Slightly Eccentric, Four/Five Syllable Names?

Girl Names
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I’ve recently fallen in love with long names with sweet/spunky nn’s. Most of them are stylish or a little eccentric. These are my favourites.

[name]Cordelia[/name] ([name]Cora[/name], [name]Corrie[/name], [name]Cordie[/name])
[name]Anastasia[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Stacey[/name], [name]Stasia[/name], Stassia)
[name]Andromeda[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Andie[/name], Andrie, Dromeda, Dromie, [name]Meda[/name])
[name]Octavia[/name] (Tayvie, [name]Vivi[/name])
[name]Persephone[/name] ([name]Effie[/name], Seffie, [name]Percy[/name])
[name]Astoria[/name] ([name]Story[/name], [name]Tori[/name], [name]Toria[/name]) - I think it’s a great alternative to [name]Victoria[/name].
[name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Eliza[/name], [name]Lizbet[/name], [name]Beth[/name],)
Natalia (Nat, Tallie, Talia, Lia)

First off, opinions on these? And second, any other suggestions?

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[name]Cordelia[/name] ([name]Cora[/name], [name]Corrie[/name], [name]Cordie[/name]) - pretty, old fashioned.
[name]Anastasia[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Stacey[/name], [name]Stasia[/name], Stassia) - I like it.
[name]Andromeda[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Andie[/name], Andrie, Dromeda, Dromie, [name]Meda[/name]) - I always like to apply a constellation name as a baby name.
[name]Octavia[/name] (Tayvie, [name]Vivi[/name]) - I automatically thought about october born baby.
[name]Persephone[/name] ([name]Effie[/name], Seffie, [name]Percy[/name]) - cute.
[name]Astoria[/name] ([name]Story[/name], [name]Tori[/name], [name]Toria[/name]) - I think it’s a great alternative to [name]Victoria[/name]. - unusual and…great.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Eliza[/name], [name]Lizbet[/name], [name]Beth[/name],) pretty, but I know too many [name]Elizabeth[/name].

What about :
[name]Veronica[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
Belladona
[name]Annabella[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Daniella[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]

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[name]Andromeda[/name] is my choice. I like [name]Octavia[/name] as well. [name]How[/name] about [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Isolde[/name], [name]Fiorella[/name], [name]Josephina[/name], [name]Cassiopeia[/name], or [name]Minerva[/name]?:slight_smile:

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[name]Francesca[/name]-frankie
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Angelique[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]-maggie
[name]Valentina[/name]

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[name]Cordelia[/name] ([name]Cora[/name], [name]Corrie[/name], [name]Cordie[/name]) - Shakespearean and regal. Too much a clunky mouthful for me, but I would respect it on someone else.
[name]Anastasia[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Stacey[/name], [name]Stasia[/name], Stassia) - gorgeous, classy, wonderful meaning, and I would consider it too.
[name]Andromeda[/name] ([name]Annie[/name], [name]Andie[/name], Andrie, Dromeda, Dromie, [name]Meda[/name]) - better for constellations and viral strains than a name [name]IMO[/name]…
[name]Octavia[/name] (Tayvie, [name]Vivi[/name]) - very very clunky and not to my taste at all but sill a respectable choice. I do find [name]Ottavia[/name] prettier to some degree.
[name]Persephone[/name] ([name]Effie[/name], Seffie, [name]Percy[/name]) - I know a [name]Persephone[/name]! It is really pretty tragic and out there, but, I prefer it over [name]Andromeda[/name] at least.
[name]Astoria[/name] ([name]Story[/name], [name]Tori[/name], [name]Toria[/name]) - absolutely too much a Queens neighborhood, and that first syllable would worry me. It is pretty enough I guess.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Eliza[/name], [name]Lizbet[/name], [name]Beth[/name],) - an elegant classic and I really like it. I am more conservative than you though so I’d encourage you to consider it, but if your taste is really for the more exotic go with that.
[name]Natalia[/name] ([name]Nat[/name], [name]Tallie[/name], [name]Talia[/name], [name]Lia[/name]) - Beautiful, gorgeous, stands out a bit while being very familiar. I prefer it to [name]Natalie[/name] although [name]Natalie[/name]'s a perfectly fine name too. I do kind of associate it as a [name]Christmas[/name] name but it wouldn’t at all have to be.

What do you think of:

[name]Azalea[/name] - a gorgeous flower name I’d consider, love nn Zalie
[name]Calliope[/name] - [name]Callie[/name] - a great Greek mythological name
[name]Catalina[/name] - see my notes on [name]Katerina[/name]
Corinthia - a Biblical place name, [name]Corey[/name], [name]Corinne[/name], [name]Thea[/name]
Elisavetta - gorgeous Italian spin it seems like you could perhaps pull off with your taste?
[name]Evelina[/name] - all the E names are so in, and this just dresses them up nicely.
[name]Josefina[/name]/[name]Josephina[/name] - very wearable with [name]Josephine[/name] coming back in, but just more oomph!
[name]Katerina[/name] - exotic spin on [name]Catherine[/name] that’s eminently recognizable, reminds me of [name]Natalia[/name] that way
[name]Leocadia[/name] - a guilty pleasure of mine I associate with [name]Cordelia[/name] to some degree ([name]Leo[/name], [name]Lea[/name], [name]Cadie[/name], probably others)
[name]Leonora[/name] - so elegant to my ear
[name]Olivetta[/name] - another GP of mine I’d faintly consider, I find it more wearable than [name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Violetta[/name] - a dressier spin on [name]Violet[/name]