I’d drop [name_f]Ignatia[/name_f] and Libertia, I just don’t like how they sound (and Libertia sounds more like a “country” name to me, if that makes sense.)
I love [name_f]Marianne[/name_f], [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] & [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]!
To make your longlist shorter, I’d suggest taking out names that sound too similar.
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you want [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] or [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] on your list? [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] or [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]? Libertia or [name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]? [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] or [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]? [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] or [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]? [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] or [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]? [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] or [name_f]Theodora[/name_f]? Eudoria or [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]?
Also, some names I don’t think fit with the rest are [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] and [name_f]Angelica[/name_f]. They both seem pretty dated, unlike your other choices that are vintage, unique vintage or classical.
My favorites are [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], and [name_f]Angelica[/name_f]!
If you have to drop anything, I would drop [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] or Libertia- they both seem a bit heavy and hard to wear.
These seem more like gps to me: [name_f]Ignatia[/name_f], [name_f]Temperance[/name_f], [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], Eudoria, [name_f]Alfrida[/name_f], [name_f]Flavia[/name_f], [name_f]Hypatia[/name_f], [name_f]Hortense[/name_f], [name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
^^ They are all legitimate names, but they seem considerably less wearable than the others on your list, whether because of sound or associations or grandiosity or just the fact that they’ll constantly be mispronounced in the [name_f]English[/name_f]-speaking world (ahem, [name_f]Hortense[/name_f]). Overall, though, you have a lovely list! The majority are on my own lists.
I like [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], [name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f].
The ones I really dislike [name_f]Hortense[/name_f], [name_f]Flavia[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_f]Alfrida[/name_f], [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], [name_f]Alberta[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f].
Names that feel a little boring or dated from this list: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Natasha[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
Names that feel a little clunky or are just not my taste: Ingnatia, [name_f]Alberta[/name_f], [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Alfrida[/name_f], [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f], Libertia, [name_f]Hortense[/name_f]
