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Can't decide between two names

38 replies

MooseMoose · 18/05/2021 10:10

I posted a while ago with our shortlist of names and I think we've managed to narrow it down to two, but I can't decide and we only have a few weeks to go -

Phoebe
Sabrina

Leaning towards Phoebe, but a bit worried it sounds too 'cutesy' and is quite popular (#22). DS1 is Nia (Nee-ah), if that makes any difference. Thanks.

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MercyBodle · 19/05/2021 00:20

I prefer Phoebe and much prefer it with Nia.

MrsEricBana · 18/05/2021 23:50

I think Phoebe goes best with Nia. Dd friends called Phoebe always get called Feebs, which I don't love. I don't know a single child Sabrina.

Guavafish · 18/05/2021 23:46

Sabrina

partyatthepalace · 18/05/2021 23:44

I like Sabrina better but it is too similar sounding to Nia - it's the na ending (same for Serena/Selena)

So I'd go for Phoebe, which is also nice.

Flymetothestars · 18/05/2021 21:51

I really like Phoebe

Blue4YOU · 18/05/2021 21:13

Gosh it’s awful Thor me to say but Sabrina makes me think of something my younger siblings watched called Sabrina the teenage witch or something like that so it brings American Pie type images.
I guess I also don’t like the sound much.
I like names like Reeva, Meena etc which seem to me to be in the same arena

Serpenta · 18/05/2021 20:39

Sabrina. It's a well know name but a rarely used name. And it reminds me of Audrey Hepburn. (I do remember the Boys Boys Boys Sabrina too but she was a shapely lass having a good time so what harm Grin)

Phoebe is a nice name but there are soooo many of them about.

Crankley · 18/05/2021 20:37

Phoebe is lovely.

KirstenBlest · 18/05/2021 20:36

Phoebe - Friends
Sabrina - Pobl y Cwm

ColonelPine · 18/05/2021 20:10

I prefer Phoebe. Sabrina makes me think only of Sabrina the teenage witch.

DramaAlpaca · 18/05/2021 20:07

I prefer Sabrina but Phoebe goes much better with Nia.

caramelloo · 18/05/2021 18:01

They are both nice, I probably prefer Phoebe but would probably go for Sabrina as it's not as common.

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DotDotDotDotDot · 18/05/2021 17:58

Both lovely choices, although I slightly prefer Phoebe. Also a bonus that it sounds better with Nia. Good luck.

Pinkypink · 18/05/2021 17:37

Phoebe bc I love it but also bc Sabrina makes me think of the 90s song So Macho.... which I accept is not the poignant of cultural references.
Anyway Phoebe is lovely

LouLikesLollies · 18/05/2021 17:07

Phoebe is a lovely name!

CaffiSaliMali · 18/05/2021 15:34

I prefer Sabrina, I think it goes nicely with Nia which is Welsh for Niamh as Sabrina is the latinate name for the Welsh goddess Hafren.

Phoebe is lovely but very popular whereas Nia and Sabrina are both more unusual.

Soubriquet · 18/05/2021 15:07

I think Sarina is a bit too close to Nia so I would go for Phoebe

whatausername · 18/05/2021 15:06

I much prefer Sabrina but then I read about Nia. In which case I'd go for Phoebe!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 18/05/2021 14:47

Sabrina would be my choice, very elegant feeling. Phoebe just sounds more cutesy to me.

Theoldwoman · 18/05/2021 14:17

They are both pretty equal to me however Phoebe 110% goes better with Nia.

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MooseMoose · 18/05/2021 14:14

@PassGo

I like both... do they both flow equally well with your surname?
Yep, they both sound fine with our surname
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Lululucygrace · 18/05/2021 14:11

Phoebe

PassGo · 18/05/2021 14:08

I like both... do they both flow equally well with your surname?

Peachee · 18/05/2021 13:45

I really love both! Great choices.. I think I would struggle to choose either..