Please post your girls shortlist (current/past/potential) for inspiration?

[sedgiebaby]

Would you be kind enough to share your shortlist for girl's names please?

Whether it is a current one or an old one or a 'if I ever one day have a little girl' list because I'm struggling to come up with a list of my own and time is going on.

Lists from all language/ethnic groups are really welcome.

I'm hoping that pooling ideas will help me and others - this is not for critiquing, just for inspiring!

As soon as I can tidy up my scruffy WordPad list I will post what I have. Thanks in advance

Verity
Anna
Una
Penelope/Penny
Thea
Alathea
Althea
Eve
Helen
Ellen
Kate
Annie
Ottilie
A nabel

Margaret
Mabel
Zoe
Esther
Edith
Henrietta
Sophie
Lucy
Linnea

Arya (both DP & my fave)
Alice (will be baby's MN if a girl)
Arden (I love, DP likes)
Arwen (I love DP really likes)
Auden (hot on the tail of Arya, fave for both)
Isla (was our original choice when we first got together)
Iris (DP loves, I am coming round)

Any girl we ever have will need a name that works or can be pronounced in both English and Spanish

Isabel (the fave)
Sophia
Amalia
Alicia
Elena
Luisa
Sara (not sure, DH likes it)
Eloisa
Soraya (quite like it, DH doesn't)
Inés (Dh doesn't like it)

Pipoca, I know a lovely spanish girl called Elena and said so nicely and easily in English too, I also like Soraya I know a lovely English girl named so, and again easily said. Eloisa is great it is only the popularity of Isabel that makes me think twice, both here and the USA, DH really loves it. Thanks for posting - a great list!

Starberries; great list too I love Arden and Arya

LuluF, why not tell your friend exactly that? Then you can have a laugh about it together and maybe then use it no probs?

Romily (yes, you can spell it with one 'l')
Sabella
Fiorella
Roisin
Safira
Serafina

If you like Velma and Thelma, you might like Selma! Or even Wilma. I like Wanda too. Names I'd love to use and never will Agata, Rivka and Marigold.

Ava
Belle/Bella
Coco
Calliope
Hero
Isadora
Phoebe
Lola
Sadie
Willow

favourite combinations:

Isadora Hero
Ava Willow
Phoebe Belle
Hero Lola
Coco Lola
Bella Isadora
Isadora Belle
Calliope Hero
Sadie Ava Belle
Lola Willow

shortlist was
harriet
alice
sophie
annabel

shorlist now would be
florence
nina
carys
iris

I just found this list for French names online, there are some lovely ones (DH is french speaking so I'm after something frenglish) hope it might be helpful to others, warning it is really long:

1. Marie
2. Jeanne
3. Marguerite
4. Germaine
5. Louise
6. Yvonne
7. Madeleine
8. Suzanne
9. Marthe

10. Marcelle 11. Maria 12. Anne 13. Josephine 14. Eugenie 15. Berthe 16. Henriette 17. Alice 18. Helene 19. Lucie 20. Georgette 21. Lucienne 22. Renee 23. Juliette 24. Gabrielle 25. Anna 26. Fernande 27. Augustine 28. Angele 29. Therese 30. Catherine 31. Rose 32. Blanche 33. Andree 34. Leonie 35. Antoinette 36. Francoise 37. Elise 38. Pauline 39. Cecile 40. Raymonde 41. Emilie 42. Mathilde 43. Leontine 44. Charlotte 45. Marie-louise 46. Julie 47. Adrienne 48. Denise 49. Claire 50. Emilienne 51. Lea 52. Elisabeth 53. Genevieve 54. Julienne 55. Albertine 56. Simonne 57. Julia 58. Amelie 59. Victorine 60. Emma 61. Camille 62. Rosalie 63. Valentine 64. Aline 65. Ernestine 66. Adele 67. Odette 68. Clemence 69. Alphonsine 70. Irene 71. Melanie 72. Reine 73. Olga 74. Aimee 75. Simone 76. Clementine 77. Paule 78. Augusta 79. Celine 80. Philomene 81. Isabelle 82. Elisa 83. Francine 84. Clotilde 85. Laure 86. Caroline 87. Felicie 88. Agnes 89. Irma 90. Alexandrine 91. Rachel 92. Virginie 93. Celestine 94. Andrea 95. Rosa 96. Sophie 97. Claudine 98. Laurence 99. Hortense 100. Eva 101. Marie-therese 102. Solange 103. Leone 104. Justine 105. Gilberte 106. Victoria 107. Magdeleine 108. Claudia 109. Anais 110. Noemie 111. Ida 112. Noelie 113. Marcelline 114. Annette 115. Adeline 116. Antonia 117. Bernadette 118. Celina 119. Octavie 120. Aurelie 121. Constance 122. Desiree 123. Victoire 124. Eleonore 125. Delphine 126. Marceline 127. Adelaide 128. Armandine 129. Paulette 130. Sidonie 131. Angeline 132. Lydie 133. Armande 134. Louisa 135. Estelle 136. Marie-jeanne 137. Zelie 138. Baptistine 139. Rosine 140. Emelie 141. Esther 142. Nelly 143. Valerie 144. Carmen 145. Angelina 146. Edith 147. Christine 148. Fanny 149. Honorine 150. Mariette 151. Emilia 152. Florentine 153. Pierrette 154. Eulalie 155. Nathalie 156. Zoe 157. Marianne 158. Stephanie 159. Felicite 160. Sylvie 161. Heloise 162. Odile 163. Lina 164. Angelique 165. Flore 166. Georgina 167. Rolande 168. Agathe 169. Barbe 170. Antonine 171. Anne-marie 172. Benoite 173. Marie-antoinette 174. Florence 175. Lucile 176. Regina 177. Adolphine 178. Clarisse 179. Euphrasie 180. France 181. Etiennette 182. Anastasie 183. Clara 184. Marie-rose 185. Mireille 186. Alix 187. Eglantine 188. Palmyre 189. Elodie 190. Gisele 191. Lucia 192. Eliane 193. Gertrude 194. Melina 195. Zelia 196. Veronique 197. Alida 198. Martine 199. Celeste 200. Yvette

