Florence , Penelope , Matilda or Rose! Baby on way soon!

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I have a very unusual name which I dislike.
I know the names I am considering for DD2 are ‘common’ but I love them.

I love Florence and Flo/Florrie

I love Matilda and like Tilda / Tilly/ Matty

Love Penelope but not pen/penny/nelly

I do love Rose but wonder is it enough ???? I had considered Primrose but not sure !!!!!

What do you think?
please help as baby arriving asap!

I have always loved Emilia but worry there are too many!

I vote for Florence, my grandmother’s name

Florence

I have a Florence, I love it.

Matilda and Penelope are great

Glances to the children to my right. Sees Penelope & Matilda….

I’d go with either of those

I love Rose -- simple, elegant and timeless.

I hate all the others!

They're all lovely.

I don't think you can avoid shortenings with Penelope so maybe drop that one if they bother you.

My favourite is Rose. Definitely enough and a much stronger name than Primrose.

Love Penelope and you don't need to nickname her but be warned her friends and others might!

I like Matilda. It would sound good with one of the others a middle name

Florence

They are all nice. I would choose Matilda Rose.

I actually like Penelope best of your options but if you don’t like Pen or Penny it’s a bit risky as one of those nicknames might evolve.

If you don't like Penny then not penelope because it will probably get shortened.

All the other choices are fine, can't you wait for baby to arrive and then decide?

I picked my babies name early and then spent the first 8 weeks hating it but feeling like I couldn't change it because that's what I'd told everyone she was going to be called. She should have been a Sophie, a name i hadn't even considered until she was born! I have made peace with it now and love DD and her name but part of me still feels like I chose wrong (she is 5 now!)

We chose Matilda for if our eldest were a girl but he was a boy. By baby number 2, Matilda was very, very popular so we middle-named it. Out of your options, I’d like Florence the best but personally, I like Flora is nicer.

Penelope will get shortened. If you hate the shortening then don’t use it.

Matilda is lovely but can be very popular (depending on the area you live in).

Florence is nice and you like the shortenings. Do you also like Flossie?

Rose is also nice. Do you like Rosie? Because she may get called that (even if she doesn’t like it).

Rose

Dont like any of the others

Matilda - Matilda Rose would be lovely.

Love the nicknames for Matilda too.

Second place - Penelope. Penny is nice imo but if you don't like it you're in for a lifetime of making cat's bum faces.

Florence Rose
Or
Matilda Rose

I have a Rose and a Matilda!

Rose is short for Rosamund - we wanted her to have options. She's normally Rose, won't answer to Rosie.

Matilda is normally Tilda.

YABU for not posting this on the Baby Names forum but Florence

www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names

I have a Penelope and the name definitely gets shortened so don't use that. She's pen, penny, penhen, penwoo, Nelly....

I like all of them, primrose over rose though.

They are all lovely names but as a nursery worker, thought I'd let you know that Florence and Penelope are veryyyy popular.

I vote Penelope

Matilda is my favourite but love Emilia more and I don't see many about where I am.