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shortlist help!

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Cosycottage4 · 18/04/2016 20:20

After much agonising, we've drilled the list for DD2 down to the toll

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FatFrillyFilly · 19/04/2016 22:31
  1. Aurelia
  2. Flora
  3. Portia
  4. Annabel
  5. Aurora

Only name I like is Aurelia. I know an Aurora & she's a 5-year-old nightmare!

Allalonenow · 19/04/2016 22:09

I wouldn't use Annabel, as there are already very many Belles & Bellas and versions of them, and Annabel is sure to get a version of Belle as a nn.

Flora, very pretty for a little girl and makes the transition to a grown up name well, but getting more popular just now.

Portia, Aurelia and Aurora, these are a bit "trying too hard" for my taste, and how well they worked would depend a lot on your surname, of the three I think Aurelia is pretty.

1horatio · 19/04/2016 21:50

Oops, number 3 should have been Aurora...
So:

  1. Annabel
  2. Flora
  3. Aurora
  4. Aurelia
1horatio · 19/04/2016 21:49

I love all of them except for Portia, which apparently means pig :(

  1. Annabel
  2. Flora
  3. Aurelia
  4. Aurelia
. . . Portia....
RiverTam · 19/04/2016 21:40

Portia

cecilelliott · 19/04/2016 21:39

Flora definitely. And I don't think that IRL the margarine connection will really be a problem, partly because there are loads of margarines these days and so I don't think Flora has the strong association it used to have.

nectarini1983 · 19/04/2016 15:13

I agree with mrsshu's comments.

Aurelia or Aurora for me!

Leahs93 · 19/04/2016 13:51

Aurelia :) xx

squoosh · 19/04/2016 13:06

Annabel - too sloaney and too horsey
Portia - love it
Aurelia - pretty
Aurora - too much of a mouthful
Flora - sturdy hipped farmer's wife from Auchtermuchty

DontKillMyVibe · 19/04/2016 12:53

Flora. Don't like any of the others, sorry

BendydickCuminsnatch · 19/04/2016 12:45

Definitely Portia!! Although I've heard people here say it means pig? But I love it, think it looks and sounds pretty, is well-known but unusual, works at any age.

Annabel - dull and horsey
Aurelia - pretty, reminds me of the waitress/Colin Firth's love in Love Actually
Aurora - love it!!!
Flora - dull

LadyAntonella · 19/04/2016 12:42

Flora
Annabel

Love these^^ (both were on my list for DD1)

Portia - really don't like it. Think it sounds harsh and a bit 80s (sorry)
Aurelia - too flouncy and hard to say in a hurry (I know a little Aurelia and I have to really concentrate when I say her name, which is weird)
Aurora - Not sure what it is I don't like about this - The Sleeping Beauty thing maybe? Not for me anyway.

Itinerary · 19/04/2016 11:44
  1. Annabel
  2. Aurora
  3. Aurelia
  4. Flora
  5. Portia
rubberducker · 19/04/2016 10:41

I love the name Flora BUT I had a colleague who nearly named his daughter Flora until one of his lad mates made some comment along the lines of "you know what they say about girls called Flora? Easily spread" nudge nudge wink wink. He was horrified and they went for a different name. Clearly the friend was an idiot but the margarine connection should be considered for that reason.

Annabel is lovely but seems to be on the rise popularity wise if that bothers you?

Love Portia.

ABitAsleep · 19/04/2016 09:50

Annabel - Okay. Seems quite popular right now, not really to my taste.
Portia - Hideous. Just makes me think of a car or a stuck-up private schoolgirl.
Aurelia - Pretty. Reminds me of Love Actually. Not sure it goes with Naomi though?
Aurora - Meh. Seems to be all the rage at the moment, have seem it mentioned quite a lot. Too Disney Princessey for me. Not sure it goes with Naomi?
Flora - Lovely. Pretty and sensible. Suits a child or adult. My favourite of the bunch.

RaeSkywalker · 19/04/2016 07:06

Annabel

Cocoabutton · 19/04/2016 07:04

I don't know if children these days would make the margarine connection, though. It is not the first thing which came to my head as there are so many other brands now.

JSarah · 19/04/2016 02:06

Annabel

winewolfhowls · 18/04/2016 22:50

Flora!

FluffyPickleMonster · 18/04/2016 21:52

Sorry cosy! It is a beautiful name though.

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Cosycottage4 · 18/04/2016 21:39

Thanks everyone! Looks like flora is winning so far, though hadn't really considered the margarine connection... Confused

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Ikeameatballs · 18/04/2016 21:35

Flora or Portia go best with Naomi.

FluffyPickleMonster · 18/04/2016 21:35

Annabel- love love love it, so pretty and feminine
Portia- really don't like it sorry, sounds a bit pretentious
Aurelia- quite like
Aurora- not too fussed
Flora- love it but chose not to put it on my shortlist due to the margarine connection

Undercooked · 18/04/2016 21:35

Aurelia

NoCapes · 18/04/2016 21:33

A navel?? Annabel*

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