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Girls shortlist

38 replies

Clairee84 · 30/03/2021 18:33

Hi,

Posted originally about a month ago asking whether people preferred Lucy or Heidi. Ive now extended my shortlisted...

Lucy
Heidi
Emilia (nickname Millie)
Eliza
Jemima
Eloise

Any thoughts please?

Thank you

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Edenember · 31/03/2021 20:55

Love Eliza and Heidi, Eloise is pretty but concur with others about living in fear of Ellie as a nn.

TatianaBis · 31/03/2021 19:27

Heidi is my favourite.

Pemba · 31/03/2021 19:06
  1. Eloise. Beautiful - then there's the song.
  2. Eliza - lovely.
  3. Lucy - pretty and classic.
4.Jemima - nice, unusual. There is the American 'Aunt Jemima' thing, but do we really need to worry about that in the UK?
  1. Emilia, nice enough but as it sounds the same as Amelia I always wonder what the point of it is? I'd prefer Emmeline.
  1. Heidi. Very cutesy.
mamablondie33 · 31/03/2021 18:56

I like Jemima and Heidi - they actually make a lovely sibling combination.

bubblebath62636 · 31/03/2021 18:10

Any but bloody Jemima 😩😩

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Clairee84 · 31/03/2021 18:08

Thank you all!

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Onlinedilema · 31/03/2021 07:21

Eliza not Eluza.

Onlinedilema · 31/03/2021 07:21

I like Jemima.
I wouldn't use Emilia because of the confusion with Amelia.
She will spend a lifetime of having to spell out her name and it's a ball ache.
I'm not keen on Eluza, no specific reason I'm just not keen.

diddlediddle · 31/03/2021 07:16

In a minute someone will remind you that Jemima is the name of a puddle duck and also has racist connotations in the USA. I don't think it's an issue but some people do get on their high horse about it

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 31/03/2021 03:00

*classy

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 31/03/2021 03:00

Jemima is gorgeous and so clasy 😍
Eliza similarly beautiful but so popular recently.
I'm not crazy about Eloise but it isn't terrible, just doesn't really interest me. Seems a bit dull. Same for Heidi and Emilia - too many about!
Lucy is so sweet!
I'd choose Jemima or Lucy.
Jemima Lucy or Lucy Jemima sound so lovely too!

Standrewsschool · 31/03/2021 02:38

Good list of names

Like Jemima.

Synchrony · 31/03/2021 02:31

My favourite is Jemima.
Least favourite is Eloise and Emilia.

DramaAlpaca · 30/03/2021 23:41

Lucy and Eloise are my favourites.

I thoroughly dislike Heidi. It's both harsh and twee, not nice.

aibutohavethisusername · 30/03/2021 23:04

Eloise, Emilia & Lucy are my top 3 from your list.

dottiedaisee · 30/03/2021 22:53

Heidi or Jemima

partyatthepalace · 30/03/2021 22:52

Jemima - it’s lovely and unusual
Eliza - lovely, but quite a lot of them - would use Elizabeth on birth cert so she has options
Eloise - nice and unusual-ish, but high chance she’ll end up being called Ellie which is a bit dated and there are a lot of them
Emilia (nickname Millie) - so many of them, lovely but will date
Lucy - pretty but a bit little girl-ish, and been consistently popular since the 70s so doesn’t stand out
Heidi - the only one I really don’t like - makes me think of beer festivals/German porn stars/and that odd 80s kids Tv series (sorry..)

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 30/03/2021 22:43

Emilia is gorgeous but it getting confused with Amelia would bug me so I'd choose Jemima or Eloise, depending on which of the possible nn's Jem/Mima or Ellie/Lou you dislike least. I find Lucy and Heidi too cute and Eliza trendy, sorry.

pinkpinecone · 30/03/2021 20:43

I like Heidi and Eliza

AnyaMoondial · 30/03/2021 20:17

Lucy is my favourite.

Cressie2 · 30/03/2021 20:14

Heidi is lovely x

ThereforeIAm · 30/03/2021 19:59

I like them all but not Jemima so much.

Peachbubble · 30/03/2021 19:57

I like Lucy, Heidi and Jemima best.

lazylockdowner · 30/03/2021 19:43

You have 3 of my daughters names in your list so I obviously think you have good taste, only one I don't like is Jemima

PandaFluff · 30/03/2021 19:35

Lucy is my favourite. Do you like Lucille?
There are lots of Emilias around at the moment so that's my least favourite.