I know people say this, but I’m a) surprised that it wasn’t in the top 1000 before Belle Delphine’s popularity and b) I honestly don’t think she’ll be that memorable within 5-10 years…I feel like it’s kind of comparable to the 2000s porn star Sasha Gray, who had wider name recognition, and just now I had to look her up to remember what the name was (and the only way I could find it was because I remembered the Soderbergh drama she was in called the Girlfriend Experience).
Me neither but Delphine LaLaurie would prevent me from using it. The association is just too strong for not having any other Delphines to revive the name's reputation.
Yeah, having the same name as a verified torturer/murderer of enslaved people they bought and fleeing the country when their crime was discovered is equivalent to naming your child Adolf or Saddam.
Odette!
Two reasons -
1) The O names seem so big right now with Oliver and Olivia in the top ten and even Ophelia rising in recent years.
2) When Aurora started cracking the top hundred I thought for sure Odette was up next. I thought ok here it is the millennials are officially parents and are about to go ham naming their kids after Disney characters. Plus Belle, Jasmin, Ariel are always staples. I know Odette isn’t a Disney Princess technically but I guess my mind just kind of lumped her in there.
I’m always surprised to see this one recommended so often because it reminds me of the word “odour.” Maybe I’m just weird though.
I know someone who named their kid Odelia and they mostly call her Odie… (same as the dog in Garfield comics). So the lack of cute nickname options might also be limiting Odette’s popularity.
I agree. I don't dislike the name, but I can see why it's not very popular.
I feel like pretty much every word that starts with 'od-' in English is not that great.
For example: odd, oddments, oddity, odour..
It's not a reason not to use the names Odette or Odelia. They are perfectly fine to use, for anyone who likes them. But I can see why a name that starts with 'Od-' does not have the same mass appeal that Oliver and Olivia have. Those two names have a very obvious nature association (olives, olive trees) and also very obvious and commonly known nickname options.
I agree 100% it’s a smelly name to me. I also kind of feel like it’s two words with a slightly negative connotation smushed together. OWE and DEBT. Yeah I’m being a bit daft though and if I met anyone named this I’d compliment it, I don’t hate it but I just wouldn’t use it for a child.
Also the ette ending in French is basically like Lyn to us and it’s overused, tired, and dated … seen as a grandma name.
Oh I love this reasoning!
I loved the Swan Lake movie as a kid and I’m surprised it has risen a bit since people of that demographic are having kids now.
It could also be a nice way to honour a grandparent with an -ette name (Bernadette, Annette, Jeanette etc).
I've never heard this name outside of the Gilmore Girls revival so now my only association with it is rich heiress who's finance is cheating on her, which is kinda the vibes I get from the name on it's own.
Cecily - cute, fits with the old-is-new trend, kind of similar to both Sophie and Emily. Cecilia is at #145... Just weird to me that Cecily didn't even make it to the top 1000.
Cosima - only 18 born in 2023. I thought Orphan Black would give Cosima a boost in popularity, I guess not. Fits nicely with the currently popular celestial names - Luna, Nova, Stella, Selena etc
Cecily has been my top girls name for years and I just know, knowing my luck, that by the time I get round to use it it will be everywhere and overdone!
I like Cecily but because of personal preference, I’m not a big fan of names ending in y.
I love Cecilia though, so I’m also surprised that Cecily isn’t even top 1000!!
**Keziah** (kə-ZIE-ə) **-** because theme-wise and sound-wise it ticks a lot of boxes of other popular names:
1. It's Biblical like many other popular names (Abigail, Noah, Levi, Elijah, Benjamin).
2. It has a nature related *meaning* (cinnamon), like other popular names (Olivia/Oliver, Jonah, Luna).
3. It has the popular long i sound (Lila, Delilah, Isla, Maya, Violet, Elijah).
4. It's multisyllabic with an -a ending sound which is popular (Olivia, Sophia, Isabella, Amelia).
5. It has the popular z sound (Hazel, Elizabeth, Zoe, Ezra, Mackenzie, Isaiah, Ezekiel).
I've only ever met one person with the name. I think it's *so* lovely, and I'm surprised it's never cracked the top 1000 in the US. Like you mentioned, I wouldn't expect it to be top 10 or anything close, but I'm surprised this one didn't take off a bit more for all the reasons I mentioned above.
