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Which would you choose? Girls names

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katielou987 · 16/01/2022 19:47

I'm hoping you might help me get closer to making a decision on a girls name. I like the following but can't decide which one to go for. Would appreciate any thoughts on the list below and I'm also open to suggestions thank you x

Daisy

Mia
Alice
Olivia
Sophia
Grace
Aurelia

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cheshiremama90 · 17/01/2022 10:56

I love Daisy & Alice x

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katielou987 · 17/01/2022 08:56

Thanks so much to everyone who has replied this is really helpful x

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babyturtle19 · 16/01/2022 21:49

Mia is beautiful

GorgonzolaSouffle · 16/01/2022 21:26

Really don’t like Aurelia.

Daisy Alice would be my choice.

35andThriving · 16/01/2022 21:24

I like Olivia and Sophia.

I would suggest Phoebe or Elodie.

17caterpillars1mouse · 16/01/2022 21:14

Daisy - I really don't like it, I find it sickeningly twee and weak sounding.

Mia - love it, short and sweet but I love it

Alice - really like it

Olivia - it's ok, nicer before it was so popular for so long

Sophia - pretty just not my style

Grace - lovely classic

Aurelia - faddy

FindingMeno · 16/01/2022 21:10

Mia or Aurelia

littleselda · 16/01/2022 21:09

Olivia!

flingoo · 16/01/2022 21:00

From your list - Alice

CafeConLechePorFavor · 16/01/2022 20:59

Sophia is my favourite from your list!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 16/01/2022 20:57

If you like Aurelia, you might also like elegant, classy Antonia (which also benefits from loads of lovely nn options - Annie/Anna/Anya and Nia/Nina as well as more dated Toni).

For Olivia there is also less popular but still classical sounding Ophelia and Octavia.

Instead of Sophia, perhaps Celia, Cecilia or Serena.

Instead of Alice and Grace, perhaps lesser used Beatrice and Rose or Eve.

I'd also suggest Julia and Lydia might be your taste.

Pleaseuniverseplease · 16/01/2022 20:54

Love Alice and Grace.
I'd be tempted to go with Alice GraceSmile

DoucheCanoe · 16/01/2022 20:54

I like Sophia best.

Lamont77 · 16/01/2022 20:52

Daisy - it has a quirkiness about it that I like. I imagine Daisy being cool.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 16/01/2022 20:49

Sophia/Sofia/Sophie, Grace and Olivia are quite classic feeling and lovely but just super popular now - they are everywhere.

Mia and Daisy are both too trendy and cutesy for me personally, although I like them as nn's (for Maria/Marina and Margaret/Margarite respectively).

So it's Alice for me if you want traditional, timeless and "can't go wrong" (well known and used internationally - but not as suddenly trendy, especially in the UK).

Or Aurelia is also gorgeous imo in an elegant, classical way - if you want a more "stand out" name than your other choices (although not as much as it would 10 years ago - it's rising at home and abroad).

AnnaSW1 · 16/01/2022 20:49

Sophia

driftcompatible · 16/01/2022 20:32

Sorry I really hate Aurelia. It sounds very Disney Princess to me. It's also very popular where I am.

Gazelda · 16/01/2022 20:32

Daisy - lovely
Mia - over used
Alice - nice
Olivia - over used
Sophia - nice
Grace - classy but over used
Aurelia - don't like

They're all (apart from Aurelia) very nice names. Pretty, feminine, character-full. My fave is Daisy

FlamingoDust · 16/01/2022 20:30

Daisy

Notwithittoday · 16/01/2022 20:29

I think Alice of those.

JugglingJanuary · 16/01/2022 20:27

In order...

Daisy
Grace
Olivia

Sophia
Mia

Long way down Aurelia - sorry , really dislike it!

beneaththeradar · 16/01/2022 20:27

Alice

LavenderRosemary · 16/01/2022 20:25

They're all lovely names. My favourite is Sophia.

AdaColeman · 16/01/2022 20:11

All lovely names, but Olivia and Sophia have been in the top ten names for absolutely years, so there will be a lot of them about.
Grace is starting to replace Rose as a standard middle name.

I like Alice and Daisy, have you thought of using Marguerite with Daisy as a nn?

Some other ideas
Manon
Delphine
Felicity
Amber
Clarissa
Melissa

Pineapples9087 · 16/01/2022 20:01

All lovely names - my favourite is Daisy