Classic girl names

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We are struggling to decide on a name for our girl.

Shortlisted are:

Elizabeth
Grace
Katherine
Rosemary (less sure on this one)

We have a single syllable last name so thinking Grace might not work. We also like names that can be shortened easily to nice nicknames.

What does everyone think of the above and any other similar suggestions? Ruled out Charlotte, Victoria and Emma due to names in close family.

My favourites are Blythe, Julia and Vivienne.

They are nice! Also how about
Alice
Isabella / Isabelle
Sophie

Not keen on Blythe or Vivienne but Julia is a potential.

Sophie is nice. We have an Alice and Isabelle in the family which rules those out

I'm not so keen on Grace (and prefer the spelling Catherine to Katherine) but otherwise find them fine.

As an alternative, how about Louisa? (with nickname Lu or Lulu)

We've gone back and forth on the spelling on Katherine/Catherine. I like both. But one thing that puts me off is they will constantly have to say how to spell their name.

Louisa is nice but not sure I like the nn Lou

Clara
Lucy

Lovely names. Grace is perhaps a little overused.
Would you consider
Josephine
Felicity
Adelaide
Penelope
Cassandra
Margaret (due a comeback)

Eleanor
Alexandra
Margaret
Mary / Marianne
Josephine
Frances
Jean
Jane
Anna / Anne

If looking for a "classic" feeling name looking up popular names in the Tudor period is a good place to start! Also characters from Austen

Rosalind
Eleanor
Juliette
Anastasia

Katherine is by far the nicest of your choices in my opinion and I also think it has the best shortening potentials too.
I think spelt with a K leads itself nicely to Kate or Katie
Spelt with a C more Cat as a nn

Annabel
Penelope
Beatrice
Charlotte
Arabella

Beautiful classics!

Do you like

Margaret
Alexandra
Philippa
Caroline
Susannah
Jennifer
Rebecca

Classic names are just so enduring. Alice, Phoebe, Dorothea, Cecily, Adelaide, Rosalind or Rosamund, Penelope

Elizabeth - lovely, with lots of nn options
Grace - ok
Katherine- ok , what about Kathleen?
Rosemary- love, or Rosalie or Rosalind as alternatives

Suggestions
Dorothy or Dorothea
Alexandra or Alexandrina
Henrietta
Josephine
Millicent
Georgia, Georgina or Georgette
Matilda

Audrey
Adeline
Annabelle
Arabella
Beatrice
Caitlyn
Clara
Christina
Francesca
Georgina
Harriet
Henrietta
Isabella
Jemima
Katerina
Louisa
Melina
Melissa
Marissa
Naomi
Odette
Olivia
Octavia
Philippa (Pip)
Priscilla
Queening
Quinn
Rebecca
Rachel
Sophia
Sara/h
Simone
Theresa
Una
Ursula
Valerie
Violet
Victoria
Wendy
Xenia
Yolanda
Zena
Zinnia
Zara

Emily
Anna
Jennifer
Alice
Sarah
Joanna
Hannah
Helen / Helena
Rachel
Rebecca
Laura
Claire / Clare

Rebecca
Harriet
Matilda

I love Elizabeth, love Bet as nn

also love the name Lucy

Personally I like Katherine best as I love the nn Kit for a girl/woman

Primrose
Gracie
Katrina
Laura

Sarah / sadie

Sarah is good name for a baby.

I love Rosemary.
The others are ok but either overused in the case of Grace or not what I would pick.

Classic girl names I love are:

Helen
Rebecca
Rachel
Anna
Kate
Polly
Alice

also like:

Jennifer
Fiona
Celeste
Anne
Ruth

Francesca / Frances
Anna
Claudia
Philippa
Marianne
Matilda
Miriam
Lydia
Cassandra
Beatrice
Mary
Maria
Penelope
Harriet
Rosalind
Jane
Jessica
Dorothea
Josephine

I like Katherine/Catherine though.