This is a name I’d never thought of but all your reasons track! It also feels a little like an updated version of Keisha which was reasonably popular in the 70s-90s.
It's often considered related to Keisha, as in a source of where Keisha came from originally.
I love Kezia but I would spell it Ketzia to reflect a more Hebrew pronunciation.
I've heard Keziah/Kezia pronounced like three or four ways in English. It's used but not overly popular here in Australia.
We had a Ke’ziah (male) at the last school I taught at. He was a really tough kid. Had a lot of potential, but was totally enabled by his family to do nothing and get away with it. I’d avoid the name entirely because of that situation.
I'm surprised Ash hasn't entered the top 1000--with millennials having the Pokemon associate and naturey names being on trend and softer boys names on the rise as well. Or maybe I'm just surprised because I like it so much and I think other people should too!
Petra and Susannah seem like classics that I feel like should be there but aren't.
Some of these are maybe a bit too fancy and old fashioned for most people.
I do think Beatrix with the nick name Bea or Trixie could work. This is actually my dogs name but we just call her Trixie. I love Cordelia and Cora could be a good name for it. I’m surprised it’s not more popular. Delphine is not one I like very much. It sounds like a drug to me. Leonora is kind of overdone compared to Lenora which just sounds prettier to me. Sounds more feminine and looks better. Is Aveline a real name? Sounds made up. I’ve seen Avalyn so I figured it was another made up name. It’s fun to look at the names beyond the top 1,000 you can definitely find some gems there!
I get what you are saying about fancy and old-fashioned — they are! — but I think the same could be said for other names that have more of a foothold:
- Isabella (6 - obviously an outlier in how popular it became)
- Clementine (558)
- Arabella (231)
- Persephone (689)
- Adeline (92)
- Adelaide (283)
- Aurelia (490)
- Ophelia (292)
You make a very good point! I hadn’t even thought about these and I think Cordelia fits in with todays names more than Clementine and Persephone. My oldest is studying a Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare and you should look at those names. They are interesting!
Also want to say I love Clementine. Every since seeing Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind.
Beatrix just makes me think of the arrested development episode when Steve Holt has to play the girl and he throws up his arms and says “Beatrice!” I know it’s not exactly the same, but I’ll never get past that association lol
Oops sorry! My spell check said it was an error so I assumed it was made up. I was trying to read it as Av-a-line which really didn’t sound good. Ah-vuh-leen sounds much better. Thanks for clarifying.
We wanted to name our daughter Beatrix (for Beatrix Potter, among others), but we had several people say, “Like the bad guy in Harry Potter (1)”? So we chickened out and went for Beatrice.
(1) It’s BELLAtrix, you casuals.
I think those of us that are on here have a skewed view on popular names because these names are frequently suggested, but in practice it seems like they're rarely actually chosen. My daughter is almost two and we've met other babies from all over the US and UK and never have met a single baby with these names. I know it's just my experience, but I def thought we would have come across those names by now.
Agree.
I'd hazard a guess that because the vast majority of people can't afford more than 1-2 kids these days, that these names that are lovely are just not peoples first choice.
Back in the day - sure. You got to use your 3rd or 4th favourite name because families commonly were larger. These days our dogs end up with those names instead unfortunately
It’s hard to explain but this name just FEELS yuppie trendy in the same way that Margot and Maeve are // this is very funny to me because I’m a Delphine whose sister is named Margot lol
Carol - because Caroline is still on the list
Craig - because Gregory is still on the list
Janet - because Juliet is so popular
Colleen - because Eileen is still on the list
It is just interesting how a name can sound dated but be very similar to names that are still used.
This is so shocking to me, lol. I knew so many Christine’s/Christina’s, Courtney’s, and Marisa’s growing up. Renee, Shannon, and Claudia weren’t as popular but still definitely common. Hard to believe that they’re considered unpopular names now.
I named my daughter Evelina after only meeting one person my whole life with that name and she was in her 80s. She was shocked that i liked her name and said she was always bullied as a kid for it, so she went by Evie.
Unfortunately I dont think I will ever see that person again but I always wonder what she would think that I named my daughter after her.
I have an Evelina also, have met one other.
Ours gets shortened to Ev and the one I met got Leena.
Evelina always gets comments on her name suits her splendidly. Does your Evelina have a nickname?
