Looking for Inspiration [Reviving my Stale Girls' List!]

I’ve been a bit bored with my girls’ list lately, and I’m hoping to insert some fresh life into it. I’m not sure what I’m asking for here, lol, but I have some new crushes I’ve been tossing about, and some old loves that still make me swoon, and I was hoping that maybe you lovelies could make suggestions based on both of those lists, or comment on the new crushes if you like, or even just drop some of your very favorites here for some inspiration–or any mix of any of those options!

Old favorites: [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]/[name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Tessa[/name_f], [name_f]Arianne[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]/[name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Ayla[/name_f].

[name_m]New[/name_m] crushes: [name_f]Amada[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_u]Everly[/name_u], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f], [name_f]Maris[/name_f], Marsela (love this Albanian name!), [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], and [name_f]Thalia[/name_f].

Thanks so much, Berries!

Combined new List: [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]/[name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_u]Everly[/name_u], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Maris[/name_f], Marsela (love this Albanian name!), [name_f]Ramona[/name_f].

These are the names I really like, with [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]/en and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] being faves.

[name_f]Maris[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and [name_f]Violet[/name_f] for a middle only ([name_f]Violet[/name_f] v popular).

You could also have [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] nn [name_u]Ever[/name_u] and that covers [name_u]Everly[/name_u] and is more interesting than [name_f]Eva[/name_f].

You could also use [name_f]Della[/name_f] as nn for [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] which gets your [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]/ [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]/ [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] sound in there.

I’d myself prefer [name_f]Amalia[/name_f] or [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] over [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] (though [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] could go back in!)

Would use [name_u]Romy[/name_u] as nn for [name_f]Ramona[/name_f].

I chopped names that are too popular, cutesy (eg [name_f]Luella[/name_f]) and/or not-good-fussy for me.

Other names you might like:

[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronte[/name_f]
[name_f]Liberty[/name_f]

I’m loving your crushes, [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]! What a wonderful and unique selection of names.

[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianne[/name_f] [name_u]Everly[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Amada[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] Marsela [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Luella[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]

[name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to mix and match these combos! I hope you like some of these. :slight_smile:

Combos -

[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianne[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]

Suggestions -

[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Millie[/name_f] [name_f]Amada[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelia[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] Marsela
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Arianne[/name_f]

I prefer your old favourites although I adore [name_u]Everly[/name_u] which is #2 on my list. [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] is very pretty too, and I like [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] although it’s not one I’d use myself. I love almost all of your old favourites!

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your efforts to help. :stuck_out_tongue:

At this point I admit that opinions on names themselves/name suggestions are of more help than combo making–many of the old favorites already have much-loved combos attached to them already, and the new ones, I sort of have an idea of where I want to go with them (at least some of them!), if I use them, but my original post was so vague that I hardly hold anyone accountable for that but me lol. Thanks for trying to make sense of my request, though–I appreciate it! :stuck_out_tongue:

@eloiset - I love [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], too, and honestly always go between [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], and [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], but [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] honors a much-loved friend who passed away in 2010, and [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] honors my great-grandmother, and I find [name_f]Amalia[/name_f] ridiculously hard to pair up, so she usually loses out in the Am- battle. (Not to mention [name_f]Amada[/name_f], [name_f]Amaya[/name_f], etc.!) Popularity matters very little to me, though, lol, and [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] is my favorite girls’ name of all time, so she’s not going anywhere. :stuck_out_tongue: (Similar to [name_f]Violet[/name_f], who honors my grandma!) I keep a top 20 in general, so it’s not like I don’t have room to mess with here, but a couple of the names I’ve had on my list ([name_f]Lilian[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Kaia[/name_f], at least) are feeling a bit stale, and I was hoping to find some new loves. :slight_smile:

@daffodils and sunflowers - thanks, lovely! [name_m]Even[/name_m] though I’m more looking for new ideas for fns for my list at this point in the game, I appreciate the thought you put into those combos! I use [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] WAYYYY too much, but [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is super sweet! I am not sure I could give up [name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], though!

@carysmarie - thank you! Your style is beautiful, so I take that as a compliment! :slight_smile: I don’t know of all–or any, honestly, lol–of these crushes will make it, but occasionally it’s nice to make a bit of a change, no? :slight_smile: Honestly, a good number of these would probably be middle names for already existing names on my list–I’ve tossed about [name_f]Eve[/name_f] Marsela/[name_f]Eva[/name_f] Marsela/[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] Marsela, [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]/[name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], although I’ve considered [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] nn [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] to replace [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] nn [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]. I already have [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] on my list as a mn for [name_u]Winter[/name_u], but I’ve been loving her lately and wondering about promoting her to a FN. My great-great (?) grandmother’s middle name was [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] (which I think is amazing!), and so I’ve been wanting to add her for a while now, but haven’t found the right place just yet. I love the idea of [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lola[/name_f], though!

Anyone else wanting to chime in, make new suggestions, etc., I’d love it! Thanks, Berries!