you like too.

Cordelia.

Juliet

Lavinia which to me sounds like such a wet blanket name.

Love the name Adeline!!

How about

Adalia
Audelia
Cornelia
Valenzia
Lisette
Georgette
Colette
Claudette
Coraline
Avaline

Juliette is my favourite, Cordelia is also very nice.

Lavinia makes me think of lavatory, and the vain bully in A Little Princess.

I have a Juliet and it's commonly misspelled as Juliette

Do you say it as Juliette, @Peccary ? Do you say Julie-ET or as JOO-li-et?

For me it would be Juliette, although I prefer non-fussy, I’ve always preferred this spelling as Juliet is too close to Julie for me.

Cordelia is harsh and shortening not great. Caroline? (Caro)

Lavinia I like a lot but, Lav!

Juliette is great.

I love Lavinia, but the story in Titus is absolutely off putting for me. Titus is my favourite play too!

I like Ophelia and Alice

@TheCultureHusks , I feel the opposite. Juliet is more like Julia, and Juliette more like Julie.
The -ette spelling makes me think of serviette.

Laetitia

I love Lavinia. Why on earth would it make anyone cringe? It's a classic name.

I love Juliette or Julia. The other two names are a little too frilly and posh for my liking.

Love love love Cordelia.
Juliette is nice too but I think might be shortened to Julie
Lavinia is nice but could be shortened to Lav...

Juliette by a country mile, followed by Cordelia. Lavinia…..would you want Lav as a nn??

what about Constance, Portia or Cadence?