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Girls names (opinions please!)

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stellarfox · 11/02/2019 14:16

What do you think of these names:

Evelina
Celeste
Mabel

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aliceandkids77 · 15/02/2019 08:34

i adore Celeste & Mabel. not too keen on Evelina. How about Eveline, Evelyn, Evangeline instead? just some ideas! congratulations darling x

SquiddyMcSquidford · 13/02/2019 14:41

Love Evelina but there are a LOT of Eve names around now. Celeste is really nice too. Don't like Mabel, too much like Table.

Antonin · 13/02/2019 13:28

I prefer Celeste.
Mabel is very plain and old fashioned.

MercyBodle · 13/02/2019 11:35

Celeste is gorgeous and the standout for me. Evelina is fussy and Evie names are over-used. Just really dislike Mabel.

HappyGoLuckyGo · 12/02/2019 23:10

Evelina if you want your child to be one of many Ev/Eva/Evies... And Mabel if you’re planning to birth an octogenarian 😂 Celeste, however, is beautiful.

Emily135 · 12/02/2019 22:02

Absolutely love Mabel. It’s becoming more popular again and is so cute for a little girl but also grows well with them x

Lightofday · 12/02/2019 19:13

Celestine is my favorite name for a girl so I vote Celeste. I don't know if I would pick a name until i saw the kid though. I mean its probably like with pets, sometimes you meet them and you just know the right name for them. Let's just hope she isn't a Patch lol.

thatsmyspace · 12/02/2019 19:08

Evelina is my favourite

JiltedJohnsJulie · 12/02/2019 19:07

Celeste is by far the stand out name Smile

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 12/02/2019 19:06

I stand corrected (ish), it's Eveline.

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 12/02/2019 19:06

Evelina is a bit of a tragic figure in Dubliners (James Joyce) to me (IIRC).

Celeste's nice.

Not keen on Mabel.

RiverTam · 12/02/2019 17:19

Celeste is very nice.

Evelina is OK and I loathe Mabel, so old fashioned and frumpy.

DramaAlpaca · 12/02/2019 17:15

I really like Celeste, Evelina is OK, and I can't stand Mabel.

WillowG · 12/02/2019 17:13

I really like Mabel!

daisypond · 12/02/2019 13:13

Evelina is famously a children's hospital. I don't like Mabel at all - it's a really clunky name. Celeste is best out of your options - but I'm not wildly keen.

Calloway · 12/02/2019 11:38

Celeste is gorgeous.

Mabel is terrible. Why is this dowdy name making a comeback?

MikeUniformMike · 12/02/2019 11:31

Evelina - Ever Leaner. No
Celeste - Marie. No
Mabel - Maybe.

StellaRae · 12/02/2019 11:29

Celeste is lovely. Not keen on Evelina or Mabel.

Didyeeaye · 11/02/2019 19:43

I like Mabel best,

helpamamaout · 11/02/2019 19:31

Like Mabel, other two sound pretentious (or would round here)

17caterpillars1mouse · 11/02/2019 19:29

I love Mabel

confusedandcrazymother · 11/02/2019 18:54

Prefer Celeste out of them all

RebeccaCloud9 · 11/02/2019 18:50

@apolloanddaphne ffs what a surprise, someone else who doesn't realise that that is just another way of spelling the same thing in lots of accents.

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stellarfox · 11/02/2019 18:48

Thanks all! I would say Ev-ah-leena but ever-leena sounds pretty much the same to me at the normal speed you would say it, but yes it might depend on accents.

Probably wouldn’t use Evie! I don’t hate it but I’m not too keen. I think Ev would be cute or possibly Eva

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BigusBumus · 11/02/2019 17:39

If Evelina would be shortened to Evie or whatever doesn't that make calling her Evelina a bit pointless? Millions of Evies / Eva / Eves.

Celeste is the nicest name, but it is the name of a very recent video game..... and also makes me think of Marie Celeste.

Mabel is ugly.

Names a bit like Celeste to explore might be Celia, Cecilly, Cecilia, Seline, Selina, Serena, Cresida, Estelle, Celestia.