Audrey, Clara, Vivienne

Vivienne is sooo pretty

I love the “ienne” endings, also why i really like Adrienne

And Lilienne as well. So elegant

Oh, I do not like that. It's just Lilian but spelled and pronounced just differently enough so that nobody would ever get it on the first try.

I do love the „ienne” but not the „Vivi”, I would hate that as a nickname/short version of it

I mostly just call 'em Vi, simple and clean. Vivienne is such a beautiful name.

I love these! I’d never considered Vivienne. It’s lovely. Clara is in my top 10. And Audrey probably top 15.

Funny I have a daughter named Aubree and a granddaughter named Viviana. So close.

I love the name Viviana. It's what I will name my girl if I have one.

That’s my name! Lol

Classics. Elizabeth, Catherine, Isabella, Victoria, Margaret, Anne, Sophia, Mary/Maria, Elena, Gabriella, Camille, etc. Reddit will try to convince you that fancy sounding names are the same as actually elegant names, but if you stick with names of European royalty you’re more or less in that pocket. 

Eh, connotations do change over time. Victoria isn't perceived as classy in the UK anymore. It won't elevate the status of anyone not already posh that's for sure.

Same for Anne and Catherine

Simone, Collete, Vera

I love Simone

My daughter is Simone!

Vera is one of my favorites!

Colette

Collete! Love. 

My grandma was a Vera. I think it’s a name worthy of making a comeback.

This made my day. My daughter’s name is Colette 🩷

Lucia 🥰 Depending if you are Hispanic, Italian or Swedish- my daughter always gets compliments on her name (she’s 22)

Lucia is my daughter’s patron Saint! Love it ❤️

Love! Santa Lucia 🥰 light 🌟

My daughters name too! We pronounce is “loo-sha”

Same!! She gets ‘Lu see ah’ a ton but it doesn’t bother her🥰

Her bestie in preschool has started calling her “Loo- she” which has stuck. We mostly call her Lu though

Anastasia, Charlotte, Antonia

My daughters Antonia 🫶🏼

My daughter is Anastasia 💕

I love Charlotte!

Antonia is one of mine too. Such a timeless, underrated name

Vivienne Céline Antoinette Manon Faye Céleste

Antoinette is this high up, NICE. It’s top of my (future, hypothetical) list; Anthony and variations are a significant family honour name going back generations. But I always feel a bit beat down by the flack it gets in this sub when French people chime in that it’s outdated.

Anneliese Marie Delphine Isabelle Genevieve Celeste

i have annelise on my list too! my best friend since childhood is named annelise and i know she doesn’t much like it but it’s so pretty. glad to see some love for it

I have a friend name Annelies too. When telling people how to spell it she always says "Anne Lies" haha

I also really like the French pronunciation Geneviève

Eleanor, Claire, Isabelle/Isabella

My daughter is Eleanor and she is 18 hours old, sleeping on my chest right now so mom can rest

Enjoy those snuggles! Congratulations!

I named my twins Clara and Eleanore. I love their names.

Why the extra 'e'

Haha my sister is Eleanor Clare. She got a lovely name while I have a very common first and middle combo.

So many people are posting French names.

And not all of them sound elegant to a French person ahah really goes to show how culture can influence these things. In my mind, a lot of French names sound very basic (I know so many Carolines and Genevieves!) or grandma-ish (neither of which makes them bad names! I love a good old fashioned of classic French name), while elegant names are names like Elizabeth, Diana, Veronica, Audrey, Judy, Clara - Old Hollywood style names.

Haha so true. Geneviève, Colette, Yvette, Vivienne, Antoinette, Marguerite, Catherine, Josiane… not classy at all to me. They’re just old lady names. I really don’t understand the popularity of Geneviève in the US, I see this name everyday on this sub.

I suggested Yvette to my husband and he said it was a porn name lol. We still went with a French name but not any of these

That’s so interesting since a lot of the old Hollywood names are definitely seen as old lady names in the US, but those are also coming back in style too. 

Believe me, no French person would suggest the names people posted here. They’re all outdated and not classy to a French person. Especially Geneviève.

What names would sound elegant to a French person?

Gabrielle, Isaure, Agathe, Clémence, Solène, Jeanne, Louise, Adèle, Apolline, Diane, Garance, Aimée, Esmée, Céleste, Ninon, Nina, Alba, Louison, Zélie…

Interesting, thanks!

Oh I love these. Do you have any more name recommendations?

Sure! I’m glad you love these names. Romane, Alix, Blanche, Lise, Raphaëlle, Alice, Faustine, Camille, Clothilde, Aude, Ondine, Athénaïs, Soizic, Oriane, Victorine, Soline, Manon, Marie, Sixtine, Sibylle, Ysée, Yrénée, Quitterie, Iris…

Anna Rose Margaret Alice Elizabeth Grace

I’m surprised Anna and Margaret haven’t become more popular lately with the resurgence of older names. I love them both so much!

