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We need help with our shortlist

35 replies

Petitemoi · 10/02/2017 10:59

We are expecting dd1. Will you please help us with our short list?

We quite like Scandi names. I am Norwegian-born and DH is half English half Swedish. We are also both British citizens and settled here but visit family in Scandinavia frequently.

In order of our my current preference:

1 Stella
2 Hilda
3 Selma
4 Vera
5 Elisa

Would you mind rating these names to help narrow it down?

I appreciate these are not popular or common names in Britain but would they work here? Thank you for your help. Cake

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/02/2017 09:34

All woeful aside from Elisa.
Hilda is particularly dreadful

BridgetDarcy · 26/02/2017 08:22

Stella - it was in my shortlist but H isn't keen.

LumelaMme · 10/02/2017 20:42

Margaret Hilda Thatcher.
Just sayin'.

Another vote here for Stella and Elisa.

FatOldBag · 10/02/2017 20:32

Elisa is nicest imo. I really dislike all the others, sorry.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/02/2017 20:26

Elisa is the nicest out of an awful bunch.

TheDowagerCuntess · 10/02/2017 20:15

Joining the (very) few dissenters who don't like Stella.

I have to admit, the names aren't really to my taste.

What about Linnéa?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/02/2017 18:57

Stella, love that name, although Elisa is very pretty.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 10/02/2017 17:25

Elisa is lovely.

I like Stella in theory (lovely meaning etc), but not in practice.

The others aren't nice. Sorry. Hilda of Whitby would be a cool namesake, but unfortunately the name's been ruined by overuse in the old-lady bracket.

JunebabyT · 10/02/2017 17:18

I like Stella and Elisa

Definitely not Hilda IMO !

Diamondsandpears · 10/02/2017 16:42

How about Elvira? I saw it on an old property document and remember imagining what she was like and thinking how few women owned their own properties in those days

Pogolphin · 10/02/2017 16:38

Also like Estelle and Estella

mum2be2boys · 10/02/2017 15:30

I like Elisa and Stella. I'm not keen on the others on your list I'm afraid, but they would work in the UK.

DramaAlpaca · 10/02/2017 14:19

Elisa & Stella are lovely.

The others are unappealing granny names to me.

KlingybunFistelvase · 10/02/2017 13:57

All lovely names!

I really do think I like them all, but Stella, Vera and Elisa are my favourites.

I knew a Swedish Ebba at uni. I always thought it was a lovely name.

strawberrypenguin · 10/02/2017 13:41

Stella then Vera

anonbecauseiwanna · 10/02/2017 13:40

Stella makes me think of beer Blush

anonbecauseiwanna · 10/02/2017 13:40

In order of my preference...

Elisa
Selma
Vera
Hilda
Stella

MrsBungle · 10/02/2017 13:34

Stella or Elisa for me.

OpalTree · 10/02/2017 13:33

I like Stella and Elisa. Maybe Elisa more.

ThereIsIron · 10/02/2017 13:30

1 Stella
2 Hilda
3 Selma
4 Vera
5 Elisa

Purplebluebird · 10/02/2017 13:16

1 Stella
2 Hilda
5 Elisa

I like these :) I'm Norwegian!

BackforGood · 10/02/2017 13:05

I think they would all work in England, as they are all easy to pronounce if you see them written down, and spell if you hear them.

Vera and Hilda both come into what I would think of as "old lady names", which, if the raft of Mabels, Ediths, Ivys, etc that are happening at the moment, almost certainly means they will become very fashionable soon if they are not already so.

Myu5ername · 10/02/2017 13:02

Love Stella, it was on my list.
Second choice Elisa

Ordinarily · 10/02/2017 12:57

Stella and Elisa are both nice.

ExpectoPatronummmm · 10/02/2017 12:53

All old lady names
The type of old lady who smokes 300 fags a day

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