Thoughts on my girls names

[omri]

I'm 37 wks and need to decide on a girls name. Any thoughts on the below list? The middle name has to be Maria. I don't like v frilly names.
Alexandra Maria nn Alex
Or
Karla Maria nn Karlie

Others I like but not sure if it's my baby's name iykwim
Madeleine
Wren
Elsie
Verity
Francesca
Tess
Felicity

[AmysTiara]

I like all your names except Tess and Wren. Alexandra and Karla are both nice butI prefer the spelling Carla sorry.

[MagratGarlik]

Love Alexandra. Hate the rest, sorry.

Could you change the middle name to Marie instead of Maria to avoid to names with an "a" at the end?

[omri]

Thanks ladies. At the moment I'm going with Alex- but it just came to me yesterday so have to get used to it!
Agree Carla is better- thanks

[EdithWeston]

I think Alexandra is lovely!

[Chloerose75]

Prefer Alexandra to Karla but my favourite is Francesca. Also like verity, Madeline, felicity and Elsie.

[BlueStarsAtNight]

I think Carla Maria flows better than Alexandra Maria, though tbh I don't like it when first and middle names have the same ending.

Of all your names I think Elsie Maria sounds best .

[Benchmark]

Not keen at all on Karla, especially with a K. Love Alexandra and with Maria it sounds beautiful and classic.

[manicinsomniac]

Alexandra Maria nn Alex - lovely.
Karla Maria nn Karlie - like Karla but not Karlie
Madeleine - love it
Wren - not keen but it's ok
Elsie - very cute, like it
Verity - really like it. Classic and unusual
Francesca - love it. Could be Frankie or Kessa if you don't like frilly?
Tess - it's ok
Felicity - love it but I'd say it's the definition of a frilly name!

[noodlebum]

Alexandra best, then Carla.

Out of your other choices, I like (with mn Maria) Francesca best.

[BitchPeas]

I'm a carly, have spent my whole life being called Carla. So maybe not the best nickname as people get them confused at the best of times.

Love Alexandra Marie and
Wren Maria

[OnABabyDiet]

Alexandra is beautiful, classic and underused. Love it.

[puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE]

I like all of them apart from Karla. Really don't like that name.

[Dovahkiin]

Wasn't Karla the (male) Russian spymaster in Tinker Tailor? Much prefer Alexandra.

[laregina]

I like Alexandra but it would annoy me if everybody shortened it to Alex, which is a bit meh.

I love Felicity atm but am biased because DD has recently 're-christened' all her dollies as Felicity due to the Felicity Wishes books she is currently reading

[notso]

Karla/ Carla Maria make me want to sing it to the tune of Ave Maria. My DSIS wanted Ava Maria and I said the same to her.

I like Alexandra.

I love Francesca, Wren, Tess and Elsie.

[Thurlow]

Alexandra, definitely. But I'm biased, as I have an Alexandria nn Alex I obviously think Alex is quite a cool name for a little girl, but plenty of choice when they get older.

[Hazelbrowneyes]

Alexandra Maria nn Alex – Really like this
Karla Maria nn Karlie – Not keen
Madeleine – Not keen
Wren – Really not keen
Elsie – Not keen. How about Elsa? Less frilly IMO
Verity - Love
Francesca – Love this.
Tess – Don’t like this
Felicity – Love Felicity, nn Fliss

Other names I like that aren’t on your list but may fit your criteria:

Meredith
Camilla
Eloise
Scarlett
Raynah

[NadiaWadia]

Alexandra, Madeleine and Francesca are lovely. Elsie is 'old lady'. Wren is a bit odd. Tess sounds lovely, but should be short for Theresa or Tessa.

[ToffeeJungle]

Love Carla!
And you hardly hear of any baby Carla's these days.

[Mireio]

Alexandra Maria is lovely. Much better than Karla/Karlie.

[flowerygirl]

I'm not a fan of names that can be shortened like Alex. Karla is unusual and classy in my opinion! There will be a lot of boy Alex's in any Alexandra's class.

Madeleine-sweet
Wren-NO, sorry
Elsie -very cute but becoming very popular
Verity-no
Francesca-classy
Tess - lovely (short for Teresa?)
Felicity- sounds high maintenance

Do you know for sure you're having a girl?

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Don't like Alexandra or Karla, sorry.

Madeleine nice
Like Wren as a mn
Verity lovely
Like Tess
Like Felicity
Don't like Elsie

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Like Alexandra a lot.

Also like Felicity.

[omri]

Hi all- thank you so much for all the replies! Really interesting to hear what people think. Don't know for sure it's a girl (we're keeping it a surprise). But when ds was born I'd known all along what he'd be called and thankfully he was a boy as I was a bit meh about my list of girl names. I've a feeling this ones a girl so want to be more prepared!!

[omri]

Problem is... I still adore my ds1's name- would love to adore my little girls name but finding it hard to find that special name. Why are girls names so hard for me?!