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Most of these are more frilly than elegant to me. They are beautiful certainly, but fussy rather than elegant, which has a sleeker kind of energy. Celeste is probably the most elegant one here, in my books.

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I'm with Anneza; shorter, cleaner versions of some of these names are definitely elegant (Isabel or Isobel, Vivian, Gabriela, Juliet).

Objectively, I agree with all of them, though I don't like them all.
I would add Rosalie, Marion, Theresa and Anneliese.

I find names like Isabella, Juliette and Vivienne much less elegant than Isabel, Juliet and Vivien.

Very Euro-centric and sickly sweet.

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Elaine, Noor, Laila, Clare, Therese - some of my choices

Oh wow, a collection of some of my favorite names! Lol, the list feels quite Victorian. I like:

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Genevieve
Anastasia
Penelope
Juliette (though I prefer Juliet)
Gabriella
Vivienne
Celeste
Josephine
Eleanor
Evangeline
Cordelia
Octavia
Lillian

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I used to like Adelaide and Sophia, but I got sick of them. And I vastly prefer Amalia to Amelia, which has "meal" in the middle of it (and makes me think of "mealy"). Aurora is difficult for me to say, unless it's very slowly, and Beatrice (and Beatrix) sound like orders - like you're telling someone to be a... something.

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My least favorites from this list are Rosalind, which has always sounded cold and standoffish to me (and I'm not even partial to -lind names), and Clementine, because "clem" is, imo, one of the least attractive syllables ever. Reminds me of phlegm, except somehow worse.

I hate Eleanor, but I think it is objectively elegant. Clementine, though, is not. It sounds relatively childish to me.