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CanuckLittleTwigglet · 17/08/2025 15:11

... the names on my list

Juliet
Julia
Louisa
Sienna
Rosalie

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JillyGiraffe · 17/08/2025 20:52

All lovely names!

Love
Juliet
Rosalie

Like
Sienna
Louisa
Julia

thirdistheonewiththehairychest · 17/08/2025 20:07

CanuckLittleTwigglet · 17/08/2025 15:11

... the names on my list

Juliet
Julia
Louisa
Sienna
Rosalie

Juliet - Like
Julia - Hate
Louisa - Dislike
Sienna - Like
Rosalie - LOVE!!!

NotMoving2Dubai · 17/08/2025 18:17

Why do people prefer the Juliette spelling

ShesTheAlbatross · 17/08/2025 18:06

I think that for any names you put on MN (or anywhere) you’ll find people who love them and people who hate them, and it isn’t a helpful way to narrow down names.

But since you’ve asked, I personally think they are all too bland for me to even say I dislike them.

Julia and Louisa feel a bit dated, Sienna will date I think. If I had to choose I’d go for either Juliet or Rosalie.

Silverbirchleaf · 17/08/2025 17:59

Juliet - like
Julia - like
Louisa - love
Sienna - don’t love it, but don’t hate it either.
Rosalie - love

MirandaBlu · 17/08/2025 17:57

Juliet - like a lot, although the "Romeo and" association puts me off a tiny bit

Julia - like a lot; pretty classic, maybe a more "solid" and flexible feel than Juliet

Louisa - don't mind but for some reason the letters look unbalanced to me and Luisa seems more intuitive. My only other quibble is that it feels a bit like an intentional femininisation of a masculine name (rather than a name with equally trad masculine and feminine forms, like Julia/Julius or Claudia/Claudius)

Sienna - OK, but I always want to spell it Siena like the city, even though Sienna is a lot more common in the UK. Perhaps too popular right now, might date badly.

Rosalie - like, perhaps a little frilly but still feels solid and classic

Anneta · 17/08/2025 17:54

Rosalie is my favourite by far.
Not really keen on the other names.

MadKittenWoman · 17/08/2025 17:41

Juliet: like if spelt Juliette
Julia: like
Louisa: dislike
Sienna: like
Rosalie: hate

Alexandrine · 17/08/2025 17:18

Love beautiful Juliet and Julia (I swing back and forth as to which I like best). Juliet feels a bit more uncommon and has the lovely romantic feel but Julia feels slightly more classic, is Biblical and has more literary references, plus is better used internationally too.

Like elegant Louisa (although hate nn Lou) and it’s also quite international too (admittedly sometimes with the Luisa spelling instead).

Like pretty Rosalie, surprised it’s so underused as the nn’s Rose/Rosa are very nice too.

Dislike Sienna as it’s very trendy - it only took off after Sienna Miller became famous in the early 2000’s. I suspect it will date.

JaneEyre40 · 17/08/2025 17:15

CanuckLittleTwigglet · 17/08/2025 15:11

... the names on my list

Juliet
Julia
Louisa
Sienna
Rosalie

Juliet is gorgeous

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/08/2025 17:03

Juliet- love
Julia- like
Louisa- like
Sienna- it’s fine but don’t love it myself and think it will date
Rosalie- love

Ppale · 17/08/2025 16:49

Hate all of them apart from Sienna

Ddakji · 17/08/2025 16:43

not keen on Louisa or Sienna but the others are all nice names. Julia probably my favourite.

MangoHabanero · 17/08/2025 16:41

Love Rosalie

Like Juliet, Julia, Louisa

Dislike Sienna

maddiemookins16mum · 17/08/2025 16:34

Love Juliet and Louisa.
Don’t dislike the others though.

miniaturepixieonacid · 17/08/2025 16:32

Love Juliet

Like Julia, Rosalie and Sienna

I'm not keen on Louisa but I wouldn't go as far as dislike.

Notajogger · 17/08/2025 16:02

Dislike Sienna.
Love Rosalie.
The other three all feel slightly "older", so might feel odd for a baby/young child for me

Elephantangel1991 · 17/08/2025 15:59

Love Julia
Like Juliet
Neutral on Louisa and Sienna
Dislike Rosalie

IsadoraQuagmire · 17/08/2025 15:50

All nice, apart from Sienna!

Onelifeonly · 17/08/2025 15:33

Like all except Julia. (Biased by a Julia I know). Don't love any of them.

Emanwenym · 17/08/2025 15:32

Juliet - pretty but I don't like it said like Juliette
Julia - nice, but I don't like Jules/Jools
Louisa - nice
Sienna - don't like
Rosalie - don't like

Moreteaandchocolate · 17/08/2025 15:30

I like them all.

CinnamonBuns67 · 17/08/2025 15:22

Love: Rosalie

Dislike: Sienna
Julia
Louisa
Hate: Juliet

DramaAlpaca · 17/08/2025 15:17

I really like all of them.

TTCagain95 · 17/08/2025 15:16

Juliet — indifferent
Julia — *edited: like
Louisa — can't tell if this is dislike or love
Sienna — like
Rosalie — indifferent

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