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Last few girls names

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Seventytwoseventythree · 22/01/2020 17:49

We have narrowed it down to four:

Flora
Isabel
Clara
Abigail

Surname ends in an “ie” sound which is the only thing that puts me off Isabel and Abigail (nn. Izzie /Abby) as it rhymes Confused but I’m not sure this is dealbreaker as I do love the names!

Which is your favourite?

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TatianaLarina · 23/01/2020 13:57

I don’t really like any of them but Clara and Flora are the best.

Pollyanna789 · 23/01/2020 13:09

I absolutely love Clara.

Flora is pretty if you can get past the margarine. I just associate it with flowers!

Isabel is way too popular around here. I know so many with various spellings.

Abigail is less common at the moment, but you are bound to get people shortening to Abby even if you just use her full name.

userabcname · 23/01/2020 12:52

I like them all. If I had to pick one, I'd go for Flora.

emmathedilemma · 23/01/2020 12:38

Flora or Clara for me.
Isobel is nice but they are everywhere and I really dislike Abigail and think Abbie/ Abbey is even worse.

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Seventytwoseventythree · 23/01/2020 12:33

Thanks for all the feedback everyone 😊

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BBInSleepsCounting · 23/01/2020 03:26

Flora or Isabella?

HamWater · 23/01/2020 02:57

Flora! It's not as popular as the others and is lovely.

Astronica · 23/01/2020 02:25

All good names. Flora is my favourite, and also love Abigail. The ee ending of surname wouldn't put me off, and an Abigail or Isabel could use their full name anyway? Isabel is lovely but I am a little put off by the popularity. Clara is okay but I prefer the less-used pronunciation, like Clair-ah.

Bouncingbelle · 23/01/2020 00:55

Clara & Abigail are lovely
Isobel is .... meh
Flora - spreads easily. Not good for bullying when shes a teen!

PattiPrice · 23/01/2020 00:42
  1. Clara
  2. Isabel
  3. Flora
4 Abigail
raspberrymolakoff · 23/01/2020 00:31

Isabel there are still a fair few around and if PP is correct that it peaked a few years ago it may date. I like the name just wonder about using it now.

Flora I love and know one little one. Couldn't care less about the margarine. Flora as a name was around long before the brand I suspect.

Clara is lovely. I much prefer it to Clare.

Abigail I don't like though Abbie sounds nice. I don't like the Gail bit.

PickleBottomNo3sMum · 22/01/2020 23:14

Personally, I don’t like Abigail. Isabel lovely although very popular. Flora is ok but Clara is my fave.

Marcipex · 22/01/2020 23:08

Never liked Abigail. The g sounds really harsh. And Gail is awful. Windy.
I like Flora and Clara .
Isabel is lovely but so so many of them.

ladycarlotta · 22/01/2020 23:03

We have a Clara so I'm biased, but I've always loved Flora too. Isabel is sweet but yes v popular. Not crazy about Abigail.

RickOShay · 22/01/2020 22:18

Clara or Flora

MrsBertBibby · 22/01/2020 22:16

Clara
Flora (lovely but margarine)
Isabel (lovely but I hate Izzy)

Abigail : hate it. Whiny. Wail.

bridgetreilly · 22/01/2020 21:55

In order, I like
Isabel
Flora
Clara
Abigail

But they're all good choices. And I wouldn't worry about the rhyming thing for a nickname.

FREEM · 22/01/2020 20:46

Abigail is lovely..
not a fan of flora but like Florrie

Whatsyourflava · 22/01/2020 20:44

I adore Clara

What I would say about Isabel(le) is that if you look at the official ONS statistics, the numbers of babies given this name has declined each and every year for the past ten years so there’s no where near the numbers there used to be. There’s quite literally thousands less than there was in 2010/2011 for example xx

@CoffeeRunner

Mandarinfish · 22/01/2020 20:36

Clara - beautiful.

Peachbubble · 22/01/2020 20:33

Clara

CoffeeRunner · 22/01/2020 19:49

Flora - margarine.
Clara - far too harsh sounding a word.
Abigail - nice, I like Abbie.
Isabel - nice but absolutely everywhere. DD goes to a school with a pretty wide range of names. Very few are duplicated within her year group. Yet there are 4 Isabel(le). Also 5 in her Brownie group (not the same girls!)

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/01/2020 19:43

Flora is lovely. Clara is nice too, but becoming popular, if that matter to you. I like the other names, but agree with a PP about the nickname /surname similarity...

MikeUniformMike · 22/01/2020 19:37

Flora - love
Isabel - overused
Clara - don't like
Abigail - really like, nn could be Gail

Curlysusie · 22/01/2020 19:27

Flora/isabel