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What do you think of when you hear these names?

32 replies

Rumpleteezer · 24/08/2018 21:46

I posted a while about about Chloe/Hermione, I still love the latter but hubby not keen as a first name which is fine.

This is our new shortlist so far, in no particular order:

Aurelia - a bit posh maybe and potential for mispronounciation?

Chloe - we both like but it's quite popular where we live.

Francesca - I like but hubby less keen, doesn't think it's a pretty name.

Sophia - as per Chloe, we know lots of them.

Olivia - v popular.

Any thoughts - do you have lots of a certain name where you live? Would mispronounciation put you off? We have two girls already so finding it harder to pick this time!

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SellFridges · 24/08/2018 22:09

Aurelia is lovely. The others are a bit popular for my liking.

wheezing · 24/08/2018 22:09

Aurelia - lovely
Francesca - lovely
Chloe - very 80s/90s
Olivia - I love this name. It is obviously incredibly popular though.
Sophia - also nice but to me it’s the type of name that tries to be unusual but isn’t remotely unusual now.

glintandglide · 24/08/2018 22:08

Love Aurelia
Chloe is very 80s
Love Francesca
Sophia - I just don’t think this sounds nice
Olivia- lovely name, actually not so popular now compared to like 7 years ago.

pouraglasshalffull · 24/08/2018 22:08

Aurelia- a nice name, not the best, but not awful but also not very common. Only problem would be mis-pronunciation and mis-spelling.

Chloe- not overly keen on this name, very common

Francesca- I don't think this name is very feminine, my least favourite on your list. This will get shortened to Fran or Frankie, not keen on either

Sophia- I think this is an absolutely beautiful name. This is on DD list, I think its so feminine and lovely, I'd recommend this. I actually don't think it's too common, I've only ever heard of 1 Sophia and she's mid twenties now. I've heard Sophie a lot more

Olivia- I absolutely love this name, if it wasn't so popular it would also be on DD list, but its just too common for me

I'd be between Aureila and Sophia. My maiden name was quite difficult to pronounce and spell and it was an absolute nightmare. I was relieved when I got married and ended up with a normal name. It would take about 5 attempts of spelling it out before people finally got it right, and people constantly pronounced it wrong even after I corrected them. Because I know how awkward it is to spell/pronounce a different name I'd go for Sophia. It's definitely put me off naming DD a name that's like Aurelia.

TroubledLichen · 24/08/2018 22:05

Aurelia- I like it, I wouldn’t think of any specific class connotations
Chloe - very 1990s/early 2000s
Francesca- 1980s/1990s, I don’t like Fran

Sophia- it’s a nice name but there are so many
Olivia- same as Sophia

BewareOfDragons · 24/08/2018 22:05

I like Aurelia and Francesca, only know a couple of each in the primary school age range.

The others are very, very popular and everywhere you look. I know many, many Chloes, Olivias and Sophias between 1 and 18 essentially. Crazy common.

Not keen on Hermione at all.

GoldfishPretzels · 24/08/2018 22:01

Aurelia - I LOVE this name, I know a lovely five year old Aurelia who gets called Reyli (pronounced Ray-Lee) which I think is adorable. I don't think it's too posh - it's quite a similar name to Olivia which is very common these days, just less popular.

Chloe - very 90s, quite boring, not very nice, a little chavvy (I would group it with names like Shannon and Chantelle) . I prefer Zoë by a country mile.

Francesca - I love this name.

Sophia and Olivia - lovely but v popular, especially Olivia

I would rank them:
Aurelia
Hermione
Francesca
Sophia
Olivia
Chloe

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