Poll: which is your favorite girl name?

See the results of this poll: Which is your favorite girl name

Respondents: 88 (This poll is closed)

  • Amelia "Mia": 12 (14%)
  • Antoinette "Annie": 5 (6%)
  • Avalon "Ava": 11 (13%)
  • Giselle "Ellie" or "Gigi": 10 (11%)
  • Honorah "Honey" or "Norah": 8 (9%)
  • Evangeline "Evie": 9 (10%)
  • Josephine "Josie" or "Fifi": 13 (15%)
  • Madeleine "Maddie": 3 (3%)
  • Lydia "Lydie": 11 (13%)
  • Seraphine "Serry" or "Fifi": 6 (7%)

You have some great names there!

I voted for [name]Honorah[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name], as those are two which are on our list, but I also love [name]Seraphine[/name] and [name]Evangeline[/name], and really like [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Giselle[/name].

[name]Amelia[/name] is a great name, but very popular, and as you have so many lovely options which are less popular, it would not be my choice out of your list. The same applies to [name]Avalon[/name] with the nn [name]Ava[/name].

I love [name]Annie[/name], but personally [name]Antoinette[/name], while I like the unusual flavour of it, doesn’t really do much for me. You may also like [name]Annora[/name], [name]Annaliese[/name] and [name]Annika[/name].

[name]Madeleine[/name] is such a pretty classic, but because of [name]Madison[/name] and the numerous mispellings of [name]Madeleine[/name], it has been ruined a little for me in first place. In the middle it is lovely, though.

For sisters, I would avoid two -ine endings, so you could only use one out of [name]Seraphine[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Madeleine[/name] (additionally, I would not use [name]Seraphine[/name] and [name]Evangeline[/name] together because it might be angel overkill!).

I think any combination of [name]Giselle[/name], [name]Honorah[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name], as well as either [name]Seraphine[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name] or [name]Josephine[/name] (other nn for the latter is [name]Posy[/name]), would be beautiful, and work very well together.

Also, [name]Annie[/name] and [name]Norah[/name] are lovely together, so [name]Antoinette[/name] and [name]Honorah[/name] would work well.

Good luck!

Thank you Twinkle for your advise… I am liking the looks of the following:

[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]

[name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]

[name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]

I love [name]Evangeline[/name] but starting to prefer [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Seraphine[/name] to it…
funny how someone’s suggestions opens your ideas to combos!
Thanks again Twinkle (:

[name]Jenevieve[/name],

First of all, I love your names!

[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]

From these, I like [name]Honorah[/name] and [name]Seraphine[/name] best together because their popularity rankings match. [name]Giselle[/name], [name]Lydia[/name], and [name]Josephine[/name] are lovely, but they are more common next to [name]Honorah[/name]. What about [name]HONORAH[/name] [name]JOSEPHINE[/name] and [name]SERAPHINE[/name] [name]LYDIA[/name]?

[name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]

I think I prefer [name]Giselle[/name] and [name]Seraphine[/name]. [name]Lydia[/name]'s popularity is closer to [name]Giselle[/name]'s, but it’s more classic. [name]Giselle[/name] and [name]Seraphine[/name] feel closer to me because they are both French-sounding (though [name]Giselle[/name] is [name]German[/name]). Nameberry lists the pronunciation of [name]Giselle[/name]”[name]GEE[/name]-zah-lah ([name]German[/name]) as well as jiz-[name]ELLE[/name] (French). Which do you say? What about [name]GISELLE[/name] [name]AMELIA[/name] (or [name]GISELLE[/name] [name]MADELEINE[/name] if you use the [name]German[/name] pronunciation) and [name]SERAPHINE[/name] [name]LYDIA[/name]?

[name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]

I would go with [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name] for the opposite reason of why I prefer [name]Seraphine[/name] with [name]Giselle[/name]. [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name] are more classic, so I think they fit better. What about [name]LYDIA[/name] [name]SERAPHINE[/name] and [name]JOSEPHINE[/name] [name]HONORAH[/name]?

:slight_smile:

I voted for [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] - cute names, and gorgeous together!

I chose [name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Giselle[/name] as my favourites but I don’t think they go well as a sibset.

For sibsets I’d choose either:

[name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name]
or
[name]Giselle[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name]

My number 1 favourite name on your list though is [name]Giselle[/name] which is also on mine :slight_smile:

[name]Hi[/name] [name]Cecily[/name]:

I definitely would go with the french pronunciation of [name]Giselle[/name] (:
I like your pairings of [name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]; [name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]; [name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]
thank you !

I voted for [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name]. But I loved the others, too. I think I would spell [name]Honora[/name] with no “h” at the end. [name]Love[/name] nn [name]Nora[/name] or [name]Norah[/name].

[name]Honora[/name] NN [name]Honey[/name] is amazing! never even thought of that…

:slight_smile:

[name]Hi[/name] [name]Cecily[/name]:

I definitely would go with the french pronunciation of [name]Giselle[/name] (:
I like your pairings of [name]Honorah[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]; [name]Lydia[/name] & [name]Josephine[/name]; [name]Giselle[/name] & [name]Seraphine[/name]
thank you ![/quote]
I also use the French pronunciation, as do all the Giselles I know :slight_smile:
What middle names are you considering?