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Stuck on 4 names

36 replies

SGF16 · 16/06/2016 13:46

Our baby girl is due in 5 weeks time and we can't narrow down the 4 names we like any further!
We're just after people's opinions on which they prefer please!

The names are:
Amelia
Evangeline
Evelyn
Isabella

Thanks in advanceSmile

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Maverick66 · 16/06/2016 15:15

Isabella is a beautiful timeless name. I once knew a very elegant lady who oozed grace and style. She was called Isabella but her family affectionately shortened it to Isa .

KoalaDownUnder · 16/06/2016 15:09

Evangeline.

Amelia and Isabella are way overused.

I actively dislike Evelyn.

LadyAntonella · 16/06/2016 15:04

Definitely Evangeline. Smile

Theresomethingaboutdairy · 16/06/2016 14:10

Love Isabella and it has many lovely shortening so too ☺️

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 16/06/2016 14:08

I'm not fond of evangeline as I'm not religious.

I like eve-lyn but not ev-lyn or ev-uh-lyn
So I would probably avoid due to the many ways people say it.

Amelia is cute, but I don't like the medical association.

Isabella is pretty. But it's the only shared name ds had in his class of 30, through primary school.
(Ds isn't called Isabella. ..)

DramaAlpaca · 16/06/2016 14:03

Another vote for Evangeline, beautiful name.

The others are nice names, but popular.

They are all names which will get shortened, so to help you narrow your list down you could think about whether you like Milly, Evie, Izzy or Bella best, just as nickname examples.

juneau · 16/06/2016 14:02

Amelia and Isabella are very popular. Amelia also means 'has no arms and legs', which would put me off using it tbh.

So I'd go with Evangeline or Evelyn. They'll probably both get shortened to Evie, which is also very popular, but the long forms are less so, and will age well IMO.

TheNaze73 · 16/06/2016 14:01

Isabella is such a beautiful name. Not so keen on the others

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/06/2016 13:58

I know it's over used but Amelia is the prettiest. Followed by Isabella.
Not fussed on Evangeline and I don't get the hype about Evelyn. I'd go as far as to say. It's the most horrible girls name out there

InanimateCarbonRod · 16/06/2016 13:54

A vote for Evangeline here too. It's beautiful.

BendydickCuminsnatch · 16/06/2016 13:52

Oh DEFINITELY Evangeline! It's really beautiful. Ameli and Isabella are waaaaaay dull, they are everywhere, I know 2 sets of twins with these names, as it happens.
Evelyn is ok (eve-lyn or ev-a-lyn?), but I prefer Evangeline by a mile.