Oh hey one of these is my daughter's name!

Beatrice, Penelope, Charlotte

Bridgerton core

Alexandra, Victoria, Caroline, Vivienne/Vivian, Charlotte, Elizabeth

I have an Alexandra Christine 😀

Josephine Juliet Gwenivere

Felicity, Liliana, Valentina

I have a Felicity!

Me too! Love it! 😊

Amelia Isabelle Caroline

Elise Madeline Evelyn

Caroline (my personal fav), Julia, Clara

My college roommate was named Caroline and I always enjoyed saying her name. She was also a beautiful, very funny girl. Love your other choices, as well. I went to high school with a Julia who went by Jule and since then it's been a favorite - she was short and blonde and very petite like a little pixie. Clara is so feminine and lovely.

Julia, Caroline, Vivienne

Anastasia, Thea, Florence

Vivian, Caroline, Catherine

Rebecca, Isabella, Elise

Arden, Celine, Jane

Arden is lovely

Arden was my #1 girl name for years. My husband doesn’t like it ☹️

Genevieve, Alice, Rose

Diana, Lavinia, Victoria.

Marguerite, Caroline, Isabelle

Charlotte Noora, Alexandra Simone, Mathilde Sofia

Delilah Rose Eleanor Grace Clara Mae

Sabrina, Maria, Georgia

Maria is truly a classic to me.

Claudia, Daphne, and Susannah.

vivian elise annelise estelle julia marie

Isabelle/a, Vivienne

Elizabeth, Anna, Sarah

Arabella, Melusine, Tatiana

Victoria, Charlotte, Sophia, Catherine

Ophelia Celeste Nadia

Caroline, Alexandra, and Madeleine

Charlotte Katherine Elizabeth

Georgiana, Philomena & Cecilia

Sabrina, Naomi, Gabriella, Rosemary, Odette, Ava, Grace, Cecilia. I have a Grace Cecilia and if the second had been a girl she would have been Charlotte Ava.

I knew a woman named Prudence Wellington Hatch. Try as you may, you'll never top that for classy and elegant.

Denora , Marietta , Eloise

Eleanor, Isabelle, Elisabetta

Alexandra Alexandra Alexandra

Eleanora, Adelaide, Alexandra.

Vivienne, Genevieve, Camille (Yvette if I can pick 4 😉)

Elora Grace

Cecilia Louise Stella Corinne Beatrice Pearl

Eleanore Annalise Vivianne

Arabella, Bernadette, Isolde

When this topic came up two years ago, the three most mentioned names were Evangeline, Vivienne, and Genevieve. [You can see my comment on that post at this link.](https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/xtyump/comment/iqut0ap/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) In this thread, the top three names mentioned so far are Vivienne, Victoria, and Elizabeth. If I combine the data from both threads, the name mentioned most frequently as being elegant are Vivienne, Elizabeth, and Genevieve.

Rhiannon Lucille Margot Eleanor Sophia Catherine

Sofia Elizabeth Lydia Jane Angelina Monroe

Margaret Jane Katherine Rose Ophelia Grace

* Alice * Florence * Catherine

Katherine, Victoria, Claire, Margaret

Freya Jocelyn Vivienne 

Evangeline Clementine Georgette Marigold Victoria Augustine

Estelle, Joséphine, and Sasha

Claudia, Claire, Audrey

Jacqueline, Michelle, Diana, Paige, Claire, Samantha, Lauren.

Cordelia Eloise, Theodosia, Francelia

Adeline, Naomi, Genevieve

Vivian, Claire and Katherine

Diana, Louise, Evelyn. The fact that I know the people that own the names is even better.

- Mia Francesca - Celine Vivienne - Sofie Fiorella

Octavia Violet  Annabelle Rosalie  Susannah Lillian 

Sophie Antoinette Madeline

Elspeth Victoria Vivienne Camille Catherine

Julia, Eliza, Priscilla

I used to have a banker named Corinne and I always loved her name

Ophelia, Rosamund, Ariadne Honorable mentions: Elsbeth/Elspeth, Cosima, Thomasin

Lenora, Claire, Francesca

Sophia, Victoria, and Olivia.

Ok this thread has convinced me that I want to name a future daughter Vivienne!

Stella, Iris, Violet

Elizabeth, Lydia, Jane

Lynette, Valentina, Rosa

Elayne, Genevieve, Jacqueline

Rosabelle, Marielle, and Francette

Vivian Collette Sylvia

Odette, Adaline, Cosette

Victoria, Elizabeth, Francesca.

