Help me organize my girl longlist!

rosefairiie · October 7, 2023, 4:52am

I’m a little bored with my girl list so I’d like to remove some names and add something new! I also have a few similar names grouped together and I can’t decide my favorites, I thought Berries could help me with that too.

But I’d like to know your opinions of these names and which ones should I remove (you can remove name groups too!) and if I should add any other names.
Thanks in advance!!

girl long list (name groups not included)

Aamu, Althea, Amanda, Amora, Amy, Anna, Annabel, Aurelia. Aurora, Beatrice, Beth, Bleuette, Cassia, Cecilia, Cerelia, Cerise, Clara, Clelia, Cordelia, Daphne, Della, Eden, Elara, Elle, Emilia, Estelle, Eve, Genevieve, Giselle, Hazel, Helmi, Jane, Josephine, Katri, Leonora, Linnea, Lisette, Liv, Livia, Louisa, Luella, Lune, Lyra, Malina, Mavis, Meadow, Melodia, Minette, Musette, Natalie, Noemi, Octavia, Olivia, Opal, Peony, Posy, Ronja, Sini, Stella, Susanna, Taika, Talvi, Tuuli, Vera, Viveka, Winter

name groups

Alice / Alisa / Aliisa
Diana / Diantha
Greta / Kreeta / Kreetta (I’m pretty sure I need to decide this one myself but included it anyway)
Fleur / Flora (should I keep both?)
Iines / Ines (same as Greta/Kreeta/Kreetta)
Irene / Irina
Julia / Julie / Juliet / Juliette
June / Junia
Marianne / Marie / Marilla / Marigold
Nell / Nella
Ocean / Oceane
Ruth / Ruut
Serafina / Seraphina
Sereia / Serena
Tess / Tessa
Viola / Violet / Violeta (same as Fleur/Flora)
Vivian / Viviana / Vivienne
Yvette / Yvonne

edit: I much prefer Bleuette, Musette and Peony as middles if that impacts your opinion!

jenn13m · October 7, 2023, 5:22am

[name_f]My[/name_f] personal favorites:

[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
Kreetta
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Nella[/name_f]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sereia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Violeta[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]

EloiseT · October 7, 2023, 5:51am

It’s funny how names lose their sparkle or lists just feel stale.

Here are the names I like: Eve, Anna, Vera, Cerelia, Cecilia, Daphne, Cordelia, Ella, Estelle, Hazel, Jane, Josephine, Leonora, Lisette, Livia (Liv), Louisa, Susanna(h), Stella, Meadow, Musette, Noemi, Posy, Diana, Flora, Fleur, Inès (this spelling), Irene, Julia, Juliet, Violet, Vivienne, Tess, Serena, Seraphina, Nell, Marianne, Marigold.

Here are the names I’m intrigued by (ie new to me, haven’t thought of for a while or might grow on me): Althea, Clelia, Diantha, Elara, Talvi, Tuuli, Helmi, Melodia, Minette, Sereia, Marie, Marilla.

Names that don’t appeal: Alice, Alisa/Aliisa, Amanda, Aamu, Amora, Cerise, Eden, Lyra, Lune, Marina, Mavis, Peony (teasing potential), Ronja, Greta and all its forms, Julie (very boomer), Vivian/Vivien (too harsh), Ruth, Ocean(e), Nella.

The rest I’m not fussed about either way.

