Names Stylistically Similar to Cordelia

erose · October 4, 2012, 7:13am

Here is what I love about it;

it has vintage grace and flair
it isn’t popular
it has literary connections

What I don’t like, or am trying to like more than I do, is the sound. The “r” and “d” sounds, and especially the fact that it ends in -a is slightly off putting. This is a call for aid and a challenge - [name]Cordelia[/name] seems like a NB darling, are there any others that are similar, but with a less clunky sound?!

Thanks!

etoile · October 4, 2012, 7:16am

…[name]Cornelia[/name]?

Ok. I just properly read what were the qualities you didn’t like… so ignore [name]Cornelia[/name]. That was a reflex answer. Let me think of others.

lineska · October 4, 2012, 7:20am

Rosalind
Miranda
Viola
Juliet (getting rather popular by comparison)
Beatrice
Portia
Phoebe

A lot of these dont lose your issues with Cordelia…will keep thinking a bit. I do love Rosalind and Miranda though!

ottilie · October 4, 2012, 7:26am

Maybe these:

[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
Rosilda
[name]Clarissa[/name]
[name]Carmel[/name]
[name]Marian[/name]
[name]Oriane[/name]
Anellia
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]

I like lineska’s suggestions too!

september · October 4, 2012, 7:32am

Well, this had a "d’ sound in it (but no “r” or “a”!), but how about [name]Isolde[/name]? (As in the play [name]Tristan[/name] and [name]Isolde[/name])

etak_llaw · October 4, 2012, 7:37am

I think [name]Ophelia[/name] is a lot like [name]Cordelia[/name] and has vintage charm and a literary connection. Others:
[name]Primrose[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Leocadia[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
Almabel
[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]

maple_blythe · October 4, 2012, 7:38am

#1 if you’re in the US: [name]Imogen[/name] (also Shakespearean, and with 106 born in 2011, slightly more rare than [name]Cordelia[/name] with 177)
#2 (#1 if in the UK): [name]Coraline[/name] (slightly more popular with 227 born in 2011 in the US, but just 4 born in the UK)
#3 [name]Hermione[/name] ([name]Shakespeare[/name] long before Rowling! 55 born in the US, 118 in the UK).

And then in no particular order:
[name]Alethea[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Ginevra[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
[name]Clio[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Clemency[/name]
[name]Rosaline[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Marilla[/name]
[name]Christabel[/name]

september · October 4, 2012, 7:38am

Ooh, or how about [name]Estelle[/name] from Great Expectations!?

ottilie · October 4, 2012, 7:40am

Oh, you didn’t want -a endings.

[name]Aurore[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name]
[name]Vivien[/name]
[name]Ivory[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]

selenea · October 4, 2012, 8:10am

I don’t know if this will help, but it’s a list of sibling names for [name]Cordelia[/name], from the 1830’s through the present: Sibling Spotlight for Cordelia - British Baby Names

breannajai · October 4, 2012, 10:57am

[name]Winnifred[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Elinor[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]

erose · October 4, 2012, 2:52pm

I am short on time so can’t list the names that caught my eye but I can give my other favorites to make the whole “vintage” category a bit less vague;

[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]

Thanks!

strawberry_shortcake · October 4, 2012, 3:21pm

[name]Coralie[/name]
Delilha
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Iva[/name]
[name]Nicolette[/name]
[name]Marisol[/name]
[name]Guinivere[/name]
[name]Sophronia[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Ismene[/name]
[name]Zora[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Violetta[/name]

Lovelywren · October 4, 2012, 4:36pm

[name]Nelly[/name] nn [name]Nell[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Temperance[/name]
[name]Hariette[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Virginie[/name]
[name]Isobel[/name]/Isodore
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Hellen[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Mercy[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Diane[/name]
[name]Claret[/name]
[name]Mavis[/name]
[name]Coralie[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Christabelle[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Lilith[/name]
[name]Victoire[/name]
[name]Eugenie[/name]