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

We love Imogen! Defo a contender. We do have someone close with the name but might go for it anyway at this point! X

Margaret is lovely, especially nn Daisy...but DH won't have it aghh

If your DH is worried about your DD having an unfashionable name I really wouldn't worry. Names are so diverse now and the kids don't bat an eyelid (I'm a teacher). She might be the only Dorothy in the school but nobody would react to it as if it were odd.

The virtue names are beautiful:
Faith
Hope
Charity
Grace (very common so avoid if that bothers you)
Clemency (my favourite)

DH and I LOVE Charity!

But never met anyone British with that name so not sure if it'll get a few funny looks? X

Yes, I like these. Also:
Constance
Prudence

@MotherofPearl Constance is lovely! Unfortunately our surname begins with S

• I worry about the Christian name ending in S...

@MotherofPearl I mean an S sound 😂

Aurelia
rosanna
cecilia
vivienne
annabelle
juliet
clara
eloise
margaret
genevieve
helena
theodora
beatrice
jemima
diana
josephine
henrietta
harriet
rosalind
tallulah
claudia
camilla
daphne
lydia
anna
sylvie

I know a Constanta, which is from the same root as Constance.

Anne
Rosina
Sylvie

Love all of these!

Clemency
Catriona
Katrina
Ruth
Sophie
Victoria

Clara
Clover
Susanna
Meredith/Merrie
Genevieve
Guinevere
Gwendolyn

Catriona
Philippa
Phyllis
Rowena
Penelope
Callista

Verity
Hester
Beatrice
Miranda

Clare or Claire
Rose
Maude
Martha

Cecily
Phoebe
Hortensia
Alexandra
Matilda

If you are a practicing Christian, how about Christabel? It was on my own list but it literally means “beautiful Christian” (and I’m agnostic). I love that it’s traditional yet underused with cool namesakes in Suffragette Pankhurst and the eponymous Gothic Poem by Coleridge (“The lovely lady, Christabel, whom her father loves so well…”). Potential nn’s galore too - Kit/Kitty, Belle/Bella, Tabby, Chrissy…

Was just coming on here to say Christabel!

Also Helena, Greek but not a goddess.

Eliza ?

Another notable Christabel is Christabel Bielenberg ('The Past is Myself' for anyone who hasn't read it)

Isabella
Theodora
Beatrice
Florence
Seraphina
Valentina
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Tabitha
Matilda
Adelaide
Miranda
Jessica
Georgina
Alexandra
Charlotte
Sophie

Since you are Christian

Flora

Ursula

Lucy

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Isadora was a lovely suggestion!

Also Lilian?