Names you might like (though I don’t have a broad knowledge of Finnish or Scandi names): Adelaide, Cornelia, Hildie, Ferelith, Claudia, Ursula, Lara, Benedicte, Helena, Elsbeth, Tallulah, Ingrid, Astrid, Imogen, Isolde, Delphine, Freya, Ariadne, Cosima, Lavinia, Hyacinth, Andromeda, Delilah, Cressida, Gwyneira, Aneira, Greer, Fern, Fawn, Fable, Mirabel, Etienne, Etienette, Ismerie, Isannah, Lovella.

heartwings · October 7, 2023, 8:16am

I will choose from your name groups:

I would keep both [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Alisa[/name_f].
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
I would keep both [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] and [name_f]Flora[/name_f] and I would also add [name_u]Florence[/name_u]!
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
I would keep all the names of this [name_u]Mar[/name_u]- group except for [name_f]Marigold[/name_f].
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] (would be a great sister of [name_f]Nell[/name_f]!
Works well with [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] too!)
I would keep all three of this Vio- set. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you pronounce [name_f]Violet[/name_f] as Vee-o-lett or vy-oh-let or vyo-let?
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
Neither of the Yv- set.

I would remove from the long list:

Bluette
[name_f]Cerise[/name_f]
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
[name_f]Minette[/name_f]
[name_f]Posy[/name_f]
[name_f]Katri[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Peony[/name_f]

Sisters:

[name_f]Diana[/name_f] and [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] and [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] and [name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f] and [name_f]Ronja[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] and [name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] and [name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Clelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ronja[/name_f] and [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisette[/name_f] and [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f] and [name_f]Viveka[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and [name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f] and [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f] and [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] and Etselle
[name_f]Beth[/name_f] and [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] and [name_f]Nell[/name_f]

Greyblue · October 7, 2023, 9:12am

Choosing one from each group:

These are what I’d keep:

[name_f]Alisa[/name_f] - sweet but sparky
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] - sharp and strong
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] - snappy and international
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] - bright, sweet and strong (though I think you could keep [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] too)
[name_f]Ines[/name_f] - I will say I chose this based on a UK perspective, so it might be a different choice for you
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] - it just has extra spark
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] - sleek, literary and pretty
[name_u]June[/name_u] - sweet and solid
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f] - bright and bubbly and literary (but this was a hard choice)
[name_f]Nell[/name_f] - warm and lovely
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u] - I like the sound and power of this
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] - see above on my perspective
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] - I like the softer, longer sound
[name_f]Sereia[/name_f] - never heard of this before, but I love it - it has more flair
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] - simple, rugged, warm and literary
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] - I think you could keep multiple, but this is my fave
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f] - bright, pretty and bouncy
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f] - snappy and sleek

Choosing my overall favourites, from both the groups and the long list:

[name_f]Amy[/name_f] - literary, sweet and sassy
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] - elegant and lovely
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - bright and powerful
[name_f]Beth[/name_f] - sweet and simple and strong
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f] - light, bright and sassy
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - bright and clear
[name_f]Cerelia[/name_f] - magical
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] - beautiful meaning and sound
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] - lively and ethereal
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u] - cosy and warm
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - elegant and lovely
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] - sleek and sophistiated
[name_f]Katri[/name_f] - beautiful, snappy and lovely
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] - powerful and elegant
[name_f]Luella[/name_f] - cosy, cute, fun and pretty
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] - warm, friendly and vintage
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f] - distinctive and bright
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] - magical and lovely
[name_f]Talvi[/name_f] - mystical and lovely and I lov the meaning
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] - bright and sharp
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] - reasons above
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f] - distinctive and lovely
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] - reasons above
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] - see above
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f] - above
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] - clunky cute
[name_f]Nell[/name_f] - above
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u] - above
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f] - above

I’m sorry, that still leaves it quite long, so, I’ll do a top 10:

[name_f]Katri[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Cerelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

A few I'd consider adding:

[name_f]Suvi[/name_f], [name_f]Estella[/name_f], [name_f]Annika[/name_f], [name_f]Anouk[/name_f], [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Dianthe[/name_f], [name_f]Iona[/name_f], [name_f]Ilona[/name_f], [name_f]Milla[/name_f], Teija, [name_f]Kaja[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Luanna[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f]

