I really love elegant, graceful, classy girls names (think 18th-19th century upperclass [name_f]England[/name_f]), and (sorry [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] for stealing your imagery approach, but it’s a brilliant idea!),
Whenever I hear one, I picture an elegant, gorgeous young woman, who’s name can easily have the term Lady added to the front of it. I picture long, classy, beautiful ballgowns with lace gloves and twirling parasols in the sunlight, with perfect blonde/dark brown curls, adorning flowers in their hair. I picture a large Victorian home with a beautiful garden filled with roses and delicate flowers.
I picture girls with the elegance and beauty of a silent film star, the class of royalty, someone free spirited with a kind heart and a unique look on the world.
Any of the classic names would work ([name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], etc.)
Others:
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]/[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]/[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilian[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
I really love these style of names if you can tell.
Oh, I love this image. Many of these will be repeats from pps.
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] or [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] (or [name_f]Theophania[/name_f], which in English is usually [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f])
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_u]Marian[/name_u]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] or [name_f]Elinor[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Anthea[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Honor[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
FWIW, I put most of the elegant classics in this category as well as many Greek names like [name_f]Althea[/name_f] and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], because they were often in fashion in these circles throughout the 1800s. Any [name_u]Austen[/name_u] novel or Heyer romance is a treasure trove of names to sigh over…