Hester, Willa or Cora?

[Flowerface]

Is Willa too insane? I love it.

Willa is the nicest of your options :) Pretty, unusual, easy to spell, a nice change from Ella. Would it be short for Wilhelmena?

Hester too breathy, Cora too much like apple corers.

I don't know... I wanted her middle name to be Josephine - which is my Mum's name. 'Wilhelmina Josephine' is a bit much. Isn't it?! Or is it strangely cool, in an imperial kind of way?!

It's cool :) Both names are fab and work nicely together.

I prefer Hester out of all of them- good, strong timeless name

Love Hester and Cora ..I'd go with Hester as I feel Cora is going to become rather popular!

I have a friend with DDs Hester and Willa :) They are great names.

I much prefer Hester and Cora to Willa.

Hebe? Cara?

Oooh! I love all of them, and Josephine too, but I've noticed a few 'Cora' threads recently, if that matters to you.

I think Willa is lovely, but would worry a bit about people thinking it was 'Willow' or her being called Willie by nasty boys.

Hester is beautiful. Is Hebe pronounced Heebee?

I like Cora but not the others

Cora - more people seem to be mentioning it. Personally i prefer Clara/Ciara/Cara
Hester - Sorry I don't see the attraction, but it is perfectly fine
Willa - I like. I don't think Wilhemina Josephine is too much (In my head Wilhemina nn would be Bill but then that is Mallory Towers). But it works fine by its self. She'd probably get Willy anyway - just have her claim it for herself before they can use it to tease her with. Mina (also from Wilhemina) works well too, plus she is really cool in Dracula

And Hebe is Hee-bee. She was the godess of youth

How about Cara, Ciara, Esther, Aster?

Not Ciara... you can't spit round here without hitting a Ciara or Kiera. Aster's nice, don't know any Asters.

DD is called Elsa, though. Couldn't really have Elsa and Esther/Aster....!

I did worry about Willa becoming Willy...

I think Cora goes best with Elsa actually. They suit each other nicely somehow.

I do too, but I worry that it's become too popular. How about Carina?

Carina is a lovely name :)

All ridic names! Willa??? Willa or wonta?

Are they ALL 'ridic'?

My Mum would probably say Willa Wonta, to be fair...

Carina is nice too.

I like Heater. also Wills, but nn inevitable. What about Honor?

Don't like Willa. Makes me think of Willo The Wisp and the voice of Kenneth Williams. Coraline is OK. Why Hesther and not Esther?

Elsa and Wilhelmina would be fabulously Germanic, and Willa would be lovely as a nn. Willa as a name in its own right would be great too.

I think Cora is going to be the next big thing.

Hester (or Esther) and Elsa would be a bit much.

Carina reminds me of a drippy girl I went to school with. It doesn't have the gravitas of Elsa.

Hester and Elsa have quite a similar sound really; I wouldn't go for it as a pair, but then maybe a similar sound is a good thing!
I love Cara - we had Cara picked for a girl, but had a boy!