I really like [name]Maia[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]. I think the name [name]Melissa[/name] or the name [name]Rebecca[/name] would work for you. Good luck!
I love the name [name]Phoebe[/name]. I don’t think the associations are too bad. Other possible nicknames could be [name]Fee[/name] (Phoe) or [name]Fifi[/name], maybe? I guess you could also get [name]Bibi[/name] or [name]Fia[/name] from [name]Phoebe[/name].
From your list, my favorites are:
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
These are classic, sweet, and beautiful. They are well-known enough that no one should have difficulty spelling or pronouncing them. They are also very current with trends and a child would love any of these! You have a lovely naming style!
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
I’m sorry if someone mentioned this, but how about [name]Arabella[/name]?
I love the name [name]Arabella[/name] but I mentioned it to my mother once, and her response was so negative that I’ve never been able to reconsider it.
I love a lot of the names on your original list!
A lot of my v favourite names are on there:
[name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Isabel[/name], [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Matilda[/name], [name]Maia[/name] and [name]Susanna[/name]
Out of your later list, I love: [name]Juliet[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Clementine[/name].
Great name choices!
Maybe someone suggested this, but what about Cece (see-see) as a nn for [name]Priscilla[/name]. I think it’s a lovely underused name with a cute nickname. Gospel singer Cece Winans name is [name]Priscilla[/name], btw, I love her music so that’s how I recalled her “real” name. Good luck!
I know you crossed some names off your list, but (imho) cute nn keep coming to mind. I love the name [name]Juliet[/name] btw and love the play [name]Romeo[/name] & [name]Juliet[/name], so the idea isn’t a bad one for me. 
Plus Juls is a super classy nickname.
Here my other thoughts (I already mentioned [name]Priscilla[/name]: nn Cece)
- [name]Aurora[/name]: nn [name]Ro[/name]
- [name]Beatrice[/name]: nn [name]Trixie[/name] (classy full name and a peppy nn)
- [name]Kirsten[/name]: nn [name]Kit[/name]
- [name]Margaret[/name]: nn [name]Mitzi[/name] (actually knew an older lady with this nn growing up and always thought it was adorable)
I know you crossed some names off your list, but (imho) cute nn keep coming to mind. I love the name [name]Juliet[/name] btw and love the play [name]Romeo[/name] & [name]Juliet[/name], so the idea isn’t a bad one for me. Plus Juls is a super classy nickname.
Here my other thoughts (I already mentioned [name]Priscilla[/name]: nn Cece)
- [name]Aurora[/name]: nn [name]Ro[/name]
- [name]Beatrice[/name]: nn [name]Trixie[/name] (classy full name and a peppy nn)
- [name]Kirsten[/name]: nn [name]Kit[/name]
- [name]Margaret[/name]: nn [name]Mitzi[/name] (actually knew an older lady with this nn growing up and always thought it was adorable)[/quote]
[name]Cecily[/name] nn Ceci
[name]Lydia[/name] nn Lyddie
[name]Julia[/name] nn [name]Jules[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] nn [name]Sari[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name] nn [name]Rosie[/name]
What a good idea! Much better nn than [name]Prissy[/name]!
[name]Adria[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Adrienne[/name]
[name]Anthea[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Delia[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Eloisa[/name]
[name]Gillian[/name]/[name]Jillian[/name]
[name]Gloria[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Hilary[/name]
[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Vivien[/name]/[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Hi[/name] [name]Deirdre[/name], I was looking through your list…
Instead of [name]Emmeline[/name], have you thought of [name]Emalia[/name] (e-ma-lia) ? It’s a variation on the name [name]Emily[/name] (Latin)/[name]Amelia[/name] ([name]German[/name]) which means ‘industrious and hardworking’, and not as widely used. It’ll flow with the surname too… (for eg. [name]Emalia[/name] [name]Van[/name] Wijk); and this way, baby’s nn can also be [name]Mali[/name] (mah-li) or [name]Molly[/name], instead of [name]Emme[/name]/[name]Emma[/name] that you want to avoid.
You also like [name]Sophia[/name] but say it’s too popular, so how about its variant [name]Sonia[/name]? This is taken off wikipedia: [name]Sonia[/name] is a feminine given name in the many countries including the [name]West[/name], [name]Russia[/name] and [name]India[/name]. The name is derived from “[name]Sophia[/name]”, a Greek name meaning wisdom.
