Bookish and Vintage girls

I am so picky when it comes to names. I will love one name for a month then stop liking it all together. I don’t know how I will ever commit to a name. When it comes to boy names I have a good list that I love. I know that I would be happy using any of them.
This is the boy list:

[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]

I have this idea that my daughter will be bookish and spunky. I want her to have a fun name that is uncommon. I would love it to have a spunky nickname with it. I used to love the name [name_f]Louise[/name_f] and I loved that it has the nickname [name_u]Lou[/name_u]. A name that I am loving right now is [name_f]Esme[/name_f]. I don’t know if it as the right feel, but I think it has a little bit of elegance and a little bit of spunkiness.

[name_u]Damaris[/name_u], means “lover of the earth” -derived from demeter and demetria–You could also consider [name_m]Demetrius[/name_m] or [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m] for a boy.
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u], I have also seen spelled as Demaris, dehm-air-yss or Demarys. [name_f]Demi[/name_f], mary, aries, emme-many cool nn options

[name_u]Dominique[/name_u] -mini, miqi(micki), niqi/nikki, etc

[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] has many cool nn’s like Xandria, [name_f]Xandra[/name_f], [name_f]Zandie[/name_f], [name_f]Zandra[/name_f], Zandria, Zandry, andi, landry or landria

[name_f]Josefina[/name_f] -fiona, josie, joey, joe, jo-jo, owin(oin)/owen, gi-gi, etc

[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]- mare, marie, mary, reed(read)*bookish enough? -didi, dee, ruth?

[name_u]January[/name_u]- janie, aries, jay

[name_f]Melanie[/name_f] -mel, mia, melani(meh-lawn-ee), lanie, lee, mannie, mimi, ella, ellie, etc

[name_f]Melody[/name_f], [name_u]Harmony[/name_u], [name_f]Beverley[/name_f]/[name_f]Beverly[/name_f], [name_f]Emberly[/name_f], [name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] or [name_f]Gwenyth[/name_f].

above nn options: mel, elody, ella or ellie, lottie, harp, honey, toni, bev, ever, everly, vivi, emme, emmie, ember, bree, merry, berry, gwyn or gwen, nette, netta, nettie, ettie, gynnie, wynnie, wendy(gwendolyn)

Ones from my list that I see as “bookish and vintage”:
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]

Here are some ideas:

[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] (as in [name_u]Alcott[/name_u])
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
[name_f]Nigella[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mamie[/name_f]

Some of these might be too girly, but they have spunky nicknames:

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] nn [name_f]Bea[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]/[name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] nn [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] nn [name_f]Flick[/name_f]
[name_f]Coretta[/name_f]/[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosetta[/name_f] nn [name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] nn [name_u]Bernie[/name_u]/[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]/[name_f]Alethea[/name_f] nn [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]/[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] nn [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] nn [name_u]Georgi[/name_u]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f] nn Ness
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]/[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] nn [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] nn [name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] nn [name_u]Romy[/name_u]?
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] nn [name_f]Zanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Zanne[/name_f]

Or some shorter spunky options like [name_f]Esme[/name_f]:
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]/[name_f]Cleo[/name_f], [name_f]Este[/name_f], [name_f]Kira[/name_f], [name_f]Leda[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Mila[/name_f], [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Nola[/name_f], [name_f]Oona[/name_f], [name_f]Una[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Vita[/name_f], [name_f]Zara[/name_f], [name_f]Zetta[/name_f], [name_u]Zola[/name_u], [name_f]Zora[/name_f]

[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Davina[/name_f]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]

I really like [name_f]Esme[/name_f] other names you may like are

[name_f]Carys[/name_f] “[name_u]Kari[/name_u]” “[name_f]Carrie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] “[name_f]Elle[/name_f]” “[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Arielle[/name_f]/ [name_f]Ariella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Riona[/name_f]

[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]! To me that name screams bookish and spunky. Not sure about the nicknames though….