Mary_Rose · October 7, 2023, 9:20am

I love!
[name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Fleur[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_f]Katri[/name_f] & [name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
I might drop…
Bleuette, [name_f]Musette[/name_f] (just stick out amongst your other names), [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] (I find this name so hard to say!), [name_f]Luella[/name_f] (not a fan, it just sounds a bit cutesy to me), [name_f]Nell[/name_f] (put off by the fact it’s a letter away from hell!), [name_f]Jane[/name_f] (can’t get past plain Jane), [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] & [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] (quite dated in my country), [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] (I think of linear equations!) & [name_f]Lune[/name_f] (sounds like a derogatory term in my country)
I’m not a fan of [name_f]Flora[/name_f] bc where I am it’s a brand of margarine, but if you’re not in the UK go for it! I’d keep [name_f]Fleur[/name_f] as well
I might add…
[name_f]Liana[/name_f], [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f], [name_f]Frida[/name_f], [name_f]Vita[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] & [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]

rosefairiie · October 7, 2023, 2:59pm

@jenn13m @heartwings @EloiseT @Mary_Rose @Greyblue
Thank you all for your thoughts!

@heartwings I love the sibsets, especially [name_f]Tess[/name_f] and Nell!! Thank you for everything else you mentioned too, by the way I pronounce [name_f]Violet[/name_f] as vye-oh-let!

@Greyblue Thanks for the new suggestions, I recently removed [name_f]Dianthe[/name_f], [name_f]Estella[/name_f] and [name_f]Ilona[/name_f] even though I still like them but they don’t appeal to me as much as they used to. I really like [name_f]Luanna[/name_f]!

@EloiseT Thank you so much for your thoughts! Especially the reasoning for why you dropped some names helped me.

@Mary_Rose

Thanks for all your thoughts, especially the reasoning to the names you’d drop for my list. I like Bleuette and [name_f]Musette[/name_f] mostly as middles. I struggle with the [name_f]English[/name_f] pronounciation of [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] too but not the Finnish one (OW-roh-rah). I can definitely see the concerns with [name_f]Nell[/name_f] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] too.
I agree, I see [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] and [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] as a bit dated even though [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] is in Finland’s top 50 right now and the dated thing doesn’t bother me that much.
We have the margarine brand [name_f]Flora[/name_f] too, I just didn’t think of it but I can see the association.

I also like [name_f]Liana[/name_f], [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] and [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] a lot!

@jenn13m thank you for your thoughts!

readingreverie · October 7, 2023, 8:40pm

The long list:
[name_u]Love[/name_u]: [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
Like: [name_f]Althea[/name_f], [name_f]Amy[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], Bleuette, [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Cerelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_f]Helmi[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Lisette[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Lune[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], [name_f]Meadow[/name_f], [name_f]Minette[/name_f], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_f]Tuuli[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Viveka[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u]
Lose: [name_f]Aamu[/name_f], [name_f]Amanda[/name_f], [name_f]Amora[/name_f], [name_f]Annabel[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Cassia[/name_f], [name_f]Cerise[/name_f], [name_f]Clelia[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], [name_f]Katri[/name_f], [name_f]Linnea[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], [name_f]Lyra[/name_f], [name_f]Malina[/name_f], [name_f]Melodia[/name_f], [name_f]Musette[/name_f], [name_f]Noemi[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Peony[/name_f], [name_f]Posy[/name_f], [name_f]Ronja[/name_f], [name_f]Sini[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_u]Taika[/name_u], [name_f]Talvi[/name_f]

The name groups:
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f] (keep both!)
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Nella[/name_f]
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (or both [name_f]Viola[/name_f] and Violet)
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] or [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]

Sailor22 · October 17, 2023, 10:58pm

Top 5 faves:
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]

Least faves:
[name_f]Helmi[/name_f]
Bleuette
[name_f]Aamu[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sini[/name_f]

Scater · October 18, 2023, 12:32am

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites overall: [name_f]Cassia[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Katri[/name_f], [name_f]Linnea[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Lyra[/name_f], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Tessa[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]

Name groups

[name_f]Alisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
Jne
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sereia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]