Message: "Frilly names?" - Behind the Name

Frilly names?

by chaotic

2/28/2015, 8:23 PM

I tend to like frilly names for girls. I have a few that I think fit the bill (Romilly, Seraphine/Seraphina, Delphine/Delphina, Vivienne), but I'm always looking for more. Do you all have any favorite frilly names? If you don't like frill, what are some frilly names you can think of?

TIA!

Replies

- Violet (dlilly)

3/2/2015, 8:47 PM

My favorite frilly name is probably Mirabelle.

- Buneary

3/2/2015, 8:11 AM

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

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

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

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

- bibliocat

3/2/2015, 2:40 AM

My name is Desiree. I find my name is fairly "frilly", but not in the "no substance" way. It's a French name, and a many French names are very beautiful and fancy. I do tend to like the frilly names best, because they have so much character. Here are some that I can think of offhand.

Alexandra
Theia
Tatiana
Ariana
Delia
Edwina
Athena
Titania
Victoria
Noria

- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)

3/1/2015, 3:44 PM

Liliana / Lilianna
Luciana / Lucianna
Lucinda
Isabella
Vivianna
Georgiana / Georgianna
Florentina
Marianne / Marianna
Amelia
Violetta
Valentina
Antoinette / Antoinetta
Annabelle / Annabel
Maribelle / Maribel
Christabel / Christabelle

This message was edited 3/1/2015, 3:47 PM

- erb816

3/1/2015, 3:42 PM

For me, the queen of the frilly names is Cecilia. (Although the variant Cecily can have quite a few frills, as well.) Stephanie is also a bit frilly, but since it's such a popular name it doesn't seem overly fancy.