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Help me fine tune my girl name list before sharing with dh

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Littlehousesomewhere · 10/05/2013 00:30

Ok have posted to get some help earlier and food this very helpful so would appreciate some insights about my final list.

Honor
Anya
Bethan
Ola
Molly
Rosa
Willa
Cora
Laura
Heather
Lola

And although I prefer 2 syllables I am adding Georgiana, Rhiannon and susannah (zanna nn) :D

Thoughts? Anything you think will become too popular or too trendy today and will date badly or is too similar to something else that falls into these categories?

Also what is your favourite?

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Decoy · 10/05/2013 11:25

My favourites are

Bethan
Laura
Georgina
Honor
Anya

ellajayne · 10/05/2013 11:09

Susannah
Laura
Rosa
Wills

Layl77 · 10/05/2013 11:06

Cora is pretty, willa may get teased?! Others all ok, not fussed on honor

MadBusLady · 10/05/2013 11:04

On American-ness, I've seen "Honor" spelt like that in 18th and 19th C English parish records. I don't know why we've ended up with one spelling for the name and another for the word, but we have and AFAIK the name has been spelt "Honor" since before there was a defined UK/US difference.

MadBusLady · 10/05/2013 10:59

I'd be torn between Honor, Cora and Georgiana.

Honor, Anya, Georgiana, Cora - all lovely and fairly unusual names, not too weird but I think unlikely to become over-popular. Only possible danger is Cora might be having a big revival due to Downton Abbey?

Rosa, Laura, Heather, Susannah, Rhiannon, Bethan - classics, probably a bit more popular than the above, but unlikely ever to be so wildly trendy that they'll date easily.

Molly, Lola - for me these are a bit trendy and likely to date, on the tail end of the last 10 years or so phase of cutesie vaguely Victorian names. Nothing wrong with them, I like them, but they will be popular (and also lots of little girls will have these names who are a few years older).

Ola, Minna, Willa - don't like these at all, sorry. Willa in particular doesn't sound very nice to me.

JojoMags · 10/05/2013 10:50

I like Susannah, Anya, Bethan and and Georgiana best. Also like Molly. I don't like Ola or Willa (this is awful!) at all and I think Lola will date. Thes rest are OK but only OK.

Leafmould · 10/05/2013 10:24

No, really, get him to do a list. He may be very agreeable to your suggestions, but people can be really unpredictable about names. Get him to do one first, and then if there is any overlap it's his choice too. And if he hates all of your names, you can hate all of his too!

Leafmould · 10/05/2013 10:20

Honor...... Are you American? I perceive this as an American name because of the spelling. Not keen.

Anya......nice
Bethan......hmmmmm
Ola...........Spanish for 'wave' Portuguese for 'hello' not keen
Molly........ Not keen
Rosa........nice
Willa........quite nice....
Cora.........hmmmmm
Laura........nice
Heather......nice
Lola..........v. Popular ATM. Not keen

Georgiana....too fancy
Rhiannon.....nice
Susannah.....nice
Minna...........not keen

Is your oh making you a list as well? I would ask him to do one and then swap.

sleepingbeautiful · 10/05/2013 04:03

Like: Honor, Bethan, Rosa, Cora, Laura, Susannah
Meh: Willa, Heather, Georgiana, Minna
Dislike: Anya, Ola, Molly, Lola, Rhiannon

(Used to quite like Rhiannon, but due to Rhianna singer there are now sadly a lot of chavs on both sides of the Atlantic with this group of names)

LittleMissLucy · 10/05/2013 03:32

I agree Lola is a bit off, its like a strippers name amongst them all.

rundontwalk · 10/05/2013 03:10

I like honor, Rosa & Cora.

KittenofDoom · 10/05/2013 02:50

The only ones I like are Rosa and Susannah.

TigOldBitties · 10/05/2013 01:43

I like

Willa
Rosa
Molly
Cora

I don't think Lola fits with the flavour of your other names, I think Rhiannon and Bethan are a bit naff and I'd say I least like Susannah and Heather, both are so stuffy and dated.

I'm indifferent to the others, but thought you might like Isla, Ayla or Mila.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 10/05/2013 01:19

I started grading the ones I like but got stuck. I am very taken with Susannah then Molly, Rhiannon, Bethan and Cora. I like Willa except I wonder would she end up being called Willy?

At the bottom of the list Ola, then Lola, Rosa and Minna.

May I suggest Morwenna?

Startail · 10/05/2013 01:17

Heather
Honour
Rhiannon
Rosa
Bethan

And I'll throw in my *unusable fav. Rebecca
*ex of DH's Sadly

LittleMissLucy · 10/05/2013 01:12

Did you mean Orla? I like that, I've not heard of Ola.
Also like Laura and Rosa. Classic, simple.

LemonPeculiarJones · 10/05/2013 00:49

Oh, Minna is lovely too!

LemonPeculiarJones · 10/05/2013 00:48

My four favourites are:

Susannah - gorgeous and underused
Rosa - beautiful
Cora - unusual but simple
Willa - ditto

Lola is v ubiquitous.
Laura, Heather and Bethan are a bit blah but have a nice retro seventies feel I guess.
Anya and Ola seem a bit lifeless.
Molly is sweet.

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Littlehousesomewhere · 10/05/2013 00:43

Also minna is on that list too :)

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Littlehousesomewhere · 10/05/2013 00:30

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