Of course I think my taste is flawless…everyone thinks that they have good taste though! So, based on my list of favorite girls names (below) how good/bad/trashy are my choices? (also maybe make a list of your favorites and we can battle to the death?)
favorite ‘girl’ names:
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Ormonde[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Verona[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
I love…
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
I like…
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
I dislike…
[name]Emmanuelle[/name] - a porn film years ago. I do like [name]Emmanuel[/name] for a boy though.
[name]Odette[/name] - This doesn’t have a pretty sound.
[name]Harper[/name] - Trendy and harsh
[name]Holland[/name] - Trendy place name. Unless a place has significance for you, I would avoid place names or put them in the middle spot.
[name]Ormonde[/name] - Sounds like a posh version of [name]Norman[/name]. This surname is better in the middle.
[name]Verona[/name] - Pretty sound but I wouldn’t use it for a first name. I don’t mind [name]Veronica[/name] nn [name]Verona[/name].
[name]Ophelia[/name] - I can appreciate the Shakespearean connection but a lot of people dislike the “feel ya” ending.
I think you have good taste in names for the most part! 
Overall I think you have an impeccable taste in names:
I love:
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Ines[/name] (I prefer [name]Inez[/name])
[name]Ormonde[/name]
[name]Verona[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
I like:
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
I think you have better:
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
I think you have lovely taste, you have a quite a few of my favourites on this list ([name]Elizabeth[/name], Slyvie, Alce, [name]Prudence[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Georgia[/name]) and while there a few that I don’t especially like ([name]Harper[/name], [name]Bryn[/name], [name]Odette[/name]) there are none that make me think something along the lines of ‘why would you do that to a kid’ =)
Classics
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
Vintage
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
Retro
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
Dislike
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Ormonde[/name]
[name]Verona[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
Frilly
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
I think good taste is about continuity. Your style, like most everyone’s, is a bit all over the place. I would try to match some names together to see what direction you would want to go. You could do french names with [name]Odette[/name], [name]Clemence[/name] and [name]Sylvie[/name] or modern retro with [name]Alice[/name], [name]Olive[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name] or Frilly [name]Rosamond[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name] for me style is all about how you mix it.
[name]Love[/name]:
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
Like a lot:
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
Like:
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
OK:
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Holland[/name]
[name]Verona[/name]
Dislike:
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Clemence[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
STRONGLY Dislike:
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Ormonde[/name]
thanks you guys for the input! I’m glad that there is a clear consensus on which names aren’t working!