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Thread: Opinions on these girls' names?
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May 29th, 2012 01:33 PM #1
Opinions on these girls' names?
I posted another thread in the boys' forums for new boys' names I'm loving right now and thought I'd do the same for my girls' list. I'd love your opinions.
Anything with an * is a family name.
Amalia
Augusta - Love, but my stepbrother has the middle name August which he sometimes goes by. He lives in CA so we rarely see each other.
Avis
Clementine
Cordelia "Delia"
Eugenia/Eugenie - Can't decide which I like better! I pron. Eugenie as "You-GEE-nee", fwiw.
Florence* - NN Flora or Wren
Harriet - Is this going to get trendy?
June* - honors my grandmother, Judith
Laurel
Leona
Lydia
Mabel
Nola
Penelope - I love every possible NN for this, but my favorite is probably Polly.
Rose*
Stella - I worry about the popularity, though.
Vera - Pronounced VEER-uh
Virginia - NN Vira, pronounced same as above.
Winifred "Winnie"
TIA
Currently Loving:
♥ August, Henry, Dodge, Revere
♥ Mabel, Lilith, Leona, Avis, Zelda
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May 29th, 2012 01:41 PM #3
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May 29th, 2012 01:52 PM #5
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I like them all except for Avis and Nola, which both seem musty to me, but they fit with current trends so I can see their appeal. Highlights of your list for me:
Augusta (which is a sort of family name. Do you get along with your stepbrother? If so, he might think it's pretty cool that you are considering this name)
Florence
June
Lydia
Penelope
Rose (please consider using it up front, it's so pretty and often gets delegated to the middle spot - which is ok. I just think it really shines up front. Something like Rose Florence or Rose Penelope would be so unexpected and beautiful).
Winifred/"Winnie" - I got to reread Tuck Everlasting with some middle school classes so I'm on a high with this name. (Also, would be a great book to read her)."Don't try to be modern, it's the most old-fashioned thing there is," - Attilio, The Tiger and the Snow
Domenico/Dominic, Gianfranco/Gianpaolo, Giacomo, Antonio, Raphael, Calogero, Leopold, Angelo, Giorgio, Alban, Malachi, Dante, Mirek, Dario, Lionel
Katarina/Caterina, Irena, Silvia, Aniela, Delfina, Raffaella, Apollonia, Cecilia, Pasqualina, Rosalind/Rosina, Josephine, Allegra, Alba, Leokadia, Annunziata/Nunzia, Bronya, Antonella, Adrasteia, Vincenza, Althea, Eurydice, Regina
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May 29th, 2012 01:54 PM #7
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I love: Delia (but not Cordelia), Eugenia/Eugenie (love both, like the "a" ending best), June, Vera
I like: Amalia, Augusta (Aggie and Gussie are adorable vintage nicknames), Laurel, Leona, Lydia, Rose, Stella
Eh: Avis (prefer Mavis), Mabel, Nola, Penelope, Virginia, Winifred
I dislike: Clementine, Florence (but love Flora)
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May 29th, 2012 02:12 PM #9
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What an inspiring list! I love some of the old fashioned gems you are into. I hope you don't mind some name combos...
Leona Clementine
Cordelia Laurel
Lydia Winifred
Avis Augusta
Mabel Virginia
Vera Rose
Penelope Stella
Florence Amalia
Clementine Augusta
Rose Eugenia
Leona Harriet
Winifred Lydia Rose
Stella Virginia
Euginie Rose
Harriet June
Penelope Avis
Laurel Augusta
Nola Florence
Cordelia Clementine
June Avis
Lydia Mabel
I think you have a very strong intelligent feminine style & I think the nicknames you are into are different but spunky, the perfect match to a serious name.
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May 29th, 2012 02:30 PM #11
Amalia - Like it.
Augusta - NMS.
Avis - Reminds me of the car rental place.
Clementine - Hate, sorry.
Cordelia "Delia" - Love!
Eugenia/Eugenie - Eh, don't really like the sound of either TBH.
Florence* - Not really a fan.
Harriet - It's ok.
June* - It's ok. I love it as a middle name though!
Laurel - Love!