My girls lists were the following (all with the middle name Jayne)

Phoebe
Hiedi
Delilah
Alice

Shortlist for DD was:

Devon
Keeley
Reece (DP's middle name)
Brooklyn
Leah (my middle name)
Amber
Esme

We went with Holly ..

This time around, we like

Ariana
Esme
Amber
Leah

sedgiebaby great list! Lenais is beautiful what does it mean?

My current girls list is:

Marianne
Christina
Elissa

Amelia
Beatrix
Corrin
Catlin
Karrina
Elaina

Hello laRagazza my french is not what it was and DH is not here but quick online search on french websites suggests: Léna, Anaëlle, Lénaëlle, Lénaïs
Are all derived from Helene

sedgiebaby I've copied your list into Italian, well, the ones I know, and left out the ones that are the same in Italian or that I don't know:

Marie Maria
Jeanne Giovanna
Marguerite Margherita
Germaine Germana
Yvonne Ivana
Madeleine Maddalena
Suzanne Susanna
Marthe Marta
Marcelle Marcella (Mar-chel-la)
Anne Anna
Josephine Giuseppina
Eugenie Eugenia
Henriette Enrica
Alice Alice (alee-cheh)
Helene Elena
Lucie Lucia (Lu-chee-a)
Georgette Giorgina
Juliette Giulietta
Gabrielle Gabriella
Fernande Fernanda
Augustine Augusta
Angele Angela
Therese Teresa
Catherine Caterina
Rose Rosa
Blanche Bianca
Antoinette Antonietta
Francoise Francesca
Elise Elisa
Pauline Paola
Cecile Cecilia (che-chee-lia)
Raymonde Raimonda
Emilie Emilia
Mathilde Matilde
Charlotte Carlotta
Marie-louise Maria- Luisa (Marisa)
Julie Giulia
Adrienne Adriana
Claire Clara
Lea Lia
Elisabeth Elisabetta
Genevieve Ginevra
Julienne Giuliana
Albertine Alberta
Simonne Simona
Victorine Vittoria
Camille Camilla
Rosalie Rosalia
Valentine Valentina
Melanie Melania
Philomene Filomena
Isabelle Isabella
Laure Laura (Low-ra)
Caroline Carolina
Agnes Agnese
Alexandrine Alessandra
Virginie Virginia
Sophie Sofia
Claudine Claudia (clow-dia)
Laurence Lorena
Annette Anetta
Bernadette Benedetta
Octavie Ottavia?
Aurelie Aurelia
Constance Costanza
Eleonore Eleonora
Angeline Angelina
Lydie Lidia
Estelle Stella
Esther Ester
Valerie Valeria
Edith Edita?
Christine Cristina
Pierrette Piera
Nathalie Natalia
Marianne Marianna
Stephanie Stefania
Sylvie Silvia
Heloise Eloisa
Flore Flora
Agathe Agata
Barbe Barbara
Anne-marie Anna-Maria
Clarisse Clarissa
Anastasie Anastasia
Gisele Gisella
Eliane Ilenia
Martine Martina
Louise Luisa
Veronique Veronica

P.s this is my list:
Alba
Alys
Darcy
Elodie
Eloise
Emilia
Ffion
Freya
Juliet
Lenais
Robyn
Saffron
Saskia
Skye
Tabitha
Tegwyn
Tessa
Topsy
Zara

LOVE Topsy!

DD is Brogan Azariah, but i also loved these names

Farrah
Verity
Erin
Sheila

Orla/Orlaith (My DD )
Clodagh
Aoife
Caoimhe
Carmel

Love Aoife too, and might add Heidi, Ingrid and Greta to my list, aaargh it's getting longer!!

If I were lucky enough to have another DD I would currently go for one of:
Elodie
Constance (Connie)
Xanthe
Eden
Thea
Thalia
Mathilda
Miranda (DP's favourite but after broken promises re not using horrid nicknames for the DSs did not let him have it for DD as I was scared he would call her Randy. I do love Miranda in the Tempest though).

List keeps getting longer and it is looking increasing unlikely I will ever have a DD2, much as I would love one

mines

Miranda
Miriam
Ammerentie (Amaranth, the flower, Dutch sp Ammerentijie)
Calliope
Iolanthe
Naima (cycle 3 ANTM winner!)

DH is having none of them. Boring sod. (although Miriam was my brothers long term girlfriend, so a choice that could be offensive to his wife)

Antonia
Catherine, Cecilie, Carlotta
Erin, Eilis, Esther
Francesca
Georgina
Iris
Marguerite
Nathalie
Ruby
Violet

Florence
Francesca
Freya
Serena
Pheobe
Megan
Adriana
Clara
Alanah
Harriet
Emma
Verity
Co nstance
Georgina
Cecily