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Rate my girls names

60 replies

Theseareafewofmyfavouritethings · Yesterday 14:07

Amelie
Autumn
Annabelle
Arabella
Clara
Connie/ Constance
Emilia
Heidi
Juniper
Phoebe
Pollyanna
Primrose/ Posie
Rosanna
Sophia
Zara

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Vulpini · Today 14:48

All nice but Sophia, Emilia, and Bella (which a couple of those would likely get shortened to) are really common nowadays

Gateappreciation · Today 14:33

Amelie - not to my taste, but ok name
Autumn - not keen
Annabelle - quite like, lots of nn options
Arabella - unusual, posh girl vibes, but ok,
Clara. - ok
Connie/ Constance - not keen
Emilia - same as Amelie
Heidi - ok
Juniper - ok
Phoebe - ok
Pollyanna - quite like
Primrose/ Posie - quite like
Rosanna - love
Sophia - ok
Zara - like

LoudPlumDog · Today 14:28

I love Zara, Sophia, Amelie and Annabel.

iloveanearlynight · Today 13:59

Heidi, Juniper and Zara are lovely. Sophia and Phoebe are very boring. Definitely not Emilia as it has the awful ugly 'mealy' sound in it. The rest are average to me!

HughManity · Today 13:41

Arabella and Emilia aren't overly popular but they're similar to other more popular names. Emilia disappears into the Amelia/Amelie/Emilys, Arabella into the Annabelle/Isabellas.

Arabella has mean girl vibes for me, I know one and she's Ella (which doesn't have mean girl vibes)
I know one Connie and she's cool. She's the same age as me so her name stood out.

Livpool · Today 13:16

Love Phoebe, if DS had been a girl we would have called him Phoebe.

muddyford · Today 13:00

Constance, Emilia and Sophia. Juniper is a male name (Brother Juniper n the Cadfael books).

WhatNextImScared · Today 12:53

Like Clara, Zara and Emelia. Juniper is cute on a kid but hard to wear as an adult

luckylavender · Today 12:30

Amelie - nice but v popular
Autumn - dislike
Annabelle - like
Arabella - like
Clara - dislike
Connie/ Constance - nice
Emilia - like
Heidi - like
Juniper - dislike
Phoebe - love
Pollyanna - dislike
Primrose/ Posie - like Posie, not Primrose
Rosanna - dislike
Sophia - too popular
Zara - not keen

catsflorafauna · Today 11:53

All very beautiful names apart from Juniper and Pollyanna but that’s just my preference.

GregKay · Today 10:39

1 Heidi - Absolutely love
1 Phoebe - Absolutely love
1 Primrose/ Posie - Adore Primrose but not a fan of Posie
1 Clara - Absolutely love, it seemed very popular on here recently though, not sure if that translates in to the real world
These were the in my top 10 of names but I had boys! I think we would have gone with Phoebe as the husband wasn't so keen on the others. His favourite was Martha.

2 Amelie - Really lovely but a bit overdone a few years back I think?
3 Annabelle - very pretty, people get there knickers in a twist about spellings though.
4 Sophia - A really lovely name but incredibly popular
5 Emilia - Very pretty but rather popular
6 Juniper - Lovely sound
7 Zara - Nice but maybe a bit old fashioned?

8 Autumn - Nice enough
9 Pollyanna - much prefer just Polly
10 Rosanna - Ok, also a bit old fashioned

I really dislike these names, sorry! They sound like unpleasant women in there 50's/60's who were probably bullies at school, own a couple of ponies too. Or really stern Australian women. I'm so sorry! It's probably just me.
X Arabella
X Connie/ Constance

Iocanepowder · Today 09:44

Arabella is everywhere atm.

I am also incredibly glad not to he called Pollyanna or Posie or Juniper.

I know 2 Annabelles and they are both called Annie.

Other than that, all fine I think.

badbunnysadbunny · Today 09:38

My favourites are autumn (only works in my mind if born in autumn) and juniper . Dislike arabella. Whilst Pollyanna is cute for a young child , I don’t like it for a teen or adult .

