Considering These Names

Girl Names
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I just got a name book for the holidays and I just went through the girls section. I have narrowed it down to a lot of names that I’m considering adding to my list, but I not sure. To help me decide, I want honest opinions and pros/cons on the names. Thanks in advance.

Aberdeen
Ada
Amari
Anne
Annie
Anouk
Anthea
Aoife
Arbor
Auden
Avalon
Bernadette
Bobbie
Bonnie
Cadence
Calliope
Calypso
Ceridwen
Edith
Millicent
Domino
Doris
Dorothy
Echo
Frances
Prue
Edie
Eleanor
Enid
Eunice
Fable
Fern
Gwendolen
Gwyneth
Harlow
Hattie
Holly
Ingrid
Jane
Janis
Jo
Jocelyn
Josephine
Joy
Judy
Laurel
Leta
Lileas
Lilith
Lilo
Linda
Lois
Lorelei
Maelys
Mabyn
Marianne (pronounce Mary-Anne)
Marin
Maris
Marisol
Martha
Mavis
Millicent
Mischa
Nancy
Olwen
Oona
Opal
Ottilie
Pepper
Phyllis
Poet
Polly
Primrose
Rae
Robin
Scout
Shiloh
Story
Tallulah
Thea
Tillie
Vesper
Violet
Winifred
Winnie
Winter
Wynn

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Oooh you’ve got some super nice choices.

Here’s what I would choice -

[name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u]
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_u]Laurel[/name_u]
[name_f]Lilo[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_u]Pepper[/name_u]
[name_u]Scout[/name_u]
[name_u]Story[/name_u]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_u]Wynn[/name_u]

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Aberdeen - reminds me of burgers and cows I’m afraid

Ada -bright, warm and lovely

Amari - warm and gentle

Anne -solid and strong but a little harsh these days

Annie -sweet and bubbly

Anouk - stylish and cool! Some people might struggle with the pn though?

Anthea -sharp and charming. I really like it but some people might muddle it with Athena?

Aoife - gentle and cool! Some people might get confused with the spelling

Arbor -i really like the sounds and vibe though it sounds a tiny bit incomplete

Auden -lovely meaning and poetic too

Avalon - mystical and bright

Bernadette -i find it very heavy

Bobbie -pretty cute but not my fave

Bonnie - joyful and bright

Cadence -i adore this! So musical and cheerful!

Calliope -love the flow and spark! It might be confusing in terms of pn, especially as it can be pronounced in multiple ways

Calypso - quite melodic and bold

Ceridwen - warm and rugged. Some people might pn it with a soft c at the beginning?

Edith -charming and cute but popular in the UK atm if that bothers you

Millicent -sharp but sweet

Domino - not a fan I’m afraid. I can only think of the pizza company and the game

Doris - pretty cute and clunky

Dorothy - quirky and clunky cute

Echo - pretty sharp and fun. I’d probably keep it for a middle though

Frances -classic and solid. Frankie and Fran are cute nn and bring it up to date

Prue -cute and charming

Edie -lovely, friendly and sweet though it does remind me of ED as in eating disorder

Eleanor - elegant and understated. Might get shortened to Ellie which could be good or bad

Enid - pretty cute, quirky and charming

Eunice -i find it harsh and blegh

Fable - warm, interesting and cosy

Fern -pretty, warm and lovely

Gwendolen -clunky but in a cute way

Gwyneth -pretty sharp and interesting. Might get asked if it was inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow

Harlow - modern and cool

Hattie -sweet and bubbly! People might ask what it’s short for?

