My 'short' list - girls

[tambourineflimsy]

Boys to follow. Dp is slowly working his way through the books for his contributions.

Posy
Stella
Poppy
Charlotte
Ida
Abigail
Cora
Verity
Agnes
Lucinda
Tilly
Madison
Ava
Clara
Helen
Olivia
Lucy
Lorna
Ella
Dulcie
Juliet
Lauren
Ruby

[LaDiDaDi]

Ida
Verity
Clara
Lorna
Juliet

would be my shorter shortlist iyswim.

I really regret not going with Clara for dd, so that's my favourite but I do really like the others.

[janeiteisFedUp]

Posy - I like this a lot. I wanted dd2 to be it but dp totally anti!
Stella - hate it but not sure why
Poppy - nice enough
Charlotte - gorgeous
Ida - not fond / sounds quite hard
Abigail -ok
Cora - don't like
Verity - love it
Agnes - not fond
Lucinda - ok
Tilly -no
Madison - hate this
Ava -ok
Clara -ok
Helen - v nice indeed
Olivia - like
Lucy - but dull
Lorna -ok
Ella - not fond
Dulcie -ok
Juliet - lovely
Lauren - no
Ruby - no (nothing wrong with it though)

[yama]

Ooh, didn't see Juliet - I like that too.

[plonker]

Posy - ?
Stella - cute
Poppy - ok, but a little too sweet
Charlotte - lovely. classic.
Ida - old lady chic gone too far
Abigail - like nn abi but not keen on the 'gail' part
Cora - fabulous
Verity - dislike
Agnes - see Ida
Lucinda - too frilly
Tilly - cute
Madison - too american
Ava - too 'now' (Ava, Eva, Eve, Evie etc)
Clara - beautiful
Helen - too 70's
Olivia - lovely
Lucy - beautiful - my favourite
Lorna - harsh
Ella - pretty. popular.
Dulcie - too try-hard
Juliet - gorgeous
Lauren - forever blighted for me by Catherine Tate
Ruby - too now. very very popular.

My favourites are
Lucy, Cora, Clara and Juliet

[Wanderingsheep]

Posy - Not sure
Stella - would always remind me of beer
Poppy - cute
Charlotte - love this name. Possibility for our hypothetical DD2
Ida - Ok
Abigail - not too keen, although I like Abby.
Cora - Pretty
Verity - ugh, no.
Agnes - no
Lucinda - no
Tilly - like
Madison - don't mind and I know it is commonly used for girls but in my babies name book it was down as a boys name meaning 'son of Maude,' which put me off it a little.
Ava - pretty but very popular, however I always say that names are popular for a reason.
Clara - nice
Helen - no
Olivia - no
Lucy - love Lucy. Classic and pretty name!
Lorna - ok
Ella - really love Ella. It was my Grandma's name and I think it's so pretty!
Dulcie - ok
Juliet - nice
Lauren - ok but reminds me of Catherine Tate.
Ruby - Lovely!

[AllieW]

Gosh, you weren't kidding about it not being overly short, were you!!

Anyhow, my tuppence worth is as follows:

Posy: Don't like. It makes me think of the Flumps.
Stella: Don't like. Too harsh plus there's the lager connoitation.
Poppy: Too twee. Not keen.
Charlotte: Love.
Ida: OK. For some reason it reminds me of Edith Wharton novels though.
Abigail: Love.
Cora: Not keen. Makes me think of apple corers.
Verity: Love.
Agnes: Don't like at all, although the French/Latin pronunciation is an improvement.
Lucinda: Sounds too much like cinder.
Tilly: Ok as a nn for Matilda but I'm not keen on either of them really.
Madison: I'm afraid I can't abide this name.
Ava: Love.
Clara: Lovely if pronounced Clare+a as they do in Yorkshire. Clah + ra is not so pleasant.
Helen: Ok. Tend to prefer Ellen, Eleanor or Helena.
Olivia: Too ubiquitous.
Lucy: Not keen. Sounds too little girly to me, even though I know plenty of adults with the name.
Lorna: Not keen. Reminds me of forlorn and lovelorn. Plus Lorna Doone is a bit tragic, really.
Ella: Pretty but ubiquitous.
Dulcie: Love.
Juliet: Prefer Juliette, but this is ok.
Lauren: Love. Also like Laurel.
Ruby: Quite like.

[LaRagazzaInglese]

Juliet, Clara, Dulcie
Do you like Topsy? or Darcy?
I love Posy but wouldn't use it myself

[KAEKAE]

I love Poppy! I named my baby this in Nov, I get loads of compliments, BUT it is fast becoming popular...I have heard it a fair bit since naming my DD this....I also LOVE Ava and this is Poppy's middle name...I wished I had kept it back for any future daughters I might have, but yet again this name is so popular now.

I LOVE Ruby too, it was a name on my short list.