Rip apart my long lists parte deux: Girls!

These are the ones I like:
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]-- I knew one and she was just a bucket full of joy!
[name]Beatrix[/name]-- It’s pretty, really, but I much prefer [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Dulcinea[/name] - I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Don[/name] [name]Quixote[/name] =P
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Isadore[/name]-- What about [name]Isadora[/name]? It’s more feminine…
[name]Josephine[/name]-- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Molly[/name]-- I like [name]Molly[/name], even if it is a bit “old”
[name]Pearl[/name]-- very, very pretty
[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rose[/name]-- I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Rose[/name]! Especially [name]Rosalie[/name]…hopefully he’ll come around :wink: There’s also [name]Roslyn[/name]…
[name]Winifred[/name]-- like a lot! especially the nn [name]Winnie[/name] on a little one

Our daughter’s name is getting shredded in the responses so I feel like I need to give some love for [name]Leighton[/name]. We wanted something unique that wasn’t crazy and it fits the bill perfectly. I can see it getting labeled as trendy because of the “eigh” spelling, but in actuality, I don’t know of anyone else with this name besides the one actress - which is not why we went with the name. Oh - and if the whole putting a name with a face thing is helpful, you simply won’t find a cuter baby than [name]Leighton[/name]: http://hormuth.smugmug.com/2010/February-2010/062-copy/791484898_HxyqB-M.jpg

First names I like:
[name]Roxanne[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Molly[/name]

Middle names I like:
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Esther[/name] * - we both say maybe
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Liv[/name]
[name]Rosie[/name]

Combos I like:
[name]Molly[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Roxanne[/name] [name]Sage[/name]

I will just leave the ones I really, really like:

[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Agata[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Avalon[/name]
Avonlea - [name]Ah[/name]-von-[name]LEE[/name] with a short a sound like [name]Cat[/name].
[name]Blythe[/name] - I love, he hates.
[name]Caroline[/name] * - problem: my stepmom is [name]Carolyn[/name] and we don’t get along all that well.
[name]Charlea[/name] - pron. like [name]Charlie[/name]
[name]Clodagh[/name] - pron [name]CLO[/name]- da
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name] - after my mom, long story.
[name]Dulcinea[/name] - Dull-sin-AY-uh
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Esther[/name] * - we both say maybe
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Hestia[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Isadore[/name]
[name]Jemimah[/name]
[name]Jette[/name] - pron. [name]Jet[/name]
[name]Jewel[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] *
[name]Julienne[/name] - Joo-lee-EN
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Kinsey[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]/Larkspur
[name]Leona[/name]
Lightfoot - I fell in love with this after reading Cold Sassy Tree
[name]Lyndon[/name] - comb. of my moms name ([name]Lynn[/name]) and grandpas name ([name]Donald[/name])
Lynley - honors my mom
[name]Maia[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name] *
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name] *
[name]Rachael[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rose[/name] * - he’s always seen himself with a [name]Rose[/name] but dislikes my suggestion of [name]Rosalie[/name].
[name]Roxanna[/name] - I love this name, always have, he hates it
[name]Rue[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]
[name]Shea[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] - NN [name]Dani[/name]. Could we avoid NN [name]Sher[/name]/[name]Cher[/name]?
[name]Sosie[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name] * - he loves, I’m only okay with, but it sounds beautiful with LN.
Swift - mn only.
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name] *
[name]Temperance[/name] * - nn Tempe, like the city in AZ.
[name]True[/name] - I love this.
[name]Viola[/name] - Vie-OH-lah
[name]Windsor[/name]
[name]Winter[/name]

Your little [name]Leighton[/name] is adorable!

Here are the names I like, with some ideas:
[name]Annabel[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Catriona[/name] --how about [name]Catrina[/name], to offset any pronunciation issues?
[name]Claudia[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] *
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Lyndsay[/name]/Lynley - honors my mom
[name]Marguerite[/name] *
[name]Molly[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Raina[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] *
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] - her nn could be [name]Shea[/name].
[name]Susannah[/name] - love this with mn [name]True[/name]!

Thanks, unicorngal!