Holly -sharp but sweet

Ingrid -cute and fun

Jane -gentle yet strong. Some people see it as plain Jane

Janis - not a fan. Sounds quite dated

Jo - pretty cute but reminds me of JKR

Jocelyn - love it - elegant but fresh

Josephine -sleek and literary

Joy -fun and friendly

Judy -i much prefer just Jude. Judy is okay and could grow on me but it’s a bit heavy for me

Laurel -cute and cosy

Leta -it’s okay, not sure how I’d pronounce it though

Lileas -sleek and interesting

Lilith -love the sweet and sharp sound. Some people don’t like the demon association

Lilo -fun and sweet, very tied to the film

Linda -it’s okay. I prefer Linden

Lois - warm, sweet, charming and vintage

Lorelei -mystical yet grounded

Maelys - sleek and stylish

Mabyn - reminds me of maybe

Marianne(pronounce Mary-Anne) - pretty cute and classic but might get mispronounced

Marin - i like the gentle sharpness

Maris - nice meaning and sound

Marisol -beautiful, warm and i love the meaning

Martha -i find it a bit clumsy and heavy

Mavis -warm, bright and lovely

Mischa -pretty cute and cosy. Does remind me of the actor

Nancy - cosy, cute but classy.

Olwen - warm, strong and lovely

Oona - beautiful, mystical and wonderful. Might get spelled as Una

Opal - absolutely gorgeous and stylish

Ottilie - elegant and sleek

Pepper - sparky and bubbly but reminds me of cooking

Phyllis - could be cute in another ten years

Poet - cool, fresh and interesting. I do prefer it as a middle

Polly - so charming, literary and lovely

Primrose - pretty and feminine - might be too frilly to suit some girls but does have versatile nicknames

Rae -i really like the short, sweet Rae

Robin -fun and bubbly

Scout -i love it. Literary, adventuorus and earthy

Shiloh - bright and sweet in meaning

Story - whimsical and cute

Tallulah -love the flow and the fun, confident feel

Thea -sweet and friendly

Tillie - pretty, sweet but rugged

Vesper - wispy and cool

Violet -sharp and sweet but popular

Winifred - nice meaning, not a fan of the name itself

Winnie -pretty cute but not my favourite

Winter - love it!! Cool, sharp and fresh

Wynn - prefer this to Winnie! It’s sharp, glowing and cool

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Nice list!

I like:
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_u]Amari[/name_u]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Linda[/name_f]
[name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilo[/name_f]

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The ones I like most are:

[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_u]Marin[/name_u]
[name_u]Rae[/name_u]

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Fun list! I mostly agree with everything @Greyblue said except that I don’t care for [name_f]Enid[/name_f] (it sounds very old-lady to me and just a bit ugly), [name_u]Poet[/name_u] and [name_u]Fable[/name_u] are too out there for me, and I do like [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Phyllis[/name_f] and [name_f]Judy[/name_f]. I don’t know why those three sound “so out they’re in” to me and [name_f]Enid[/name_f] just sounds out :woman_shrugging:t2: Personal associations I guess. Also we considered [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] for a middle name and got TERRIBLE feedback, especially from our parents.
[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:
[name_u]Arbor[/name_u]
[name_f]Anthea[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Prue[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

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My choices out of your bunch:

Aberdeen
Anouk
Auden
Bernadette
Calliope
Calypso
Edith
Echo
Frances
Edie
Enid
Fable
Harlow
Jane
Laurel
Leta
Lileas
Lilith
Marin
Mischa
Opal
Poet
Scout
Tallulah
Thea
Vesper
Violet

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Oh wow, you have a lovely list! Here are the ones I like most, sorted a little bit…

Favorites:
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Prue[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]

Loves:
[name_u]Amari[/name_u]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_u]Story[/name_u]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Tillie[/name_f]

Really likes:
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Anthea[/name_f]
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Judy[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurel[/name_u]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]

I could happily name about 20 babies from your list tomorrow!

