Need new ideas

southern.maple · December 5, 2025, 4:03pm

[name_f]My[/name_f] girl’s list is really small these days, and I’m looking for new ideas. [name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to suggest names that might be outside my comfort zone. I tend to love vintage revivals (some likely feel contemporary these days) and Celtic names.

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Current list: [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f]

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I’ve been pondering [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], and [name_f]Vivian[/name_f] but not sure about them. Thanks!

Sorceress · December 5, 2025, 4:07pm

[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Haydee[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- from 18 century theater piece
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Sibyl[/name_f] or [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] or [name_f]Sibylla[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Idony[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Polina[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Winifred[/name_f]

southern.maple · December 5, 2025, 4:13pm

Oooh, I remember loving [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] when I was binge watching Downton [name_f]Abbey[/name_f]!

Greyblue · December 5, 2025, 4:27pm

[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Iris[/name_f]! [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] and [name_f]Vivian[/name_f] are wonderful options too

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I’d add:

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[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Carys[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mairead[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Keira[/name_f] / [name_f]Ciara[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mina[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hallie[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Seren[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Luella[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Evelyn[/name_f]

atomicginge · December 5, 2025, 4:29pm

[name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Niamh[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Caitriona[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Fiona[/name_f]

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[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Winona[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mavis[/name_f]

persephonescrown · December 5, 2025, 4:56pm

Maybe…

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[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ceridwen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hedra[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lilivere[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Derowen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Phryne[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mariel[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Winnet[/name_f]

GinnyPotter · December 5, 2025, 5:12pm

I like vintage revivals and Celtic names (and Edith) too, although my taste leans slightly more frilly. [name_f]So[/name_f] maybe [name_f][/name_f]-

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[name_f]Anne[/name_f] & [name_f]Annie[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Antonia[/name_f], [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f]

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[name_f]Asenath[/name_f]

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[name_f]Alfonsina[/name_f]

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[name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_f]Francine[/name_f]

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[name_f]Virginia[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]

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[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] & [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]

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[name_f]Marnie[/name_f], [name_f]Maureen[/name_f], [name_f]Myra[/name_f], [name_f]Michelina[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Marianne[/name_f] / [name_f]Marian[/name_f], [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

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[name_f]Constance[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Carmen[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

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[name_f]Helen[/name_f]

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[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] & [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Dagmar[/name_f]

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[name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] & [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Loretta[/name_f]

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[name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenia[/name_f] & [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]

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[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]

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[name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]

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[name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f]

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[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Geraldine[/name_f], [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]

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[name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Juliana[/name_f]

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[name_f]Nora[/name_f]

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[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

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[name_f]Raphaela[/name_f] / [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f]

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[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]

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[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] & [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]

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[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] & [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]

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[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]

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[name_f]Florence[/name_f]

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[name_f][/name_f][name_f]My[/name_f] entire list of Celtic names

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Look up the pronunciations of all the [name_f]Irish[/name_f] and Welsh names.

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[name_f]Irish[/name_f]:

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[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]

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Áedammair / Aodhamair

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Líadan

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[name_f]Sorcha[/name_f]

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[name_f]Mairéad[/name_f]

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[name_f]Róisín[/name_f]

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[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]

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[name_f]Caoilfhionn[/name_f]

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[name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f]

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[name_f]Sinéad[/name_f] & [name_f]Siobhán[/name_f]

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[name_f]Saoirse[/name_f]

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[name_f]Emer[/name_f] (ee [name_f][/name_f]- mur)

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[name_f]Muireann[/name_f]

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Welsh:

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[name_f]Angharad[/name_f]

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[name_f]Myfanwy[/name_f]

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[name_f]Siân[/name_f]

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Scottish:

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[name_f]Lilias[/name_f]

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[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]

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somemelodioussonnet · December 5, 2025, 6:10pm

[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Laine[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Lyla[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ruth[/name_f]

blackberryway · December 6, 2025, 1:01am

[name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], and [name_f]Edith[/name_f] are all on my list! As is [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]

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some other of my favourites you may like!

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[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]June[/name_f]
[name_f]Juniper[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_m]Rowan[/name_m]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Wren[/name_f]

sammaegre · December 6, 2025, 5:39am

I love [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], and [name_f]Vivian[/name_f]!

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[name_f]Niamh[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Jillian[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Imogen[/name_f]

southern.maple · December 6, 2025, 9:15pm

Okay, here’s what’s stood out to me so far:

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[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- I love the author [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] Marillier

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[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]

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[name_f]Ada[/name_f]

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[name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- a lot of these in my family tree

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[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- has been on my list before

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[name_f]Lois[/name_f]

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[name_f]Freya[/name_f]

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[name_f]Cora[/name_f]

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[name_f]Niamh[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- would probably have to use [name_f]Neve[/name_f]

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[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- but worried it’s “too old”

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[name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- have been loving [name_f]Connie[/name_f] Francis’s music this year

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[name_f]Liadan[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- have liked since I read a fantasy novel with an MC named this

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[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]

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[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- have always loved

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[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]