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What do you think of these names?

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Cattenberg · 16/12/2017 23:26

My unborn baby is probably a girl, and I didn't think I'd struggle to name her, but I'm really undecided right now. My ideal name would be fairly unusual, but still easy to pronounce and spell, and feminine, but not too "frilly".

What do you think of these names? Do you associate any of them with a particular age group/generation? (I can't find much name data for the UK that goes back before 1996).

Oh, and feel free to be brutally honest. One of my friends has successfully put me off a few names by claiming they sounded like certain diseases.

Antonia
Serena
Selina
Esther
Rosa
Raina
Lila
Nina
Rialita
Marisa
Jacinta

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Pinkitis · 17/12/2017 00:03

Like Antonio and Rosa.

OlennasWimple · 17/12/2017 00:01

Lila is too close to lilo and lido for my liking. It could be a nice NN for a longer name, but I don't like it on its own

Rialita sounds made up / close to Lolita or raita / a beefed up version of Rita

Selina, Serena and Antonia are Sloane Ranger names (though I like them all!)

eastlondoner · 16/12/2017 23:59

Lila was on our shortlist, but we (I) decided against it because it just sounds too much like liar.

ProseccoMamam · 16/12/2017 23:57

Nina is lovely, I've never met a Nina, but I think she'd be sweet

BlazingPaddles · 16/12/2017 23:52

Marisa is my pick by a mile. It's gorgeous. And Antonia is nice too.

In Dublin Jacinta is considered deeply unfashionable. Deeply. Just for another perspective on that name!

MaroonPencil · 16/12/2017 23:52

My favourite from your list is Rosa followed by Marisa and Nina. I am not keen on Lila, it makes me think lilo.

I have always liked the name Jacynth, and prefer that to Jacinta.

NannyR · 16/12/2017 23:47

Rosa and Nina are lovely, personally I'm not keen on the others.

ElizaDontlittle · 16/12/2017 23:45

I like Antonia and Esther, and Rosa has grown on me in recent years.

ONS has a fabulous names tool going back 100 years if you Google it.

LinaBo · 16/12/2017 23:42

Jacinta is my country's equivalent to Ethel or Gertrude - great-auntie type of name, iyswim.

Marisa is my mum's name, I've never met one in the UK.

hubbybubby · 16/12/2017 23:36

Love Marisa and Antonia

twotired · 16/12/2017 23:35

I love Serena and Esther, lovely names. I am a bit indifferent about the others (sorry - they are very lovely but not for me).

ladystarkers · 16/12/2017 23:33

Natalie

ladystarkers · 16/12/2017 23:32

Only one I vaguely like is Jacinta nn jessie. What about Mila.

LoveInTokyo · 16/12/2017 23:30

Rosa is my favourite by a country mile. Feminine but gutsy. I also like Antonia.

Battleax · 16/12/2017 23:29

Selina is pretty inoffensive.

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Cattenberg · 16/12/2017 23:27

*Sorry that's Rialta, not Rialita. It's Italian, I think.

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