As for the rest of the list, I like these ones:

[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Anouk[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Clodagh[/name] - would like this if you went with the Irish spelling and symbolism of Claddaugh
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Isadore[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Keira[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Liv[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Shea[/name]
[name]Sheridan[/name] - like the name, don’t like nn [name]Dani[/name]

[name]Ada[/name] or [name]Adah[/name] - prefer [name]Ada[/name]
Aderyn - uh-DEER-in - DISLIKE
[name]Agata[/name]- LIKE- reminds me of [name]ABBA[/name]. Prefer [name]Agatha[/name] though.
[name]Agnes[/name]- LIKE!
[name]Alice[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Annabel[/name]- LIKE.
[name]Anouk[/name]- LIKE- I imagine a pretty French girl :slight_smile:
[name]Arabella[/name]- NOT [name]KEEN[/name]- too frilly
[name]Artemis[/name] - There’s no such thing as “too Greek”- NOT for a girl!
[name]Audra[/name]- LIKE
[name]Augusta[/name]/[name]Augustine[/name] - I prefer -a, he prefers -ine- TOO MUCH.
[name]Avalon[/name] - OK
Avonlea - [name]Ah[/name]-von-[name]LEE[/name] with a short a sound like [name]Cat[/name]. - Isn’t this a cosmetics brand?- NO
[name]Beatrix[/name]- LIKE!
[name]Blair[/name]- DISLIKE!
[name]Blythe[/name] - LIKE.
[name]Bridget[/name] - OK
[name]Brynna[/name]- DISLIKE
[name]Carey[/name]- DISLIKE
[name]Caroline[/name] * - LIKE
[name]Catriona[/name] - [name]Cat[/name]-ree-OH-nuh - LIKE
[name]Chanel[/name]- NO!
[name]Charlea[/name] - NO!
[name]Claudia[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Clodagh[/name] - SHOULD BE PN [name]CLO[/name]-DAH
[name]Corinne[/name]- OK
[name]Darcy[/name] - DISLIKE.
[name]Dulcinea[/name] - TOO MUCH- [name]Dulci[/name] is sweet.
[name]Electra[/name]- Have you not heard of the [name]Electra[/name] complex?
[name]Elspeth[/name]- OK, a bit lispy.
[name]Elodie[/name]- PRETTY!
[name]Elsa[/name]- LIKE!
[name]Emmeline[/name]-LIKE+
[name]Esme[/name] - OK
[name]Esther[/name] * - DISLIKE- V SEVERE
[name]Etta[/name]- NO
[name]Faye[/name]- LIKE AS A MN
[name]Frances[/name]- LIKE+
[name]Harper[/name] - NO
[name]Hazel[/name]- LIKE+
[name]Hero[/name]/[name]Hera[/name] - Agree with your comment.
[name]Hester[/name]- DISLIKE.
[name]Hestia[/name]- DITTO
[name]Imogen[/name]- LIKE
[name]Iris[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]! I wanted to use this!
[name]Isadore[/name]-[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Isadora[/name]!
[name]Jemimah[/name]- OK
[name]Jette[/name] - NO- v masculine
[name]Jewel[/name]- NO!
[name]Josephine[/name] -OK, too severe for me personally but popular on here.
[name]Julia[/name]/[name]Julienne[/name] - [name]JULIA[/name] is lovely!
[name]June[/name]- LIKE as a mn!
[name]Juniper[/name]- LIKE+
[name]Katherine[/name] - [name]LOVELY[/name] Classic
[name]Keira[/name]- NO- too trendy!
Keladry - HORRID!
[name]Kimber[/name] - ditto
[name]Kinsey[/name] - ditto- sorry don’t tend to like names.
[name]Lark[/name]/Larkspur- [name]Lark[/name] okay as a mn but not my choice.
[name]Leighton[/name]- DISLIKE.
[name]Leonie[/name]/[name]Leona[/name]- OK
[name]Liv[/name]- LIKE as a nn
Lightfoot - NO
[name]Lorelei[/name] - OK
[name]Lorraine[/name] - OK
[name]Luella[/name] - too cutesy? - OK
([name]Lynn[/name])
[name]Lynette[/name] - DISLIKE ? MN
[name]Lyndsay[/name]/Lynley - DISLIKE- ? mn
[name]Mabel[/name]- LIKE+
[name]Maia[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name] (biased)
[name]Marguerite[/name] *- [name]LOVE[/name] THIS!
Maybelline- MASCARA
[name]Molly[/name]- LIKE!
[name]Odessa[/name] - OK
[name]Olympia[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Olympia[/name] but prob wouldn’t actually use it!
[name]Opal[/name]- OK- [name]Opal[/name] fruits (sweet)
[name]Ottilie[/name] - Pretty but don’t like as much as I should if makes any sense!
[name]Pearl[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Philippa[/name] *- OK
[name]Piper[/name]- DISLIKE
[name]Pippa[/name]- OK AS A NN
[name]Rachael[/name]- LIKE
[name]Raina[/name]- NO
[name]Raven[/name] - DISLIKE!
[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rose[/name] * - LIKE
[name]Rowan[/name]- OK
[name]Roxanna[/name]/[name]Roxanne[/name] - LIKE [name]Rohanna[/name] but X sounds harsh to me.
Sag and onion?
[name]Scarlett[/name]- LIKE+
[name]Serena[/name]- OK
[name]Shea[/name]- butter
[name]Sheridan[/name] - DISLIKE
[name]Sonya[/name]- NO
[name]Sosie[/name] - DOUBLE NO!
[name]Susannah[/name] * - [name]LOVE[/name]!
Swift - mn only.- DISLIKE
[name]Sylvie[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Tabitha[/name] * - OK
[name]Temperance[/name] * - DISLIKE- far too serious for me!
[name]Trista[/name] - DISLIKE
[name]True[/name] - NO
[name]Ursa[/name] - NO- harsh sounding
[name]Vanessa[/name] - OK
[name]Viola[/name] - LIKE
[name]Windsor[/name] - NO!
[name]Winifred[/name]- OK- growing on me!
[name]Winter[/name] -as a mn okay

