Looking for second opinions on these names:Lucinda, Elaine, Coralie, Laurel, Victoria

Trying to find some pretty, unusual, but likable names for our future daughter. Need your feedback and thoughts on these!
[name]Lucinda[/name] (possible nn [name]Lucy[/name])
[name]Elaine[/name] (occasional nn [name]Laney[/name])
[name]Coralie[/name] (nn’s [name]Cora[/name]/[name]Cori[/name]/[name]Coral[/name])
[name]Laurel[/name] (do you say lore-uhl or lawr-uhl?)
[name]Victoria[/name] (don’t care for [name]Vicky[/name] though)

Thanks in advance!! :slight_smile:

I like all of them except for [name]Laurel[/name], which I pronounce lore-uhl by the way. I have just never liked it because it doesn’t seem complete to me for some reason. I prefer [name]Lorelei[/name] or [name]Lorraine[/name]. I really like [name]Lucy[/name], and [name]Cora[/name] with [name]Coralie[/name]. For [name]Elaine[/name] I would do nn [name]Lainie[/name], just because the spelling is closer, but obviously either way works, and I really like [name]Laney[/name]/[name]Lainie[/name]! If you don’t like [name]Vicky[/name] with [name]Victoria[/name], how about [name]Tori[/name]? I know two Victorias, one goes by [name]Victoria[/name] (would kill you if you called her anything else) and the other goes by [name]Tori[/name].

Live [name]Coralie[/name] and [name]Laurel[/name] from your list! I pronounce it Lawr-uhl… Like you would pronounce beginning [name]Laurence[/name] or [name]Lauren[/name]…

[name]Lucinda[/name] (possible nn [name]Lucy[/name])- love this, my favorite from your list. It seems to be the most unusual and [name]Lucy[/name] is an adorable nn
[name]Elaine[/name] (occasional nn [name]Laney[/name])- like it, especially with [name]Lainy[/name] as the nn
[name]Coralie[/name] (nn’s [name]Cora[/name]/[name]Cori[/name]/[name]Coral[/name])- my second favorite on your list but I much prefer [name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name] (do you say lore-uhl or lawr-uhl?)- lora-uhl. [name]Don[/name]'t really like it for some reason, not sure why. I like the pp’s sugustion of [name]Lorelei[/name] though
[name]Victoria[/name] (don’t care for [name]Vicky[/name] though)- my best friends name! love it, but I wouldn’t call it unusual. I like the nn [name]Tori[/name]. What about [name]Veronica[/name] instead. less commen and just as sweet. plenty of nn too without the [name]Vicky[/name] issue, [name]Vera[/name], [name]Nicci[/name], [name]Nica[/name], [name]Ronnie[/name]

I think all of your names are lovely. [name]Laurel[/name] is my least favorite, probably because there is no nickname for it. I pronounce it [name]Lore[/name]-uhl.
[name]Victoria[/name] is gorgeous (it was my aunts name so personally I really love it). I also don’t care for [name]Vicky[/name], but you could easily use Vix, [name]Tori[/name], [name]Tora[/name], [name]Toria[/name]…

A few other options for names I think fit the style you’re going for are-

[name]Magnolia[/name] (I think [name]Maggie[/name] is such a great nickname)
[name]Elodie[/name] ([name]Elle[/name] or [name]Elli[/name] would be so cute for a nickname)
[name]Lavinia[/name] ([name]Liv[/name], [name]Vin[/name], [name]Vinnie[/name]…)
[name]Rosalind[/name] ([name]Rosie[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Rosa[/name])
[name]Adelaide[/name] or [name]Adeline[/name] ([name]Ada[/name], [name]Addie[/name])
[name]Edith[/name] ([name]Love[/name] [name]Edie[/name])

I like [name]Victoria[/name] the best. You could use [name]Vita[/name], [name]Vika[/name], or [name]Ria[/name] as nicknames if you don’t like [name]Vicky[/name] or [name]Tori[/name].