Urgent Help!

Iris and Polly are my favourites.

I also like Eva, Coco and Louisa.

Iris - lovely and vintage and beautiful! Gaining popularity but not much
Lola - I love the sound of this! But snobby people on Mumsnet will say it’s a stripper name
India - lovely!
Polly - very cute
Isla - No, lovely name but so overdone that it’s ruined it a bit
Maya (May-a) - Same as Isla
Eva - Same as Isla and Maya
Coco - very cool!
Louisa -kind of cool and vintage

Iris is hands down the best. Eva a very distant second, the rest are nowhere.

Iris - love love love this but it's getting more popular. I think it's gorgeous though
Lola - don't like at all
India -really don't like at all. The fact that Katie Hopkins has this name really puts me off. She's so down-market
Polly - I really like this. I can't bear Molly or Holly but Polly is so lovely and fresh
Isla - I really like this
Maya (May-a) - I like it but would pronounce it My-a so I think it would get annoying
Eva - ok. A bit boring
Coco - awful
Louisa - lovely.

I love Iris, Louisa and Polly and like Isla.
I think those names suit any type of child.

Louisa is my favourite, by far, then Iris and Eva (Eve, Evie, Eva and Ava have been mega-popular in the recent past though).

To my ears (and many will disagree), Polly, India, Lola and Coco are a bit pretentious but ditsy, like dolls names.

Maya and Isla are a bit insipid IMHO.

Iris is my favourite

Isla is my favourite, it's actually my number one choice if this baby is a girl

Maya - will have the pronunciation issue, so it depends if that will bother you or get you annoyed when someone says it wrong. People will generally vary between May-a, Mee-ya and Migh-ya

In terms of popularity in the infant school I work at....in the last 5 years I have taught...

Iris - 1
Lola - 1
India - 0
Polly - 2
Isla - 4
Maya (May-a) - 4
Eva - 2
Coco - 2
Louisa - 0

Most of them are pretty bland and/or overused and will date
Iris - nice
Lola- awful
India - naff
Polly - bit 70s
Isla - boring
Maya (May-a) - boring
Eva - boring
Coco - no
Louisa - bit 70s but ok - I'd probably spell it Luisa because it's prettier

Louisa definitely top. I also like Iris and I quite like Polly. Worst on the list is India.

I like Polly and Louisa from the list.

I also thought of Rosa, which might appeal.

Iris - not keen. Sounds too much like Isis...

Lola - I know it's very popular now but I've always hated this name. Can't not sing Copacabana when I hear it.

India - doesn't Katie Hopkins have a child called India? I'm sure the child is lovely but the mother is a vile troll...

Polly - Nope

Isla - genuinely very beautiful name. Quite popular now but that wouldn't put me off

Maya - meh. No strong feelings either way.

Eva - don't like much. Eve/ Evie are nicer

Coco - don't like. It's a very strong name to live up to...

Louisa - lovely. Timeless. Although I think Louise is overdue a comeback....

I like Polly the best. I do like Coco although I'd probably use as a nn for something else (Chloe?). India and Iris are both nice. The rest I'm not keen on.

I love coco and Louisa but I'm not sure they go well together!

Maya, Isla and Lola also lovely

Lola - no
India - love
Polly - sweet
Isla - boring
Maya (May-a) prefer Gaia
Eva - no
Coco - love
Louisa

@bitterthings if you look at the statistics the numbers of babies called Isla have been declining for the past 4 or 5 years now so it’s not as common as it was

How about Eliza? Similar name to Isla but rarer

I like Iris India and Polly too
Isla and Lola are my favourites and I don’t think Lola is a dogs name

My order of preference:

Polly
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Eva
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Coco (But only if it is short for Constance)
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Iris
Louisa
India
Isla
Maya (but I would pronounce it m-eye-ah initially)
Lola

Eva is lovely. I teach a few Eva’s and they’re all nice girls.

Iris - not keen. I like the flower.
Lola - like but many don't. A bit too nicknamey and there are lots of names around that are similar - Lily, Lila etc
India - not keen
Polly - like it a lot
Isla - overused
Maya (May-a) - no
Eva - no
Coco - too nicknamey
Louisa - like it a lot

Louisa and Polly are lovely names

Iris-i like it.
Lola- dislike it, feels downmarket to me
India - like
Polly- dislike ( But I don’t like nicknamey names)
Isla- Like (so what if it’s popular?)
Maya (May-a)- I used to like but soooo overused
Eva- dislike
Coco- too nicknamey for me
Louisa- like but prefer Eloise.

Iris a classic name, I'd imagine Iris to be a creative soul.
Lola - I know a gorgeous Lola who is a lot of fun.
India - not too keen. It seems a bit pretentious unless personal association.
Polly - fun, cute.
Isla - classy. Friendly.
Maya (May-a) - quite common at the moment. Not my favourite,
Eva - lovely.

Coco - I like, but I don't think it would suit a person who is introvert.
Louisa - my favourite, friendly, kind, considerate.

I love Lola Poppy or Isla