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Valentina?

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SpanielV · 02/09/2021 08:13

Our baby girl is 8 days old now and we are still undecided on her name! DH is Italian and we have a long Italian surname, DS1 has an Italian first name so ideally we wanted DD to have an Italian name too, but short Italian girls names seem to be in short supply!

We are 80% there with Valentina Rose but just not sure if Valentina is just too OTT for a first name in the UK? V/ Vallie/ Varley for a nickname.

Our other options are Rose Valentina or I like Vivienne Rose, or Viviana but DH isn’t sure.

Any feedback/ suggestions would be welcome!

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GarnetsandRubies · 02/09/2021 08:42

I absolutely LOVE Valentina. Go for it!!

Anoisagusaris · 02/09/2021 08:41

Beautiful name, please don’t use any of those nicknames.

toastofthetown · 02/09/2021 08:39

I love Valentina. It’s not too out there either. It’s in top 300 and has had a recent spike in popularity. The reason that I wouldn’t use it is that I really dislike Val as a nickname but if that doesn’t bother you, it’s a really beautiful name.