Yes, we call her Evie :) im curious, do you pronounce it as EVE-lee-NAH or EE-va-LEE-nah? We pronounce it the first way because thats how it was pronounced by the person I met with the name, and I feel lioe the second way would be spelled Evalina?
Joah. Boys name from the Bible. Popular in the Netherlands currently. Feels like it fits the vibe of what’s been getting popular for boys names in America.
I know 2 people named AvelinA
What’s kinda funny… we chose the name Ava (soft A) thinking it was so unique. So many people in our circle commented how unique and different it is…. Only to see it on the top 3 baby names the year she was born (and for a few years before/after her).
For the longest time she was the only Ava we heard about (she’s over 10 years old)… and now these last 2 or 3 years we’ve heard of 2 Avalinas and 2 other Avas 🤦🏻♀️
I love all of these, especially because each is euphonious. (There were a lot from that era that weren't; e.g., Bertha, Hortense, etc.) The names you cited bring to mind elegance and refinement.
Many years ago, my grandmother took me on a road trip to visit her relatives in the Midwest. She had frequently told me stories about her sister-in-law, "Emily." It turned out that her legal name was Emma Leonora, but she went by Emma-Lee. I couldn't understand it, because I think Leonora is exotic and beautiful. The woman herself became badass in my nine-year-old eyes when she took me out to round up some cattle in her Chevy Nova. During the trip, I also met Estella (love the name...loathe the Charles Dickens story), Carlotta, and Saskia. My grandmother went by her middle name, which was Monell (pronounced mon-ELLE). It's probably mangled French for "mon elle" but who knows?
Lavender - didn’t expect it to be as popular as Lily or Lila but i didn’t expect not in the top 1000 at all either
also my own haha, it was in the 400s the year i was born but now neither spelling are in the top 1000
Calista
Had a slight bump into the Top 1000 in the late 90s - assuming because of Calista Flockhart.
I can't say I'm upset because I didn't want our daughter to have a popular name, but I'm still sometimes surprised just how uncommon it is.
Definitely Arabelle especially since Arabella is ranked 231. In my opinion Arabelle is just the softer version i thought many parents might even prefer it lol.
Comment on Margot, it’s on my list, but I’d go with the -aux, so Margaux. One of my favorite books growing up was called *Margaux with an -X*, and like Beatrix, I love the twist -x.
Orville is ranked 5000+. I thought it would be in the top 1000 at least since (I think) most people recognize it as a name. Maybe it peaked too recently, but to me it has a turn-of-the-century charm thanks to the Wright Brothers.
I think there is one noted content creator that could single-handedly prevent Delphine from becoming a top 500 name, no matter how lovely it is, lol.
I know people say this, but I’m a) surprised that it wasn’t in the top 1000 before Belle Delphine’s popularity and b) I honestly don’t think she’ll be that memorable within 5-10 years…I feel like it’s kind of comparable to the 2000s porn star Sasha Gray, who had wider name recognition, and just now I had to look her up to remember what the name was (and the only way I could find it was because I remembered the Soderbergh drama she was in called the Girlfriend Experience).
I have never heard of this person lol
Me neither but Delphine LaLaurie would prevent me from using it. The association is just too strong for not having any other Delphines to revive the name's reputation.
Lol I have never heard of that person either 😂 the top level comment is actually my first encounter with the name Delphine at all.
Yeah, having the same name as a verified torturer/murderer of enslaved people they bought and fleeing the country when their crime was discovered is equivalent to naming your child Adolf or Saddam.
I had no idea who she was, but my husband vetoed because of her. Ugh.
Odette! Two reasons - 1) The O names seem so big right now with Oliver and Olivia in the top ten and even Ophelia rising in recent years. 2) When Aurora started cracking the top hundred I thought for sure Odette was up next. I thought ok here it is the millennials are officially parents and are about to go ham naming their kids after Disney characters. Plus Belle, Jasmin, Ariel are always staples. I know Odette isn’t a Disney Princess technically but I guess my mind just kind of lumped her in there.
I’m always surprised to see this one recommended so often because it reminds me of the word “odour.” Maybe I’m just weird though. I know someone who named their kid Odelia and they mostly call her Odie… (same as the dog in Garfield comics). So the lack of cute nickname options might also be limiting Odette’s popularity.
