DD's name. Final 5.

Sasha Kate

or

Valentina Kate, Valentina Avery

So you both get a favourite. Yours come first because a. they are the nicer names and b. you are pushing the baby out

Valentina is a beautiful name IMO. Sasha and Avery both sound a bit masculine to me, though there's nothing necessarily wrong with that.

Kate and Jessica are both nice names, but seem just a bit 'ordinary' compared to your other choices!

Our friend Valentina goes by "Valia" as a shorter name which I like.

Can you use Katie/Kate short for Catherine if Catherine is with a C (just wondering as we're thinking about it!)

Love Valentina and Avery.
Sasha is a boys' name to my ears (plus I wouldn't name my child the same name as its parent)
Jessica and Catherine are very widely used already and a little dull imo.

Valentina is sweet. Kate short for Catherine is lovely.

Sasha and Jessica - meh. I always think of sasha as a Russian boy's name.

Avery is awful, and also a very popular BOYS name in the USA/Canada. Plus just reminds me of aviary.

Valentina - really pretty bu I wouldnt want Val or Tina as nicknames

Sasha - this is my all time favourite name but I would have to use it as a nn for Alexandra

Avery - really nice but I would assume to be a boy

Kate - a think there will be an increasing number of these a la Kate Middleton

Jessica - not keen on this one, it always seems a very weak name to me!

Avery reminds me of the Benny Hill thing where he says 'That great big Betty Mavery, she's got her own aviary'. Odd.

My favourite is Valentina, but I don't think you should use it if your DH hates it. You need to both love the name. I think either Sasha Kate or Jessica Kate.

so erm, after evaluation I would say go for Sasha Kate (reckon you can get away with nn form as a mn), just because Sasha is the name you love. I also think Avery and Valentina are too gorgeous to be relegated to mn's IYSWIM?

Valentina - absolutely love this name. Gorgeous, but if your DP hates then surely it has to be off the list?
Sasha - you say your DP 'is keen, but would use it if he had too...so is he NOT keen? I'd push for it if I were you. Sounds like he could be convinced. As a similar alternative and perhaps compromise how about Saskia?

Avery - Actually quite like this. I don't think of it as a boys name. I associate it with the character in Jerry Maguire, who played Tom Cruise's fiance before he dumped her for Renne Zellwegger's character.
Kate - nice, but feels like a nn so I would say you should use Katherine as the proper name, but if you don't like that then what's the point. I wouldn't use it for that reason.
Jessica - BORING!!!! It's so sickly sweet and feels pathetic to me. It was so popular for a while, less so now, and I think I was put off when the name was at its height. Just met too many.

Valentina - Lovely, and very underused.

Sasha - Lovely, and again underused.

Avery - Hmm I find this quite American sounding, and reminds me of a bird aviary too!

Kate - Love Kate.

Jessica - Dislike with a passion, but I d love Jess!

I'd go with Sasha or Valentina ..and perhaps Kate too

Quite a mixed bag of names.

Jessica Kate Avery

Jessica Kate Valentina

I think Sasha Valentina sounds like a clothes designer or something creative like that, and I picutre a pretty little girl in my head.

If you've loved the name for that long, you have put it in there somewhere. You'll regret it if you dont.

Jessica and Kate are just plain nothing wrong with then but just ordinary.

Im with thisisyesterday
"I really don't like Avery, I think cos it makes me think of aviary?"

Sasha - gorgeus, not sure about using your name though?

Avery - don't like, how about Aubery?

Kate - nice but too many

same with Jessica

Valentina - again I don't like it

sasha wins!

i LOVE Valentina. my fave my far

then in order I would go:
Sasha
Kate
Jessica
Avery

I really don't like Avery, I think cos it makes me think of aviary?

Avery

Love the name Avery. I would go for Avery Kate or Avery Jessica. They're all good options though!

I think Avery Valentina is a beautiful name, unusual and very classy. I hadn't heard of Avery before, but I just can't imagine it on a boy.
Plus, like nooka said, using a family name from each side is a nice compromise. Lovely names though, congrats on narrowing it down so far!

Jessica Valentina :)

Valentina - quite nice
Sasha - don't like
Avery - stationery brand
Kate - not keen
Jessica - like

Oh maybe I misunderstood - Sasha is not your ACTUAL name?
Probably Sasha Avery then. Valentina in the UK is harder to use than in Italy.
Sorry!

Love Valentina, I used to live in Italy and always liked it. nn Valey out there.

I cannot imagine naming my daughter after myself tbh, seems a little odd so Sasha would be out for me as a first name.

Avery is okay.

Prefer Katie to Kate and Jessie to Jessica.

My vote would be for Valentina and Sasha or Avery as a middle name.

Avery is always a boy's name in my head.

I don't like Valentina at all.

The best is Kate, then Jessica, then Sasha.

DD is Sasha and therefore my favourite :).

We chose Isobel with it for a mn, but Sasha Kate was also a contender, love the sound of it.

I really like Avery, since it's a unisex name therefore I'd go for a strong middle name.

Avery Valentina
Avery Sasha
Avery Katherine