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Modern(ish) girls names. Please Rate!

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Orangeslemon24 · 18/03/2019 21:23

Hello,
Would love opinions on girls names we like!
I like modern(ish) names. So any suggestions welcome Smile

Sienna (too popular?)
Summer
Amalie
Thalia
Lucia ( Loo-see-a)

Thank you!

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Aragog · 21/03/2019 19:33

BartonHollow - the two Spanish girls I know with the name Lucia are pronounced Loo-see-ah. Not loo-Chee-ah.

whitehalleve · 21/03/2019 18:33

I love the name Lucia

Petalflowers · 21/03/2019 18:29

I like Summer and Sienna.

Other names-

serephina
Savannah
Zara
Eden
Tallulah
Xanthe
Saskia

beebear22 · 21/03/2019 18:24

I prefer the Italian pronunciation of Lucia, but i'm half Italian and biased :) It's a pretty name either way. I think I might stick it on my baby name list.

HalfBloodPrincess · 21/03/2019 08:52

Thalia is my preferred name from your list.

As you asked for asuggestions, how about Dahlia? (day-lia)

MercyBodle · 20/03/2019 03:58

Summer is my easy favourite from your list - love it! 2nd choice is Lucia.

OublietteBravo · 19/03/2019 21:15

Hmmm. Possible other names: Aphra, Delia, Hebe, Gaia, Sadie, Thea, Wanda?

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Orangeslemon24 · 19/03/2019 15:26

I’m coughing up my coffee at the absolute self-assuredness that is so truly mumsnet! OP, please consider this permission to pronounce YOUR CHILD’s NAME however you wish!! Thank you Sessy19!

I appreciate my choices are not to everyone's taste, that's cool HOWEVER I have been taken aback at being educated in a snobby way about pronunciations and what is deemed a modern name.

I appreciate all the great comments and suggestions :)

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Sessy19 · 19/03/2019 15:15

I’m coughing up my coffee at the absolute self-assuredness that is so truly mumsnet! OP, please consider this permission to pronounce YOUR CHILD’s NAME however you wish!! 😂😂😂😂😂

Your list isn’t to my taste. But the names are all nice. Summer and Sienna are pretty popular, but still pretty. Quite Americana, so maybe Mia and Willow?

Thalia I DO have a problem with, but that is absolutely my problem. I knew a hideous old lady called Thalia who was just awful, and my ex SIL is Talia. She is also a complete dick 😂😂

I’d pronounce Lucia as Loo-Sha unless prompted otherwise 😉

TatianaLarina · 19/03/2019 14:55

Amelia, Aurelia, Aurora, Phoebe, Sophia

elQuintoConyo · 19/03/2019 14:51

Thalia. Like Jenny Thalia? I had a friend at university called Jenny, the rugby team called her Jenny Thalia. Because they were dicks. (genitalia)

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Orangeslemon24 · 19/03/2019 14:46

Hi,

There seems to be a lot of love for Thalia - a name I have always loved :)

If I like Thalia what other names would you suggest?

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TatianaLarina · 19/03/2019 14:33

I think I’d go with Thalia.

Lucia has too many pronunciations to be practical and Lu see a is not the predominant Spanish pronunciation. I prefer the Italian pronunciation anyway.

Chocmallows · 19/03/2019 14:07

Lucia and I assumed you meant Lou-see-a as did not highlight one of the other pronunciations. I live in SW and only met a few Lucias.

Vestlandet · 19/03/2019 14:02

Sienna - too popular for me
Summer - would be nice but I knew one that was awful so ...
Amalie - very common where I live
Thalia - not sure everyone would pronounce this the same if that’s an issue for you. Also quite popular.
Lucia ( Loo-see-a) - LOVE this name :-)

Flobochin · 19/03/2019 11:51

I love old names

Jennifer

Is my choice

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Orangeslemon24 · 19/03/2019 11:48

Thanks for all the positive, constructive feedback. Smile

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Topofthehills · 19/03/2019 09:50

Lucia is my favourite of your list. I would have pronounced it your way unless I knew the person was Italian.

LucyFox · 19/03/2019 09:41

Sienna - I like it. Not common at all
Summer - no
Amalie - no - it looks like a miss spell & she will constantly be called Amelia
Thalia - i’d consider Talia for less issue with spelling & pronunciation
Lucia - it's ok. I prefer Lucy again because of spelling/pronunciation

CaitlinsYellowSocks · 19/03/2019 08:43

My favourites are Thalia (I would pronounce it Tah-lee-a - is this correct?) and Lucia.

Amalie I like but I've only ever heard it pronounced A-mah-lee-a, more like Amelia with an "ah" sound than like Amelie.

Pemba · 19/03/2019 04:09

Lucia is my favourite, it's lovely. Of course there are multiple pronunciations. Loo-see-a, Lo-thee-a (think that one is maybe Castilian Spanish?), Loo-chee-a (Italian) and not forgetting the English version Loo-sha (as in the Caribbean island). Probably there's others too.

Quite like Amalie and Sienna.

Not that kind on Thalia, maybe because in Estuary English it sounds like 'failure'.

EcclesThePeacock · 19/03/2019 01:31

Thalia is a lovely name, and it's also the most elegant white narcissus

www.avonbulbs.co.uk/autumn-planted-bulbs/narcissus-daffodils/narcissus-garden-varieties/narcissus-thalia

manicinsomniac · 19/03/2019 01:16

Sienna - I like it. Everyone says it's popular but I've only ever met one and I've been a teacher for 12 years.

Summer - really like it. But I would worry that my child wouldn't have a very summer personality iyswim.

Amalie - quite like it. Never seen it spelled with an a in the middle

Thalia - would you say it 'Tar-lee-a' or 'Thay-lee-a'. I really like the first but not the second at all - it sounds like failure.

Lucia - it's ok. Probably my least favourite of your list.

Other ideas for modern names:
Amber, Aubrey, Avery, Alyssa, Bailey, Cassidy, Cherry, Devon, Dulcie, Elodie, Eden, Fallon, Genesis, Halle, Hayley, Hadley, Honey, India, Jordan, Jade, Jasmine, Kayla, Kendall, Leonie, Larissa

HeronLanyon · 19/03/2019 00:22

I love Lucia and have heard both pronunciations. Loo- chee- ah seems much more common here in uk soninagreentherenwkuld be quite a bit of correction going on.
Not too fond of any others in your list. Thalia I like.

SleepingStandingUp · 19/03/2019 00:20

Thalia