Daphne, Pearl or Seraphine?

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I don't think of Daphne as being a gorgeous name, quite the opposite actually.

How about:

Elodie
Delphia/ Delphine
Iris
Ivy
Cecily
Lucia
Valentina (although v different style to Violet)
Penelope
Eleanora
Blythe
Dorothy/ Dorothea
Genevera

I love all of these and we seem to have (fairly) similar taste.

No, no and no.

Vanilla - we ALL make a statement/expression about ourselves when we name our children. Even if we call them Sarah, Jonathan, Matthew or Laura. It just says a different thing about us, that's all! If you name your children something ordinary, safe and unoriginal it just tells the world that you are ordinary safe and unoriginal.

Does Seraphine sound brash, brassy and common or elegant and sophisticated?

I think Seraphine sounds pretty and unusual.

Daphne and Pearl are very cool

Daphne - Scooby Doo

Pearl = Old Lady

Seraphine = Old lady under the sea

I think Seraphine is pretty and elegant - think I prefer Serena, or Evangeline though. I think Daphne and Pearl are very cool, but the trouble with cool is it can easily turn into over-popular/common. I vaguely know a girl called Daphne who is about 15 now - how smug/uber-cool do you think her parents feel?!