Danielle

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Not pregnant yet ( least don't think I am) and I've been thinking about names already (sad I know) and I do like it. Also like Daniel if we have another boy.
My friend said it's too 90's though.

I know a few my age (I am in my 30s) but I think it is lovely and due for a comeback...

A bit trashy and downmarket IMO.

Danielle is lovely (my mother is a Danielle)

I have a 23 year old cousin called Danielle and it was very popular when she was little.

I don't dislike it, but know a family who regretted choosing it and now only call there DD Ellie. She is one of very many Ellies in school.

It's a bit "WAG" innit?

Lovely name.

Downmarket is spot on, imo.

I like it ..it was very popular in the 80s, but so what

What about Daniela?, that seems a bit more contemporary. Being 'danni' for short would be awful though!

Sorry, but I think it is very 90s and dare I say...a little chavvy. The chavviest girl when I was at school (mid 90s) was called Danielle nn Danni. She lost her virginity in a public loo behind Tesco and she had this constant phlegmy cough with she punctuated with with a gravelly sniffle brought on by the fact she smoked like a chimney from the age of 10. On paper, it's a nice name, but I think the connotations are too strong, personally.

Daniela is also awful.
It just rings out as Dan-yella-aaaaaa.
Ugh.

Love Daniel for a boy but think Danielle for a girl is awful. Its along the lines of Leanne and Stacey.

Agree, Daniel is a fine boy's name.

I like Danielle (nn Danni)

A lot of snobbery on here... ignore! Sounds French to me - I have a rather glamourous friend called Danielle who has French parents.

Hmm mixed views, mostly bad. My brothers ex girlfriend was danielle and was a bit dippy so I guess that should be a sign that it's not a good name to pick.

Thanks for the opinions ladies x

I'm a Danielle and I'm not trashy nor chavvy! My lineage is French-Canadian. I've never had any negative comments regarding my name. I think mumsnet can be rather snobby at times :)

One of the barristers I instruct (a QC no less) has a daughter named Danielle, so I don't agree that it's chavvy or down market. People of all backgrounds use it.

It's pretty but she will get Danni, which I don't like.

Another Danielle here and am not trashy!

I don't know any others, never disliked my name but always insisted on being 'Danielle' rather than 'Dannii' whih people will try to do!

I'm a Danielle too - I was born in the 60s and my parents thought it was terribly sophisticated (and upwardly mobile!) but every Danielle I meet now is either a student of mine or a hairdresser...it did go down-market spectacularly in the 80s and 90s. I never liked it (and am generally not keen on girl's names that are versions of boy's names). The first one I met was when I went to university - and I was most put out! Any nn derived is also awful! Daniel is a lovely boys' name

Hmm, yes, I did hate it in school when we were doing the 'history of names' and the teacher reead mine out with 'female form of Daniel'

Made me feel like a right hairy munter

OTOH I had a lucky escape - from Julian if I'd been a boy, and either Adrienne or Francesca if a girl. Francesca I actually like - but my mum and dad clearly couldn't actually think of any proper names for a girl!

I don't like Danielle and agree that it has slightly 'downmarket' feel to it. Like Chanelle or Chantalle.

I do like Daniela though (pronounced the German way: Dan-y-eeh-la, with a long 'eh').