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Girls list - your thoughts please!

31 replies

Hereslookinatyou · 02/02/2022 08:40

Baby girl due next month, still trying to decide on her name. Your thoughts on these would be appreciated.

Reeva
Chloe
Cecilia
Ava
Gracie
Celeste
Eliana

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mishmased · 02/02/2022 20:34

@Hereslookinatyou we have an Eliana that is Eliana not Ellie although at home her siblings call her Ellie when excited. For those saying it sounds like a made up name it is Hebrew for ' my God has answered' so not a twee or frilly meaning.

Of your list my fave are
Celeste
Chloe

164Stars · 02/02/2022 20:11

I love Reeva however would spell it Reava or Reavagh.

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/02/2022 19:23

Reeva - No, girl shot by Oscar P
Chloe - 3, its OK bit wet
Cecilia - 1 by a long way
Ava - No, way way overdone
Gracie 4 - if you use Grace as full name
Celeste - 2 it’s OK, bit cheesy
Eliana - No - it’s too Disney princess, plus she’ll be one of a billion Ellie’s

babyjellyfish · 02/02/2022 19:18

Reeva - don't like it and has unfortunate murder victim connotations
Chloe - nice but a bit dated
Cecilia - lovely
Ava - nice
Gracie - bit twee, put Grace on birth certificate
Celeste - nice
Eliana - sounds like several names mashed together but OK

Hereslookinatyou · 02/02/2022 17:24

Thanks all!!

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SummerBluez · 02/02/2022 17:23

Reeva is gorgeous, I would ignore the Steenkamp link, you could find a murder victim with almost any name if you looked.

TempsPerdu · 02/02/2022 17:17

Reeva - pretty sound but still very much tied to Reeva Steenkamp, especially with this spelling. Riva is better.
Chloe - OK. Bit bland and feels dated, but I’m still meeting a fair few babies with the name so clearly still popular.
Cecilia - too frilly and lisps my for my taste. I picture a pale, sickly Victorian girl who faints a lot!
Ava - massively overdone
Gracie - really dislike this name. Not entirely sure why - maybe because it rhymes with Tracey? Gracie Fiekds? Something about it seems a bit downmarket. I don’t think Grace needs embellishment anyway.
Celeste - quite nice.
Eliana - too girly and vowel heavy

No particular favourites here for me, but I think it would have to be between Riva (this spelling) or Celeste.

StopForAMinute · 02/02/2022 17:11

My favourites from your list are Celeste and Eliana.

ladycarlotta · 02/02/2022 16:56

I like Reeva and Celeste best. I agree with PP's suggestion of going with the Riva spelling instead, takes it visually further from Steenkamp and closer to the Hebrew.

TallulahHula · 02/02/2022 16:51

Reeva- like a lot but does have the Steenkamp association.

Chloe- dated. Not keen.

Cecilia- really like CeCe as a nn but not sure about Cecilia. Reminds me of a middle aged upper class lady in a large country estate. Horse rider name.

Ava- very pretty but also very popular.

Gracie - similar to Ava, pretty but common. Perhaps a little twee.

Celeste - not a fan, sounds a little harsh. Reminds me of medication for some reason.

Eliana - not to my taste but it's sweet and unusual. Would likely be shortened to Ellie though.

I think my favourites from your list are Reeva and Ava.

GiantSpider · 02/02/2022 16:48

My favourite is Chloe - gorgeous. I also like Cecilia and Celeste. Least favourites are Reeva and Ava.

alexdgr8 · 02/02/2022 16:46

Cecilia is the only proper name that i recognise from that list.
the others sounds faddy, insubstantial, here today and gone tomorrow, soon to be dated, flibberty.

PoleFairy · 02/02/2022 16:44

To be totally honest:
Reeva - dont like, it's too linked to Reeva Steenkamp in my head now
Chloe - I really dont like popular names so this is too popular for me
Cecilia - love and LOVE Cece or Celia as potential nickname
Ava - too popular
Gracie - too popular
Celeste - I like
Eliana - too popular

cptartapp · 02/02/2022 16:00

Reeva - gruesome murder
Chloe - dated
Cecilia - bit of a mouthful and might get 'sissy'
Ava- God not more of this name. Dull dull dull.
Gracie - as above, plus infantile.
Celeste - at a push
Eliana - sounds made up, weak

DarkCorner · 02/02/2022 15:46

Reeva - not keen but not sure if it is due to her murder or something else.
Chloe - lovely, quite classic, not too many new Chloe's but I know quite a few teens upwards.
Cecilia - lovely, you might want to think of how you'd shorten it.
Ava - nice but quite popular
Gracie - bit too cutesy for me, I prefer Grace and you could use Gracie as a nickname
Celeste - beautiful
Eliana - not keen

Tootbeep · 02/02/2022 15:43

Also, the Celeste pill has been discontinued, so not really an issue.

Tootbeep · 02/02/2022 15:41

Reeva - ok, not that keen
Chloe - pretty, bit dated
Cecilia - ok, bit horsey
Ava - lovely, very popular if that bothers you. Also love Ada.
Gracie - dislike
Celeste - ok. How about Seren or Serena?
Eliana - meh

organicoatmilk · 02/02/2022 14:59

Reeva - Gorgeous but I prefer it spelt Riva.

Chloe - It's nice but very overdone.

Cecilia - Nice. I like that it can't be shortened to Cece.

Ava - Beautiful but it's so popular right now. Will always be another one in her class.

Gracie - Prefer Grace. It's okay.

Celeste - Out of your list, this would be my least favourite. It's still nice enough though.

Eliana - My favourite off your list! Only thing that would worry me would be it getting shortened to Ellie.

catandbabymama · 02/02/2022 11:29

Reeva - never heard of it and not particularly great
Chloe - in school in the 90s I had lots of Chloes in my classes and they were all horrible so for that reason I wouldn't choose this haha

Cecilia, Ava and Gracie are all very very popular, I'm in a group for mums who had babies last year and there are a number of each of these just in that small group, although I don't mind Cecilia personally

Celeste is probably the best on the list, although as PP pointed out, it's the name of a contraceptive pill
Eliana - don't like it at all, sounds like a twee Disney princess-esque name

ISmellBurnings · 02/02/2022 11:24

Ava and Grace are just so overused. Generally paired together as well. Gracie is too twee. It’s a name for a toddler but not an adult.

I like Eliana, I went to school with one.

Lemonweightloss · 02/02/2022 11:19

Love Celeste nn Ceci. Quite like Cecilia. I like Grace as full name.
Not keen on the others.
Oh Eliana is lovely too.

hairymorag · 02/02/2022 11:11

Ava and Gracie are very popular, chloe is a bit dated. I do like Reeva not a fan of the others . likely to be called cecil by peers if you call her cecilia. ( because kids can be shitbags)

FazedNConfused · 02/02/2022 10:58

I have a Cecilia so slightly biased! We call her Cece.
What about
Celestine
Serena
Selena?

I recently met a baby Ramona which I thought was very cute, nice nn Mona.

20viona · 02/02/2022 09:56

Love reeva

rollercoasterofemotions · 02/02/2022 09:50

Reeva - still too associated with the murder
Chloe - ok
Cecilia - love!
Ava - a bit boring sorry
Gracie - same, and too twee
Celeste - nice
Eliana - ok, will have to deal with misspellings a lot

My favourite is Cecilia! It just bugs me that it is misspelled so often- lots of people spell it 'Cecelia' (I think Cecilia is correct)

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