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Aberdeen - Angus
Ada - gorgeous retro-glam, instantly makes me think of old Hollywood, coiffed updo’s, black and white movie star pics.
Amari - tamari sauce
Anne - A bit prim.
Annie - overly twee and cutesy
Anouk - not keen but cool, doesn’t sound great in many accents
Anthea - not my pt but perhaps due a comeback?
Aoife - like, not a particularly ‘nice’ I.e pretty sound but that suits me.
Arbor - trees, not a bad association but not for me. Also sounds like harbour spoken with a dropped H (a feature of some UK accents).
Auden - not my taste.
Avalon - not my taste. Sounds very myth and legend, which sometimes I like but not in this case.
Bernadette - very dated, very Catholic.
Bobbie - too nicknamey
Bonnie - very twee and cutesy but have a soft spot.
Cadence - not generally a fan of ‘word’ names (with some exceptions)
Calliope - a bit much and dislike Callie
Calypso - see above
Ceridwen - very cool but doesn’t roll off the tongue. Dislike Ceri.
Edith - adore, the right amount of clunky
Millicent - stuffy and twee at once
Domino - overrated pizza
Doris - I’d love to love it but one to confine to the history books I think.
Dorothy - like
Echo - see words as names comment
Frances - staid and sensible, not in a good way.
Prue - an unpleasant sound to my ear.
Edie - adore
Eleanor - really lovely
Enid - matronly
Eunice - dislike, unpleasant sound to my ear.
Fable - not for me, but I’ll make an exception to the ‘words as names’ thing for this because I enjoy anything literary, it’s also a pleasant sounding word. I’d confine to middle only.
Fern - never liked this but again will make an exception for the lovely nature imagery.
Gwendolen - good, strong, no-nonsense, and Gwen is cute.
Gwyneth - even better, simultaneously soft and strong.
Harlow - I actually like this with an -e.
Hattie - dislike. Love Hettie though.
Holly - dislike and find dated.
Ingrid - chic. Adore
Jane - plain
Janis - reminds me of a body part. Like the Joplin reference, but don’t like the name.
Jo - incomplete
Jocelyn - not my thing but nice.
Josephine - see above
Joy - dislike although I like other virtue names (don’t like -oy sound).
Judy - retro, I’d actually love to see this make a comeback.
Laurel - not my thing, I find dull.
Leta - dislike
Lileas - lily-@#s
Lilith - Don’t like Lil-names but I’ll make an exception for this due to lit and legend
Lilo - blow up mattress
Linda - dated
Lois - cute, so nerdy it’s cool again.
Lorelei - not keen, fussy.
Maelys - sounds made up. Like how it looks on paper but don’t like May/Mae names.
Mabyn - see above
Marianne - (pronounce Mary-Anne) - don’t like this pronunciation, but like Marry-Anne
Marin - mirin
Maris - dislike
Marisol - dislike. Sounds like a medication for an embarrassing ailment.
Martha - not my thing but warm and pleasant.
Mavis - too dated and not one for a revival imo.
Mischa - lovely. Feminine but not princessy.
Nancy - very nice
Olwen - very nice
Oona - adore
Opal - very nice
Ottilie - too frilly for me.
Pepper - I really don’t get the current love for this.
Phyllis - the wrong kind of old lady name
Poet - like the literary thing and sound. Poem is the better word as name (what if they aren’t a poet?) but prefer the sound of Poet. Middle only.
Polly - plastics.
Primrose - very twee and quite hard (for me) to say but like it anyway
Rae - strongly dislike.
Robin - not my thing but nice
Scout - strongly dislike
Shiloh - dislike
Story - this one’s a step too far for me.
Tallulah - not on my list but always had a soft spot. Beautiful meaning, lilting and musical. Not a ‘serious’ sounding name but who cares.
Thea - dislike, very popular. Love the less popular Theia though.
Tillie - very cutesy and understand the ‘dogs name’ thing but I think it’s nice regardless.
Vesper - scooter. Strongly dislike
Violet - in the minority hating this. All I see/hear is violent.
Winifred - dislike - would think it cool to meet a little one though.
Winnie - strongly dislike
Winter - ok
Wynn - not keen

