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Please order my name preferences

113 replies

Floam6 · 05/12/2025 10:18

Hi all, apologies for a final name post but our daughter is here and a few days old and we have agreed to choose her name this weekend as we don’t have the same favourite. I’m not interested in any other names but please could you rank my list below from favourite to least favourite:

Phoebe
Clara
Sophie
Beatrice
Poppy

Thank you!

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Puffykins · 05/12/2025 13:04

Sophie
Clara
Beatrice
Poppy
Phoebe

TulipTuesday · 05/12/2025 12:56

Congratulations!

Clara
Beatrice
Poppy
Sophie
Phoebe

SE13Mummy · 05/12/2025 12:54

Beatrice
Phoebe
Clara
Sophie
Poppy

PurpleReindeer2 · 05/12/2025 12:53

As you listed them OP x

OtherS · 05/12/2025 12:31

Beatrice
Sophie
Phoebe
Clara
Poppy

Really hate Poppy, it's so horribly twee. And think both that and Clara don't really suit adults. The others all work well at any age.

Not sure this thread is going to be that helpful though, everybody seems to have completely different opinions!

YourWinter · 05/12/2025 12:23

Beatrice
Sophie

none of the others

RuthW · 05/12/2025 12:23

Phoebe
Beatrice
Clara
Poppy
Sophie

Peternell · 05/12/2025 12:19

Sophie
Phoebe
Beatrice
Poppy
Clara

DramaAlpaca · 05/12/2025 12:12

Sophie
Clara
Beatrice
Phoebe
Poppy

Mosaic80 · 05/12/2025 12:08

my order is:

Clara
Poppy
Sophie
Beatrice
Phoebe

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 05/12/2025 12:05

Sophie
Poppy
Clara
Beatrice
Phoebe (really dislike Pheebs!)

Twoshoesnewshoes · 05/12/2025 12:03

Congratulations OP!

Beatrice
Phoebe
Clara
Sophie
Poppy

RosesAndHellebores · 05/12/2025 12:01

And congratulations!

RosesAndHellebores · 05/12/2025 12:01

Beatrice
Sophie
Clara
Poppy
Phoebe

salamithumbs · 05/12/2025 11:58

Sophie
Clara
Phoebe
Beatrice
Poppy (the only one I dislike!)

Sophie and Clara are my two favourites by a lot though! Hard to choose between them for the top spot

DinosaurDina · 05/12/2025 11:55

1 Beatrice
2 Phoebe
3 Poppy
4 Sophie
5 Clara

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 05/12/2025 11:50

TheActualDuck · 05/12/2025 10:23

Congratulations, here’s my vote for what it’s worth.
Clara
Beatrice
Phoebe
Sophie
Poppy

Mine too!

luckylavender · 05/12/2025 11:50

Beatrice
Phoebe
Sophie
Clara

Don’t like Poppy & Hell would freeze over before I’d use the same name as Boris Johnson

MiddleAgedDread · 05/12/2025 11:42

argh, I love them all!!
Beatrice
Phoebe
Clara
Sophie
Poppy

BeachTimeNow · 05/12/2025 11:40

Phoebe
Beatrice
Clara (possibly higher if she was born in December rather than November because of the Nutcracker connection)
Sophie
Poppy

All are nice.I prefer Phoebe, Beatrice and Clara to the other two.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 05/12/2025 11:38

Clara
Beatricd
Poppy
Sophie
Phoebe

ExperiencedContractor · 05/12/2025 11:35

Phoebe
Sophie
Beatrice
Poppy
Clara

DuchessOfNarcissex · 05/12/2025 11:09

Depends on how the names flow with the surname, but based on which ones I would prefer to be called:

  1. Sophie (Sophia/Sofia too popular)
  2. Poppy (It wouldn't suit me but I like it)
  3. Phoebe (don't like Phoebs)
  4. Beatrice (would suit me but safe)
  5. Clara - Cara is nice but I don't like Clara

Congratulations!

MirandaBlu · 05/12/2025 11:01

Phoebe
Sophie
Beatrice
Clara (love Cara, though - not that you asked)
Poppy

Leavemealone1986 · 05/12/2025 10:55

Clara
Beatrice
Phoebe
Poppy
Sophie.
For me it would probably depend on the length/flow of your surname between the first two.

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