Nearly due date and still undecided girls name

[letsallhaveanap]

Please give your opinions on our list!

I like:
Autumn
September
Fuschia
Lux
Iolanthe
Sylvia
Iseult
Magdalena
Svetlana
Ariadne
Topaz
Astrid


Husband likes:
Daisy
Sapphire
Posy
Aurora
Ingrid

We both like:
Isolde
Nico
Leonora

[SodTheGreenfly]

I know a lovely Leonora

[Emelene]

I like Leonora too.

[MiddleMoffat]

Lux is a soap.
Aurora - disney princess
Topaz - hippy

Don't name a daughter Autumn/September unless born in them

Leonara best of the bunch.

[Sophronia]

I love Ariadne.

[MollyHuaCha]

Autumn - nice
September - no
Fuschia - no
Lux - no
Iolanthe -nice, but she will have to spell it to everyone
Sylvia - nice
Iseult - no
Magdalena - lovely
Svetlana - ok
Ariadne - lovely
Topaz - no
Astrid - lovely


Daisy - nice
Sapphire - no
Posy - ok
Aurora - ok
Ingrid - nice


Isolde - nice
Nico - the only Nico I have known was a boy
Leonora - nice

[MikeUniformMike]

Autumn - it's a bit seasonal
September - no. Back to school.
Fuschia - I think it's spelt Fuchsia.
Lux - bar of soap. Middle name for Dee perhaps?
Iolanthe - not sure
Sylvia - horrible. 1970s barmaid nmae
Iseult - not sure how to say it
Magdalena - ok, sounds a bit east european
Svetlana - ok, sounds a bit east european
Ariadne - not sure, a bit Agatha Christie
Topaz - Stripper?
Astrid - yes but popular

Husband likes:
Daisy - yes
Sapphire - no
Posy - yes
Aurora - yes but not if you cant say r
Ingrid - love it

We both like:
Isolde - yes
Nico - yes
Leonora - ok

[RedDwarves]

Magdalena is the only name on your list which I like. Some of them are frankly batshit (September, Fuchsia - which you've spelt incorrectly btw, Lux, Svetlana, Topaz).

Like Daisy from your husband's list. Posy is nice, but only as a shortening for Josephine.

Like Leonora from your mutual list.

[letsallhaveanap]

mikeuniform haha yes cant use Fuchsia if I cant even spell it at this early stage!!
And how did you know I cant say 'r'!!! That was my objection to that name as its my husbands favourite but I often say 'w' instead of 'r' especially when cross or stressed...

people are liking Ariadne and Leonora the best so far I see!

never heard of Lux soap!

[letsallhaveanap]

I admit September is a bit out there.... but Svetlana, Fuchsia and Topaz are in reasonably common usage arent they?

Ive always loved the name September because it was the name of a princess in a story I loved as a child.... but yes, my family and husband would agree with you that its too much

[TroubledLichen]

From your mutual list (you may as well discount anything that only one of you likes) I like Isolde and Leonora. Isolde would be my top choice. Nico is a lovely name for a sexy Italian man but is just down right bizarre for a baby girl.

[PixelAteMe]

I like Leonora best.

Ariadne sounds a bit harsh to me, how about Ariane or Ariana instead?

[TatianaLarina]

Iseult and Aurora wIn hands down.

[MikeUniformMike]

I quite like Fuchsia (pron Fewsha) but the flower was named after a botanist called Fuchs, which I think is pronounced something like Fooks. Dahlia is a possible alternative and probably not at all 'out there' but could be Dahl-ya or Dale-ya.

[letsallhaveanap]

Dahlia sounds lovely but sadly reminds me of the beheaded hollywood prostitute so dont think I could name my daughter that!

My husband chose Nico after the female singer and I thought it was pretty too.

I do very much like Isolde and so does husband... but I worry how it would be shortened and it also sort of rhymes with my sons name....

[letsallhaveanap]

Re the separate lists... they arent things we actively dislike, they are names we would consider but do not prefer... we didnt include anything either of us actually disliked and vetoed

[MikeUniformMike]

Oh dear. Don't use it.
I'd go with Nico.

[maybejane]

The only name from those lists that I don't dislike incredibly is Sylvia. And, even that is a bit dated. Along the lines of Sapphire, what about Safia/Safiyah/Sofia? All very pretty names. Also, what about Elena (el-ay-na) instead of Magdalena? Elena would be gorgeous.

[Stringofpearls]

I like Sylvia and Ariadne, Ariadne was in our top 3 for our little girl. The only Nico I've ever known was a boy so that could be confusing for some, but I guess that's only the same as with names like Alex or Jessie.

[LeeMiller]

Nico's real name was Christa, she was given the stage name Nico by a photographer (after a man he had a crush on) precisely because it was androgynous. She also had a rather messy life - heroin addiction, anti-semitism/racism, a tragic death - I love her music but it's not an association I'd choose for a child. I agree most people would assume she's a boy (my husband has a foreign name that is mistaken for a similar girl's name in the UK - don't underestimate how annoying this gets!).

I do think Nico would make a nice nickname - like Coco.

I like Leonora and Magdalena - elegant and grown-up, with a lot of nn potential.

[QueenOfMyWorld]

Svetlana sounds like a Russian call girl..Aurora is nice and Nico nice too

[RedDwarves]

Nico was a known racist and anti-Semite, so I wouldn't be too quick to name a child after her.

Svetlana is only in "common" usage in Slavic countries and, even then, it's considered outdated now.

I've never come across a person called Fuchsia or Topaz.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Ariadne is lovely !
I also love Daisy, Posy is a very cute nick name for Josephine.

[Cosmoa]

How about Nika? Pronounced Nee-ka

[Butterflyrosebud]

Daisy.

Not on your lists but I think Ivy/ Iris are lovely too.

[daisypond]

Autumn - OK-ish.
September - probably not
Fuschia - maybe, if you spell it Fuchsia
Lux - it's a soap.
Iolanthe - bit flouncy and it makes me think of Gilbert and Sullivan
Sylvia - yes.
Iseult - yes. OK.
Magdalena - v East European. Prefer Madeleine.
Svetlana - I'd assume you were Russian/have Russian links
Ariadne - possibly - but she didn't have a happy time of it in the end.
Topaz -don't mind this. There's a rather hippy one in Dodie Smith's I Capture The Castle.
Astrid - not keen

Husband likes:
Daisy - too cutesy. A flower that's regarded as a weed.
Sapphire - not keen. I prefer Topaz.
Posy - yes, I quite like.
Aurora - Disney princess
Ingrid - no, it's like Astrid. Like you're playing dress-up.

Isolde - OK - same name as Iseult really.
Nico - no. Nicole?
Leonora - yep, but perhaps a little flouncy