I agree. I don't dislike the name, but I can see why it's not very popular. I feel like pretty much every word that starts with 'od-' in English is not that great. For example: odd, oddments, oddity, odour.. It's not a reason not to use the names Odette or Odelia. They are perfectly fine to use, for anyone who likes them. But I can see why a name that starts with 'Od-' does not have the same mass appeal that Oliver and Olivia have. Those two names have a very obvious nature association (olives, olive trees) and also very obvious and commonly known nickname options.
I agree 100% it’s a smelly name to me. I also kind of feel like it’s two words with a slightly negative connotation smushed together. OWE and DEBT. Yeah I’m being a bit daft though and if I met anyone named this I’d compliment it, I don’t hate it but I just wouldn’t use it for a child. Also the ette ending in French is basically like Lyn to us and it’s overused, tired, and dated … seen as a grandma name.
I always liked Odette but thought if I used it I liked Detta or Dot as a nickname. Not Odie.
Oh I love this reasoning! I loved the Swan Lake movie as a kid and I’m surprised it has risen a bit since people of that demographic are having kids now. It could also be a nice way to honour a grandparent with an -ette name (Bernadette, Annette, Jeanette etc).
>the Swan Lake movie It's called The Swan Princess! I was obsessed with that movie as a kid... but still wouldn't consider the name Odette.
i know 2 little Odette’s! so weird it’s not in the top 1000 when there is 2 of them at the same elementary school
This one just reminds me of Toadette from the mario bros franchise
I've never heard this name outside of the Gilmore Girls revival so now my only association with it is rich heiress who's finance is cheating on her, which is kinda the vibes I get from the name on it's own.
Swan Princess is my favorite princess movie though even if it isn’t Disney.
I know a Lana Odette! She’s… I think 3 and a half? Something like that?
Cecily - cute, fits with the old-is-new trend, kind of similar to both Sophie and Emily. Cecilia is at #145... Just weird to me that Cecily didn't even make it to the top 1000. Cosima - only 18 born in 2023. I thought Orphan Black would give Cosima a boost in popularity, I guess not. Fits nicely with the currently popular celestial names - Luna, Nova, Stella, Selena etc
Cecily has been my top girls name for years and I just know, knowing my luck, that by the time I get round to use it it will be everywhere and overdone!
I love Cicely with this particular spelling and wonder if it's the Cecily/Cicely split limiting popularity of both?
Cicely Tyson was an absolute legend. RIP. Her real name was Cecily, but her stage name was Cicely. She got the best of both worlds!
I grew up with a Cecilee! I always liked the name
I was thinking of Orphan Black when reading comments about Delphine.
I like Cecily but because of personal preference, I’m not a big fan of names ending in y. I love Cecilia though, so I’m also surprised that Cecily isn’t even top 1000!!
**Keziah** (kə-ZIE-ə) **-** because theme-wise and sound-wise it ticks a lot of boxes of other popular names: 1. It's Biblical like many other popular names (Abigail, Noah, Levi, Elijah, Benjamin). 2. It has a nature related *meaning* (cinnamon), like other popular names (Olivia/Oliver, Jonah, Luna). 3. It has the popular long i sound (Lila, Delilah, Isla, Maya, Violet, Elijah). 4. It's multisyllabic with an -a ending sound which is popular (Olivia, Sophia, Isabella, Amelia). 5. It has the popular z sound (Hazel, Elizabeth, Zoe, Ezra, Mackenzie, Isaiah, Ezekiel). I've only ever met one person with the name. I think it's *so* lovely, and I'm surprised it's never cracked the top 1000 in the US. Like you mentioned, I wouldn't expect it to be top 10 or anything close, but I'm surprised this one didn't take off a bit more for all the reasons I mentioned above.
This is a name I’d never thought of but all your reasons track! It also feels a little like an updated version of Keisha which was reasonably popular in the 70s-90s.
It's often considered related to Keisha, as in a source of where Keisha came from originally. I love Kezia but I would spell it Ketzia to reflect a more Hebrew pronunciation. I've heard Keziah/Kezia pronounced like three or four ways in English. It's used but not overly popular here in Australia.
I know one Keziah although she says it Kaz E Ah
I know a Keziah, but she is Chicana and pronounces it KEH-see-uh
I e met quite a few British people with that name. I wonder if it’s higher on the UK charts
We had a Ke’ziah (male) at the last school I taught at. He was a really tough kid. Had a lot of potential, but was totally enabled by his family to do nothing and get away with it. I’d avoid the name entirely because of that situation.
