Rate my girl name list

FakeFinn

This is my list with favourite names. Please rate/comment/critique/tell me to scratch these names. When you're feeling up to it I would really appreciate fn - mn combinations and/or suggestions. This is all purely hypothetical, but I could use some help, since it seems that my list is only getting longer and longer!

I live in the Netherlands and would like a name that works both in English and in Dutch. Dutch pronunciation is different from English pronunciation, example: Amelia is pronounced Ah-may-lee-ya, Emilia is A-me-lee-ya, I'll include the Dutch pronunciation. 

Josephine

Beatrice (it actually sounds most like the French pronunciation, so Bay-ah-treese)

Emilia

Odilia (O-dee-lee-ya)

Louise (is pronounced just like Louisa)

Helena (Hey-ley-nah)

Leonor

Mathilde (sounds like Matilda)

Madeleine

Olivia

Sybil

Wilhelmina

Sophie

Hadassah

ArmyWife114

These are my favorites from your list (in order). 

Sybil

Odilia

Beatrice

Helena

The rest are nice, I'm not sure I like Hadassah though.

spinsoffresonance

I think they're all nice names. My favorites are Odelia (I like this spelling better), Josephine, Sybil and Sophie. My least favorite are Emilia, Leonor and Wilhelmina. As the mother of a little Nathalie (French spelling, pronounced Natalie) I can tell you that everyone in the USA will pronounce Mathilde wrong.

ellebee2

My favourites from your list are (in order of preference):

Sophie (I'm quite partial to this as it is DDs name)

Olivia

Beatrice (it actually sounds most like the French pronunciation, so Bay-ah-treese)

Josephine

Potential combos I like: 

Olivia Madeleine

Sophie Olivia

Sophie Beatrice

Sophie Wilhelmina

Josephine Mathilde

Josephine Louise

Beatrice Odilia

Beatrice Olivia

Scarlett&Gatsby

Love the Dutch pronunciation of Beatrice! It allows for the NN Bay, which I think is darling. I like pretty much all the names on your list, but my favorites are Sybil, Beatrice, Sophie, Louise, and Josephine. Have you considered Anneke?

nittanyllama

Josephine   cute

Beatrice   like

Emilia    like

Odilia (O-dee-lee-ya)   don't care for

Louise (is pronounced just like Louisa)    love

Helena (Hey-ley-nah)   don't like

Leonor    ok, i prefer Eleanor

Mathilde (sounds like Matilda)    ok

Madeleine   ok

Olivia   overused in the US, but not sure about where you live. great name otherwise.

Sybil    don't like

Wilhelmina    like

Sophie     like

Hadassah   don't like / i've never heard it

Linnea503

My favorites from your list are Josephine, Louise (although I prefer and adore the Louisa spelling!), and Helena. So pretty! 

lkwelter

I like Odilia!

this decaf life

1. Wilhelmina 

2. Mathilde

3. Beatrice

4. Leonor

Cricket Bug

Josephine - Love

Beatrice (it actually sounds most like the French pronunciation, so Bay-ah-treese)

Emilia - Love

Odilia (O-dee-lee-ya) - Like it spelled Odelia

Louise (is pronounced just like Louisa)

Helena (Hey-ley-nah) - I actually prefer the dutch pronunciation.

Leonor

Mathilde (sounds like Matilda) - Like it, but have reservations.

Madeleine - Love

Olivia - Like it, dependent on popularity in your area

Sybil

Wilhelmina

Sophie - Love this name regardless of popularity

Hadassah

BrittKav

My favorite is Louise with Helena as the runner-up.

diamondduck13

Josephine - like
Beatrice - NMS
Emilia - I'm over all the Em- names
Odilia - dislike
Louise - like
Helena - much prefer the simpler Helen
Leonor - dislike
Mathilde - I'd find the likely frequent mispronunciation (in the US) tedious
Madeleine - like, but fear its increasing popularity
Olivia - used to love before it became so popular
Sybil - like
Wilhelmina - NMS
Sophie - meh
Hadassah - dislike

Edit for typo

queenbone

Josephine Pretty

Beatrice (it actually sounds most like the French pronunciation, so Bay-ah-treese) Nice

Emilia I'm over Em- names

Odilia (O-dee-lee-ya) Not a fan, remids me of the dog from Garfield

Louise (is pronounced just like Louisa) Pretty

Helena (Hey-ley-nah) Nice, I like this pronunciation

Leonor Clunky

Mathilde (sounds like Matilda) Not a fan

Madeleine Pretty

Olivia Pretty, but popular here, not sure about in Netherlands

Sybil Nice

Wilhelmina Not a fan

Sophie Pretty, but popular here, not sure about in Netherlands

Hadassah Nice, I'd assume you are Jewish. It doesn't seem mainstream yet.

Bwhitten

I like Emilia, Olivia, Sophie and I love Hadassah spelled Adassa I don't know if that changes the pronunciation but I've always liked that name.

FakeFinn

Thanks for the comments everyone!

FakeFinn

@lica001: thanks, I was thinking mn for Mathilde and you've convinced me! - @Scarlett&Gatsby: I think Beatrice is my current frontrunner (I was pretty happy you liked it so much!). I know a few women named Anneke, one is my age and the others are all born in the 1940's/50's/60's so to me it's a very dated name along the lines of Patricia, Pamela and Deborah.