Please give your humble opinions on five girls names....

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Juliet

Sylvia

Mae

Rachel

Vivienne

Which do you love, like, dislike, or loathe? Be as honest as you like!

I like Juliet.

Rachel is inoffensive. It is a perfectly respectable, solid name that would suit any girl but since it has been used so frequently over such a long time, it's hard for me to find it fresh or exciting or interesting. If anything, that's a reason to pick it though!

Mae is a little short for my own tastes.

Sylvia is a pensioner. I haven't come around to the idea of it making a come back yet. I heard a mother telling off her young daughter, Sylvia, at Center Parcs recently. She said to her: 'Sylvia, mummy and granny want to finish their ice creams. Go and sit down.' Since then, I find it to be a name ridiculous mothers who refer to themselves in the third person give their offspring.

Vivienne is OK.

I don't loathe any of them and wouldn't really bat an eyelid upon meeting a child named any of them but the only one I'd actually consider for my own child is Juliet.

juliet - gorgeous in every way

Sylvia - middle aged, maybe Sylvie?

Mae - hate that spelling, sorry

Rachel - lovely, but in a quiet, slghtly dull way

vivienne - lovely.

Can I add Lydia to the mix?

I dislike Mae and Vivienne. Too trendy, too fanciful. I like Rachel, it's simple, beautiful and timeless. Juliet and Sylvia are nice enough, but somehow a bit prim.

I love Juliet, Sylvia and Vivienne, others are lovely but less so.

Love Juliet (underused IMHO)

Don't like the others.

Thanks for your replies!

I love Juliet so much but DH is dead against. Maybe I will just keep on with it until he agrees (and maybe even if he doesn't!)

Agree about Mae being too short (I love it but that is the one thing that puts me off), Sylvia too old-ladyish.

Rachel is a bit boring but maybe this is why its stood the test of time!

Lydia is lovely but unfortunately I associate the name with a girl I didn't like at secondary school.

Juliet is a lovely choice and one that is hard to top but if you can't convince your husband, he might like:
Harriet
Margaret
Violet
Scarlett
Charlotte
Colette
Bridget
Julia
Juliana

If you like Mae, maybe you would love Mabel.

While Sylvia is quite grannyish, it has a lot in common with Olivia so might be more wearable in the playground than I've given it credit for.

In terms of other classic girls' names that aren't boring, how about Susannah, Rosa, Josephine, Georgina, Cordelia, Celia, Louisa, Serena, Esther, Martha, Helena or Honor?

Vivienne is beautiful.

I'm not keen on Vivienne or Sylvia, others are good.

Vivienne- God no! I think the punk character from 80's sitcom the young ones
Juliet- Not keen
Mae- Meh...so so
Sylvia- It's a Grandma's name
Rachel- Love it, I would have this for a future DD but my surname would clash with it.

Juliet is my fave. Others don't do it for me!

Vivienne - would always be spelling it if you were around here people would write vivien (which somehow isn't as nice)
Juliet - ok. why not juliette (since you've chosen vivienne)
Mae - hmm reminds me of the violinist's surname
Sylvia - i quite like actually
rachel - solid, not exciting but nice.

Love Juliet.

Juliet is the best one.

Juliet- Meh, she'd get constant 'and is this Romeo' comments about her boyf, plus I'm not a fan of the nn Julie (blame Ali G and Me Julie).

Sylvia-Like, but Sylvie is a bit meh.

Mae-Hate, just because of all the people I know of with Lily-Maes, Daisy-Mae, Rose-Mae's etc.

Rachel-Ok.

Vivienne- Love, would've been DS's name if he were a girl, my fav spelling of the name.

I know someone who loved the name Mae but felt it was too short so called her DD Maeya....... Think she regrets the spelling now though as for 3.5 yrs she has had to spell it & pronounce it, often her DD is called Maya, she blames pregnancy brain & the fact she was shell shocked at having twins

Juliet Nice enough
Sylvia Lovely
Mae Not keen
Rachel It's a bit ordinary and quite over used but nothing wrong with it
Vivienne. Ah well what can I say. It's the best.

I LOVE maya or maia...

Juliet - Love

Sylvia - dislike

Mae - dislike

Rachel - a bit dull

Vivienne - I really like it for someone elses child.

Vivienne, Sylvia and Mae are all beautiful.
Rachel and Juliet seem plain to me.

Not in any way biased but I think Rachel is a class name, I've always loved my name :) and it may be around a long time but I would never consider it dull. Also I was the only Rachel in my year group. I love my name.

I also love the name Juliet I think it's a beautiful name.

There my top two choices :)

Juliet - love it, one of my favourite. But prefer it spelt Juliette because I'm pncy like that!

Sylvia - don't really like it. Sylvie is ok as a nickname though

Rachel - It's fine. I know one little Rachel but so many adults that I still find it a bit dull I suppose.

Mae - Quite like it but agree it's a little short

Vivienne - Quite like it.

Definitely Juliet for me. Juliet Mae perhaps?

Love Sylvia and Vivienne but Dh vetoed both

Juliet - gorgeous

Sylvia - not sure it's shaken off it's middle-aged associations yet but it is lovely and maybe in ten or twenty years it will be back in fashion, so you could be ahead of the curve or lumber your DD with a frumpy name. Also, Sylvia Plath? Not cheery associations and if Plath is still on reading lists in 15 years she will get the piss ripped royally. A bit too difficult. How about Sylvie?

Mae - very, very short. I am biased because I have a short name and hated it as a child because it has no nickname potential. But then I do have ishoos.

Rachel - nope. Again, can't really shorten it affectionately. It'll be massive in 2042, though.

Vivienne - lovely. Vivi is a fab diminutive and it is about to have a big comeback.

You have ace taste in names.

Oh, no, Opener, what makes you say that Vivienne is going to make a comeback?
We have a 3 year old Vivienne, and I love the name, but don't want it to get Olivia status! I actually prefer the male spelling, Vivian, but for simplicity, went for the more used spelling.

Lots of ladies in their 50s/60s complimented me on choosing an old fashioned name, which kind of surprised me because I don't know any old
I really love it so no surprise OP, it gets my vote