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What girls' names are you hearing most now?

86 replies

fionadal · 27/02/2015 19:25

Interested in the "boy" version of this below, so thought I'd see what the unofficial "on-trend" names are for girls at the moment?

So, to repeat the question the previous OP wrote: What baby girl names are you hearing of lots now in your circles/on TV etc rather than what's "officially" in the top ten?

I'm struck by how few Olivias and Amelias I have met even though they are supposedly the top 2

But I have met loads of: Evie; Ellie/Ella; Poppy; Sophia (LOADS of these!) and, rather unexpectedly, quite a few named Elise recently!

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Interrobang · 27/02/2015 22:03

Amelia/Amelie/Emilia - in the lead by a long shot
Maisie/Maisy
Ella - usually they are given a longer name, e.g. Elisha/Eleanor, but always known as Ella
Evie
Isabella/Isabel etc
And several friends would have chosen Isla had they had girls.

Murphy29 · 27/02/2015 21:39

Emily (tonnes of these)
Isabella
Olivia
Isla
Sophia

Nunyabiz · 27/02/2015 21:35

Isla, Arya, Mabel, Isobel, Florence.
Lots of Ella/Bella/Stella names.

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BadIdeaBear · 27/02/2015 21:14

Evie seems everywhere.

marshmallowpies · 27/02/2015 21:06

Ooh yes Lucifer - all middle names are either Grace, Rose or May/Mae. (Not dissing them - I think Grace and Rose are both lovely, May isn't quite so much my cup of tea personally)

pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 27/02/2015 21:06

I do actually know of lots of Olivias, maybe they're all the ones bumping it up the list!

Also Isla, Evie/Eva/Ava type names, and as pps have said xxxx-Rose is popular.

Luciferbox · 27/02/2015 21:03

Isabella,
Eve,
Evie,
Ava,
Mae,
Freya
And Rose as a middle name

BikeRunSki · 27/02/2015 21:03

Lilly and Amelia amongst DD's 3 year old peers.

Olivia and Niamh amongst DS's 6 year old peers.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 27/02/2015 20:59

Eva
Ava
Lily
Florence

Amelia
Amelie
Isobelle/a
Elsie
Maisie

marshmallowpies · 27/02/2015 20:57

Ava
Ada
Lily
Ella
Isabella
Freya
Amelia
Amelie

BlueberryWafer · 27/02/2015 20:56

Lily
Evie
Skyla
Maisie
Lexi
Amelia

Anything hyphen May/Mae is also extremely popular.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 27/02/2015 20:44

This thread has allowed me to strike a couple of names of my short (long!) list for DD2 Smile

MsQueenie22 · 27/02/2015 20:43

Beatrice
Grace
Isabella
Ella

Chocolateorangegirl · 27/02/2015 20:40

Isla
Alice (2 born this month)
Florence

HainaultViaNewburyPark · 27/02/2015 20:27

Emilia (more of these than anything else), Ava, Eva, Mia, Imogen, Georgia.

Justputyourshoesonnow · 27/02/2015 20:25

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wigglesrock · 27/02/2015 20:25

Aoife
Cara
Anna
Astrid

There's an Elise in my daughters nursery school class.

LovelyWeatherForDucks · 27/02/2015 20:22

Isabella / Isobel / Bella
Poppy
Violet
Erin

NerrSnerr · 27/02/2015 20:21

I know 3 Myla/ Mila's.
Holly
Imogen
Lexi

jimmycrackcornbutidontcare · 27/02/2015 20:20

I suppose it would be Ellie and Ella and Erin. I've only met about 3 of each and I have 3 DC so there aren't that many of them.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 27/02/2015 20:20

Oh and Lyra! I know 8 born in the last 3 months Shock

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 27/02/2015 20:19

Isla, Ava, lily, Isabelle, Emily

PunkAssMoFo · 27/02/2015 20:18

Matilda
Florence
Alice
Isabella
Emily

crapAtEverything · 27/02/2015 20:18

just out of interest - Elise? as in German late C18th/early C19th name? (not Elsie, Else, or Elsa?)

I've literally never heard of an Elise outside that context...