Beautiful, truly classic, timeless girls names

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Expecting a baby in August. We really want a name that never dates, is beautiful and classic. We can’t use Elizabeth, Clara or Isabelle. Our list so far is

Alice
Anna
Emily/Emma
Eve
Georgia
Kate
Lucy
Maria/Mary

We also like these names but worry they are a bit long or frilly
Annabelle
Beatrice
Felicity
Florence
Lucinda
Madeleine
Verity

I think Maria is my favourite but Emily and Alice are up there. DH loves Verity and Felicity but agrees the are a little frilly.

Opinions or other ideas would be appreciated!

I love the name Iris x

Josephine
Charlotte
Victoria

Sophie

Laura
Lucy
Anna
Evie
Juliet

I prefer Marie to Maria - it's softer but still a strong classic name

I love Georgia and. Verity from your list.

Charlotte

I like Nina

Emily my daughter's name was also my Grandma's and my great grandmas name so that's my vote it really is timeless :)

Wow that's weird. My youngest's name is Emily after my Granny & Great Granny. I never thought of it as a particularly common name in those previous generations. What generation/age are you?

Ah really got good taste in names! I'm 33 years. I've met a few Emily's of different ages. My Emily is 8, she's never been in same class as one she knows a few in older year groups.

I have both a Lucy and an Annabel! 😊. Bea/Beatrice, Emily and Alice were also on our lists both times. Opting for the version of Annabel without the 'le' on the end felt less frilly to me and tbh i thought we would shorten it somehow but have never felt the need in practice and it really suits her despite her not being a 'frilly' kid at all - she is very cheeky and rambunctious! So I think it does adapt well to fit. Still get loads of compliments on both their names and find they are classic/familiar enough to not constantly have to explain/spell them (we have an unusual surname already so wanted to try to avoid this!), without being super common.