Anyone care to shorten my very long list to 10-ish favourites? I’ve annotated it slightly to highlight pns and stuff…
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f] - worrying this is too close to [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] esp. with her new popularity. [name_m]Said[/name_m] AIL-sa like the place, common in [name_f]Scotland[/name_f].
[name_f]Annabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Anwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f] i[/i]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsan[/name_f] - Welsh form of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_f]Buffy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]/[name_u]Connie[/name_u]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eilidh[/name_f] i[/i]
[name_f]Eithne[/name_f] i[/i]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Lizbet[/name_f]
[name_f]Elva[/name_f]/[name_f]Elfie[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Fran[/name_u]/[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f] – nn [name_f]Deanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Iseabail[/name_f], [name_f]Iseabal[/name_f] and [name_f]Ishbel[/name_f] - said the same, Scottish variant of [name_f]Isabel[/name_f].
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f] - used regularly in the UK as a given name
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhianna[/name_f] - never given much thought by NB but quite well-known in the UK, form of Welsh [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f].
[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] nn [name_u]Romy[/name_u]
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]