I absolutely love [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]. I also like [name_f]Frederique[/name_f] (I like [name_f]Fredrika[/name_f] more), [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f].
I like the form [name_f]Abelone[/name_f] for [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] best.
Arienne - beautiful, totally usable
Wrenna - I like this actually, it feels made up but I like Wrenley as well. Nice one!
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] - I like it, it’s been on my GP list for a while. I love the option of [name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] - I like this one a lot, it’s on my long list
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] - I know a few women with this name. It’s very nice.
[name_f]Amelina[/name_f] - I do kinda like it despite it feeling super smooshy. My grandmother used to call my sister Jamelina (her name is [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]) so I don’t think I could get that out of my head.
[name_f]Josette[/name_f] - I don’t mind it. A bit frilly but sorta nice.
[name_f]Merrilyn[/name_f] - I like the sound and the look, but it just seems like a misspelling of [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f].
Roxandra - well, I don’t think it’s horrible, but it’s definitely a smoosh
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f] - I’m not really a fan of any of the [name_u]August[/name_u]/[name_f]Augusta[/name_f] names and this is no different
[name_f]Dorinda[/name_f] - Dorito was my first thought
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f] - looks like a misspelling of [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] (which honestly just looks like a alteration of [name_f]Emily[/name_f]…)
Eirlys - is that pronounced air-less? ire-less? not really fond of the sound
Ferelith - bit too much like feral to me
Forflissa - this sounds like a sci-fi/fairy name, like something that would be in a [name_f]Barbie[/name_f] movie. It has a nice sound, but it’s hard to imagine in real life
[name_f]Frederique[/name_f] - I’m not a big fan of feminizations, and this is one of the worst ones in my opinion
[name_f]Tea[/name_f] - like the drink and the letter, if you want tee-uh I think you have to go with [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] - this sounds like a place name to me, sorry but I don’t like it.
[name_f]Veronique[/name_f] - screams faux french to me
Viatrix - sounds like a medication and a little too dominatrix-like for me. And I like [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]!
[name_f]Amelina[/name_f]
Definitely usable, and gorgeous as well
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]
I can’t imagine anyone with this name except a very specific type of hippie
Arienne
I love this, but then, Alianne is probably in my top 3 names ever
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f]
Unexpected, but useable. Personally I don’t like it.
[name_f]Dorinda[/name_f]
It feels like an old lady name to me, even though I’ve never heard it before and certainly not on an old lady.
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f]
It’s a little much. I prefer clean and pretty [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
Eirlys
Ferelith
Forflissa
All three of these are just completely unusable afaic
[name_f]Frederique[/name_f]
[name_f]Josette[/name_f]
These are usable ish but I very much don’t like them. Too ‘good girl’ somehow
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]
All I can think of is The House on [name_m]Mango[/name_m] street and [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f]'s description of her sister [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]'s name being ugly
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
My associations are too bad for me to be able to objectively judge this one
[name_f]Merrilyn[/name_f]
This really freshens up [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]. I like it, weirdly enough
Roxandra
Prefer [name_f]Roxanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Tea[/name_f]
Like [name_f]Tia[/name_f]? Because otherwise she’d need a twin brother Coffee
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronique[/name_f]
Viatrix
Again, way too out there. [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Veronica[/name_f], and [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] would be a lot more wearable.
Wrenna
I like [name_u]Wren[/name_u] better, and prefer the Renna spelling, but I do like this.
lettucehead: I normally dislike “smoosh” names and “frills” too, these are just a few that caught my eye for whatever reason. Not saying I’d ever use them, (except perhaps for characters/pets), just they all had a slight glimmer of potential when I saw them, if only for a fleeting moment!
sorceress: I think you’ve picked out most of my favourites from the list too!!
njordv: I prefer [name_f]Frederica[/name_f] to [name_f]Frederique[/name_f] or [name_f]Fredrika[/name_f], but I like all forms of this name. Sorry I can’t get behind [name_f]Abelone[/name_f], it just reminds me of the shellfish Abalone!
kala_way: Thanks so much for your detailed input! Great to hear your thoughts. [name_m]Just[/name_m] some further info if you’re interested - according to behindthename ‘Wrenna’ is the Old English form of ‘[name_u]Wren[/name_u]’ I found that quite interesting but would need to do more research to find out how true this is. Roxandra is possibly an Eastern European form of [name_f]Roxana[/name_f]. [name_f]Emilienne[/name_f] is [name_m]French[/name_m] and normally spelt Émilienne. Eirlys is pronounced similar to ayr-liss and is Welsh for ‘snowdrop’. Ferelith and Forflissa are forms of the old Gaelic name Forbhlaith. With [name_f]Tea[/name_f] I was leaning more towards the pronunciation [name_u]Tay[/name_u]-uh. Viatrix is the original [name_m]Roman[/name_m] form of [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f].
janna: Thanks for your detailed input too! When I was younger I thought of [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] as an ‘ugly’ name but all of a sudden I am beginning to love it! And I was pronouncing [name_f]Tea[/name_f] more like [name_u]Tay[/name_u]-uh than [name_f]Tia[/name_f].
