Comments on: GIRLY BABY NAMES

By: merryjulie

merryjulie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:34:20 +0000

well my mom is pregnat we dont know if its a girl or a bo but am so excited that am helping my mom in websites to find the perfect name for my babby bro. or sis.

By: littlemissdotty

littlemissdotty — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:29:04 +0000

It’s lovely to see my name (Cressida) on the list in this blog post. Even here in Britain, the name is still criminally underused, although it’s still heard more than it is in the US. I was born 27 years ago, and I can’t believe that in that time, still so few parents have caught on!

By: Pamela Satran

Pamela Satran — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:57:19 +0000

great idea and would make a good blog post. How about Victoria/Tori?

By: Tori

Tori — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:19:41 +0000

I love the idea of girly names with tomboy nicknames! Here are some of my faves

Ariana > Rian (like Ryan)

Anastasia > Ana, Stacy

Madison > Sonny

Camille/Camilla > Cam

Samantha > Sam

Amelie/Amelia > Mia (still kinda girly)

By: Clare

Clare — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:22:36 +0000

I see Octavia crops up a couple of times on girly-girls name lists. My second daughter is Octavia (nn Octi) and out of all three of my girls she is the tom-boy dressing herself in blue and wanting to be a pirate, knight, Sportacus etc etc. Therefore I don’t really regard it as girly (and never have done). I think that the personallity of the child will shine through and if they really can’t stand their name in future years, they’ll be the first to change it, so Seraphina the tomboy could always become Sara, Raph or even Phina!

By: Tirzah

Tirzah — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:06:37 +0000

Bennifer’s girls should have been Violetta and Seraphina to really match.

The problem with ultra girly-girl names in my opinion is that it evokes a dolled up version of a girl rather than a natural beauty. It’s the girl who spends forever on her hair, make-up and clothing and maybe is just a little bit full of herself. Violetta is at the opera with a full length gown and an up-do; Violet is out in the meadow picking flowers.

By: Tirzah

Tirzah — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:03:13 +0000

Bennifer’s girls should have been Violetta and Seraphina to really match.

Regarding matching a personality to a name, I do think it’s a little risky picking an ultra girly-girl name. In the general population of grown women, there really aren’t that many really girly-girls. As you said in your post, they grow out of that phase rather quickly. Hence, you may be setting yourself up for some cognative dissonance (as in the Harry Potter example above). It’s not as bad as names like Princess and Treasure (did you see the woman named Treasure on The Bachelor?), which are perennial little girl names, but it leans that direction.

By: Penelope

Penelope — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:21:33 +0000

Congratulations to Carlie and Beth for their awesome guesswork.

I am another who likes girly names that can be shorten to a fun, boyish nn.

Thanks Eva and Paige, those names are great!!! I should just pick one from there and be done with it.

By: pam

pam — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:02:03 +0000

LOVE this idea of the feminine names with the tomboy nicknames. Great idea for a future blog post! Thanks. And thanks everyone for all these wonderful and very extensive lists!

By: rachelmarie

rachelmarie — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:13:27 +0000

From your list, Aurora is my favorite. It’s on my favorites right now. Plus, Rory-your daughter’s name-is a great nickname for it. I love both names so much.
Annabel (as opposed to Annabella) is a gorgeous name to me, I also love Annalee, because I love the nickname Annie.

To me, I like girl’s names that have a unisex nickname, or a boy’s name for a girl that has a girl nickname.
Examples from my favorites:
Alexandra – Alex
Samantha – Sam
Elliott – Ellie, Ella
Aurora – Rory
Willow – Will

I also wondered about what you said, not wanting to give a girl a too-feminine name, just incase she became the complete opposite. But, they will become who they want.
Other girly names I’ve grown to love:
Amelia, Leah, Eliza, Delilah, Deliah, and Cora.
Not so girly names I love:
Remy, Rory, Elliot, Kennedy, Delaney, and Sawyer