[name_f]Prisca[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Franziska[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Gudrun[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Gesine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Benedicta[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ute[/name_f]
Felizitas
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermine[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
Mechthild
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalie[/name_f]/a
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Christiane[/name_f]
[name_f]Liane[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Iselin[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f]/[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] - similar to [name_f]Lenore[/name_f] but without [name_u]Poe[/name_u] connection
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Arkadina[/name_f]
[name_f]Altalune[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannelore[/name_f]
[name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Silvanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Vincentia[/name_f]
Malaika
[name_f]Carina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f], [name_f]Obelia[/name_f], [name_f]Fenella[/name_f], [name_f]Ophira[/name_f], Caspienne, [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f], [name_f]Ravenna[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f], [name_f]Camellia[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Olympia[/name_f], [name_f]Olivette[/name_f], [name_f]Ottoline[/name_f], [name_f]Marietta[/name_f], [name_f]Rosette[/name_f], [name_f]Evangelina[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Geneva[/name_f], [name_f]Genoveva[/name_f], [name_f]Evangelica[/name_f], [name_f]Amelina[/name_f], Avelina, [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], Azelina, [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Adelisa[/name_f], [name_f]Oliana[/name_f], [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], [name_f]Odelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cassiane[/name_f], [name_f]Fabienne[/name_f], [name_f]Lucerne[/name_f], [name_f]Clarimond[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Madrigal[/name_f], [name_f]Perdita[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Eudora[/name_f], [name_f]Azenor[/name_f], Laloun, [name_f]Magali[/name_f], [name_f]Morwenna[/name_f], [name_f]Thalassa[/name_f], Athelina, [name_f]Edeline[/name_f], Elisota, Belline, Galline, [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], Matilina, [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], [name_f]Auriel[/name_f], Evelot, Madelief, [name_f]Feodora[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f].
[i][name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ravenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
Dalibora
[name_f]Daria[/name_f]
[name_f]Jadwiga[/name_f]
Svetoslava
Ethelburga
[name_f]Brunhilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Clothilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludovica[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Valeria[/name_f]
Varia
Messalina
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Xenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]
Calpurnia
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
Gloriana
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_u]Columba[/name_u]
[name_f]Emiliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Parisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Renata[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mazarine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
Araxie
Belpheobe
[name_f]Calixta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ligeia[/name_f]
Esiana
[name_f]Fairuza[/name_f]
Ippolita
Primeveire
Rozhanitsa
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f]
Helewise
Rosamel
Evalotte
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
Everild
[name_f]Jerusha[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisheva[/name_f]
Allisende
Beatrisia
[name_f]Primula[/name_f]
Euthalia
[name_f]Zaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sebastiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]/[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Niobe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]/[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Venus[/name_f]
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitta[/name_f]/[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Neva[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Altalune[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
Briseis
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
Clarimonde
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vashti[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Eurydice[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f]
[name_f]Amandine[/name_f]
Iam sorry for all the repeats on my list. And I cant believe that someone suggest [name_f]Vasiliki[/name_f]. [name_f]Happy[/name_f] to see my name been mention more. :)[/i]
These are some really wonderful ideas. I hope that some other parents check in here and benefit from this great resource!
I talked with husband last night, though we only saw up through @nicky’s post at the time. He “rated” the suggestions he liked as such:
Top Tier “I’d Like to Use One of These”
no entries
Second Tier “Would Consider Actually Using” list.
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
Third Tier “Like But Not Enough to Use for the [name_u]Baby[/name_u]”
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] (apparently I copied it over incorrectly from @nicky’s [name_f]Hermine[/name_f])
[name_f]Nerida[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
Fourth Tier “I Like the Name, But It Has a Negative”
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
Fifth Tier “I [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t Like the Name Itself But I Like Something About It”
[name_f]Vasiliki[/name_f] (@bellerose this name is fantastic! You’re lucky!)
Rowenna
Starting with @c@29’s list, I like these to pass on to my husband:
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Altalune[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarimond[/name_f]/Clarimonde
Rosamel
Thanks again for the ideas. It’s so hard to guess what my husband is going to like. It has been REALLY helpful seeing these new suggestions and having my husband rate them!
For some reason, [name_m]Ad[/name_m]- names are striking me as quite elegant/queenly/princessy:
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]/[name_f]Adela[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_m]Even[/name_m] the Polish Adelajda (which I adore! It’s said add-eh-LYE-dah, I think, which is so much fun to say, but I don’t know if it’s really your cup of tea, and I think it’d be hard to deal with in the US. And I think [name_f]Adelaida[/name_f] would get add-eh-[name_m]LAY[/name_m]-dah…), or the more Hebrew/Arabic (I think?) [name_m]Ad[/name_m]- names, [name_f]Adina[/name_f], [name_f]Adira[/name_f], [name_f]Adaya[/name_f], etc.
