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Emma, Alice, Lucy, Louisa and Maria

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RoseAreRedolent · 29/04/2022 20:16

What are your opinions on these names and what's your favourite and least favourite? Thanks.

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TenoringBehind · 30/01/2023 11:06

ooops, just realised this is a Zombie thread

TenoringBehind · 30/01/2023 11:04

Love Alice and Emma
Indifferent to Lucy and Louisa
not keen on Maria (for no good reason)

Nowthatlovehasperished · 29/01/2023 20:16

I like Alice, Rose and Lucy.

I work in a school and these names would be a breath of fresh air at the moment.

everythingsapickle · 29/01/2023 20:14

Like Alice, Rose, Emma
Lucy, Eve and Freya are OK
Dislike Louisa and Maria

BridieConvert · 29/01/2023 18:30

Lucy, Freya and Eve are my favourites.
Really don't like Maria or Louisa. Emma and Alice are nice enough just a bit plain. Not a fan of Rose but like Rosie.. can't explain why!

inappropriateraspberry · 14/01/2023 16:14

Old thread - OP posted in April, I'm sure she's named the baby by now!

HoppingAndHoping · 14/01/2023 15:21

Louisa: Lovely!!
Emma: Very nice.
Alice: Also very nice.
Maria: I have personal associations tha make me dislike it. but it's perfectly fine from a more objective point of view, I believe...
Lucy: Not my cup of tea. It's rather wet imo.

Theemptychair23 · 14/01/2023 11:44

In order.

Lucy - I love this, and is the name of the baby I lost in 2007.
Emma - I love this too. I always wanted to be called Emma as a child.
Freya - I like.
Alice - one of my daughter's middle names.
Eve - I like.
Rose - I like but prefer Rosie, Rosa or Rosanna.
Louisa - I quite like.
Maria - I just hear the "How do you solve a problem" song in my head, but I'm sure that's just me. I don't think this generation will care about The Sound of Music.

Rickandmortified100 · 14/01/2023 03:13

LOVE
Louisa, Maria, Rose

Like
Emma, Alice, Lucy, Eve

Dislike
Freya

Purpletopaz42 · 13/01/2023 19:28

I really like Louisa, it's a lovely name and not overused either

Beingadiv · 11/01/2023 16:46

Alice favourite, Maria least

DuchessOfSausage · 11/01/2023 16:45

Freya's not just popular, it's been popular for about 20 years. I don't see the appeal.
Eve is nice but there are so many Evies.

1.Alice, Emma
2.Lucy, Maria, Louisa
3.Eve
4.Rose
5.Freya

Myheartisbythesea · 11/01/2023 08:07

I like Freya Rosie and Evie such beautiful names and they won’t date as much as the others on the first list - the others were very popular when I was younger and I see them as very 80s baby names! but go with what you LOVE :)

babyjellyfish · 01/06/2022 08:45

Your first list is very Jane Austen. Nothing super exciting on there but all solid classic names which won't date.

My favourites are Louisa, which is actually my middle name, and Maria.

Your second list is very 2020s "now" names but of the three I'd go for Rose if it's a first name rather than a filler middle name. I prefer Rosa though.

Greensleeves · 31/05/2022 21:51

Grr, the MNer's DD was Louisa not Louise

Greensleeves · 31/05/2022 21:50

I like Louisa. It's less common and prettier than Louise. There used to be a lovely MNer whose DD was Louise.

I like Maria as well - timeless and beautiful. Alice is gorgeous.

Freya, Rose, Eve, Emma are all boring and two-a-penny.

soulinablackberrypie · 31/05/2022 21:45

Love: Emma, Alice, Lucy, Eve. Hard to pick one favourite out of these but possibly Alice.

Like: Louisa (slightly prefer Louise but Louisa is nice too), Rose

Neutral about: Freya (it's not my usual style but I kind of like it on other people's children)

Don't like, but mainly because of one person: Maria. Love Mary though.

caringcarer · 31/05/2022 15:42

Favourite Alice (my Mum's name) least favourite Freya.

LisaSimpson77 · 31/05/2022 15:42

I love Louisa and think all of the others are pretty and inoffensive but a bit dull.

KylieCharlene · 31/05/2022 15:30

Love Alice- timeless and suits all ages.

Not a fan of Maria- very of it's time. Can't image a Maria under 40years of age.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 31/05/2022 15:26

Louisa is nice, the others very boring!

Flump1234 · 31/05/2022 15:18

In order of preference:
Maria - timeless, beautiful, universal. Mary was an awesome Biblical character.
Alice - suits any age. Whimsical and pretty.
Louisa - very elegant and literary (Louisa May Alcott)
Lucy - nice meaning. I've never met a Lucy I haven't liked.
Emma - personally not that keen. It's just too common to have any interesting connotations for me.

DogsAndGin · 30/05/2022 18:33

Lucy is my favourite.

Maria, Rose and Eve are my least favourite.

Fivebeanchilli · 30/05/2022 18:24

Louisa is gorgeous and relatively uncommon.
I love Rose as a first name but dislike Rosie.
Freya, Emma, Alice and Lucy have a similar feel to me - pretty but popular.
I don't like Eve or Maria.

thefarrierswife · 30/05/2022 16:30

Alice by far