Hello guys
Recently I have been reconsidering my list while SO and I are TTC. I am leaning towards pretty simple but feminine names at the moment that I think are really beautiful. My only problem is I also think my choices are a little boring and common! Could anybody please offer any suggestions based on my list? It would be greatly appreciated! BTW it isn’t necessary but a nice nickname or middle name suggestions would also be a bonus :). Right now I’m feeling…
[name]Francesca[/name] (NN Cesca/Chesca/[name]Chess[/name]?)
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]/[name]Annabel/name
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]/[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]May[/name]
As a side note I also appreciate literary names! Very much in love with [name]Alba[/name] (daughter in The Time [name]Traveler[/name]'s Wife) but SO won’t get on board
Literary names (from novels you might’ve read or might enjoy):
[name]Alma[/name] (from The [name]History[/name] of [name]Love[/name] by [name]Nicole[/name] Krauss)
[name]Aura[/name] (from [name]Say[/name] Her Name by [name]Francisco[/name] Goldman)
[name]Cecilia[/name] (from Atonement by [name]Ian[/name] [name]McEwan[/name])
[name]Elina[/name] (from The Hand That First Held Mine by [name]Maggie[/name] O’[name]Farrell[/name])
[name]Holly[/name] (from Breakfast at [name]Tiffany[/name]'s by [name]Truman[/name] Capote)
[name]Isobel[/name] (from A Dance to the [name]Music[/name] of Time by [name]Anthony[/name] [name]Powell[/name])
[name]Eliza[/name] (from The Forgotten Garden by [name]Kate[/name] [name]Morton[/name])
[name]Laurel[/name] (from The [name]Secret[/name] Keeper by [name]Kate[/name] [name]Morton[/name])
[name]Lyra[/name] (from Northern Lights by [name]Philip[/name] Pullman)
[name]Marian[/name] (from The Unicorn by [name]Iris[/name] Murdoch) or [name]Marianne[/name] (from The Gargoyle by [name]Andrew[/name] [name]Davidson[/name])
[name]Maud[/name] (from Possession by A.S. [name]Byatt[/name] or Fingersmith by [name]Sarah[/name] Waters)
[name]Nell[/name] (from The Great Lover by [name]Jill[/name] [name]Dawson[/name])
[name]Oriane[/name] (from In Search of Lost Time by [name]Marcel[/name] [name]Proust[/name])
[name]Selina[/name] (from [name]Affinity[/name] by [name]Sarah[/name] Waters)
[name]Tess[/name] (from [name]Tess[/name] of the d’Urbervilles by [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Hardy[/name])
Zazie (from Zazie Dans le [name]Metro[/name] by [name]Raymond[/name] Queneau)
I love [name]Francesca[/name] and [name]Freya[/name]! [name]How[/name] about [name]Francesca[/name] [name]Mae[/name] or [name]Freya[/name] [name]Elise[/name]?