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Which baby name

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meltingalways · 24/11/2025 22:48

I’m due my baby in the next couple
of weeks. We have our boys name sorted.
which girl name out of our choices and why?
olive
poppy
sylvie
kitty

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Confusedmermaid1 · 27/11/2025 06:31

Please use Sylvie. I absolutely adore it and DH vetoed it for baby girl (due Jan) so I can live vicariously through you 😂

Ddakji · 26/11/2025 20:48

Sylvie.

Kitty and Poppy are cute, but not so keen.

Olive just reminds me of snot green.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/11/2025 20:46

Kitty. Gorgeous name.

UninitendedShark · 26/11/2025 20:42

Katherine nn. Kitty. Otherwise Sylvie.

Purplecatshopaholic · 26/11/2025 20:23

Sylvie is a gorgeous name. Also like Poppy. Olive is just an ugly name however you look at it, so not that. Kitty is ok, but not as nice as Sylvie.

Forthelov · 26/11/2025 20:16

SixSeven · 24/11/2025 23:40

Surely Poppy is getting old now, I know loads aged about 8-16.

Kitty is cute but a bit too cute.

Olive is trendy at the moment but reminds me of an old lady or a drab colour.

Sylvie is your winner! Such a pretty name and will gain popularity but you’ll be among the first. Have you thought about a middle name?

My thoughts exactly.

schnubbins · 26/11/2025 19:29

Sylvie or Sylvia are lovely . Olive is a dreadful name .Kitty is also nice ,didn't know the connotations which is such a pity .

Alexandrine · 26/11/2025 19:28

Sylvie is stunning. It is becoming more trendy, but it’s not super popular yet and it’s a beautiful sounding name.

Kitty and Poppy are very cute - but personally I don’t feel they are going to suit some women. I’d want Katherine or Penelope (or similar) as a back up on the BC if I had those names. I’d go for Kitty over Poppy of the two if I had to choose.

Nothing wrong with Olive as such - I know it’s popular again now. But unlike the more elaborate Shakespearean Olivia, imo Olive does have a drab sound and it still has an elderly lady image for me.

AgentPidge · 26/11/2025 19:12

Avantiagain · 25/11/2025 10:48

Katherine NN Kitty or Sylvie. Poppy is too cutesy for my taste and Olive to me is on the buses.

Same for me.

I don't mind Olivia though.

JillyGiraffe · 26/11/2025 19:10

meltingalways · 24/11/2025 22:48

I’m due my baby in the next couple
of weeks. We have our boys name sorted.
which girl name out of our choices and why?
olive
poppy
sylvie
kitty

Sylvie

Calliopespa · 26/11/2025 12:59

Avantiagain · 25/11/2025 10:48

Katherine NN Kitty or Sylvie. Poppy is too cutesy for my taste and Olive to me is on the buses.

Yes, I'd go Katherine, nn Kitty.

Olive isn't actually a very pretty fruit, and, while I like eating them, it's not as if they are sweet. It also sounds like someone gulping to me.

Poppy is fine but a bit sappy I think, and so overdone.

Sylvie is probably the most sensible and it is fashionable again, but I prefer Katherine/Kitty

Chichichochi · 26/11/2025 06:51

I really like Olive! Love PP suggestion of the nickname Oli too 😍

I also really like Sylvie but unfortunately the recent popularity puts me off. Poppy a bit ‘cutesy’, and also quite popular. I’ve never liked Kitty (sorry).

mathanxiety · 26/11/2025 04:18

Kitty is my favourite, followed closely by Sylvie.

Poppy is twee verging on silly, a really insubstantial name, and Olive is self consciously drab.

LoudPlumDog · 26/11/2025 04:15

I love Olive.

Simple , classic and just beautiful.

RubyBirdy · 25/11/2025 22:49

Olive or Sylvia, rather than Sylvie. My daughters bestie is called Olive and I adore the name on her, it’s so cute, but not cutesy so it won’t translate to a ‘respectable’ (or cool teen for that matter) woman.

OopsieeDaisy · 25/11/2025 22:25

ToKittyornottoKitty · 24/11/2025 23:16

Kitty is slang for vagina according to urban dictionary, cute.

Id go with Poppy.

Yes, I’ve heard Kitty used in that context so would definitely avoid!

As others have said, names ending ‘ie’/‘ee’ are so over done. I would personally choose Olive from your list but Sylvie is much better than Poppy which just sounds odd on a grown adult to me.

schoolsoutforever · 25/11/2025 11:51

Sylvie first, Olive second. Poppy and Kitty are nice names but Poppy has just been way too popular (for me) over the last 15 years whereas I think Kitty is more of a diminutive for Katherine isn't it? You could just go for the short version I suppose. I really love Sylvie though.

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/11/2025 11:46

Olive, or sylvie

kitty if short for something

i find Poppy a bit overdone these days, think will date badly and can be seen as a bit of a wet name (sorry!)

Snugglemonkey · 25/11/2025 10:53

Sylvie.

Avantiagain · 25/11/2025 10:48

Katherine NN Kitty or Sylvie. Poppy is too cutesy for my taste and Olive to me is on the buses.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 25/11/2025 10:31

Poppy - like
Kitty - like if short for Katherine/Katharine.
Olive - dreadful, Olivia is nice.
Sylvie - popular on here, can't imagine why.

@meltingalways , it looks like you are only looking for a baby's name but she'll be an adult most of her life.

OnToast81 · 25/11/2025 10:15

Sylvie

Pranksters · 25/11/2025 08:06

Olive is so drab.

Poppy is too twee and so overused. Especially as it always has May or Rose tacked on the end.

Kitty again is too cutesy for an actual name.

Sylvie is ok.

Moreteaandchocolate · 25/11/2025 06:25

Poppy gets my vote! I know a few teenage and adult Poppys and the name works beautifully for all ages - definitely not too cutesie / girly.

Sylvie has a pretty sound, but because I’ve only met one middle aged French lady with the name, it has those vibes to me.

Olive is a nice sound and less likely to be shortened as a rule than Olivia, as it’s shorter. I haven’t met any Olives in real life so it has Popeye and On the buses associations to me - but that would change if I met a real Olive!

Kitty - I know an adult Kitty but I’m afraid the cutesie association hasn’t faded much as a result - it wouldn’t be my pick.

LivingTheDreamish · 25/11/2025 02:39

NuffSaidSam · 24/11/2025 22:53

Olive.

Too many girl's names end in the 'ee' sound. I think Olive has a bit of gravitas to it. You can always call her Oli or Livi if you need something cutesy when she's little.

I agree with this. But Sylvie could grow on me.