No Holds Barred

[danascully96]

Please give me your unfiltered thoughts on some or all of the names! Other name recommendations also welcomed.

Juliet or Julia

Charlotte

Violet

Bridget

Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake)

Caroline (“line” pronunciation)

Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)

Felicity

Margot “Maggie”

Tessa “Tess”

Elizabeth “Eliza”

Louisa

May

June

Grace

Serena

Elise

Susannah

Pippa

Natalie or Natalia

Flora

Dahlia

Heidi

I love Natalie. My favourite girls name. Elizabeth too in its entirety. Louisa is nice.
None of the others.
Tessa, Flora, Pippa, Maggie, Bridget, Georgia particularly bad.

Juliet, Elise, Flora or Serena are my favourites there.

I love Georgia and the meaning too

I love all the names on your smaller list especially Juliet , Louisa and Caroline
i think if you call your dd Madeline she will constantly be correcting the pronunciation. Might be different in the US.

Juliet or Julia- I prefer Julia to Juliet, can’t explain why.
Charlotte - lovely, timeless name. One of my favourite names from your list. I would choose this.
Violet- ok, a bit of its time. I think it will date. That might not bother you though.
Bridget- don’t know anyone under the age of 50 with this name.
Georgia (honor name for my grandma; full name would be Georgia Blake in honor of her brother who she lost in WW2 — George Blake) - I like Georgia, not sure about Blake for a girl, it’s a boys name to me.
Caroline (“line” pronunciation)- quite like this.
Madeline (“line” pronunciation like the books)- like this.

Felicity- great name.
Margot “Maggie”- ok
Tessa “Tess”- not keen.
Elizabeth “Eliza”- like.
Louisa- really like this. I would possibly use Charlotte Louisa from your choices.
May- no, very common.
June- no. Old ladies name and only to be used if born in the month of June.
Grace- no, overused.
Serena- not my favourite. Not sure why.
Elise- no sounds too much of a nickname.
Susannah- due a comeback I think.
Pippa- hmmmm reminds me of a brown haired girl, very thin and willowy. Long messy hair and arty.
Natalie or Natalia- don’t like Natalie. Natalia is better.
Flora- I image a woman living alone in a cottage in the woods. She is very arty.
Dahlia - why, why, why Delilah.
Heidi- no. Not unless she lives on a mountain in the Swiss alps.

Sorry I read Dahlia as Delilah!
Don’t like Dahlia. It’s pronounced Day-Lee-ah as in the flower. Yet I’ve heard people mispronounce it as a name.

Eliza and Louisa are my favourites

Agree it might not be as popular there.

But how can you say Lottie doesn't sound like Clotty? But for the c, which is swift and subtle, it's pronounced exactly the same.

@Calliopespa , because it would never have crossed my mind, and the C in clotty is strong. I do think clot, clumsy, clown, clod etc with names like Clara and Chloe.

You see I don't think that at all with Clara.

It must be like faces and saying who children take after: some people notice hair colouring most, others face shape, others eyes or expressions.

I very much notice the "rhyming ends" of words and the "C" sounds barely there for me - certainly not enough to morph Clara into clotty.

I notice up North people pronounce an initial C with more force. Maybe you are up North?

Definitely not up north. I don't like Clara, Chloe, or Clementine because they make me think claggy and clammy.

Yes I definitely am with you on Clemmie sounding a bit Clammy. It also makes me think of Phlegmy - but that's my rhyming ending thing again!

I do quite like the name Clemency for all of that.

Well, I just love names that make me think of the Secret Life of Bees. My grandma had a deep Georgian accent that made everything sound grand and romantic.

Names that could fit in Bridgerton/Fried Green Tomatoes/Little House On the Prairie/Anne of Green Gables — those are my kind of names 🤣

Also, Caroline, Louisa, and Charlotte are less obvious place names to me compared to Georgia. Charlotte’s just one city v. a whole state!

Caroline is the very heart of Little House of the Prairie - the same as any family.

I think it's lovely to embrace your heritage like that OP.

Bridget or Juliet, if you’re looking for something uncommon. I really like Felicity.

I'm not keen on Dahlia , Bridget or Susannah.

Juliet or Julia - Love Juliet. Julia is okay. No idea why I like one so much more.
Charlotte - Love. One of my abslute favourites. All Charlottes always seem to be such lovely people too.
Violet - It's ok. Sunds too much like violent to me.
Bridget - never come across a child called Bridget. Would be unusual. Biddy and Bridie are cute nicknames.
Georgia - Quite like it. Lovely story. But I think you really have to love an honour name to make it a first name rather than a middle. If you do, go for it.
Caroline - seems dated to me but don't dislike it.
Madeline - like it but think everyone will say Made-lynn not line. I prefer Lynn.
Felicity - Love it.
Margot “Maggie” - not keen on Margot and really dislike Maggie. Ugly sound to my ears.
Tessa “Tess” - Quite like Tessa. Not so much Tess which seems too short.
Elizabeth “Eliza” - ambivalent. Timeless, elegant name but I don't particularly like it.
Louisa - not keen but nothing against it.
May - bit nothingy. Pretty but seems like a middle name.
June - not keen. Quite old ladyish.
Grace - really like it, even though I know it's also more often a middle name. I would worry that the child wouldn't be graceful though.
Serena - Quite like it.
Elise - Quite like it. Elegant. Sounds a bit European.
Susannah - Really like it. Unusual for a child
Pippa - Really like it but would go with Philippa on the birth certificate.
Natalie or Natalia - Love Natalie (dated but I still like it). Natalia is quite nice too.
Flora - not keen. Margerine. Florence is nice.
Dahlia - not keen.
Heidi - Like it.

My top 3:

1. Charlotte
2. Juliet
3. Felicity or Natalie, I can't choose.