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Olive, Zara, Milla, Theodora, Letty or India

43 replies

GigglingPinkGiraffe · 02/04/2022 16:21

Thoughts on our shortlist, or similar name suggestions:

Olive
Zara
Milla (Millicent, Amelia or Camilla full name)
Theodora (Thea or Teddy for short)
Letty (Violet or Charlotte full name)
India (I guess Indy for short)

If we don't use Olive as a first name it would be the middle name.

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YellowAndGreenToBeSeen · 02/04/2022 20:24

I find Olive to be an ugly name. Makes me think of a just post war Britain, 1948, drab and depressing.

I really like Thea. Beautiful name (and could also be Althea)

IsThePopeCatholic · 02/04/2022 20:15

Theodora / Thea are great. Hate Teddy. I don’t really like the other names.

DotDotDotDotDot · 02/04/2022 20:10

My favourite is Theodora, I like both your nn suggestions too. Although people would pronounce it Fea-dora around here which isn’t as nice.
I also like Violet/Letty. Wouldn’t Charlotte naturally be shortened to Lottie?
I don’t like India as a name, it feels a bit colonial to me.

urbanbuddha · 02/04/2022 20:04

In order

Theodora (Thea or Teddy for short) like the name love the nns
Zara
Letty (Violet or Charlotte full name)
India (I guess Indy for short)
Milla (Millicent, Amelia or Camilla full name) don't like Amelia

I don't like Olive even although I know a lovely little one.

Ellmau · 02/04/2022 19:56

Olive - I prefer Olivia. Olive makes me think small and brown/green.
Zara - my favourite of your shortlist. Very nice classy name.
Milla (Millicent, Amelia or Camilla full name) - meh. Quite like Camilla.
Theodora (Thea or Teddy for short) - I like this, Thea nicer than Teddy for short.
Letty (Violet or Charlotte full name) - I don't really see this as a natural short for either. Maybe for Violette - or Juliet?
India (I guess Indy for short) - not keen.

Grumpasaurusrex · 02/04/2022 17:14

Theodora is my absolute favourite 😍

Diverseopinions · 02/04/2022 16:59

Portia is an unusual version of the pretty, classic name, and has gravitas.

LittleBird4 · 02/04/2022 16:55

I like Zara and Letty.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 02/04/2022 16:53

Zara is without a doubt the nicest. Milla reminds me of whiteheads or a miller and don't get me started on the ugly noise that is A mealy a.

Diverseopinions · 02/04/2022 16:52

Lettice, as in the character in 'Murder at the Vicarage' by Agatha Christie. Just as parents went from like Olivia to thinking Olive is actually OK too, so same would work with Lettice - no different from choosing India, which sounds like a country...Lettice can be like salad, but so what.

Your names are a bit pretty-sounding without a meaning and without a serious-sounding version of them , and also liable to be duplicated, with too many of them in the class. A good name with soft sounds and 'y' sound at end, but more unusual, is Clemency - a serious and meaningful association, but pretty, flowery sounds, like in Clementine.

NannyR · 02/04/2022 16:52

Really dislike Olive (oily, murky green fruit) but I love Olivia. Zara is fab and I love Letty but would use Laetitia personally.

Electrox · 02/04/2022 16:48

I like Zara best.

ISmellBurnings · 02/04/2022 16:40

India. Thea or Zara. Love these.

Milla is such a nothing name and I can’t stand Olive, so frumpy.

Clockstooforward · 02/04/2022 16:31

Olive or India

wintersdreams · 02/04/2022 16:29

I love Letty Smile

isthatanotherbastardgrey · 02/04/2022 16:27

Zara for me, but I'm biased as DD is a Zara 🙂

KELLOGSspeck · 02/04/2022 16:25

Love India but spelt Indiya

Madrenetterhere · 02/04/2022 16:24

LOVE Olive it's my little girls middle name! Butttttt don't like the rest of them in particular Milla just makes me think of milia (whiteheads) lol sorry.

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