In the official language of [name]India[/name] Hindi the name means ‘golden’,[1] derived from ??? son? ‘gold’, from Sanskrit ??? suvar?a (su- ‘good’ + var?a ‘color’).
Variant spellings include [name]Sonja[/name] and [name]Sonya[/name].
Another nickname for [name]Adelaide[/name] would be [name]Della[/name]. You don’t like the place-name association for [name]Adelaide[/name] though… and the names closest to this would be [name]Adeline[/name] or [name]Adele[/name].
Have you considered Adrielle? Hebrew origin; it means ‘member of God’s flock’.
If you decide to go with [name]Clementine[/name], I think baby’s nickname should be [name]Tina[/name] (or even [name]Tiny[/name]), rather than [name]Clemmy[/name]. Not very flattering when it was a nn for [name]Clement[/name], sure as day wouldn’t be flattering for a [name]Clementine[/name] either. And I checked up [name]Cleo[/name] for you. [name]Cleo[/name] can be the short forms for only 2 names-- Cleodal (Latin): a glorious woman; and [name]Cleopatra[/name] (Greek): a father’s glory, of the royal family. Note that [name]CLEO[/name] is also the name for a magazine (link: Cleo (magazine) - Wikipedia) so this could make or break the name for you.
You’ve heard of [name]Leona[/name] [name]Lewis[/name] right? [name]Leonie[/name] is like that, but ending with the ‘ee’ sound.
[name]How[/name] about [name]Philippa[/name]? nn [name]Pippa[/name] for short? Refined for an adult, adorable for a kid. [name]Pippa[/name] [name]Van[/name] Curen… for eg. (Sorry, I’m just playing around with different dutch surnames since you didn’t state your own here…)
I was also thinking since your name starts with a ‘D’, how about [name]Desiree[/name]/[name]Desirae[/name] (French): One who is desired? DEH-zi-ree/ray for pronunciation; nn can be [name]Dezi[/name] or [name]Rae[/name]. It’s a name that has been around for awhile. In fact, here’s a bit of info taken off babynamewizard.com: [name]Desiree[/name] [name]Clary[/name], one-time fiancee of [name]Napoleon[/name], who later married [name]Jean[/name] [name]Baptiste[/name] Bernadotte. When her husband was elected as [name]King[/name] [name]Karl[/name] [name]VI[/name] [name]Johan[/name] of [name]Sweden[/name], she became [name]Queen[/name] of [name]Sweden[/name]. To this day, the first daughter of Swedish royals is always given “[name]Desiree[/name]” as one of her middle names. The current Crown [name]Princess[/name] of [name]Sweden[/name] is named [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Ingrid[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Desiree[/name].
[name]Hope[/name] this helps!
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Bethany[/name]
[name]Angie[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosie[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name] is absolutely gorgeous! My neice’s name is [name]Antonia[/name], we call her [name]Nia[/name], which I think is an equally beautiful nickname.
You had also mentioned the nickname [name]Nonie[/name], which is my mom’s name. It’s not short for anything, just [name]Nonie[/name]. She has never met anyone else with that name. People often don’t know how to pronounce it correctly (it’s NO-nee, not NAWN-ee).
What about [name]Zoe[/name] [name]Rose[/name]?!?
I really like [name]Susannah[/name] nn [name]Sukey[/name] from your original list. I am considering it myself for my baby girl due in [name]April[/name]. It is a popular nn in [name]England[/name] but not heard much here. I think [name]Susannah[/name] is ready to be revived, it is so classic and pretty. My other daughter is [name]Imogen[/name], another vintage name, not sure if that has been suggested to you yet. Good luck!
Sorry for any repeats, which there will probably be. (: Here you go:
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Wilhelmine[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name]/ [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] - too popular, probably.
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name] - French spelling of [name]Madeline[/name], etc.
[name]Claudia[/name] - it’s strong, but lovely.
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Babette[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]/ [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
There you go. :3 I don’t know if some of them are what you’re looking for, but I think some of them might’ve been. [name]Lucy[/name] always seems so perfectly sweet to me.