Have we chosen the safest baby names imaginable… and is that a problem?

I'm a Felicity. People say it as Flisity. I wish they wouldn't. I'm not Flick either.

Charlotte - safe
Emma - safe

Beatrix - will get mixed up with Beatrice and said as Bee-trix and Beer-tricks
Naomi - a classic name with many different ways of saying and misspelling it

I'd pick Emma.

Your girl will stand out from all the other girls called Ada, Ava, Evie, Ella, Layla, Matilda, Olivia etc.... with those names. Your names are popular for my age people born in the 80s. You won't find many of her age with them.

Classics and beautiful

All our lovely and perfectly acceptable names. Personally I would avoid Charlotte but there is nothing wrong with it so just go with your favourite

Better than Beatrice. Will be called Trixie most likely.

Charlotte is a lovely name. Even Lottie is nice.

Agree. Lovely names

Your choices are lovely.
I'd personally go with Charlotte.
Beatrice instead of Beatrix.
I'm a huge fan of traditional and classic names. You cannot go wrong with them! They look nice written on passports and job applications and sound nice when said out loud. I'm not of fan of trendy or unusual names but that's just me.

Can I also suggest Alexandra, Elizabeth and Victoria?

Beatrix - will spend her life correcting people who think she is Beatrice.

Naomi - so many different ways of pronouncing this, so will also be constantly correcting people.

Love Emma, and don’t see many babies called that, and love Charlotte/Lottie.

All lovely. Charlotte particularly pretty. And gives you Lottie or Charlie which are both fun x

Beautiful names. I’m currently in labour and have gone down a similar route. Alexander for a boy and Eleanor for a girl. Know 3 babies born this week Scarlett, Nicholas and Elizabeth. You can’t go wrong with the classic names

I think they are all nice. Just be sure you’re happy with the likely nicknames. You can’t always stop nicknames. Naomi is especially lovely, but I’ve heard it pronounced a variety of ways. Would that drive you mad?

I've got an Emma in her early 20s now. Yes, it could be said to be a bit plain and boring, but it's a good, classic name that suits a professional woman as well as a little Emma. I like the other names on the list too. I'm a primary teacher so my preferences on names are often linked to children that I have taught!

I have an Emma (now 20) - never had any other Emma’s at school and I don’t think uni either. There were loads of Emily’s, Amelia’s and Amelie’s.

She’s really feisty and outgoing and loves her name.

I have 4 school age children all in different classes and as far as I know there isn’t an Emma in any of them. It’s definitely not common where I live.
I’m into my 40’s now and it was definitely very popular then - not just in my area either, as when I went to university there were two in my 6 room flat.
Of all your names it’s my least favourite. I love Charlotte - the fact that according to some it’s too common/royal wouldn’t worry me at all. Beatrix is my next favourite followed by Naomi.

I love the first three names. Especially Beatrix - what a great name. And Charlotte. Emma would make a good middle name.

Less keen on Naomi, because I like names that can be shortened and it's not easy to do that.

I only know one Beatrix, she's 12 years old. Beatrice's I know lots of!

I know lots of Naomi's but they are all aged over 30.

I wouldn't call Beatrix or Naomi particularly safe as they not common for your little one's generation.

All four names you've suggested are lovely.

I have a relatively magnolia name and I’ve never once thought to be thankful that I fit in. Fit in with who?

Christ, I'd have hated to 'fit in'. I have a fairly unusual name and it's been really fun and so much better than bland nothingness!

Emma - this is the one I would pick - a lovely, simple classic that you don’t hear so often these days (but plenty of mums in the playground will be called Emma!)

Charlotte - nice but make sure you like both Charlie and Lottie as you can’t control nn’s after a certain age

Beatrix - prefer Beatrice - full name feels a bit pompous sounding for day to day use to me, and Bea is cute but a bit informal for work etc

Naomi - I like it but do you mind the different pronunciations?

There were no fewer than four other girls with the same name in my class of 30 throughout primary, and twelve or so in my year group at my secondary, and while I wasn’t terribly conscious of finding it slightly depressing at the time, I realised afterwards, when I’d moved abroad in my mid-20s, that I’d never learned to respond to my name being called outside my family home, because it was usually someone else who was meant. To the point where I still remember, 30 years later, the moment someone shouted my name on the street and I turned instinctively.

I mean, it’s not a huge problem, but as a shy child and teenager, it probably didn’t help that I felt so generic.

Love Naomi and Beatrix.
Emma is ok, if very safe.
Really dislike Charlotte

I called my son Jack and he wasn’t happy with how many other Jacks there were at his school.

Before I even opened the thread I knew it'd be Emma. Absolutely dull as ditchwater. However, Naomi is really lovely!

Not necessarily. If you have doubts I would reconsider.