Naomi? (and a couple of other possibilities!)

[Helzapoppin]

Hi

We are still musing on girl's names. DH has ruled out Rafaella ('to frilly') and Constance (a fat girl's name').

Just wondering what people think of Naomi? I love the name but only know of older Naomis. Also, all of the Naomi's I know are all Jewish (and/or American). Could we get away with it, given we are not Jewish? Middle name would be Hope.

Already have a DD called Arabel.

Other possibilities at the moment are Beatrice, Honor, Iolanthe and DH likes Liesl.

We are still clearly in the early stages of project babyname!

I know a beautiful little Naomi. Great name.

I love Liesl.

Naomi is a beautiful name and goes well with Hope. My own DD is Miriam Hope, my Goddaughter is Naomi Grace. Neither set of parents is Jewish and it's not been something that has been asked of us since DD was born 20 months ago.

Beatrice
Honor
Iolanthe
Liesl
Adelaide / Ada
Hero
Naomi

Gorgeous names all.

Naomi is quite an arty Episcopalian name in the US as well as being popular in Jewish circles.

I like your DH's taste. Liesl and Hero are lovely imo - would he consider Juno?

I couldn't choose one, but Honor and Iolanthe are near the top for me.

Naomi is a lovely name (I would pronounce it Nay-o-mi rather than Nigh-o-me).

I also think Miriam is lovely.

My sister is a Naomi. She complains that people always pronounce it NIGHomi instead of NAYomi

Zoe
Eloise
Verity

The top one is my fave at the moment but loving Eloise too.

Bunnyfrance my DD is only 5 but I get irritated when people ask her name, she says NAYomi and the reply 'oh NIGHomi', how lovely. When she is a bit taller she'll probably smack them in the chops (small kid big attitude).
We call her Noni mostly (how she used to pronounce it) or Twinkle (which is another story and gets us some funny looks in Waitrose).

Naomi is very pretty and goes well with Arabel imo
Also like Beatrice very much :)