Insane Girl Names?

Girl Names
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I’ve been testing my new favorite name combos on my friends and family, and they’re reactions have lead me to believe that I will be cursing any child I name. Not that I’m naming children any time soon.
But I’m one of those wierd people who like to write and have name lists, and when I share I don’t want people to get that look on their face like I suggested they lick my dog or something. Are these names crazy?! (I’m beginging to think not, but then again what do I know?)

1) [name]Temperance[/name] [name]Delilah[/name] nn. Tempy
2) [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Aveline[/name] nn. [name]Kady[/name]
3) [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Daisy[/name] nn. [name]Izzy[/name]
4) [name]Viola[/name] [name]Juanita[/name] nn. ?
5) [name]Magdalen[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] nn. [name]Maggie[/name]
6) [name]Tatiana[/name] [name]Helene[/name] ([name]Helen[/name] pronoucned Hel-Ayne) nn. [name]Anni[/name] ([name]Ah[/name]-nee)
7) [name]Melanie[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] nn. [name]Melly[/name]
8) [name]Tuilelaith[/name] [name]Carolina[/name] nn. [name]Talullah[/name]
9) [name]Olive[/name] [name]Nell[/name] nn. [name]Livvy[/name]
10) [name]Genevive[/name] [name]Flo[/name] nn. [name]Gigi[/name]

What do you consider insane names? [name]Do[/name] you consider these insane?

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The only one I would really advise you don’t use would be [name]Tuilelaith[/name]. It would be a pain in the ass for a kid to have :wink: . The others are quite big and frilly, but I wouldn’t say insane. Temperence, while not my style, has started to become quite recognisable and acceptable due to the character from bones. [name]Katherine[/name] is pretty mainstream. [name]Isadora[/name] is frilly, but pretty and not unrecognisable. [name]Viola[/name] I think is perfectly fine. [name]Vi[/name] would be my instinctual nn choice. [name]Magdalen[/name] is recognisable and quite pretty, though I would rather [name]Magdalene[/name]. [name]Tatiana[/name] is gorgeous. My top name is [name]Satyana[/name], so I definitely support [name]Tatiana[/name]'s usability. [name]Melanie[/name] seems like an odd choice to me. I find it overused and dated (not the good kind of dated). [name]Olive[/name] is such a little sweetie. [name]Isla[/name] [name]Fisher[/name] and [name]Sacha[/name] [name]Baron[/name] [name]Cohen[/name] have helped that along. [name]Genevieve[/name], like [name]Katherine[/name], bores me, but there’s nothing wrong or insane about it.

Anyway, I hope that helps you some what. Overall I think your names are perfectly fine, but not really my personal style.

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No, these aren’t crazy for the most part. [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Aveline[/name] is my favorite! [name]Lovely[/name] : D. [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Daisy[/name] is interesting - here’s a case where to me, contrast between serious and silly works, but maybe that’s what’s throwing your friends off? [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Rose[/name] might be similar but a better balance.

I echo that [name]Tuilelaith[/name] is too much. [name]Tallulah[/name] [name]Carolina[/name], [name]Tallulah[/name] [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Carolina[/name] [name]Tallulah[/name], and [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Tallulah[/name] are all lovely, and [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Tallulah[/name] is most on-trend and nice for having different endings.

I also agree [name]Melanie[/name] is a bit dated. [name]Delaney[/name] might be an update, and I really like [name]Delaney[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]. [name]Rosemary[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is another faintly similar combo I love.

[name]Olive[/name] [name]Nell[/name] feels like slightly not that much name, and I might prefer [name]Olive[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] or [name]Olive[/name] Lionella, but it’s not a huge problem. [name]Oliva[/name] (oh-LEEV-a) is also a nice way to get more sound without being super popular [name]Olivia[/name] if you want to avoid that, though I can understand concerns that it might just be assumed to be [name]Olivia[/name]. Still, [name]Oliva[/name] [name]Nell[/name] is really cute.

[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Flo[/name] feels really abrupt in flow (ha!), but [name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Florence[/name] is lovely!

[name]Viola[/name] [name]Juanita[/name] - [name]Juanita[/name] is a little dated to me. [name]Viola[/name] [name]Johanna[/name]? [name]Violet[/name] [name]Johanna[/name] would be most on-trend, if you like.

But still, these are more about combo problems than the names themselves - if you present just the first names to your friends, how do they react? Because the middle name honestly is so rarely used that while it’s nice if it’s a great fit, it’s less essential than the first name, and if those middles are precious to you, keep them!

This difficulty to the most extreme degree is clear in [name]Temperance[/name] [name]Delilah[/name], which is the only one besides [name]Tuilelaith[/name] I have a bad reaction to. I had no idea [name]Temperance[/name] was becoming more familiar - I just think the [name]Temperance[/name] movement of the 1920s is an odd thing to have an association with, Tempy is a really odd nickname (like a temp agency?), and I see all sorts of temper/temperature jokes! But even with all that, [name]Temperance[/name] could be OK.

It’s just the combination of really good-girl [name]Temperance[/name] with middle name [name]Delilah[/name], one of the ultimate Biblical bad girls, is very grating to me. Maybe that contrast is what you like!

But to me it’s way too much in one name, like [name]Chastity[/name] [name]Electra[/name] or [name]Prudence[/name] [name]Jezebel[/name]. Would you use those? I think a little girl would feel rather confused upon learning the meanings of her names! Either name is OK enough on its own, but I would think long and hard before combining them.

[name]Temperance[/name] [name]Lila[/name] or [name]Temperance[/name] [name]Delaney[/name] is similar without being loaded (and [name]Lila[/name] [name]Temperance[/name] or [name]Delaney[/name] [name]Temperance[/name] is a very useable/wearable name). Or, maybe a name that sounds a little like [name]Temperance[/name] without being a virtue or Biblical good girl name - [name]Tamsin[/name] [name]Delilah[/name] comes to mind.

All best!

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Those names are not insane at all! My daughters name was supposed to be [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Aria[/name] [name]Elspeth[/name], so I can definitely get on board with over the top frills. The only one I see not working in real life is [name]Tuilelaith[/name], but that’s why we have GP lists.

The only names I deem “insane” are the misspelled, masculine debauchery that seems to be so dang popular. I saw a name on a drawing done by a little girl at a restaurant yesterday - [name]Tyhler[/name]. Now that’s insane. (I know it was a girl because it was in the section for girls)