Non cutesie girls names

[putputput]

Down to five names.
Two syllable surname beginning with S.
Middle names will be Cecilia Joan (Both family names)

Laurel
Adeline
Bethan
Etta
Catrin

Opinions please, go on do your worst...

[CruCru]

I like Etta and Adeline. I think of Laurel as a man's name.

[shitebag]

I like Bethan but I think Bethany flows better with the middle names.

[CakeRattleandRoll]

My favourite is Catrin.

[StormyBlue]

Adeline

[FriendofBill]

Adeline

[helentheheron]

I like them all but prefer Laura to Laurel.

[Wafflenose]

I like Laurel best, followed by Catrin. They all fit with the middle names.

[Lunastarfish]

Bethan

[Sophronia]

Adeline Cecilia Joan is lovely.

[JanuaryJuniper]

Etta or Adeline......fabulous!

[putputput]

Can I ask how most of you would automatically pronounce Adeline?
To rhyme with line or tin?

[UmbongoUnchained]

Adeline to rhyme with line.

[MyNewBearTotoro]

Adeline to rhyme with line.

[RozTheSchnoz]

I love Etta!

[AyeAmarok]

I'd pause for thought, then pronounce it Add-eh-line.

Which I think sounds lovely

[Iwantakitchen]

No to Laurel, it's not nice and is a boy's name.

The only name I like from your list is Bethan. But Bethany would sound better with a surname starting with S.

[Sophronia]

Adeline to rhyme with line.

[MamaLazarou]

Laurel is definitely a girls' name. Perhaps you are thinking of Stan Laurel?

[JanuaryJuniper]

I would pronounce it to rhyme with Line!

[celtictoast]

1. Laurel
   
2. Bethan
   
3. Etta
   
4. Adeline
   
5. Catrin

[mathanxiety]

Adeline should be pronounced Adeleen imo.
I hate the -line pronunciation, as it reminds me of the barbershop song Sweet Adeline pronounced that way. When pronounced Adelin, it sounds like Madeleine that somehow lost its M.
I prefer Adelina (-leena) anyway -- does away with all confusion.

My favourite from your list is Laurel (very much a girl's name ime).
I like Etta too, but would be tempted to use Henrietta or Harriet on the BC.
I like Adelina but not Adeline.

I don't like Bethan or Catrin.
Catrin sounds to my Irish ear like a west of Ireland pronunciation of Catherine.
Bethan is a bit inelegant imo. I class it with Morag along with other names that are unnecessarily clunky.

[ashesandfire]

I love Etta. I like Laurel and like Sorrel even more? Really like Bethan though prefer Bethany (I am biased though), but that definitely is girlier.
Catrin is OK. I far far prefer Adelaide and Madeleine to Adeline, which I would pn to rhyme with line.

[Tangoandcreditcards]

Etta was high on my list. Not DP's, sadly.

Adeline second.

[CityDweller]

I would pronounce Adeline as Ad-a-line. However, I work with one who recently corrected me after I'd been saying it like that for months - apparently it's Ad-a-leen.

Which to me is a reason to avoid the name, lovely as it is, as nothing more tedious than a lifetime of correcting pronunciation.