I like the idea of picking a ‘sophisticated’ name for my daughter. What I mean is something that isn’t cutesy, girlish, flowery or soft…but I also don’t like surname / unisex either. Some examples of what I mean are:
[name]Bernadette[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Karen[/name]
[name]Rita[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Do[/name] names like these work for a small child / baby? I really don’t even know what unifies this list. Any ideas or suggests & honest feedback would be appreciated.
I think it’s more important to pick something that works well on an adult as they will be an adult a lot longer than a baby/ small child. You can always create a nn for a baby i.e [name]Berni[/name], [name]Bea[/name], [name]Mona[/name], [name]Lydie[/name] if you wanted it to be more childish when they’re younger.
The one I like best from your list is [name]Vivian[/name]. However, I’d spell it [name]Vivienne[/name], but the again, I like the softer, flowery names!
Out of the names you listed, [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Simone[/name], [name]Ramona[/name], [name]Vivian[/name], and [name]Lydia[/name] (especially [name]Lydia[/name]!) work well imo. Some of these (like [name]Karen[/name], [name]Rita[/name], or [name]Bernadette[/name]) are fine, but just feel quite dated to me. [name]Karen[/name] is my mom’s name, and while I can’t imagine a more loving, lovely, charming, sweet, happy, affectionate, perfect person (who also happens to be one of my best friends ever), I wouldn’t really consider [name]Karen[/name] very sophisticated and I can’t imagine it on a little girl or baby! Maybe it’s just me, though. I think something like [name]Maren[/name] (which has a similar feel but feels more contemporary) could fit what you are looking for?
I like [name]Maren[/name]! Or maybe [name]Marin[/name]. I like the sound of [name]Karen[/name] , [name]Rita[/name] and [name]Bernadette[/name] but they are kind of ‘mom’ names. But my mom is named [name]Jean[/name] and I like that one too! My friend had a daughter in 2001 and named her [name]Violet[/name] and at that time a lot of people didn’t like it and thought it was a grandma name…now [name]Hazel[/name], [name]Lillian[/name] and [name]Pearl[/name] are pretty normal. I just go for what sounds good to me.