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Eliza, Chloe, or?

31 replies

Jhanson28 · 02/01/2021 20:49

Hi all! I'm getting close to my due date for baby #2 and we're struggling to land on a name for our little girl. At the moment our short list is Eliza and Chloe.

We have a 2.5 year old named Ava. We settled on her name years before we had her and nearly got cold feet when we found out how popular it had become in recent years. We are feeling a little reluctant about the name Chloe for the same reason, and really aren't loving the idea of having two girls with top 10 baby names (we're in Australia). Then again, Eliza will probably be pretty popular soon too with Hamilton!

Would be interested in others' thoughts on these two names. Would also be up for some other suggestions that go well with Ava.

Thanks!

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TurquoiseDress · 06/01/2021 22:37

I love the name Chloe!

Think it's very 90s, I remember quite a few around at school, but does not seem so popular now

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turquoisebaby · 05/01/2021 21:39

I have a 4yr old Chloe, and she is the only Chloe I know (UK) She was always going to be a Chloe, but other names we liked for siblings were:

Lilah
Lyra
Emilia
Aria
Millie (Likely a Nickname from Emilia or Melissa)
Daisy
Mollie
Maisy
Elodie is lovely and goes well with Ava

Nohomemadecandles · 05/01/2021 21:02

Unless they are going to live and work as a double act, they don't need to go! No adult has been judged on their sister's name!

Choose a name you love! Chloe is lovely

PainterInPeril · 05/01/2021 20:58
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MyNameHasBeenTaken · 05/01/2021 20:57

Ivi almost works Grin

PainterInPeril · 05/01/2021 15:51

MyNameHasBeenTaken if she had gone on to have three more girls....
Ava...Eve...Ivi...Ovo...Uvu
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PainterInPeril · 05/01/2021 15:48

Definitely love Chloe more.

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 04/01/2021 00:20

I remember reading somewhere about young sisters called ava and eve
Their mum wanted them to have easy names to learn to write

MercyBodle · 03/01/2021 12:00

I prefer Eliza. Chloe is nice enough though.
I think the suggestions of Cleo and Zoe are great for Ava's sister.
Juno
Ingrid
Ellen
Florence
Charlotte
Eloise
Rose
Lucy

kat0107 · 03/01/2021 10:20

I prefer Eliza, I think it’s a gorgeous name! Also liked the suggestion of Cleo that someone made.

I was born in the 1990s and feel like there were a lot of Chloes around then - it’s not my personal fave, although it’s still a nice name.

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Jhanson28 · 03/01/2021 10:11

Thanks everyone for your honest feedback and the helpful name recommendations! Will take this to hubby 😊

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ILoveStickers · 03/01/2021 07:31

I love Chloe - doesn't go with our last name, so use it for me! Very nice with Ava.

I think Eliza is more "now", and Ava & Eliza feels like they are just two recently popular names. Chloe was popular in the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s too, so it feels less like it will date to this exact era. Ava and Chloe are nice together because they have different final sounds, too.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/01/2021 05:18

Eliza or Chloe aren't my cup of tea personally, but there's nothing wrong with either of them and both work with Ava (which is lovely btw, despite it's popularity it still has an old hollywood feel to me).

Names I like with Ava:
Lana (equally glam - Ava Gardner and Lana Turner!)
Grace (Grace Kelly, but Grace is top 10 like Ava)
Fay (Fay Wray)
Greta (Greta Garbo)
Clara (Clara Bow)
Vivien (Vivien Leigh)
Mae (Mae West)
Sophia (Sophia Loren)
Lillian (Lillian Gish)
Rosalind (Rosalind Russell)

I also like Stella, Esme, Lily, Nina and Lara with Ava (despite no obvious old Hollywood namesakes!)

unmarkedbythat · 02/01/2021 23:13

Chloe is beautiful

I think you should use names you really like and not care about their popularity or otherwise

chocolatepowder · 02/01/2021 23:12

Chloe is dated IMO

Chilldonaldchill · 02/01/2021 23:04

I would go for Eliza out of those options. Much prettier and fresher than Chloe.
Zoe would be a good option though - Ava and Zoe work very well together.

Bluesername · 02/01/2021 22:45

Chloe goes really well with Ava.

Ava and...

Hannah
Xanthe
Summer
Pippa
Nina
Lucy
Stella
Georgia
Orla
Martha
Lily
Ruby
Phoebe
Jasmine
Kate
Holly

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/01/2021 22:38

Both lovely but with Ava I'd say Chloe
More suggestions.
Ava and
Lucy. Mia. Lily Clara. Sofia. Belle. Lois.

Ellmau · 02/01/2021 22:32

Chloe is lovely.

Wigeon · 02/01/2021 22:26

Cleo instead of Chloe - less popular, still nice?

doctorhamster · 02/01/2021 22:24

I think Chloe goes really nicely with Ava. I do t know any Chloe's under the age of 12 so I would say it's declining in popularity here (uk)

I really like Esther and Imogen at the moment.

DitherFlicker · 02/01/2021 22:18

Lydia?

OhTheTastyNuts · 02/01/2021 22:05

Eliza.

Chloe is a pretty name, but seems a bit 2010s to me.

17caterpillars1mouse · 02/01/2021 21:41

Love Chloe

Eliza is nice too but I prefer Chloe

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