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Registering the name today, still undecided!

87 replies

Leeloo1233 · 25/09/2021 07:29

My daughter is 2 weeks old and we are registering her name today. The names we have chosen are quite familiar since I'm french and my dh is Finnish/Welsh. We love them all! Impossible to choose but releaved she will soon have a name

Our finalists:
Lily
Elsi (without the e, the Finnish/Welsh spelling)
Freya
Vivienne (nn Vivi)
Ida (pronounced Ee-da)

Whats your fav?

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ilovemykids5 · 25/09/2021 13:12

Freya

Darceyhemingway · 25/09/2021 12:54

Elsi

TheNinthLock · 25/09/2021 11:08

Vivienne Elsi 😊

HambletonSquare · 25/09/2021 11:04

Ida is fab. Though we do say 'eye da' I had a very old great aunt she was aunty 'eye da' (Ida)

Love Elsi too.

KirstenBlest · 25/09/2021 11:01

Lily - nice but overused
Elsi (without the e, the Finnish/Welsh spelling) - ok, Elsa is nicer
Freya - overused
Vivienne (nn Vivi) - ok
Ida (pronounced Ee-da) - will be Eye-da

Laloo4 · 25/09/2021 10:54

Ida is beautiful!

Calmdown14 · 25/09/2021 10:37

I agree with the practice shouting. Pretend your child is about to run into the road or go near a hit cup. Which one is easiest to say?
I know an Aurora and while it looks lovely written down, try shouting it at a misbehaving toddler!
If there's a vote I love Elsi and it speaks best to your heritage.
I'd write each down to see how it looks (not forgetting what initials spell) and do the which would you pick (between two at a time) game. You'll get your answer

Lockdownbear · 25/09/2021 10:34

Elsi!

Vivianne will get shortened.
Freya/ Lily both really common just now.

Look at her and call her each of them and decide which suits her best.

BlameItOnTheBlackStar · 25/09/2021 10:29

Vivienne Ida is divine!!

DominicRaabsTravelAgent · 25/09/2021 10:27

Elsi or Freya.

Lily is extremely popular here and I'm not too keen on the other two, but then it's not my baby Smile

Seesawmummadaw · 25/09/2021 10:25

Vivienne or Elsi for me! I can see why you are struggling! Congratulations on your new dd!

celestebellman · 25/09/2021 10:22

I like all of them except Lily, which is so ubiquitous it is boring.
Really like the spelling Elsi, seems a bit more cool and edgy and you have a valid reason for different spelling.
Freya is really pretty, but also a tad overdone.
My favourite is probably Ida.

HelplessAndLost · 25/09/2021 10:21

Love Elsi. Elsi Viviennne.

Chilldonaldchill · 25/09/2021 10:19

I like them.
I wouldn't pick Ida because the pronunciation will always be wrong in the UK (obviously not when people know her but she will meet a lot of people in her life and it would get annoying) or Lily just because I prefer the others.
Elsi or Vivienne are great.

fuzzymoomin · 25/09/2021 10:18

French/Finnish/Welsh, what a lovely combination of influences!
Freya is such a beautiful name! I would choose Freya Ida.

DebbieHarrysCheekbones · 25/09/2021 10:17

Vivienne

Really lovely name
Elsi will spend her life correcting people I suspect

Vivienne is the only name that goes with Ida as a middle name if you’re a set on it I think

Blueroses99 · 25/09/2021 10:16

I like all the names but agree that Ida will be pronounce Eye-da in the UK. But do you have to decide now? I thought it was 6 weeks to register which might give you more time to see which name fits your DD.

disco123 · 25/09/2021 10:13

Freya

Gorgeous name

Silkiescatz · 25/09/2021 10:10

Vivienne is my favourite, love Lily as well but its very popular. After that Elsi but it makes me think of Elsa, the disney princess.

itssquidstella · 25/09/2021 10:05

I love Vivienne

BlakeDreary · 25/09/2021 10:02

I live Vivienne but then I also called my rabbit that with the nickname Vivi.

Lily is sooo overused.

Elsie is lovely. It's classic and strong. That would be my preference

TrueRefuge · 25/09/2021 10:02

Freya!

PoshWatchShitShoes · 25/09/2021 10:00

I love Vivienne

romdowa · 25/09/2021 09:57

Vivienne or Freya would be my pick but I'm leaning towards vivienne more.

Frazzled2207 · 25/09/2021 09:50

I like them all but speaking from the perspective of someone with a Welsh name in England which is always mispronounced or misspelled or often both , I’d go for the safe and pretty Freya. (Lily is nice but extraordinarily common atm)