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Since I'm Brazilian, and we speak a Romance language, we have lots of names that anglophones would consider frilly.

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Here are some Portuguese girls' names that I would consider frilly by Portuguese standards:

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Afrania
Agripina - my paternal grandmother's name
Alexandrina
Amabilia
Anatolia
Aniceta
Aparecida
Apolinaria
Arcadia
Arcangela
Aretusa
Argentina
Aureliana
Auxiliadora
Basilia
Basilisa
Belisaria
Bertolina
Brasiliana - this one is a 19th century creation
Casimira
Castorina
Celidonia
Ciriaca
Claudiana
Constantina
Coralia
Deolinda
Desideria
Dionisia
Domitila
Efigenia
Eleuteria
Elizangela
Emerenciana
Escolastica
Eudoxia
Eufrosina
Eustaquia
Eutropia
Fabriciana
Felicissima
Felismina
Florisbela
Gliceria
Heraclea
Hipolita
Honorina
Inocencia
Jardelina
Laurentina
Leodegaria
Leonilda
Leopoldina
Liberata
Luciola
Ludovina
Maximiliana
Maximina
Nepomucena
Ninfidia
Octaviana
Olegaria
Pacifica
Pascoalina
Perpetua
Prudenciana
Pulqueria
Querubina
Quintina
Quirina
Raulinda
Romelia
Romualda
Salvadora
Segunda
Septimia
Silveria
Simplicia
Sinforosa
Sulpicia
Teodosia
Teofania
Teofila
Terencia
Ubaldina
Umbelina
Universina - I found this name in a cemetery in a nearby town. Even I think it's bizarre.
Venancia
Verissima
Vicencia
Viridiana
Zeferina
Zenobia

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Most of these names are quite rare, especially nowadays. A lot of these were never common in the first place. If you want to know where I found these...some are from people I know, wile others are from cemeteries I've been to, newspapers, phone books, or websites. Many are from Brazilian genealogical records (some of which go back to the 16th century).

This message was edited 3/2/2015, 8:16 AM