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HelpRe: Frilly girl names
in reply to a message by armyofbono
Alexandra "Alex" is a favorite of mine.
Virginia
Victoria (Vic?)
Dominique, Dominika (Nicki?)
Priscilla
Martina
Romana
Marcella
Jessamine
Demetria
Christina
Ricarda
Jacqueline
I have known little girls recently, named Arabella and Annabelle. Before, I always thought Arabella was too frilly, and Annabel was nice. But in real life, it turns out that I think Arabella is a very decent name and doesn't seem overbaked at all - it's about as frilly as Isabella - while Annabelle sounds way too fussy and stuck up.
I don't care for Josephine for the same reasons I don't care for Joseph - just personal taste - and also because it feels to me like too much of a suffixed man-name, for me to really get into it. It does not strike me as too frilly, though. Not at all. I like nn Jo, though; even more for Joanna.
Charlie and Frankie always made me think of young men from the 1950s, over the top butch - Westerns and hot rods etc, so for me it's a struggle to see them as cute nicknames for girls. I sorta get the appeal - Eddie is one that escaped that stereotyping for me, because my grandmother was called Eddie (Edna).
- mirfak
Virginia
Victoria (Vic?)
Dominique, Dominika (Nicki?)
Priscilla
Martina
Romana
Marcella
Jessamine
Demetria
Christina
Ricarda
Jacqueline
I have known little girls recently, named Arabella and Annabelle. Before, I always thought Arabella was too frilly, and Annabel was nice. But in real life, it turns out that I think Arabella is a very decent name and doesn't seem overbaked at all - it's about as frilly as Isabella - while Annabelle sounds way too fussy and stuck up.
I don't care for Josephine for the same reasons I don't care for Joseph - just personal taste - and also because it feels to me like too much of a suffixed man-name, for me to really get into it. It does not strike me as too frilly, though. Not at all. I like nn Jo, though; even more for Joanna.
Charlie and Frankie always made me think of young men from the 1950s, over the top butch - Westerns and hot rods etc, so for me it's a struggle to see them as cute nicknames for girls. I sorta get the appeal - Eddie is one that escaped that stereotyping for me, because my grandmother was called Eddie (Edna).
- mirfak
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My GP nick for Charlotte is Chali (SHAH-lee). To me, dropping the R seems no more phoney-cutesy than changing the SH sound to CH and giving up the gender. But, novel invented nicknames always look so affected on paper. Alas. Such a name would have to be spontaneously fitted to a real person.
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