Leona - It's ok.
Lydia - Cute.
Mabel - Not a fan.
Nola - Meh. Don't really like it.
Penelope - I like it! I personally like Penny as a nn.
Rose* - Like it as a middle, not really as a first.
Stella - NMS at all.
Vera - Not really a fan.
Virginia - I kinda like it, mostly because it's my fiance's grandma's name. I know another girl with this name who goes by Ginny.
Winifred "Winnie" - Kinda like it.Top 10 girl's names: Serena * Audrey * Sienna * Bridget * Lucy * Hazel * Cordelia * Josephine * Claire * Alice
Top 10 boy's names: Elliott * Callum * Theodore * Emmett * Nolan * Ian * Blake * Brennan * Adrian * Everett
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May 29th, 2012 02:39 PM #13
Amalia - This looks like misspelled Amelia to me
Augusta - I think you could get by with this one more than August
Avis - NMS at all!
Clementine - LOVE!
Cordelia "Delia" - Cute!
Eugenia/Eugenie - not really my style but Genie would be an adorable NN
Florence* - All I can think of is Aunt Flo jokes
Harriet - I really don't like it I prefer just Hattie
June* - short and sweet
Laurel - cute and sweet
Leona - Love Leona!
Lydia - I have never been a fan because of unfortunate rhyming possibilities
Mabel - NMS
Nola - I like Nora a lot better
Penelope - Love it!
Rose- I prefer a more substantial variation Rosa, Rosalie, Rosanna etc but still nice
Stella - I LOVE Stella regardless of popularity
Vera - LOVE!
Virginia - Cute! I prefer Ginger as a NN though
Winifred "Winnie" - Cute
❤ Clara ♡ Lucy ❤ Anna ♡ Julia ❤ Nora ♡ Charlotte ❤ Grace ♡ Margot ❤ Eleni ♡ Olive ❤ Violet ♡ Lydia ❤Georgia ♡ Audrey ❤
♡ Dean ❤ Dominic ♡ Paul ❤ Gabriel ♡ Charles ❤ Asher ♡ Joseph ❤ Jude ♡ Cyprian ❤ Jesse ♡ Blaise ❤ Stavros ♡ Leo ❤ Samuel ♡ Henry ❤
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May 29th, 2012 04:16 PM #15
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Amalia - I like this.
Augusta - it's okay. I don't really like any nicknames for it, like Gussie or Gus.
Avis - don't like much. Reminds me of rental car company also.
Clementine - I like it if pronounced clemen-teen, not tyne as in the song.
Cordelia "Delia" - I don't like Cordelia that much but I do like Delia.
Eugenia/Eugenie - don't like too much. Prefer Eugenie though.
Florence* - NN Flora or Wren -not a big fan of it. I like Flora or Florentina.
Harriet - it doesn't sound like a name that will be trendy but who knows.
June* - I only like as a middle name.
Laurel - yes, thsi is a very nice name.
Leona - not bad, but the variant I really like is Leonie.
Lydia - like this one a lot.
Mabel - don't like it at all. May is kind of nice, and I like Amabel.
Nola - not bad at all.
Penelope - this is nice, and I agree, it does have a lot of cute nickname possibilities.
Stella -I like it too. Yes, it is popular and may get more so. But I don't worry a great deal about popularity.
Vera - I like this these days. Reminds me of the 20s.
Virginia - I like Virginia, but I don[t like the spelling Vira.
Winifred "Winnie" not a fan of Winifred or Winnie.Shannon
Some of my Favorite Names:
Girls: Anna, Alexandra, Anastasia, Lily, Ivy, Isla, Catherine, Cerys, Cara, Ciara, Aislinn, Adriana, Adrienne, Ariana, Alison. Genevieve, Alexa, Fiona, Annabel, Amabel. Angela, Noelle, Amanda, Amelie, Victoria, Sara, Vivienne. Tabitha, Adela, Sylvie
Boys: Ethan, Nicholas, Aidan, Ciaran, Ian, Liam, Ryan, Justin, John, Cian, Evan, Noah, Brendan, Alexander, Thomas, David, Stephen, Declan, Finn, Flynn.

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