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People called Sarah are always absolutely brilliant IMO.

I'm called Sarah and my little sister is Lucy I think you're safe now but the only big drawback of being a Sarah born in the 80s is I meet a LOT of them! Once worked somewhere and there were 4 of us in one team!

Timeless classic, as is Lucy

Emily is a nice name but very popular. I prefer Sarah / Lucy.

I like it but it is becoming more popular, I know two babies recently named it.

I'm a Sarah and I've always loved my name, I was the only Sarah til secondary school when I was one of two- ironically my best friend was called Lucy...ditto the princess meaning...that came up a lot when I was little

Cool name

my fav name ever xx

Sarah is a beautiful name, but I love love love Lucy. Our DD is Lucy. There are not that many of them around....well, not here anyway.

Love the name Sarah, its on my list

Sarah is beautiful, one of my daughters has the middle name Sarah - Sadie after her great granny and sometimes I wish it was her first name

Sarah's definitely in the timeless classic camp - a lovely name.

PS I love Hailey too (with this spelling, but to me spelling doesn't matter that much, it's more about the sound). My order would be Emily, Hailey, Sarah, Lucy.

I love Sarah and Emily...I've always had a special soft spot for Emily though, i love it for some reason. But Sarah is beautiful too. You can't go wrong. Lucy is OK imo. Emily and Sarah both VERY popular in Canada (have both been in top 10 for the last decade), not sure about UK. Lucy is uncommon here (i know one, she's 3 or 4 now).

Sarah infinitely more beautiful, unusual and elegant than Emily IMO

I know a 3 yr old Emily

Sarah is lovely, and can be 'shortened' to Sally or Sadie so lots of choice for pet names if you want them.

GAH My 3 children know 11 Emilys between them - oldest 13 youngest 6 weeks.

not keen on Emily, stick to Lucy or Sarah IMO

Thanks for your thoughts. The shortlist has changed slightly...Hailey is off the list so we're now choosing between 1)Emily 2)Lucy 3)Sarah. Do you know of many baby Emily's? I think we may just see which one she looks like when she arrives! Thanks again.

Sarah, was on our list but had a boy.

I also liked Sara.

Lucy is OK but I prefer Lisa.

Hailey is an odd spelling. I thought it was Hayley. Again OK but not as nice as Sarah.

My dd is called Sarah. We chose between that and Lucy. Lovely names

Love it.

Timeless classic

Love it. Had this as our first choice girl's name but had a boy so never used it