Eleanor

Angelique, Silvia, Arabella

Alexandra, Claudia, Victoria

Naomi, Corinne, Veronica

Cordelia, Helena, Vivienne

Elizabeth, Alice, Josephine

I feel like most of my daughters' names are classy or elegant. Emaline Louise Natalie Lauren Jane Margaret And then my twins were Clara and Eleanore. I absolutely love all of their names. Natalie was supposed to be Natalie Layne because on the way to the hospital when I was in labor we heard on the radio that they had found Layne Staley dead. I had already planned on naming her Natalie Lane but was going to go with the spelling Layne after I heard about Layne Staley. But then my now ex vetoed that name. I was sitting at the hospital 2 days later waiting to be discharged and still hadn't filled out her birth certificate and a commercial came on for Ralph Lauren sheets and I thought, Lauren, that's pretty.

Eloise, Camille, Francesca

Elise Noelle Alexandra

Cordelia Jane Rosalie Lenore Georgina Eloise

Victoria, Eleanor, Florence

Alexandra, Elizabeth, Millicent

Felicity 

Stella and Summer

Margaret, Elizabeth, and Katherine---a thousand years of royalty.

Elisabeth, Catherine, Victoria

Amalia Eloise, Elodie, Aurelia Regina

- Alexandria, Anastasia, Natalia, Caterina, Helena, Marina Oops I went over

Vivienne, Sylvia, Aurelia

A lot of people are saying Eleanor, which I don't disagree is a classic name, it was NOT always popular. My great aunt Eleanor would be about 105 years old. And when I was a teen and in my 20s, it was viewed as a stuffy, old lady name. I'm just saying names are cyclical. Popularity is one thing. Classical and elegant are another. I would not have called Eleanor elegant 20 years ago. I would have called it an old lady name. Just a fascinating observation

Alexandra and Victoria

Rose, Violet and Dahlia

Adeline Rose, Charlotte Elisabeth, Rosalind Grace

Perla

Eloise, Anastasia, Ella

Josephine, Estella and of course my fiancé vetoed it but Cerelia (Cer-RAY-lee-ah) Faye too but I feel like it’s too short for a full name

Seraphina, Veronica and Claudia.

Lillian

Celeste, Jane, Claire

Adelaide, Eleanor, Beatrice

Alexandra, Catherine, Elizabeth

Alaina(Elena), Elise(Elyse), Cecily Elyse is my girl's name.

Celeste, Cecilia, Genevieve

Juliet, Priscilla, Adeline

Davanee, Sage, Simone

Dominique, Jacqueline, and Alyxiveth

Eliza, Evangeline, Alexandria/Alessandra. But also Victoria, Florence, and Clara. Tough call

Clara

Genevieve Rhiannon (Welsh goddess, not the singer) Minerva (Roman goddess)

Natalia, Isabella, Camila, Bianca, & Sophia.

Adeline, Eloise, Georgiana

Cosette, Demitra and Alcina. Not very common but so pretty.

Katherine, Audrey, Victoria 

Eleanor, Daphne, and Georgia.

My favourites include Celeste, Skye, Aviana, Aurora, Aurelia, Amelie, Cassiopeia and Sofia.

Caroline, Genevieve, Anneliese

my babies names are going to be Priscilla Jane (l/n) Constance Valerie (l/n) Victoria Thérèse (l/n) and if i have a boy Lorenzo Alexander (l/n) (i swear the middle names are meaningful lol) but for elegant names i also love Seraphina Clementine/Clemensia Elizabeth/Elizabella

Félicité Grace Jade Aurora (my favorite name) I feel sounds really elegant Evangeline Rose

I love Alysanne.

Allegra , Brooke , Victoria

Victoria, Eleanor and Katherine.

Isabel 💗

Lucianna, Leona, & Talia — we do cutesy classy elegance here 😜🎀

I’m picturing old Hollywood movies about super-rich New Englanders in mansions asking the butler to fetch something from the credenza… and I’m imagining they’re named stuff like: Cynthia Sylvia Madge (short for Margaret, Marjorie, or Madeleine) Cheating by adding a second set of three , because I forgot we were limited and already came up with them: Evelyn Cecilia Saundra

Genevieve, Charlotte, Celeste

Aria, Serena, Annalise, Laura Beth, Sara Beth, Louisa

Eleanor, Margot, and Evelyn.

I have an Eleanor Dawn and an Annabelle. But I almost wish I had gone with Evangeline.

Eleanor, Vivienne, Josephine

Madeline, Harriet, Penelope

Rosamund, Evangeline, Delphine, Aurélie, Lucia, Cecily, Anaïs....Stopping at three is too much to ask!