Wow- that was a long list. You have some lovely names and some I really dislike too- v eclectic taste.
[name]Hope[/name] you can start to narrow it down! :slight_smile:

Not really a fan of a lot of these, but I picked out the ones I do like and would actually consider naming a child. :slight_smile:

Aderyn
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Isadore[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Karoline[/name]
[name]Keira[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Rue[/name]
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Winter[/name]

Good variety though!!
Good [name]Luck[/name]!

[name]Ada[/name] or [name]Adah[/name] - [name]Ada[/name], but I prefer [name]Eva[/name] or [name]Adeline[/name]
Aderyn - sounds masculine
[name]Agata[/name]- I don’t like A names, but I really don’t like this.
[name]Agnes[/name]- you are cursing any child you name [name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]- a good name, great middle name, I also like [name]Alyse[/name], [name]Alicen[/name], [name]Allison[/name], [name]Elyse[/name], or [name]Marissa[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]- Sounds like you are calling a cow, I think there are better [name]Bella[/name] names
[name]Anouk[/name]- a good name, I would love it for a MN
[name]Arabella[/name]- beautiful!
[name]Artemis[/name]- a good MN
[name]Audra[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name] it! So much better than [name]Audrey[/name].
[name]Augusta[/name]/[name]Augustine[/name] - [name]How[/name] about Augustana, it sounds the most femme and seems like a good compromise!
[name]Avalon[/name]- a good name, Avonlea does more.
Avonlea - beautiful!
[name]Beatrix[/name]- beautiful I love the nn Bex
[name]Blair[/name]- I like [name]Blair[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name] - I hate it, I really don’t understand the appeal
[name]Bridget[/name]- I think it’s a fun, quirky name that gets overlooked
[name]Brynna[/name]- seems like a good nn
[name]Carey[/name]- I hate carey, I feel bad for girls named [name]Carey[/name], it’s a word name and it’s not beautiful in it’s own right.
[name]Caroline[/name] * - [name]How[/name] about [name]Carroll[/name], lyric or [name]Emmeline[/name]?
[name]Catriona[/name] - very fun! A great mn
[name]Chanel[/name]- too poser, what about [name]Coco[/name]?
[name]Charlea[/name] - I think [name]Charlie[/name] for a girl is great, love the spelling and her full name could be [name]Charlene[/name] or [name]Charlean[/name] (charlee-ann)
[name]Claudia[/name]- no.
[name]Clodagh[/name] - [name]Even[/name] worse.
[name]Corinne[/name]- very cool, also coral, [name]Corinda[/name], Corrinina, and Corlinda
[name]Darcy[/name] - I love the name, hate the meaning.
Diem- no appeal
[name]Dulcinea[/name] - I wouldn’t believe it if I met a little [name]Dulcinea[/name], [name]Dulcie[/name] is a name I love that I just don’t see ever using.
[name]Electra[/name]- I don’t think you want your little girl to have the connotations of a red leather, sword wielding, sexy killer.
[name]Elspeth[/name]- [name]How[/name] about [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Elyse[/name], [name]Beth[/name], [name]Bethany[/name], [name]Bellamy[/name] or [name]Ellen[/name]?
[name]Elodie[/name]- love!
[name]Elsa[/name]- [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Emmeline[/name]- love!
[name]Esme[/name]- I like, but I don’t love it, I feel like I should, but I don’t.
[name]Esther[/name] * - a great mn
[name]Etta[/name]- a good mn
[name]Faye[/name]- love for a mn or second first name
[name]Frances[/name]- no.
[name]Harper[/name]- I think it paints a harsh picture
[name]Harriet[/name]- I like [name]Harriet[/name], I feel like I shouldn’t but I can’t help it!
[name]Hazel[/name]- mmmm I don’t know, no opinion.
[name]Hero[/name]/[name]Hera[/name] - I really like [name]Hero[/name] for a mn, [name]Hera[/name] has negative connotations, very negative, [name]Hera[/name], the root for Harem because her husband had so many affairs
[name]Hester[/name]- I love Hesper more
[name]Hestia[/name]- [name]How[/name] about [name]Hyacinth[/name]?
