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Which girls name?

42 replies

niknakpak · 30/01/2021 19:33

Our short(ish!)list.

Fern
Keira
Olivia
Freya
Evelyn/ Everly
Elsie
Thea
Georgie
Bella

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TheVanguardSix · 31/01/2021 17:27

Fern is my favourite on your list.

starkid · 31/01/2021 17:19

I like Keira most, don't hear it much these days and it's pretty. Also Fern is quite nice :) I wouldn't worry about it being too nature-sounding with Rosie.

SilverOtter · 31/01/2021 14:49

I like Keira and Georgie, although I'd go for Georgina/Georgiana with Georgie as a nickname.

daisypond · 31/01/2021 14:47

Fern or Thea are my favourites. Definitely not Elsie- the worst name - or Georgie.

Chilldonaldchill · 31/01/2021 14:26

Fern - is ok.
Keira - I know lots of these, I don't love it. Also there are so many different spellings.
Olivia - no. Very boring.
Freya - lovely
Evelyn/ Everly - Evelyn is ok but way too popular - also the pronunciation is problematic. Everly is horrid - sorry
Elsie - nice
Thea - really lovely
Georgie - not keen
Bella - not keen

Freya and Thea are my favourites.
I would pick Thea Evelyn.

DollyParton2 · 31/01/2021 13:55

I love Elsie the most x

KirstenBlest · 31/01/2021 13:32

Fern - ok
Keira not keen
Olivia - overpopular
Freya- overpopular
Evelyn/ Everly - don't like/awfuk
Elsie - not keen
Thea - not keen
Georgie - ok, best short for Georgina
Bella - not keen

Georgie

WellityWellityWellity · 31/01/2021 12:54

FWIW Thea would be my second favourite.

MercyBodle · 31/01/2021 12:26

My favourites:
Keira
Georgie

I also like:
Olivia
Elsie
Thea
Fern

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niknakpak · 31/01/2021 09:08

Thanks everyone. I think Fern is my favourite too but worried about being too much nature with my Rose! Will use for a middle at least if not brave enough to go for it. Lots of love for Thea too which is DH favourite.

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Edenember · 31/01/2021 08:54

Freya

WellityWellityWellity · 31/01/2021 08:46

Fern is lovely! My favourite on your list by miles.

Least favourite is Bella, which I've never liked for some reason. Just not a very nice sound to me.

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 31/01/2021 03:38

I like Fern best, Elsie and Thea second.

Others are fine but a lot of them about.

MySocalledLoaf · 30/01/2021 23:10

Thea

NoSquirrels · 30/01/2021 22:59

In order of preference for me it would be

Fern
Thea
Evelyn (not Everley)
Freya
Keira (but I’d use Ciara)
Olivia
Georgie
Bella

I actually think it’s quite nice the Rose/Fern thing l. You need to think of your children as individuals first, siblings second. If you love Fern then it’s just a nice thing they’re both plant names.

I also like Iris, Hazel, Holly if you’re going down that nature-inspired road...

ChilliChaos · 30/01/2021 22:58

Elsie is my favourite from your list but I don’t think it’s a good sibling name for Rosie.

Elsa instead?

FreyaHazel · 30/01/2021 22:56

I have a Freya and an Evelyn so I vote for both of those!

cautiouscovidity · 30/01/2021 22:52

Fern - Makes me think of Fearne Cotton (not good!)

Keira - Ok. A bit dull.

Olivia - Not keen. Over-used

Freya - V popular at the moment. Every other child at nursery is a Freya!

Evelyn/ Everly - I like Evelyn, not Everly

Elsie - Love this

Thea - ok

Georgie - Nope.

Bella - Another very popular name. Would assume short for Isabella (which I prefer).

Passiveobserver · 30/01/2021 22:51

Freya, sounds good on a child and an adult, a beautiful name in my opinion

Carouselfish · 30/01/2021 22:43

I like Fern and Keira op.

ArosAdraDrosDolig · 30/01/2021 22:24

Elsie is my favourite from your list.

Kote · 30/01/2021 22:21

Thea

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 30/01/2021 22:11

Since you have a Rose, I'd personally go with something similarly classic. Of your choices Olivia is the closet to that (despite being very popular). Thea my second (although this is slightly "of the moment" too). Evelyn would be my third choice (but a bit retro/subject to fashion whims),

Most of the rest of your list seems a bit too trendy sounding to fit with Rose imo, perhaps with the exception of Fern but that is quite botanical with Rose.

Names that fit well with Rose to me (all shortish and fairly traditional sounding) - Anna, May, Laura, Alice, Lara, Grace, Julia/Juliet, Isabel, Clara, Eve/Eva, Nina, Sarah/Sara, Cora.

partyatthepalace · 30/01/2021 22:06

Love Evelyn and Freya
Like Fern and Keira too and less common
Olivia is nice but SO popular right now
I don’t like Thea or Elsie
Bella and Georgie are nns - I think you’d need a full name on the birth cert
Everly - this is just weird

Babyfg · 30/01/2021 20:50

Love Rosie. It was on my list so I would have had a Rosie and a Freya but we had a boy. I think the names go lovely together. Feminine but not frilly

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