Freya, Layla or Emilia

[Rosesandnature]

Hi everyone, just wondering which of these girls names you prefer? Excepting a baby girl soon. Thanks

Freya would be my choice of the three, quite popular at the moment but such a lovely name

Me too. Emilia sounds a bit weak, Leyla a bit... hm, not sure... but Freya is lovely.

Definitely Emilia.

Hi. My youngest is Freya and I love it plus it’s not too popular where we live , she’s the only one at her nursery. I do love Emilia too but there’s too many samey names in our families unfortunately!

Emilia definitely. A lovely name although I’d think about what nick names you’d use or if you’d insist on full name. I like emmie better than Millie but both are cute.

Definitely Emilia! Beautiful name.

Emilia

I have a Freya and while there's another one in her class, they're the only 2 at her 400 pupil school. I do like Leyla and Emilia too. Other names on my list for DD were Astrid, Mairi and Susanna.

Leila, spelled like that, or Freya, as there are hundreds of Emilia/Amelias where I live.

You already posted one baby name thread in Chat today. There's a whole board of Mumsnet dedicated to baby names ...

Freya.

I wanted Freyja (Danish heritage so wanted the Norse spelling) but DH wasn't keen. In the end we went for Emily as a compromise between Amelia, Millie and Emma. No other Emily's in our (small) primary school but quite a few Amelia/Emilias.

I like Emilia

Layla sounds absolutely awful in the regional accent where I'm from, so I've always really disliked it. Like the other two.

There’s a Baby Name section here.

For me all those names are so wishy washy and bland that they are much of a muchness. All popular though, so not objectively bad.

Freya is lovely, I also like Layla. Not too keen on Emilia.

Freya is fine
Really dislike Layla
emilia is a nothing name...very boring but inoffensive

Freya is absolutely lovely, I wish I had used it

Out of those I think freia then Amelia.

Layla = Eric Clapton as soon as read started going round in head wailing LAY-LAAAAAA you got me on my knees etc so personally hard no to much chance getting it sung at her by all she sundry. It's pretty annoying and would drive her bananas.

OP ask mnhq to get moved or possibly you might get loads of people just asking to move it!

Definitely Freya

We have a Leila, it’s arabic for night. Not sure why it’s so popular in the UK though.

They are all names I short listed. Freya is my favourite, followed by Emilia and then Leila (I prefer this spelling)

They're all nice but Freya stands out more I think

Depends on how you pronounce Emilia- I'd say Em-ah-lee-ah but aware some still say Em-ee-lee-ah (like Clarke). I prefer the first pronunciation. I know an Emelia which to me is a better pronunciation for 2nd example, like Amelia (oh dear lets not get started on that one 😆), but starting Em.

So yes love Emilia then Freya