Views on our shortlist for DD2 welcome

[Sunnybear]

DH and I have come up with the following shortlist. We're really struggling to make a final decision (now 30 weeks) so all views welcome to help us choose THE one.

Mabel
Peggy
Winifred
Edith
Flora
Violet
Nancy
Agnes
Allegra

Violet or Flora

all the rest are cat names! ;)

Out of those I like Mabel, Edith and Violet best

Nancy is my favourite.

Love Violet and like Flora.

Allegra.

All the others sound like the washing up rota from the Womens Institute coffee morning.

Sorry could be wrong but isn't Allegra a car?

Oh and I like Violet best out of the list

Oh think the car was Allegro

Ooh I knew one Flora she was gorgeous and I remember thinking "God, what a pretty name" so for that reason I vote Flora .

I also really like Violet.

Mabel - this is an old ladies name to me but I know loads on Mumsnet love this.

Peggy - oh no.

Winifred - truely awful.

Edith - ok.

Flora - absolutely gorgeous.

Violet - fabulous.

Nancy - meh. No.

Agnes - think it will be impossible to avoid nickname Aggie, which I absolutely hate.

Allegra - pretty.

I watched Bridge to Terabithia the other day and found myself surprisingly drawn to the name Mabel. Very cute.

Flora is cute too, but I was raised in the Flora margerine era and the link is still too strong for me, unfortunately

I also like Nancy. Dh wanted to call dd3 Nancy, which I vetoed at the time, but quite like now.

Not keen on the others

I like Peggy and Winifred.
Violet is quite cute too.
Agnes is very up and coming imo, if that bothers you. I know a surprising amount of young Aggies!
Flora, Edith, Mabel - all a bit dull.
Nancy - quite sweet.
Allegra - not a fan of this, but dh likes it if that helps

I like Edith, Violet and Allegra from your list.

Some nice names here

Peggy - love it, BUT would choose Margaret, and then Peggy/Maggie as nn

Mabel - like it.

Winifred - no - ugly-sounding

Edith - nice - love Edie as a nn, but getting more popular here (if that matters to you)

Flora - OK

Violet - lovely

Nancy - like, but would choose Marianne as long name

Agnes/Allegra - no

Nancy and Violet...are the best but I just love Agnes...nn is Aggy..which is just brilliant.

Thanks everyone. Didn't know that Nancy was a nn for Marianne.
Love the idea of the WI tea rota!!

Mabel - still an old lady or cat name to me, but popular on here
Peggy - my nan's called Peggy; I like it, but as a nn for Margaret
Winifred - my other nan's middle name! Severely dislike it for this reason; she was a horrible old woman.
Edith - I think this is due a come-back
Flora - beautiful
Violet - beautiful
Nancy - lovely
Agnes - not a fan, sorry
Allegra - again, not really a fan

Peggy Edith or Violet

I like them all except Allegra.

My initial thoughts...

Mabel - love it
Peggy - Mitchell
Winifred - a great Auntie Winnie
Edith - Bowman
Flora - margarine
Violet - pretty
Nancy - cute
Agnes - Deyn (but she is Agyness, I know)
Allegra - music?! and I think it's an allergy relief drug?!

Sorry for the negative ones! On the whole, I do actually really like the style of names!

Mabel - love it!
Peggy - Mitchell (again!)
Winifred - Winnie
Edith - not sure
Flora - no, similar to Florence which is also lovely but there might be a lot of them soon.
Violet - like it.
Nancy - Not sure.
Agnes - Yes, but trendy because of the model.
Allegra - Donatella versace's daughter. (sorry I am a shallow fashion bimbo)

I really like all the names except Allegra. My favourite from your list would be Mabel

Violet, Flora and Allegra are all very nice.