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I'm not so keen on -ette and -ina names, with a few exceptions. But I think -a names are fine, and if you wantto be nitpicky a significant amount of names out there are technically female versions of male names, such as Julia, Alexandra, Jane, Frances, Michelle, Danielle etc.

I think some of them work (E.g. Henrietta) and some of them really don't (E.g. Simonette)

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I can't really see names like you've mentioned on anyone young

Well, my name is a feminized form of a masculine name, so I have to say I find most of these names OK!

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I like:
Christophine
Jasperine
Johanna and Jovanna
Lucienne
Simona
Timothea
Zéphyrine
I also like Marlowe for a girl.

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Really ugly feminized forms are Donalda, Donaldina, Keitha, Kenna, Kevina and Nigella.

This message was edited 9/24/2016, 5:45 AM

Not so keen on the kind of feminised names that scream 'we wanted a boy' -Kevina ffs! But the feminisation of saint's and ruler's names in the Christian West has such a long tradition, that I feel those are now female names in their own right (Thomasina, Simone, Joanna etc). Also names like Augusta, Antonia, Claudia etc are no more feminisations of a male name than Augustus, Antony, Claudius etc are masculine versions of female names. They are Roman family names that would have been either/or depending on their bearer. Eugenia comes from a Greek adjective, so similarly is equally male/female.

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Obviously, Theodora is having a massive renaissance at the moment, but I don't find any of those too old fashioned.

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Among my friends/acquaintances - roughly 25-45 yrs there are:
Adria
Alexandra (SO many!)
Amelia
Antonia
Aurelia
Camilla (a few)
Caroline (lots)
Charlotte (lots)
Christina
Claudia
Daniela
Emily/ Emilia
Georgie/ Georgina
Henrietta (3)
Josephine (2)
Julia/ Juliet/ Juliette (several Julias)
Lucy (lots, but some short for Lucinda)

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This message was edited 9/24/2016, 5:24 AM

Dude, I LOVE feminized names! I think some of the ones you listed are old-fashioned, but I love most others!

I think you can definitely still enjoy a number of them. There are ones I don't care for, but plenty of them are still awesome.

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My favorites are:

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Philippa
Augusta
Juliet / Julia
Viviana / Vivienne
Valentina / Valentyna
Theodosia / Feodosia
Maximilienne / Maximiliana
Alexandria
Georgiana
Sebastienne / Sebastiana
Runa
Harriet
Lyla
Vitaliya
Sabriyya
Anastasia
Adriana
Clementine
Emilia
Evgenia
Khalilah
Sylvia / Silvie / Silvana / Sylvaine

I like some of them, and I think they are so classic you can't really ever say they have gone out of style, they just aren't trendy, which is something completely different.

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I like Augusta, Carolina, and Josephina the most from the ones on my list.

I dislike almost all of them especially the really obvious ones like Henriett or Jackline however I can tolerate small amount of them:
Harriett
Charlotte
Georgia
Erica
Fabienne
Alexandra

This message was edited 9/23/2016, 9:39 PM

I have no problem with these kinds of names. I actually like quite a few.

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Alexandra
Briana
Charlotte
Danielle
Erica
Georgia
Josephine
Kenna
Michaela
Samantha

Well my very favorite girls' name of all time is a feminized form, Victoria. As for others, most of them I don't like, but a few I do. I really like Theodosia.

Here are a few I like and would use

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Jamesina Jem
Thomasina tam or Xena
Philippa pip
Mattea

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This is just off the top of my head