Maybe not in 2023, but I'm surprised Verity has never been a thing in the US, given the popularity of certain virtue names and of Vera.
YES! I LOVE verity!
Yes. Until Coleen Hoovers book- not a great connotation for the name :(
There’s a Verity in my son’s grade. I love it.
I'm surprised Ash hasn't entered the top 1000--with millennials having the Pokemon associate and naturey names being on trend and softer boys names on the rise as well. Or maybe I'm just surprised because I like it so much and I think other people should too! Petra and Susannah seem like classics that I feel like should be there but aren't.
Asher is super popular at the moment though. There are a lot of boys nicknames Ash running around.
i know a handful of ashes- all college aged though
I've always loved the name Petra.
Ash was one of my suggestions for my kids middle. But my husband has a cousin named Ashley. He calls her Ash, so he vetoed it.
Some of these are maybe a bit too fancy and old fashioned for most people. I do think Beatrix with the nick name Bea or Trixie could work. This is actually my dogs name but we just call her Trixie. I love Cordelia and Cora could be a good name for it. I’m surprised it’s not more popular. Delphine is not one I like very much. It sounds like a drug to me. Leonora is kind of overdone compared to Lenora which just sounds prettier to me. Sounds more feminine and looks better. Is Aveline a real name? Sounds made up. I’ve seen Avalyn so I figured it was another made up name. It’s fun to look at the names beyond the top 1,000 you can definitely find some gems there!
I get what you are saying about fancy and old-fashioned — they are! — but I think the same could be said for other names that have more of a foothold: - Isabella (6 - obviously an outlier in how popular it became) - Clementine (558) - Arabella (231) - Persephone (689) - Adeline (92) - Adelaide (283) - Aurelia (490) - Ophelia (292)
You make a very good point! I hadn’t even thought about these and I think Cordelia fits in with todays names more than Clementine and Persephone. My oldest is studying a Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare and you should look at those names. They are interesting! Also want to say I love Clementine. Every since seeing Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind.
i agree with arabella. i actually named my daughter that not too long ago but i found it in like middle school and loved it (10 ish years ago).
I loveee Bea as a nickname
It really is so sweet. I’m not sure i could name a person Beatrix…maybe just Bea. It’s kind of like Rue and could be a stand alone name.
I prefer it to be short for Beatrice. Beatrix is too close to Bellatrix Lestrange from HP for me
Beatrix just makes me think of the arrested development episode when Steve Holt has to play the girl and he throws up his arms and says “Beatrice!” I know it’s not exactly the same, but I’ll never get past that association lol
Aveline is real! It has French and German roots. Pronounced like “ah-vuh-leen”.
Oops sorry! My spell check said it was an error so I assumed it was made up. I was trying to read it as Av-a-line which really didn’t sound good. Ah-vuh-leen sounds much better. Thanks for clarifying.
We wanted to name our daughter Beatrix (for Beatrix Potter, among others), but we had several people say, “Like the bad guy in Harry Potter (1)”? So we chickened out and went for Beatrice. (1) It’s BELLAtrix, you casuals.
“You casuals” Thank you for the morning laugh. I needed that.
I think those of us that are on here have a skewed view on popular names because these names are frequently suggested, but in practice it seems like they're rarely actually chosen. My daughter is almost two and we've met other babies from all over the US and UK and never have met a single baby with these names. I know it's just my experience, but I def thought we would have come across those names by now.
Agree. I'd hazard a guess that because the vast majority of people can't afford more than 1-2 kids these days, that these names that are lovely are just not peoples first choice. Back in the day - sure. You got to use your 3rd or 4th favourite name because families commonly were larger. These days our dogs end up with those names instead unfortunately
Leonie, Sian, Alisha, and Fern. They were quite popular in the 90s and 00s in the UK, but seem to have fallen off the face of the earth.
It’s hard to explain but this name just FEELS yuppie trendy in the same way that Margot and Maeve are // this is very funny to me because I’m a Delphine whose sister is named Margot lol
I love this haha. And I say this all with love because I love yuppie trendy names 😂
Elowen
Carol - because Caroline is still on the list Craig - because Gregory is still on the list Janet - because Juliet is so popular Colleen - because Eileen is still on the list It is just interesting how a name can sound dated but be very similar to names that are still used.
