Elegant & Traditional Girl Names

[anonhop]

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone can help. I love elegant, classic names that are established without being super popular like:

• Verity
• Allegra
• Felicity
• Charlotte
• Persephone
• Mary
• Lavinia

But for one reason or another (mostly DH/ knowing someone) can't use.
We also won't use any Greek/Roman goddess names, although I love how they sound.

Any ideas? X

Elizabeth
Susannah/Susanna
Hope
Faith
Naomi
Julia
Frances
Lydia
Katherine/Katharine/Catherine
Rosalind
Helen/Helena
Alexandra/Alexandria/Alexandrina
Eleanor

Oh, and Judith.

Your list is similar to mine was.
Elizabeth
Victoria
Suzanna
Lydia
Alexandra

Charlotte
Dorothy

Thank you, these are beautiful! I love Catherine (Kate) but my sister has bagsied it for her first girl haha. Love Camilla too, but wondering if copying the royals is a bit weird.

I adore Lydia, but DH worked with a dreadful girl called Lydia & can't get past that!

I'll suggest Judith, it's so pretty & Jude / Judy would be a cute NN x

Josephine/ Josie?

I'm desperate to convince DH on Dorothy!! But he thinks she'll be really out of step with her generation & it's too old fashioned. Have said it's making a come back but he sadly doesn't believe me!

Eleanor
Beatrice
Elspeth
Susannah
Alice
Alexandra
Marina
Cecily
Mary

Dorothea? Lots of cute nicknames: Dottie, Thea…

I nosily want to know why Greek / Roman goddesses are out (and why Persephone gets a theoretical pass).

Harriet
Henrietta
Josephine
Leonora
Isabel
Victoria

haha fair dos! Persephone is out for that very reason, but I love the name itself.

It's just that we are Christians and feel a bit off naming our child after a deity of another faith.

Can still appreciate they are beautiful names, though haha x

@StormingNorman oooh that is a lovely idea! I'll defo suggest it. Dorothea is beautiful

@StormingNorman Henrietta is a fave of mine (particularly love Hettie, but it's the name of our car lol)

If you like Camilla, how about Camille instead? No royal connection but beautiful and classic?

Saskia
Jemima
Harriet
Claudia
Caroline/ Carolina
Beatrice
Valentina
Eleanor
Petra
Juliette
Louisa
Daphne

I like it. Would you pronounce it Cam-i (French) or Cam-eel ?

Personally, Cam-eel but either way is pretty?

Cecily
Lauren
Rebecca
Rose
Viola
Gabriella

I know 2 Dorothy's. Ones 4 and ones 2! Not saying that to put you off as it's beautiful, I also especially love Dorothea.

Rosalind
Celia / Cecilia / Cecily
Susanna(h)
Elizabeth
Maria (pronounced Ma-rye-a)
Sarah
Catherine
Frances
Imogen
Josephine
Beatrice
Joanna
Esther
Clementine / Clementina
Valentine
Vivian

Christian is a traditional but extremely rare girl’s name and would suit your faith.

Honor
Grace
Imogen
Eleanor
Pamela
Clementine
Matilda
Madeleine

@StormingNorman i like Christian for a boy, have never heard it for a girl! Interesting...

Theodora ( found when researching my family tree)

Isadora
Henrietta

A choice of nn from those.

My friend is called Theodora Christiana, which is lovely.