Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

4 days to go - Carla, Amber or Freya? Pls help!

30 replies

Hulafox · 03/03/2014 09:18

I've resisted posting until now as I though DH and I should choose ourselves without input. But we're 4 days from due date without a decision and so need some urgent help!

Our top 3 and my reservations about them are below. Surname is 2 syllables beginning with D....Connie is a definite middle name as its a family name.

Carla Connie D - this is our favourite on its own, but I am worried it will always be misheard as Cara / Clara / Carly etc, particularly Clara as that seems to be gaining popularity

Amber Connie D - this was our first thought when we found out I was pregnant and we really like it. But is it too new age, or potentially chavvy?

Freya Connie D - we really like this too, I see it as a pretty name. But we had been trying to avoid anything so high up the popularity ratings. (Hence why Carla fit our bill as its a known, familiar name without being very common or popular.)

Other names we both agree we like are Ivy, Bethany, Ruby, Caitlin, Hazel and Rhona. I love Heidi but DH is really against.

Thanks in advance!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Leeds2 · 03/03/2014 10:16

Of the three, I like Carla the best, but not with Connie. Could she maybe have a second middle name, between the two?

Like Freya, but it is popular.

Don't like Amber at all.

BirthdayMuppet · 03/03/2014 10:08

I much prefer Carla out of your top three, but out of all of them I like Heidi best of all. I'm a bit less keen on Carla Connie, but you rarely use the two together in daily life so it wouldn't be a big issue for me. I don't like Amber at all, it's terribly 80's to me, and Freya's are ten a penny round here.

Allalonenow · 03/03/2014 10:08

Freya is lovely.

Not so keen on Carla, a bit dated, and I think the Carla Connie combination is clunky.

Amber would work best for a rock singer.

I love Heidi too.

MamaPingu · 03/03/2014 09:57

I agree:

  1. Amber, I don't think it's chavvy!
  2. Carla is quite nice but reminds me of scrubs Smile
  3. Really dislike Freya sorry!
winterhat · 03/03/2014 09:52
  1. Amber - lovely name, very pretty
  2. Carla - also quite nice
  3. Freya - don't like, too wispy and frayed