Please Help!! Girls name needed....

[melovesushi]

Hi
I am due in 2 weeks and we still don't have a name for our DD2. Our DD1 is called Valentina. Our choices are:

Zara Alice
Vanessa Alice
Tamsin Alice

(Alice is a family name we want to use).

Which do you like best?

Are any of these terrible in your opinion?

Which one sounds best for a successful woman as well as a nice girls name?

We have been going around and around in circles.....it's so much harder the second time round deciding so will really value your opionion!

I am not massively keen on any of them but probably Zara.

Are you convinced it has to be one of those three?

I think Vanessa with Valentina might be a little too similar. I like Zara and Tamsin but would vote for Zara.

We also like the name Imogen but feel we can't use it as friends have a 2 yr old by that name!

they are all lovely names I think Vanessa is too similar to your dd's name. Why not just Alice.

I quite like Tamsin and Zara

Vanessa always seems a bit middle-aged to me

Why not just Alice?

I agree Vanessa too similar, I don't think the other names flow with the middle name Alice, alice would be better as the first name with an alternative middle name Alice Elizabeth for example

I'm not sure whether I love Alice enough as a name to have it as a first name....it's nice but I don't think I love it!

My DH likes Vanessa and Imogen, I like Zara and Imogen.....we both like Tamsin. Do you think Tamsin is a bit too plain next to Valentina?

Tamsin and Zara both lovely. Tamsin may get Tammy as a nn. I think it goes well with Valentina.

I think Zara goes best with Valentina.

Like Zara best
but how about Tasmin instead of Tamsin?

Shame you can't have Imogen - that's a name I really like.

Imogen Alice.

I would have Imogen anyway, if it is the one you both like the best!
Imogen Alice is gorgeous.
I also like Imogen Mabel!

I think Tamsin is lovely but also really like Zara, I have a little 2yo cousin Zara who is the most angelic lookin wild tomboy you could imagine but yep i do think it is equally good a name for a successful woman :)

I have an Imogen Maria.
I like all your names but not keen on Tamsin when shortened to Tammy, or Tam and although i like Vanessa i'm not so keen on it shortened to Nessa.
I think Zara is lovely though and the name of your DD1 is lovely too (was on my list)

I would pick zara out of the three

Yes, I don't like the nn potential for Tamsin, although I don't like them either for Valentina!!

Do you think Zara or Imogen is nicer? Whats the etiquette regarding using the same name as a friend? We would use Imogen but friends we see (usually only about twice a year) have an Imogen, plus quite a good friend has her heart set on Imogen as a baby name (mind you she isn't even engaged yet and probably 3-4 yrs away from having a baby!).

Do you think you need to ask "permission" to use it (I am sure they wouldn't mind) or is it a no go? Thanks!

Not keen on any of the first name choices, but Alice is wonderful.

Imogen's lovely! Tamsin's not plain at all, I knew a Tamsin once, a very classy lady!

Zara as it has the most oomph.

None are at the same level as Valentina though - a tough one to follow.

Tamsin is my favourite of those three

but I don't think it goes so well with Valentina - Valentina I see as a very Latin name and Tamsin is very very English (as is Alice).

So for that reason I'd pick Zara or Imogen, both great names. (Vanessa a bit too similar to Valentina).

Alternatively, do you like Isobel?

Zara. I think it goes really well with Valentina.

I like Vanessa Alice best but not fond of both siblings having same initial, so would go with Tamsin, personally. Zara is a name that I dislike, sorry.

Alice is my favourite though.