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Eliza, Georgina, Nancy, nothing feels quite right

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LittleGwyneth · 05/08/2025 20:02

I'm trying to name my second daughter and nothing seems to be quite right. Current front runners are Eliza, Georgina and Nancy but I worry they're not quite 'special' enough (that's probably not the perfect way to phrase it). I met someone the other day whose daughters were Vesper and Daphne and I thought they just had a bit more magic about them, but then it feels a bit dicey to chose an unusual, romantic name for a child who might be a solid and sensible type. Has anyone got any ideas? I also love Cecily, Margot and Phoebe but can't use them for various reasons.

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minipie · 05/08/2025 21:50

Ariadne
Juno
Eleri
Sylvie
Stella
Vivian
Eveline
Dittany
Bryony
Livia
Phaedra
Dulcie
Marnie
Nell
Constance
Elfrida

Ikeameatballs · 05/08/2025 22:06

Love your choices and some great suggestions on the thread.

Ianthe
Felicity
Persephone
Primrose
Delilah
Cora
Noelle
Anouk
Kitty

Dstoat · 05/08/2025 22:08

Hestia
Evangeline
Elizabeth (Eliza, Betsy, Liz, El, Ellie, Beth - you can’t lose)

Failingatadulting · 05/08/2025 22:09

Clara

Birdybirdywoofwooff · 05/08/2025 22:18

Thea?

Wigtopia · 05/08/2025 22:19

Verity

Mumofgirls2017 · 05/08/2025 22:24

Love Eliza and Nancy. Other suggestions

dorothy
flora
aurelia
esther
matilda
elodie
beatrix
zelda
nora
penelope
mabel
helena
juliet
aurora
juniper
olive
Annabelle
rosalie

MaryGreenhill · 05/08/2025 22:43

Dolly short for Dorothy

wizzler · 05/08/2025 22:45

Lydia
matilda
zinnia
jessica
miranda

MaryGreenhill · 05/08/2025 22:46

Maeve

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/08/2025 22:46

Persephone
Elouise
Lucia
Zennor
Tuesday
Theda

RiaOverTheRainbow · 05/08/2025 22:46

Lyra
Megan
Stephanie
Marianne
Martha
Astrid
Fiona
Ivy
Zara
Etta

SaulHudsonDavidJones · 05/08/2025 22:54

Love Margot, shame you can’t use it. Bea? Pia? Cora?

PermanentTemporary · 05/08/2025 23:05

Verity
Candida (adore this but it would be brave to use it)
Persephone

RabbitFurCoat · 05/08/2025 23:16

I met an absolute will o the wisp called Aphra once. Always loved it since.

RabbitFurCoat · 05/08/2025 23:19

I like Thaddea too.

If you get chance have a stroll around a graveyard. There's an Alethea buried in my local one, and a Hedley (which is a man, he was a soldier - but there's Hadley, which is a great women's name). There's also an Adolph, who died before either of the world wars. It always gives me pause when I think he had no idea what his name would come to represent... Obviously not suggesting that one. They are great places to find beautiful names.

BoleynMemories13 · 06/08/2025 07:16

Your front runners list is so much nicer than Vesper and Daphne! Especially Eliza, that's my favourite.

NegroniMacaroni · 06/08/2025 07:33

Cassie
Nico
Frankie
Sally

Slippersandrum · 06/08/2025 07:40

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Ikeameatballs · 06/08/2025 08:53

Paloma
Angelica
Polly
Francine

user1469770863 · 06/08/2025 08:55

violet

NarnianQueen · 06/08/2025 09:22

Celeste
Audrey
Christiana
Evangeline
Liberty

greglet · 06/08/2025 09:44

What about Dulcie?

MaryGreenhill · 06/08/2025 09:51

Navara

user1492757084 · 06/08/2025 10:30

I like Nancy and Georgina.

Edwina
Rowena
Clancy
Leonor
Celia
Lola
Honora