Massively struggling to pick a girl's name!

[goldenlabby]

My husband and I have very different taste in names, and are really butting heads over what to name our daughter. We also have a long and unusual surname to consider.

Here is the full list, some are his favourites and some are mine so I'm keen to get some unbiased responses to them.

Daphne
Octavia
Tamara
Celine
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh)
Dorothy
Vera
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie)
Catherine (Kitty)
Clara
Tabitha
Margaret (Maggie)
Penelope
Maud

We are really struggling and as such have gone a bit off-piste in a desperate attempt to find something we can agree on.

Thanks in advance.

I like these names, especially Maud.
Clara
Tabitha
Penelope
Maud

Helena pronounced Helen a

The names I like on your list are Clara and Beatrix. Here are my fav girl names ones in case any are to your liking too.

Ivy
Eden
Quinn
Luna

Helen or Helen-a is beautiful.
not sure about hel-ee-na

I’m going to be cheeky and suggest names that seem like your list but aren’t your list.. and hope perhaps it assists a bit:
Clara - Cara, Cora, Dora, Clarissa (ps love Clara!)
Tamara/Tabitha (which seem similar to me) - Tess/Tessa, Talulah
Helena - Helene, Helen, Henrietta
Maud (I love it) - Mari, Maureen, Marianne, Maryam (Marry-am)
Margaret - I don’t love Maggie or Mags but it calls to mind those lovely old name like Margot).

Wild card suggestions- Lisette, Julia, Audrey, Felicity, Marigold, Caliope (NN Callie), Amrit, Josephine, Josette, Bernice, Betty, Jess/ica)

I like Maud and especially Maudie when she is little. Or how about Maisie or Grace but Gracie as a baby. Can you tell I like names with ie esp as a baby.

I like Beatrix, Clara & Penelope. I quite like Maggie but not Margaret.

Beatrix (Bea not Trixie)
Kitty
Penelope
Maggie

Have you thought of:

Nancy, Lydia, Esme, Hester, Frances

Daphne - not my taste but ok
Octavia - not keen
Tamara - not keen
Celine - not keen - prefer suggestions of Selena, Celeste or I like Sylvie
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) - OK
Dorothy - love
Vera - really like actually
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - prefer Beatrice
Catherine (Kitty) - prefer Katherine, like Kitty
Clara - ok
Tabitha - love
Margaret (Maggie) - I am a Thatcher's child so still can't bear. Like Peggy as nickname for Margaret.
Penelope - ok
Maud - OK but prefer Martha (where I live lots of little girls called Maud or Martha)

My favourites are Tabitha or Dorothy. Also going to suggest Constance which I love.

Maud is my favourite with Maudie as a nickname or just go for Maudie as a name .
What about Maeva or Martha ( Mattie for short)

Tabitha

Daphne- nice
Octavia -Skoda and just feels contrived
Tamara -ok
Celine - nice
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) -nice but dull, I know too many Helen/Helenas
Dorothy - I’m not keen
Vera - no
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - nice
Catherine (Kitty) -like Catherine, kitty is ok
Clara- lovely
Tabitha -ok
Margaret (Maggie) like Maggie
Penelope -love this
Maud- not keen. What about Maeve?

Vast majority of people will say Helen-uh

Love them all except Dorothy, Vera and Maud.

Clara

What about Elena (pronounced Ellen-na) i knew someone with this name snd its beautiful

#Daphne - Du Maurier/Frasier/Scooby doo (Feels dated)
Octavia - Jilly Cooper
Tamara - I quite like this
Celine - Dion
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) - not that pronunciation
#Dorothy - kids from Fame/ hate Dot/Dotty
#Vera - Feels dated
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - I quite like this
Catherine (Kitty) - I quite like this
Clara - okay
Tabitha - cat's name
Margaret (Maggie) - okay if you can get past Thatcher. Prefer Marianne
Penelope - Pitstop/pig
#Maud - Feels dated

From pp, I like Martha.
I also like Nancy.
I like both Tamsin and Tasmin.
Greta
Verity
Vita

Martha is really nice. I also like Lydia, both sound like cool women in NYC in the 1970's.

I like
Daphne
Celine
Catherine (Kitty)
Clara
Maud

I have a girl called Mackenzie (Kenzie for short) who massively suits her name! Couldn’t imagine her being called anything else.
My other options were Hannah or Alexandra (the latter not going well with surname). I’ve also since decided I like Martha and Elise

Daphne - too close to daphnia (water flea)
Octavia - car
Tamara - ok
Celine - medication
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) -really like
Dorothy - ok
Vera - ok
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - really like
Catherine (Kitty) - Catherine like, kitty awful
Clara- really like
Tabitha - a cat or a watch's name
Margaret (Maggie) - ok
Penelope - thunderbirds
Maud - really dowdy

Daphne - No
Octavia - Skoda car
Tamara - See ya Tamara!
Celine - Naff, like you’re copying the designer bags
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) - Too like Helen and bit dated.
Dorothy - Awful
Vera - truly truly awful
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - Not keen.
Catherine (Kitty) - Boring
Clara - Love
Tabitha - Love
Margaret (Maggie) - Dreadful
Penelope - Nice but I hate Penny
Maud - Fucking awful.

Daphne - ok
Octavia - too “much” for me as a full name, and I don’t like the nn options
Tamara - ok, Tammy is a bit dated but she could go by Mara, which I like
Celine - a bit dated, she’ll get sick of being sung Celine Dion songs
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) - nice but pronunciation variations put me off, never heard it said this way
Dorothy - quite nice, I like Dory but not Dot / Dotty
Vera - no, too frumpy / old fashioned
Beatrix (Bea or Trixie) - prefer Beatrice, I like Bea
Catherine (Kitty) - nice
Clara - love this - if I had another dd this would be on my list
Tabitha - like, but dislike Tabby
Margaret (Maggie) - nice
Penelope - love, and love Penny / Nell / Polly / Poppy nn options
Maud - no, very frumpy to me - almost comically so

I would pick Clara, Penelope, Margaret (Maggie) or Katherine (Kitty).

We have a long and unusual surname.

I love your list but because of our surname we stuck to really simply names with no spelling/pronunciation variances:

Emma
Anna
Alice
Rose
Poppy

If you like Maud, might you both like Marnie?

Celine - lovely name
Helena (Hel-ee-nuh) - also a nice name
Dorothy - NN Dot or Dotty would be cute as a child
Beatrix (Bea) - lovely name, but not Trixie
Catherine (Kitty) - great name
Clara - nice
Tabitha - lovely
Penelope - nice
Maud - think this might actually be pretty cool! I can imagine a cute toddler Maud, and a young women called Maud