LVPLVT · Today 09:35

All are lovely except Pollyanna!

PistachioTiramisu · Today 08:21

Amelie - sorry but boring
Autumn - just no
Annabelle - like it
Arabella - love it
Clara - reminds me of Dr Who!
Connie/ Constance - love Connie, Constance sounds a bit earnest
Emilia - no, too common
Heidi - gorgeous
Juniper - awful
Phoebe - awful
Pollyanna - just no!
Primrose/ Posie - sweet
Rosanna - lovely
Sophia - boring
Zara - nice

TruffleSlinky · Today 07:19

My favourites are Clara, Connie, Rosanna, Sophia and Zara. I like Autumn and Juniper too.

Least favourites are Annabelle, Arabella, Primrose and Pollyanna. A bit too frilly for me.

Hayley1256 · Today 07:15

Amelie 4/10
Autumn 0/10
Annabelle 8/10
Arabella 7/10
Clara 8/10
Connie/ Constance 6/10
Emilia 9/10
Heidi 9/10
Juniper 0/10
Phoebe 7/10
Pollyanna 2/10
Primrose/ Posie 0/10
Rosanna 3/10
Sophia 9/10
Zara 9/10

JuliettaCaeser · Today 07:12

I do like Heidi though.

JuliettaCaeser · Today 07:10

Go with Clara. It’s lovely. The others are either over used and boring or abit odd.

ElefantAndCastle · Today 07:05

Theseareafewofmyfavouritethings · Yesterday 14:07

Amelie
Autumn
Annabelle
Arabella
Clara
Connie/ Constance
Emilia
Heidi
Juniper
Phoebe
Pollyanna
Primrose/ Posie
Rosanna
Sophia
Zara

Amelie - no
Autumn - no
Annabelle - no
Arabella - no
Clara - yes
Connie/ Constance - no
Emilia - no
Heidi - no
Juniper - no
Phoebe - yes
Pollyanna - no
Primrose/ Posie - no
Rosanna - no
Sophia - yes
Zara - as Sarah yes.

HughManity · Today 07:01

spirah · Yesterday 23:22

Amelie OUT OF DATE
Autumn OUT OF DATE BUT LIKE
Annabelle VILE
Arabella CUTE
Clara CUTE/ LIKE
Connie/ Constance CONNIE LIKE
Emilia NO, wants to be ‘different’ but it’s daft
Heidi YES LIKE
Juniper NO ITS AWFUL
Phoebe OUT OF DATE
Pollyanna PRETTY CLASSIC
Primrose/ Posie PRETTY CUTE
Rosanna YES LIKE
Sophia NO BORING NOWADAYS
Zara PRETTY LIKE IT

Why the BIG SHOUTY CAPITALS and odd comments?
How can Phoebe be out of date when it's popular? What makes you say Pollyanna is classic when it's used as a description?

LivingTheDreamish · Yesterday 23:40

1 Rosanna
2 Phoebe
3 Clara
4 Heidi

I'm not keen on the others, or they are nice but overused.

spirah · Yesterday 23:22

Amelie OUT OF DATE
Autumn OUT OF DATE BUT LIKE
Annabelle VILE
Arabella CUTE
Clara CUTE/ LIKE
Connie/ Constance CONNIE LIKE
Emilia NO, wants to be ‘different’ but it’s daft
Heidi YES LIKE
Juniper NO ITS AWFUL
Phoebe OUT OF DATE
Pollyanna PRETTY CLASSIC
Primrose/ Posie PRETTY CUTE
Rosanna YES LIKE
Sophia NO BORING NOWADAYS
Zara PRETTY LIKE IT

StripeyPJs · Yesterday 23:00

Love Rosanna, Zara and Connie.

Juniper, Primrose and Pollyanna are hideous. Pet bunny rabbit names.

JuliettaCaeser · Yesterday 22:39

Amelie Sophia and Emilia are overused so dull not special enough.

Primrose is terrible Harold shipman’s wife.

Like the others especially Clara. So elegant and would work for any age.