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[name_f]Lovely[/name_f] list!
These are my faves:
[name_u]Arbor[/name_u]
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Fable[/name_u]
[name_u]Fern[/name_u]
[name_u]Harlow[/name_u]
[name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_u]Wynn[/name_u]
I particularly like the soft sound of the ones ending in “o” (e.g. [name_u]Harlow[/name_u], Shiloh), and classic florals or nature names such as [name_u]Fern[/name_u], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], & [name_u]Winter[/name_u]. Also, I have to say that [name_f]Avalon[/name_f] & [name_u]Vesper[/name_u] are absolutely magical… Great finds!

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Ok!

Aberdeen

I love this name. Pros: unusual and striking set of sounds in a girl’s name. Beautiful Scottish landscape imagery. Cons: it’s lack of familiarity as a person’s name means that she may be always having to repeat and spell it for others. (This is my son’s experience with his name - in spite of this he likes his name and I have no regrets :blush:)

Ada

Not a name I’ve warmed to myself but I can appreciate it for others and find it lovely when I see it in a combo. Pros: It has elegant simplicity. Cons: As a vintage name, reactions would be a mixture of finding it fabulous and old ladyish.

Amari

I think this name is gorgeous! Pros and cons are really two sides of the same coin - as an international name used for both genders it makes a great name for many people, but there’s also a lot to consider. I found a little summary here on the different cultures and ethnicities that the name pertains to, to be aware of - and you may well be already - to inform a decision on using this name: https://ohbabynames.com/all-baby-names/amari-3/

Aoife

Aoife is beautiful! Pros: it’s got those stunning and rare sound combinations. Cons: As a childcare worker in England who looked after an Aoife, I can vouch for the likelihood that outside of Ireland, no one will intuitively know how to say the name on reading it, and learning to spell it is a challenge that some people just won’t bother with :sob: My opinion is that it’s so lovely that it’s worth these drawbacks but you might want to ask Aoifes where you live what their experience has been!

Hattie

A favourite of mine since childhood. Pros: sweet and quirky! Cons: These years on NB reading opinions about giving a formal name for a child to use if they choose to want something more serious sounding than their nickname name have got to me with Hattie! I’ll preface this by saying I believe that name prejudice is there to be challenged and Hattie could command a boardroom should she want to! Her name has nothing to do with her skills. However, if you happen to like Harriet, Henrietta or Hazel Violet just as much as Hattie, then maybe consider having the best of both worlds, and go for a name that Hattie could be a nn for.

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my favorites:
ada
anouk
auden
bonnie
cadence
dorothy
frances
prue
eunice
gwendolen
gwyneth
hattie
holly
jane
nancy
ottilie
polly
tallulah
winifred

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_u]Amari[/name_u], [name_u]Auden[/name_u], [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f], [name_u]Holly[/name_u], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f], [name_f]Martha[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], [name_u]Scout[/name_u], [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], and [name_f]Winifred[/name_f].

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i’m just gonna sort them into a love, like and not for me!

love: ada, edith, doris, edie, eleanor, marin (prefer maren though!), oona, thea, tillie, wynn

like: anne, annie, anouk, anthea, aoife, auden, bonnie, cadence, calliope, calypso, ceridwen, dorothy, frances, enid, fable, gwendolen, gwyneth, harlow, hattie, ingrid, jane, janis, jo, josephine, joy, laurel, leta, lileas, lilith, lilo, linda, maelys, mabyn, marianne (prn maree-ann would be in the love), maris, marisol, mavis, olwen, ottilie, pepper, poet, polly, primrose, robin, scout, shiloh, story, tallulah, vesper, violet, winifred, winnie

nms: aberdeen, amari (prefer on a boy!), arbor, avalon, bernadette, bobbie, millicent, domino, echo, prue, eunice, fern, holly, jocelyn, judy, lois, lorelei, mischa, nancy, opal, phyllis, rae, winter