at(gentle) loggerheads over name!

[BennyLee1]

Hi there, my fiance and I have reached an impasse over names for our lovely daughter born March 16th - so a week ago. We've whittled things down to either Saskia or Juliet. What do these names conjure for you? Saskia was a bit sloaney once; and I presume Juliet isn't more popular because parents worry their daughters will get teased about their "Romeo" in the playground. But they have a crystalline quality we like...

[heliotrope]

Both nice and not too often heard. You're on a winner either way. Is one your fave and one his?

[AuntieStella]

I love the name Saskia!

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

Definitely Saskia it's beautiful

[OrionsAccessory]

Saskia is beautiful, it's one of my top names for dc3 if we have another girl.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

Juliet for me - or actually I'd have Julia.

[DramaAlpaca]

Both beautiful.

Saskia is Dutch & makes me think of Rembrandt, and I like the Shakespearean feel of Juliet.

I think on balance if it was me choosing I'd go with Saskia as there aren't any pronunciation issues.

With Juliet you'll get JOO-liet (which is the pronunciation I prefer), or Juli-ETTE, which to me should be spelled Juliette.

Difficult choice, OP. Toss a coin?

[BennyLee1]

It's a little bit more 'Juliet' for him, and 'Saskia' for me, with the two grandmothers' names Jane and Elisabeth (in an order yet to be determined) as the middles... Thanks for your responses!

[manicinsomniac]

Both gorgeous!

I think I like Juliet better.

Saskia Elisabeth Jane
Juliet Elisabeth Jane

Beautiful.

[MsBug]

Juliet

[KoalaDownUnder]

They are both gorgeous.

I prefer Saskia, just slightly, because Juliet can end up nicknamed Jools (yuck).

[MrsCaptainReynolds]

I like Juliet but don't like to hear it with a glottal stop, which would stop me from using it.

Saskia still has remnants of sloaniness in my mind...

That's not much help really. Sorry.

[SantasFavouriteHo]

Juliet for me (love Jools as a nn)
Saskia reminds me of that one from Big Brother a few years ago...

[MrsPeabody]

I like both. Middle names Elizabeth Jane.

[VainVulva]

Really like Saskia!

[BayMax]

Saskia. It is beautiful.

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

Santas I always think of Saskia in Eastenders but I still love the name. I guess there's bad connotations with pretty much every name now

[TempsPerdu]

I prefer Juliet. Saskia still feels a bit Sloaney and 'precious' to me. Juliet's lovely though!

[MirandaGoshawk]

Saskia for me, but nothing wrong with Juliet.

[MirandaGoshawk]

I don't like Jools as a nn. Sounds a bit Jools Oliver pretentious.

[MirandaGoshawk]

Sassy as a NN?

[cookoos]

saskia for me

[Hakluyt]

Juliet- so long as it's JUliet, not JulETTE.

[MishMooshAndMogwai]

Love both!

Saskia is on our name list but Juliet is equally lovely

[SylvaniansAtEase]

Love both pretty equally. Which brings it down to nicknames, and so it's Saskia

Sassie/Sas/Saska/Sasks v Jools/Julie.

Hate to say it but a Juliet will almost certainly end up as Jools.