Short list for girls names

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I'm 37 weeks with DC2, so time is getting short, and DH and I have been struggling to agree. We've narrowed it down to a few now and I'd appreciate opinions. I'm not putting the boys' names as my favourite is generally shot down on here (it's a Scottish name which Scots seen to like but English people don't get!) so here's our girls list:

Tess
Rebecca
Beth
India

If it helps, DD is called Naomi.

Tess!

Thanks everyone!

This is helpful and not helpful, as there seems to be a relatively even spread of opinion!

I'm generally v much of the opinion that the "proper name" goes on the birth certificate, as is DH. But I have a problem in that I'm really not a fan of either Elizabeth/Bethan/Bethany and while I love Tess, I detest Theresa/Teresa/Therese. So if we went for one of them, I think it would be Bethany on the birth certificate if it were Beth, as that's DHs favourite out of those. Beth is my least favourite out of those four, I think. But if it were Tess, I would have to go against my grain and put Tess on the birth certificate.

Agree I'm not sure about some of the diminutives of Rebecca (although like Becca). And I wondered if folk would think India a bit pretentious - we don't have any connection to India, just love the name and it would go brilliantly with our surname. India is actually DHs favourite.

Decisions, decisions! Thanks for the comments, though - it is helpful.

What about something similar to India then? Like Lydia?

I have Rebecca who has never been shortened to anything else.

I like Lydia but it has already been vetoed by DH.

I have a Rebecca age 8 who is the only one i her school - not a common name atm! I call her Becca as I'm not keen on Becky and she really suits it. School calls her Rebecca and it's cool too.

Of your other names. I think Rebecca goes best with Nai=omi.
Tess - Tess of the D'Urbervilles - what happened to her :(
Beth - nice but has to be short for Elizabeth in my book
India - like it too but poss chav connotations....

Like tess and india

Here comes my needlessly detailed cultural analysis of your list...

Tess -- nice, prefer Theresa/Therese, nn Tess. But none of these fit with Naomi. Theresa's quite Catholic/Mediterranean, Naomi is Hebrew/English Protestant in style.

Rebecca -- lovely name, also a Hebrew/Prot style. Fits best with Naomi out of your list.

Beth -- nice, prefer Elizabeth. Though a biblical name, it's a new testament name, whereas Naomi is old testament. Rebecca is old testament too, so fits better with Naomi than Elizabeth does.

India -- like this name but it's an entirely different "type" to Naomi. V modern/trendy in style, Naomi is classic though somewhat uncommon.

Rebecca's a lovely name & it fits so nicely with Naomi. I would go with Rebecca. (Though all the names are great!)

Bethany is v old testament too, it certainly matches Naomi well. Though I prefer Rebecca. Bethany is a place name, not a personal name. Whereas Rebecca is a proper girls' name with a history as such.

Oikopolis - I'd been thinking exactly the same things re origins.

Bethany is actually a New Testament place name - its where Mary, Martha and Lazarus lived.

But I don't think we have to have such an exact fit as all that!

How about Melissa, Jessica, Joanna, Grace, Joy, Abigail, Hannah, Leah, Catherine, Sophia, Lucy, Chloe, Rachel, Lily?

Thanks for the suggestions, but we've been through endless fruitless discussions over the last few months, and these 4 are the only ones that we both like enough to consider, which is why they're on the shortlist!