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Girl name help!

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catmum789 · 10/11/2021 15:19

Really struggling with girl names, we like the below but not sure how popular they are. I have a very popular name and as a result lots of people in my class at school had the same name and I hated it! The names we like are:

-Elodie
-Dorothy
-Willow
-Darcey

Please could you also advise which names you prefer out of these or alternatives!! Having a meltdown Sad

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MrsFoxyplease · 10/11/2021 15:39

Elodie will get lost in the Ellie/Emmie/Ella names imo.
Dorothy is ok but still a little before it's reincarnation to me personally.
Willow. Too popular for my liking.
Darcey is the nicest way to spell it I think.
I like the name. All the ones I know are pre-teen.
Of them all I'd go for Darcey.

Other suggestions
Heidi
Marnie
Stella
Abigail
Sadie
Carrie

MyMILisLovely · 10/11/2021 15:38

Elodie - just another Ellie. Meh
Dorothy - lovely
Willow - not my taste
Darcey - horrible

ParmigianoReggiano · 10/11/2021 15:35

I don't think any of these are super popular. Probably the most popular is Darcey? (Just based on my experience - I haven't checked the website or anything.)

My favourite is Willow but they're all pretty Smile

toastofthetown · 10/11/2021 15:33

@toastofthetown

As for popularity, this website uses the ONS data from England and Wales and plots is over time, which is a really nice way for viewing name trends. Elodie - El- names are so popular right now that anything with that start just feels tired to me Dorothy - trendy, but nice enough. I prefer the similar Dorothea Willow - popular name, but again nice Darcey - combining the three main spellings of the name (Darcie, Darcy and Darcey) would put the name at 26 in England and Wales, so this name is more popular than just plugging the name into the stats might suggest. Darcey is also the least common spelling, with Darcie being the mot popular.

A small note on popularity, is that the popular names today are used far less than the most popular names when we at school. Year on year the percentage of babies given the top ten or top hundred names drops. This means in general the five Sarahs in a class thing is much less likely today. Not impossible though, obviously. I'd probably avoid Elodie of all the names you've suggested though. Even though it's less common than Willow, she'll be around Ellie and Eliza and Ella and Eleanor and Elsie (and that's without even leaving the top hundred names).

names.darkgreener.com/#

Oops, forgot to link the website I mentioned.

toastofthetown · 10/11/2021 15:32

As for popularity, this website uses the ONS data from England and Wales and plots is over time, which is a really nice way for viewing name trends.
Elodie - El- names are so popular right now that anything with that start just feels tired to me
Dorothy - trendy, but nice enough. I prefer the similar Dorothea
Willow - popular name, but again nice
Darcey - combining the three main spellings of the name (Darcie, Darcy and Darcey) would put the name at 26 in England and Wales, so this name is more popular than just plugging the name into the stats might suggest. Darcey is also the least common spelling, with Darcie being the mot popular.

A small note on popularity, is that the popular names today are used far less than the most popular names when we at school. Year on year the percentage of babies given the top ten or top hundred names drops. This means in general the five Sarahs in a class thing is much less likely today. Not impossible though, obviously. I'd probably avoid Elodie of all the names you've suggested though. Even though it's less common than Willow, she'll be around Ellie and Eliza and Ella and Eleanor and Elsie (and that's without even leaving the top hundred names).