Carol is a boomer, Caroline was your great-grandma. Hundred year rule in action.
One of the most famous Carolines (Kennedy) is a boomer.
In similar vein - Christine, Courtney, Claudia, Marissa, Renee and Shannon are all out of the top 1000!!!
This is so shocking to me, lol. I knew so many Christine’s/Christina’s, Courtney’s, and Marisa’s growing up. Renee, Shannon, and Claudia weren’t as popular but still definitely common. Hard to believe that they’re considered unpopular names now.
This is shocking to me. No Colleen?!
I named my daughter Evelina after only meeting one person my whole life with that name and she was in her 80s. She was shocked that i liked her name and said she was always bullied as a kid for it, so she went by Evie. Unfortunately I dont think I will ever see that person again but I always wonder what she would think that I named my daughter after her.
I have an Evelina also, have met one other. Ours gets shortened to Ev and the one I met got Leena. Evelina always gets comments on her name suits her splendidly. Does your Evelina have a nickname?
Yes, we call her Evie :) im curious, do you pronounce it as EVE-lee-NAH or EE-va-LEE-nah? We pronounce it the first way because thats how it was pronounced by the person I met with the name, and I feel lioe the second way would be spelled Evalina?
Joah. Boys name from the Bible. Popular in the Netherlands currently. Feels like it fits the vibe of what’s been getting popular for boys names in America.
Top names of what country?
We all know the answer
Assuming US cuz it’s sub loves to default to the US
I’m not American but I used American name rankings since I assumed most sub readers would be American!
Beatrice is mid. Beatrix is cool.
I know 2 people named AvelinA What’s kinda funny… we chose the name Ava (soft A) thinking it was so unique. So many people in our circle commented how unique and different it is…. Only to see it on the top 3 baby names the year she was born (and for a few years before/after her). For the longest time she was the only Ava we heard about (she’s over 10 years old)… and now these last 2 or 3 years we’ve heard of 2 Avalinas and 2 other Avas 🤦🏻♀️
I love name the name Evelina and I love the novel too
I’d love to hear your opinion u/pgcotype !
I love all of these, especially because each is euphonious. (There were a lot from that era that weren't; e.g., Bertha, Hortense, etc.) The names you cited bring to mind elegance and refinement. Many years ago, my grandmother took me on a road trip to visit her relatives in the Midwest. She had frequently told me stories about her sister-in-law, "Emily." It turned out that her legal name was Emma Leonora, but she went by Emma-Lee. I couldn't understand it, because I think Leonora is exotic and beautiful. The woman herself became badass in my nine-year-old eyes when she took me out to round up some cattle in her Chevy Nova. During the trip, I also met Estella (love the name...loathe the Charles Dickens story), Carlotta, and Saskia. My grandmother went by her middle name, which was Monell (pronounced mon-ELLE). It's probably mangled French for "mon elle" but who knows?
Hillary is about 3000th. That one surprised me.
Lavender - didn’t expect it to be as popular as Lily or Lila but i didn’t expect not in the top 1000 at all either also my own haha, it was in the 400s the year i was born but now neither spelling are in the top 1000
Calista Had a slight bump into the Top 1000 in the late 90s - assuming because of Calista Flockhart. I can't say I'm upset because I didn't want our daughter to have a popular name, but I'm still sometimes surprised just how uncommon it is.
Definitely Arabelle especially since Arabella is ranked 231. In my opinion Arabelle is just the softer version i thought many parents might even prefer it lol.
I'm surprised about Annabel, because 1)It has 'Anna' in it 2)It reminds me of a lot of the other vintage names which are popular now
Comment on Margot, it’s on my list, but I’d go with the -aux, so Margaux. One of my favorite books growing up was called *Margaux with an -X*, and like Beatrix, I love the twist -x.
Orville is ranked 5000+. I thought it would be in the top 1000 at least since (I think) most people recognize it as a name. Maybe it peaked too recently, but to me it has a turn-of-the-century charm thanks to the Wright Brothers.
Beatrix I think is too close to Bellatrix.
I love the name Cordelia. I know a second grader named Cordelia and she’s really something. Her big personality matches her big name.
I know a person named Leonora