Recently I’ve noticed that most of the girls names I favor are what I call “tomboy to princess names”. That its that I could see a girl named that being just as comfortable trying out for sports as she was wearing glitter and pink. Something like [name]Sadie[/name], [name]Meredith[/name], [name]June[/name], or [name]Harper[/name].
Anyone else a fan of this kind of name on girls? What names do you think fit the bill?
[name]TIA[/name]!
Hmm, besides something that is completely timeless and has a dozen nickname options (hello, [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], and [name]Margaret[/name]!), what about something that could have a gender-neutral nn, or a less obviously girly nn, but a frillier full name? Like:
[name]Evangeline[/name] “[name]Evan[/name]/[name]Eve[/name]/[name]Annie[/name]”
[name]Danielle[/name]/[name]Danica[/name] “[name]Dani[/name]/[name]Annie[/name]”
[name]Samantha[/name]/[name]Samara[/name]/[name]Samira[/name] “[name]Sam[/name]”
[name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name] “[name]Nate[/name]/[name]Nat[/name]”
[name]Luciana[/name] “[name]Lou[/name]/[name]Luke[/name]”
[name]Patricia[/name]/[name]Patsy[/name] “[name]Pat[/name]”
[name]Teresa[/name] “[name]Reese[/name]” (I think even [name]Tess[/name] could work on a tomboy… girly, yes, but not frilly)
[name]Isabelle[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name]/[name]Isadora[/name] “[name]Izzy[/name]” (I think [name]Izzy[/name] could even work for [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Felicity[/name]…)
[name]Juliana[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name]/[name]Julietta[/name]/[name]Julia[/name] “[name]Jules[/name]/Juju”
[name]Olive[/name]/[name]Olivia[/name]/Olivie “[name]Ollie[/name]” (maybe even [name]Liv[/name]?)
[name]Marisa[/name]/[name]Parisa[/name] “[name]Ari[/name]/[name]Reese[/name]” (I think any [name]Ari[/name] name could work, since [name]Ari[/name] on its own is technically a Hebrew boys’ name… [name]Ariana[/name], [name]Arianne[/name], [name]Arielle[/name]/[name]Ariella[/name], [name]Aurelia[/name], [name]Aurora[/name], [name]Aurelie[/name], [name]Ariadne[/name], [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Arabelle[/name], etc.)
[name]Eliza[/name]/[name]Elena[/name]/[name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Eleanor[/name]/[name]Eliana[/name]/[name]Elodie[/name]/[name]Elora[/name]/etc. “[name]Elle[/name]”
[name]Bryony[/name] “[name]Bryn/name”
[name]Gabrielle[/name]/[name]Gabriella[/name] “[name]Gabe[/name]/[name]Gabby[/name]”
[name]Octavia[/name] “[name]Tavi[/name]”
[name]Ashley[/name]/[name]Aislinn[/name] “[name]Ash[/name]”
[name]Rosalie[/name]/[name]Rosabelle[/name]/[name]Rosamund[/name]/[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Primrose[/name]/etc. “[name]Ro[/name]”
[name]Clementine[/name]/[name]Clemence[/name] “[name]Clem[/name]”
[name]Kaia[/name] “[name]Kai[/name]”
[name]Lydia[/name] “Lyd” (in similar fashion to [name]Sydney[/name] nn [name]Syd[/name]? I’m not sure it’s the best option–I like [name]Lydie[/name] as a nn so much more–but I suppose it could work)
[name]Madeleine[/name] “Mad”
[name]Madeleine[/name]/[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Eleni[/name]/[name]Eleanor[/name]/[name]Gwendolen[/name]/[name]Lenora[/name]/[name]Magdalen[/name]/etc. “[name]Leni[/name]” (said like [name]Lenny[/name], not [name]Lainey[/name])
I’m not sure what long name you could get with [name]Bay[/name] for the nn, but [name]Bay[/name] sounds sweet but still tomboyish to me. I can’t really think of a full name it would work for, unless you did something like [name]Bryony[/name] [name]Amelia[/name] [name]Yasmin[/name], or something.
Good luck!
I’m with ashthedreamer on this one. Most of my favorite names for girls are pretty feminine, but many of them can also shorten to a tomboyish nickname if necessary.
Suggestions:
[name]Abigail[/name] - [name]Abe[/name]
[name]Alethea[/name]/[name]Alice[/name]/[name]Allegra[/name]/[name]Althea[/name] - [name]Al[/name]
[name]Amalia[/name]/[name]Amelia[/name]/[name]Amelie[/name]/[name]Emelia[/name]/[name]Melisande[/name] - [name]Mel[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]/[name]Ariadne[/name]/[name]Aurelia[/name] - [name]Ari[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name] - [name]Ari[/name]/[name]Art[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name] - [name]Gus[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]/[name]Camille[/name]/[name]Camellia[/name] - [name]Cam[/name]/[name]Cal[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]/[name]Scarlett[/name] - [name]Carl[/name]/[name]Cal[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name] - [name]Andy[/name]
[name]Christina[/name]/[name]Kristina[/name]/[name]Christine[/name]/[name]Christiana[/name]/[name]Christabel[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name] - [name]Kit[/name]
[name]Coraline[/name]/[name]Cordelia[/name]/[name]Corinna[/name]/[name]Corinne[/name]/[name]Cornelia[/name] - [name]Cory[/name]
[name]Eliana[/name]/[name]Elinor[/name]/[name]Elisabeth[/name]/[name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Elise[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name] - [name]Eli[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]/[name]Eugenie[/name]/[name]Imogene[/name] - [name]Gene[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]/[name]Lauren[/name] - [name]Ren[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] - [name]Harry[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name] - [name]Henry[/name], [name]Harry[/name]
[name]Jacqueline[/name] - [name]Jack[/name]/[name]Jackie[/name]
[name]Jemma[/name]/[name]Jemima[/name] - [name]Jem[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]/[name]Jessamy[/name] - [name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Jordana[/name] - [name]Jo[/name]/[name]Danny[/name]
[name]Leocadia[/name] - [name]Leo[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]/[name]Louise[/name] - [name]Lou[/name]
[name]Lucasta[/name]/[name]Lucia[/name]/[name]Luciana[/name]/[name]Lucretia[/name] - [name]Luke[/name]/[name]Luca[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]/[name]Mattea[/name] - [name]Matt[/name]
[name]Paulina[/name] - [name]Paul[/name]
[name]Philomena[/name]/[name]Philippa[/name] - [name]Phil[/name]
[name]Rachel[/name]/[name]Rachael[/name]/[name]Rafaela[/name] - [name]Rae[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name] - [name]Beck[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name] - [name]Owen[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]/[name]Theodosia[/name] - [name]Theo[/name]/[name]Ted[/name]/[name]Teddy[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name] - [name]Vic[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]/[name]Willa[/name]/[name]Willow[/name] - [name]Billy[/name]/[name]Will[/name]
(I tried to throw in the less common ones, or at least ones with less typical tomboy nicknames.)
I have to admit I love the name [name]Meredith[/name].
Originally it was a boys name spelled Meredydd and pronounced Muh-reh-dydd (dd=th). Which sounds and looks more masculine.
But [name]Meredith[/name] in both spelling and pronouciation is all girl to me, but not in an overly flowery way as you’ve said. The other’s aren’t so much my style but I definitely see what you mean about them.