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Still struggling, girls name

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BlackberryandNettle · 11/02/2018 22:10

Posted before a couple of timea. DH is still completely indecisive about girls name and now I'm feeling undecided too. We had agreed upon Katherine but he's gone off it. He's coming round to some earlier suggestions. Any thoughts on these? Would you like/hate to be called any of them?

Zoe
Matilda
Cleo
Helena (love but worry people would mispronounce)
Juliet
Lara

For middle name, open to suggestions, we also like Zara and Sophie but can't use for first name. Sophia is out as clashes with surname.

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Xmamalovex · 17/02/2018 12:09

Love Cleo & Matilda..I think Cleo tops it for me as it's more under used x

Coey2016 · 17/02/2018 06:35

I'd go for Cleo. Really like it

Thecaravan · 17/02/2018 03:56

Cleo is fabulous! Used to teach a gorgeous little Cleo and always thought it was a lovely name. Never thought of the car or Cleopatra.

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BlackberryandNettle · 16/02/2018 20:04

With Leah, I just don't like it as much as the other two, but good to have suggestions

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BlackberryandNettle · 16/02/2018 20:03

Matilda is lovely. I do know a couple though (not close connections). Dh seems keener on Juliet or Cleo, so ruling Matilda out. Nice to have it down to two.

With Kate, Alice, Eleanor we have ruled them out as Alice is extremely close to another family member's name, Katherine/Kate we'd originally chosen but dh went off it. Eleanor is gorgeous but Ellie puts me off. There are just so many Ellies

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daisypond · 16/02/2018 17:22

Pink Gosh, OK, a small percentage, even though it's at 25.

vintagechick43 · 16/02/2018 16:34

I prefer Juliet to Cleo , how about Leah ? I think it would go quite well with Anna .

PinkAvocado · 16/02/2018 16:27

Yes and at 25, that’s the percentage of children called it. It’s easy to think something is very popular just from where it is in the chart but if you look at percentages, even top ten names won’t mean loads of children per 100 called that.

InvisibleToEveryone · 16/02/2018 15:33

Cleo Juliet, CJ for nick name.

Cosmoa · 16/02/2018 15:19

Cleo!! 100%

daisypond · 16/02/2018 14:52

Matilda was at number 25 in popularity in the last published statistics (for 2016) and rising. I expect it'll be higher for 2017.

weeone1 · 16/02/2018 14:23

Kate, Eleanor or Alice?

PinkAvocado · 16/02/2018 14:09

About 0.27% of babies born were called Matilda last year...

daisypond · 16/02/2018 13:51

I much prefer Juliet to Cleo.
Out of your original list, I liked Helena and Zoe.
Matilda is having a moment and will date terribly. Lara is very bland. Larissa is better. My favourites are Helena and Juliet but if you have an Anna already I think Helena is a bit too similar.

PinkAvocado · 16/02/2018 13:37

Cleo is too like Clio (the car) for me so by default I’d go Juliet.

PinkAvocado · 16/02/2018 13:37

Love Matilda and it isn’t massively popular according to actual stats.

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BlackberryandNettle · 16/02/2018 13:34

Okay I think we have it down to Juliet or Cleo.

Not easy but I think Helena would be mispronounced, also the nn Lena, plus Lara, might blend into all the Lila/Lola/Claras around right now (we know all of these, two of some). Zoe I just don't think is quite as upbeat sounding as Anna.

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bridgetreilly · 14/02/2018 12:18

In order:
Juliet
Matilda
Helena
Cleo
Zoe
Lara

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 14/02/2018 09:28

Helena is lovely, as is Zoe and Juliet, they all go very nicely with Anna.
I don't care for Lara, but do like Laura.

sundowners · 14/02/2018 08:59

I find Katherine really plain and boring, sorry. Its a name like Sarah/Claire/Mary/Victoria to me, just completely middle of the road, overused and dull.

Helena is definitely my favorite from your list, its graceful, feminine but not twee and definitely not v overused

Redpramlady · 14/02/2018 08:40

I have a soft spot for cleo, think it's rather cool and I wouldn't mind being called cleo, not that I think I'm that cool ha!

Zoe is lovely too, safer option I have positive connotations with the name the one I know is super fabulous

Juliet is very grand, like it, not keen on jules thou so puts me off a bit

Helena I think would have various pronounciations it's not my fav from he list.

MealyPotatoes · 14/02/2018 08:32

The mispronouncing wouldn’t put me off using the name Helena. People quickly learn.

thegreylady · 14/02/2018 08:26

Mary goes well with Anna

HeartOfSass · 13/02/2018 20:28

I like Juliet, or as a PP has said, Zara. I think Zara is the perfect bridge between Zoe and Lara. It goes well with Anna and it's less meh (sorry) than Lara.

Or Charlotte? Catherine? Emily? (just randomly throwing girls names in that I think go nicely with Anna and are beautiful stand-alone names)

Meemzinha · 13/02/2018 20:14

Cleo is my favorite on your list by far!!! My bf vetoed it but it was my favorite.. Everyone else I mentioned it to loved it though!

It's different enough than Anna but just as pretty... both short and sweet!

Based on the other comments.. I don't think people will think of Cleopatra or the car... They'll think of her. (okay, maybe some will for a moment but you know what I mean!)

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