I’m not sure I could suggest something you haven’t heard yet, but what about these?
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]/[name_f]Leonor[/name_f]/[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]/[name_f]Lenora[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f] (not really princessy/queenly, but I sort of see it as elegant, and I sort of see you guys liking it?)
[name_f]Iona[/name_f]/[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]/[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]/[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f]/[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]/[name_f]Flavie[/name_f]
Olivie ([name_f]Olla[/name_f]-vee)
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]/[name_f]Eveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f] ([name_f]ODETTE[/name_f]! So princessy and elegant, but yet unusual. I feel like this is going to get shot down immediately, haha, but I think it’s gorgeous with 3vie’s and [name_u]Dai[/name_u].sy’s names. Although [name_f]Odette[/name_f] and Dulc!nea both have musical ties, le sigh. I was going to suggest [name_f]Odile[/name_f] instead, but it has the same musical tie, haha. Maybe [name_f]Odilia[/name_f]? I’ve heard of a story of a St. [name_f]Odilia[/name_f] who was blind from either birth or early childhood, who, upon baptism, received her sight. I don’t know how you feel about saints–my church doesn’t really celebrate them like Catholicism–but I still think it’s a cool story and [name_f]Odilia[/name_f]'s a gorgeous name! I find her very princessy in an unusual way, too)
[name_f]Odile[/name_f]
[name_f]Odilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f] (I find this so regal/elegant and queenly! I can totally imagine a [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Helene[/name_f], although I’m not sure that spelling has actually been used for a European queen/princess?)
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]/[name_f]Delfina[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]/[name_f]Josefina[/name_f]
I really want to suggest [name_f]Natalie[/name_f]/[name_f]Natalia[/name_f], too, because my little sister is an [name_f]October[/name_f] baby, and [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] seems like a perfectly wonderful [name_f]October[/name_f] name for me, because of her! I’m not sure it really fits the parameters of this post, though, lol.
Thanks for the list, [name_u]Ash[/name_u]! See, I’m with you: I think [name_f]Odette[/name_f] would be just about right. Although then we have it running into that rotten T surname of ours. My husband is weird about the O names, and especially the Od- ones. I bet he will veto it, but I’m definitely going to send it along for him to see. My other favorites from your list are [name_f]Clarissa[/name_f], [name_f]Gwenore[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Helene[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Bryony[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Adina[/name_f], [name_f]Adira[/name_f], and [name_f]Adaya[/name_f]. Though I do worry about the [name_m]Ad[/name_m]- names being shortened to [name_f]Addy[/name_f], which is decidedly non-elegant [name_f]IMO[/name_f]. [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] is really cute, and I think my husband likes that one pretty well, but I never can quite wrap my mind around it as a non-Christmastime name. [name_f]Natalia[/name_f] seems even more Christmasy to me. It’s a curse of seeing names and their meanings so literally.
Hmm. I had forgotten about the surname thing when I suggested [name_f]Odette[/name_f]. But I still think [name_f]Odette[/name_f] [name_m]Ty[/name_m]!er sounds really, really classy and sweet! I don’t mind the back-to-back "T"s. I guess there’s always [name_f]Odetta[/name_f], [name_f]Ottoline[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Odella[/name_f], or [name_f]Odilia[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Odilia[/name_f] [name_m]Ty[/name_m]!er a lot, too. Or even [name_f]Odessa[/name_f]? I think [name_f]Odessa[/name_f] [name_m]Ty[/name_m]!er is really nice, too. I’m not a huge [name_f]Odella[/name_f] fan, but I do like the built-in nn of [name_f]Della[/name_f]. It’s a nice [name_f]Bella[/name_f]/[name_f]Ella[/name_f]/[name_f]Stella[/name_f] alternative.
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
Sofonisba
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeta[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitte[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]— haha, I didn’t see that that was just suggested…
[name_f]Bedelia[/name_f]
He liked [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Helene[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], and [name_f]Amelina[/name_f] in varying degrees of not-enough-to-use. Maybe the elegant-queen-princess names are the wrong track entirely! Thanks for the ideas. You have put out some really great suggestions. I hope someone benefits from them!
I know a girl named [name_f]Mariet[/name_f] (Mah-reet). I have always thought this sounded so beautiful and regal. She was named after her mother’s European friend. A nice mix of familiar and different.
I also like:
[name_u]Marian[/name_u]/[name_f]Marianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Delia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Annora[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
Chrysanthea
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmerelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Julianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Lacy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
Annelyssa
Elizabeta
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]