We found out at the week end we are having a little girl :) So excited but struggling with name ideas (we had a boys one all picked out...).
We both like the name Iona but feel it's similar to Isla - which is becoming really popular (up about 250 places in the past 10 years on most popular list).
Our preferences to a baby name is that it needs to be something not too popular (pref not top 50), something that a child or adult wouldn't be embarassed to have or use,a bit unusual but not odd or pretentious, something that isn't chavvy or of it's time/a bit of a fad and something we like of course.
Isla seems to be both popular and potentially faddy. Do you think Iona might fall into the same category as it is so similar?
If it helps, our other current ideas are
Felicity
Mirabel
Alice
Lydia
Beatrice
Primrose
Abigail
We did also have ophelia as a finalist but then I found a mn thread about it not being so good if your surnames 'bottom' (which ours isn't btw), which made me giggle and I can't say the name without a grin