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blacklacewedding · 28/03/2022 19:01

Eliza
Maria
Tessa
Lucy
Louisa
Alice
Anna
Rosie

What do you think of these? Favourite & least favourite appreciated.

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Mountainbear · 29/03/2022 21:04

Eliza - dislike, sounds like a Victoria maid
Maria - not keen, sounds a bit religious for me
Tessa - love Tess
Lucy - beautiful
Louisa - not keen. Like Eloise and Elise though
Alice - nice but dull
Anna - dull - how about Nina?
Rosie - prefer Rose or Rosa

BungleandGeorge · 29/03/2022 20:52

Face: Anna
Least fave: Tessa (I do like Tess though)

tigerbird · 29/03/2022 20:44

My favourites are (in order!)

Alice
Anna
Lucy

  • all of which I love; then

Louisa
Eliza

  • both of which I don't mind; and

Tessa
Rosie
Maria

  • which I think old-fashioned and I dislike.

Do you have any preferences, OP?

changenametimeagain · 29/03/2022 20:34

Ooh I haven't heard Tessa for ages. I love it!

SpringIntoChaos · 29/03/2022 20:32

(I know only two people with Tessa/Tess, as their names. One goes by Tessa, the other Tess...both teachers and both utterly fabulous humans 💗💗)

SpringIntoChaos · 29/03/2022 20:30

Tessa/Tess I love ❤️
Eliza and Anna are great.

The rest are just 'ok' I think, except Maria, which despite being my best friend's name, I don't like 'now' for a baby.

delshell · 29/03/2022 20:26

I love Eliza (would go for Elizabeth on BC) and Anna. I also like Louisa. Less keen on the others. Tessa and Alice at the bottom.

timoteigirl · 29/03/2022 20:24

Eliza
Maria - least favourite
Tessa
Lucy - good
Louisa
Alice - good
Anna
Rosie
These names all sound like they are from classic books for girls.

DogsAndGin · 29/03/2022 20:16

Eliza - I love Elizabeth
Maria - no, too old lady
Tessa - hate it. LEAST FAVE
Lucy - love it entirely. FAVE
Louisa - nice
Alice - it’s ok
Anna - boring boring yawn
Rosie - too ditsy

babynothappening · 29/03/2022 09:52

I like Anna best although personally id go with Hannah :-)

DoucheCanoe · 29/03/2022 09:43

Favourite is Tess(a) - I know a Tess in her 50's and always thought it was a cool name, suits all ages too :)

Least favourite is Maria - possibly through negative association but to my ears it's quite clunky sounding in UK accents and had its day.

I like Anna, Eliza and Louisa too.
Not keen on the others.

Sleepyblueocean · 29/03/2022 09:29

Maria is my favourite. Louisa I like but I don't like the nicknames for it. Rosie is too cutesy for me so would use Rose as the official name. They are all nice names.

Mumofgirls2017 · 29/03/2022 08:04

Oooh I love them all. Difficult to pick best and worst but I love Eliza and am just cool about Lucy?

Elysant · 29/03/2022 07:24

My favorites are Alice, Eliza and Lucy. Least favorites are Anna and Maria, quite bland names.

MorrisOxford · 29/03/2022 07:23

Tessa and Eliza are my favourites. Maybe Anna third; it's quite an elegant name.
I probably wouldn't use Maria as in my area, everyone would be asking if I had Greek or Italian heritage.
The rest of them are fine, nothing to write home about but very unobtrusive,

Liv999 · 29/03/2022 07:16

Rosie is my favourite, Anna least favourite

gulliblestravels · 28/03/2022 22:38

Anna is best. Or Anaa.

bluechameleon · 28/03/2022 22:31

Love Eliza and Tessa. Not keen on Louisa. Rosie doesn't feel like a complete name - how about Rosemary or Rosamund nn Rosie?

DoorLion · 28/03/2022 22:27

@Amdone123

Favourite is Anna. Least favorite is Tessa.
Me too!
WaitinginVain · 28/03/2022 22:26

Maria is my favourite.

Alice definitely least.

Luredbyapomegranate · 28/03/2022 22:24

Favourite is Tessa but prefer as a nn for Esther or Teresa
Otherwise Anna, a great classic

Eliza, Alice and Rose variations all overused (although Elizabeth nn Tess is nice)

Lucy, Louisa and Alice are all nice but slightly twee, and Alice overused.

Maria I don’t like

Ikeameatballs · 28/03/2022 22:17

Eliza best, Tessa worst (sounds too much like tosser).

Peppapig7262662 · 28/03/2022 22:17

Love Rosie
Hate Alice - reminds me of that Chubby brown song.

OverWorking9to5 · 28/03/2022 22:15

Eliza, Louisa or Anna

NuffSaidSam · 28/03/2022 22:14

Alice
Anna
Louisa
Lucy
Rosie
Eliza
Maria
Tessa

In that order. But I MUCH prefer Alice and Anna to all the others.