[name]Imogen[/name]- love!
[name]Iris[/name]- [name]How[/name] about [name]Isis[/name]?
[name]Isadore[/name]- [name]How[/name] about just [name]Adore[/name]?
[name]Jemimah[/name]- haha, you can’t be serious.
[name]Jette[/name] - I love [name]Jett[/name], but for a boy
[name]Jewel[/name]- I think this is so much better than crystal, tiffany or diamond
[name]Josephine[/name] *- [name]Josephina[/name]?
[name]Julia[/name]/[name]Julienne[/name] - Boys pronounciation
[name]June[/name]- very fun!
[name]Juniper[/name]- I love! I love! I love!
[name]Katherine[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t do it, no daughter wants to one day learn her name, her identity also aligns with her dad’s old girlfriend. I once learned my dads old girlfriends name and just immediatly said, “That’s an annoying girls name.” It’s just in you as a daughter to want to be your mothers, it would be so strange for her because you are her mother.
[name]Keira[/name]- fun, quirky and cool.
Keladry- I think I like this
[name]Kimber[/name]- I love [name]Ember[/name], or [name]Embry[/name]
[name]Kinsey[/name]- [name]How[/name] about [name]Kenzie[/name]?
[name]Lark[/name]/Larkspur- I like [name]Lark[/name], but not larkspur
[name]Leighton[/name]- I really like leighton
[name]Leonie[/name]/[name]Leona[/name]- no opinion
[name]Liv[/name]- I love!
Lightfoot - too bad it’s not your LN because this is the only time it is appropriate.
[name]Lorelei[/name] - love!
[name]Lorraine[/name]- I like!
[name]Luella[/name] - [name]How[/name] about [name]Lola[/name]?
[name]Lyndon[/name] - a GREAT boys name!
[name]Lynette[/name] - I like this a lot
[name]Lyndsay[/name]/Lynley - I think Lynley is a great boys name.
[name]Mabel[/name]- pretty
[name]Maia[/name]- confusing and short, not a good combo
[name]Marguerite[/name] *- I love this name!
Maybelline- maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s maybelline! You’ll get this, for the rest of her life
[name]Molly[/name]- No opinion
[name]Odessa[/name]- I like this, I would never use it, but I think it’s awesome
[name]Olympia[/name]- no
[name]Opal[/name]- I use to like this, maybe I still do, I don’t know.
[name]Ottilie[/name] - no
[name]Pearl[/name]- I like it as a meaning, not as a name
[name]Philippa[/name]- good for the author, but too much for a little sweetheart
[name]Piper[/name]- I like piper
[name]Pippa[/name]- good nn
[name]Rachael[/name]- common
[name]Raina[/name]- I know a [name]Rayna[/name], I love her, she loves her name!
[name]Raven[/name]- That’s so [name]Raven[/name], it’s the future I can see!
[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rose[/name] * - I love all thins [name]Rose[/name], a few other suggestions, I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name] btw, [name]Rosie[/name], [name]Rosette[/name], [name]Rosemond[/name], [name]Roz[/name], but I think he should change his mind about [name]Rosalie[/name].
[name]Rowan[/name]- Great mn!
[name]Roxanna[/name]/[name]Roxanne[/name]- I call my cousin [name]Roxy[/name] and her name is [name]Rachel[/name].
[name]Rue[/name]- you’ll rue the day you name her [name]Rue[/name]
[name]Sage[/name]- I liked [name]Sage[/name] for awhile, it’s not bad, but I like some of your others better! :slight_smile:
[name]Scarlett[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Serena[/name]- sweet
[name]Shea[/name]- I like shea
[name]Sheridan[/name] - just don’t, [name]Dani[/name] is a great name for a little girl!
[name]Sonya[/name]- I like it
[name]Sosie[/name]- no
[name]Susannah[/name] * - I like the name [name]Suzanne[/name] [name]Odessa[/name]
Swift - I like for a mn. I love Swiftly as a boys mn
[name]Sylvie[/name]- I like
[name]Tabitha[/name] *- I think it’s interesting, I think it could complete a beautiful name!
[name]Temperance[/name] * - no
[name]Trista[/name]- i love Triss
[name]True[/name] - great mn!
[name]Ursa[/name]- no
[name]Vanessa[/name]- not my favourite
[name]Viola[/name] - I like [name]VI[/name]-ola
[name]Windsor[/name]- great boys mn!
[name]Winifred[/name]- I love the name [name]Winnie[/name]!
[name]Winter[/name]- great mn, very haunting!