Girls names opinions

[Firebird83]

Opinions on these girls names? DD1 is Elisabeth

Helena
Katherine
Louisa
Eleanor
Susanna (or Susannah)
Esther
Miriam
Caroline
Joanna

Any other suggestions welcome :)

If it helps at all with the posters saying Helena would get shortened to Elle/Ellie etc, there’s a Helena in my family (adult) and not once has anybody attempted to shorten it, she’s always just been Helena. She gets quite a few compliments on her name too!

@MadamPomfrey , that's one instance. Names tend to get shortened and you have no control if the individual decides to use a diminutive.
I know three Helenas - a Helen-a known as Hella, and a Heleena known as Lena, and another Heleena not shortened. The pronunciation is regional.

Katherine, Susanna, Miriam, Caroline, Joanna - super dated
Louisa, Helena - dated
Esther, Eleanor - the best of the bunch

I'm not a fan of dated names at all as I've got one. I was born in the 80's but my name peaked in the 50's. It's not cute at school being a Caroline when all your friends are called Olivia, Amelia, Poppy and Ivy. I actually got teased because of it.

If you're a fan of more traditional names, have you thought about Charlotte, Phoebe, Isabelle?

I have a little Louisa ‘Lou’ aged 7 and hope it’s not dated! 😫I kind of see it as classic/Jane Austen esque as it’s never been tied to one decade. Same for Helena. I would consider Caroline, Joanna and Katherine (although, Kitty?) somewhat dated but the others are lovely!

Thanks! I like Josephine

I like Maria and Flora, thanks!

Thanks, I like Alice and Freda.

I like Isabel (prefer Isobel)

Thanks, I like Josephine and Mary

Helena - Pretty
Katherine - nice traditional name but meh
Louisa - prefer Eloise
Eleanor - awful sorry
Susanna (or Susannah) - nice and like Suzie
Esther - lovely
Miriam - okay
Caroline - awful sorry, might get called Carol
Joanna - old fashioned, Jolie/Joni instead?

Thanks! I thought they were more classic rather than dated. I see what you mean though. Not keen on Charlotte or Phoebe but Isabelle is ok. I wouldn’t use it with Elisabeth though.

All are lovely except Joanna. I'd avoid Esther and Eleanor purely because of the same initial.

I'd have a very hard time picking one from the rest of the list. Maybe it would boil down to Katherine or Louisa for me.

Your child will not thank you for calling her Josephine or Mary. There are lots of classic names which aren’t so dowdy. You seem to like strong names though so -

Beatrice
Alexandra
Ingrid
Anna
Matilda
Bridget
Adeline
Rosalind
Frida
Vivian

Nice names! You don’t get many little girls given these names

like all but I’d avoid another E. Susanna(h) nn Susie, would be my choice

They're ALL nice names. If forced at gunpoint to pick just one, I'd choose Joanna.

But honestly - all really good.

It’s a beautiful list. Susannah would be my top choice. I also love Miriam
and Louisa. Marianne would be another suggestion.

Marianne is much prettier than Miriam.

Me too! Not a bad name on the list.

Favourite is probably Joanna.

All lovely names OP.
Joanna is a name I haven’t heard on a child for years, it’s so nice. I really like all those names which rarely happens, but possibly like Esther, Joanna and Miriam best of all. They are all classics and work well with Elisabeth, they have the same ‘feel’.

Good list

Helena - ok
Katherine - not keen
Louisa - love, or Elouise
Eleanor - live
Susanna (or Susannah) - prefer with H, love
Esther - no
Miriam - not sure, could grow on me
Caroline - ok
Joanna - no sure

Suggestions:
Christina
Hannah
Harriet
Gemma
Georgia
Delilah
Daphne
Rebecca
Tamsin

The names on your list are very definitely more classic than dated, apart from Joanna.

Isobel (and all its variants) is a version of Elizabeth that comes to us via Spain.

Both gorgeous and would 'fit' very well with Elizabeth.

Katherine

Susannah if you’re intentionally being biblical.

Some people have called at least one of the names "old fashioned" or "dated". I need to know when names become "old fashioned" and when they become acceptable again - surely it's when people use them to name their children, isn't it?

I say this because I see names like Ivy, Elsie, Daphne, Ruby, etc used - these were, when I was a child, the names of very old ladies!