Three and 1/2 week old baby girl still unnamed

[skewiff]

I've been resisting asking for other people's opinions but now am desperate!

We've got to decide soon ...

Our shortlist is:

Dora
Hester
Iris
Rosa
Rhona
Mabel

Please could you let me know what your opinions are.

Thank you x

Iris is a bit harsh

Hester sounds like a vogue model to me - tall - beautiful- intellectual

Hester is cool.How about Hilary?

I like Iris, rosa and Mabel. Choose whichever name goes best with her surname perhaps.

Another vote for Rosa

Hester is lovely, not wild about the others.

Mabel!!

Hester is my favourite of your list.

And congratulations!

love Iris and Rhona (wuold use that spelling instead of Rhona)
like Rosa (how about Rosanna?)
Hate Dora, Hester, Mabel = yuk, really old fashioned, sorry

hester sounds like a boys name to me. sorry.
i prefer iris, rosa and rhona off your list.
why don't you rule them out one by one and watch your reactions to it?
and then try calling her one for a few days and see how it goes.

Iris, love it.

Hester is really lovely.

Iris is beautiful.

Dora was my Grandmother's name - I love it, but agree the explorer connection would be a bit difficult to live with at the moment. (I also had to cross Hermione off my list recently for "being forever associated with wizadry")

I hope I'll work out a way to include Dora as a middle name for a DD, but not sure what it would go with.

Love Rosa. We nearly went for that. Rosie would be cute abbreviation while she's little.

I'd go for Rhona from your list, or Mirrin or Vickery from my own little world of names. I won't use them now, so I pass them on to you.

Hester is beautiful. One of my best ever friends is called Hester. Strong, intelligent, generous woman. I love Rosa too (Luxembourg, Parks - great associations), and Dora too. In fact they're all lovely. You have lovely names; now go and stick one on your daughter and enjoy!

Love Rosa
Like Iris

Dislike Dora
Strongly dislike Rhona

Either Iris or Rosa - both beautiful.
Rhona is also lovely and a little less popular. Not that Iris or Rosa are overly popular but I've definitely come across babies with these names at nurseries, playgroups etc. I've also met a couple of Mabels recently, nn May. Personally I'd avoid Dora and Hester. What about Esther?

Love Mabel - the baby in a US TV show I used to watch was called Mabel because it stood for Mothers Always Bring Extra Love. Vomit-inducing but sweet anyway :)

Rosa!!!!!!!!

I vote for Hester or Mabel.

At the risk of muddying the waters - have you considered Maud?

Iris! or Hester. Both beautiful.

Mabel! It is my dd Mabel's 4th birthday today, she is super and I'm sure your dd is too.

I love Iris and Rosa. So pretty.