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Favourite girls names

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Bella1905 · 29/07/2025 15:47

Please could you tell me your favourite girls names. I like quite traditional, strong, pretty names and am undecided on my daughters name due in a few months. Thank you

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mathanxiety · 31/07/2025 01:47

Flora
Christabel
Susannah
Frida
Edith
Lara
Josephine
Vita
Greta
Leonora
Cosima
Bridget

mathanxiety · 31/07/2025 01:48

Rowena
Alice

autienotnaughty · 31/07/2025 05:11

I love a lot of the popular names unfortunately

Olivia
isabella
Sofia
ivy
lily
evie
ottile
elsie
gabrella
clementine
Darcy
Clover
Clara
Heidi
Valarie
Winnie
Amy
Sylvie

DemonsandMosquitoes · 31/07/2025 06:03

Natalie
Alicia
Erin
Louisa
Zara
Cara
Catherine
Meredith

Cupcakey · 31/07/2025 06:32

Cora
Eloise
Anya
Freya
Niamh
Faye

Cocktailsandcheese · 31/07/2025 17:21

Jessica
Rebecca
Holly/Hollie
Sophie
Amelie

CharlieBoo · 31/07/2025 21:55

Molly
Nancy
Daisy
Violet
Dorothy
Jemima

BollickyBill · 31/07/2025 22:29

Cora, Esme or Theadora

Askingforadvice78 · 31/07/2025 22:35

Susannah
Sarah
Rebekah
Alice
Harriet
Elizabeth
Isobel/Isabel
Mary-Jane

Saltandpeppersquid · 31/07/2025 22:40

Elizabeth
Eliza
Violet
Emilia
Florence
Rose
Grace
Alice
Iris
Helen
Clara
Catherine (Kate)
Amy
Victoria
Charlotte

JustAnOrdinaryHuman · 31/07/2025 22:44

Rose
Elspeth
Alice
Bonnie
Harriet
Henrietta
Elizabeth
Grace
Edith
Connie

Maxorias · 01/08/2025 00:26

I like -ine names. Séraphine, Célestine, Joséphine...
Also some greek badass names like Callista or Themis, but not sure I'd saddle an actual child with those !

Toddytoddyrumskin · 01/08/2025 00:29

Anna
Julia
Charlotte
Grace
Emma
Laura

OSTMusTisNT · 01/08/2025 00:32

My DS would have been a Gemma, bit old fashioned now probably?

Brodie
Everly/Everleigh
Emma
Anna
Charlotte
Alex/andra
Claire
Imagen
Kerry
Annabel

Makingpeace · 01/08/2025 00:40

IggyAce · 29/07/2025 15:50

I still love my dd name Imogen Evangeline, if I’d had a second girl I liked:
Rosalie or Adeline

Love these ❤️

They were on my list, too, along with
Coralie
Cosette
Ettalie
Edith
Elodie
Margot
Matilda
Arabella
Harriet
Martha
Beatrice
Annabelle

PrincessOfPreschool · 01/08/2025 18:47

Makingpeace · 01/08/2025 00:40

Love these ❤️

They were on my list, too, along with
Coralie
Cosette
Ettalie
Edith
Elodie
Margot
Matilda
Arabella
Harriet
Martha
Beatrice
Annabelle

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My dog is Cosette! Never come across another dog or child! (I work with kids!).

Makingpeace · 01/08/2025 19:45

PrincessOfPreschool · 01/08/2025 18:47

My dog is Cosette! Never come across another dog or child! (I work with kids!).

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I have never come across one either! After 10yrs working in education, I think that's why I like it 🤣

stample · 01/08/2025 20:05

Elizabeth
francesca
elsie
madeline
coral

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 23:22

Makingpeace · 01/08/2025 00:40

Love these ❤️

They were on my list, too, along with
Coralie
Cosette
Ettalie
Edith
Elodie
Margot
Matilda
Arabella
Harriet
Martha
Beatrice
Annabelle

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Yes, I like many of these too. I like Harriette, Henrietta, Beatrice, Annabelle, Arabella, Alice, Evangeline and Elizabeth.

RosesAndHellebores · 02/08/2025 23:30

27 years ago our short list was:

Imogen
Isabel
Alice

Now I think it would be:

Anna
Louisa
Eliza

(Eliza would have been in the frame 27 years ago tbf but bf had just used it)

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 23:33

RosesAndHellebores · 02/08/2025 23:30

27 years ago our short list was:

Imogen
Isabel
Alice

Now I think it would be:

Anna
Louisa
Eliza

(Eliza would have been in the frame 27 years ago tbf but bf had just used it)

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Yes, I like Eliza too.

Though I tend to like a long name that shortens, so Elizabeth to Eliza.

48mumof6 · 02/08/2025 23:40

I have an Emily and an Imogen. I also like Mary, Alice, Florence, Violet, Clementine and Brontë

Makingpeace · 03/08/2025 00:33

Calliopespa · 02/08/2025 23:22

Yes, I like many of these too. I like Harriette, Henrietta, Beatrice, Annabelle, Arabella, Alice, Evangeline and Elizabeth.

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Ahh yes I forgot to add Arietty which was also on our list 😍 we had Henrietta too!

ByLimeAnt · 03/08/2025 00:55

Steran
Philippa (nn Pippa)
Hero
Loveday (yeah yeah, I've heard of the TV show Lovejoy, never seen it, not interested and it's a beautiful old Cornish name)
Clemenza

EnterNowhere · 03/08/2025 13:14

At the moment I like Elodie, Iris, Mabel, Ayda, Indie, Romy, Nova.