Last ditch desperate attempt to name my 2 week old daughter. Please help...

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I cannot decide my daughters name, and you would not believe the pressure this is putting me under! Nothing seems to fit her and I am scared I'm going to have to just go with something I'm not entirely happy with just for the sake of choosing. I seem to find fault in every name I come up with- too popular, too bland, not good with surname, a friend has already used it etc.

To give some examples of the types of names I like:
Ellis- doesn't really suit her
Ruby- pretty popular, bit bland?
Ava- v v popular, don't want her to be one of five in get class
Honor- is this cool or frumpy?? Is it an attractive name or hard to live up to?
Reese?

I also like a name my friends daughter is called but am afraid it will piss her off if I use it and it feels like her name if you see what I mean.

I don't want too cute and girly but I do want cool, attractive and maybe a wee bit different.

Any suggestions??

Love Honor, beautiful. Let us know what you decide x

I think Honor is lovely too.

Please don't give her a boy's name.

Honor is great, and I've never known a Sophia shortened to Sophie.
But what about Noa? It is common as a girl's name in Israel I think, though not here.

My aunt is a Sophia known as Sophy. That might well be her choice though (I didn't even know she was really a Sophia until I heard her complain about having her name spelled Sophie).

Sofia is beautiful. It takes just as much effort to say Sophie so it won't be shortened to that. Louisa isn't shortened to Louise is it?

It'll probably be the diminutive Sof by her friends.

Dylan is fabulous!

Lydia

Erica

Freya

Jennifer

Emilia?
Georgia?
Cecilia?

Don't like Honor at all. Just think of the nursery rhyme Jack Horner.
Don't like Dylan, it'd get shortened to Dill.
Girl/boy names I like:
Robyn, Alex, Shaun, Billie, Harrie.
Girls names I love:
Matilda, Sky, Sophia.

Thanks everyone for all the replies!

Goingdownhill you are so right if you love a name you don't worry what people think, but unfortunately it's in my nature that I'm a bit perfectionist about this, it's more me finding potential faults than worrying what other people think as really what I name my child means very little to anyone else. I actually hate being like this because there is no perfect name really so I just have to go with something.

I see that Jessica Albas daughter is called Honor Marie. I think this sounds lovely as the second name softens the first and they go really well together. My problem is I have committed to family names as middle names. I think Honor iris sounds a bit too old fashioned to be honest but iris is very important to my dp. To have something softer I would need 3 middle names ( other one is anne) Who says all their names together though in reality?

Sorry am kind of boring myself now guys.

I still love Dylan. It's Drew Barrymore that was called it in Charlie's angels- my concern is you may have to be a drew Barrymore to carry it off. Have to say nn dilly hadn't occurred to me and I'm not mad keen on that.

Anyway as far as I am aware she needs to be registered by this Friday so I'm gonna have to get over my overanalysis and just pick something. I just want to get that "yes, that's it" feeling if you know what I mean (and for do to say something more enthusiastic than "yeah that's ok" to every suggestion).

Phewf! Thanks for listening anyone who's still awake x

You're right, nobody ever says all the names together, so if you like Honor and it sounds good with your surname I'd go for it. To me Honor is a different flavour to Iris, Iris is vintagey granny chic and Honor is more classic.
FWIW I find Honor to be a soft sound, not severe at all, for me names like Agnes are severe.
Good luck OP, I had terrible worries about DD's name and changed it at 3 months...

Honestly I think you should go with Dylan. She is your daughter and I think that is the name you love. Even if initially a few people raise eyebrows who cares? Soon nobody will imagine her as anything else because she will just become her name. People will love it because they will associate it with her.

I am so with you on the middle name saga, my Honor has Juliet as her middle name which I love, but she also has DH's mums name that is awful it is on her birth certificate but we have never used it since, she is not registered in nursery or anywhere else with it. The grandparents will never know.

Ok so my Honor was just walking around with a random stuffed ladybird, I asked her what the ladybirds name was. She looked at me as though I was mad and said she is a girl ladybird called Dylan .

I am asking her for next weeks lottery numbers next .

Going I'm guessing she's not old enough to read over your shoulder?

Honor Iris sounds like she has something stuck in her eye, to me.

On a more helpful note, there's been a a "Dylan for a girl?" thread here:www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1086862-Dylan-for-a-girl/AllOnOnePage

Renee? Agree Honor is gorgeous though

Interesting reading that thread, CheeseStrawWars I wonder what that poster went with?

Going back to your intro, I see you did mention Reese, it wouldn't work as well with Iris as a middle name though...

I hope you will feel pleased with the name you settle on OP agree with others once you announce your baby's name that's who she is! Anyone else can lump it.

Eloise is fabulous, honor is not.

Another vote for Honor
Unusual but not unknown
The few I've known have all been intelligent strong kind types

Isn't Eloise increasing in popularity though? I love it too.

Bree

I know someone with a daughter called Dillon pronounced the same as Dylan

I used to love the name Dylan. A friends son is called this - he now gets called 'dildo' by kids at school......put me right off it.

Thanks again for all your input. You have all been very helpful. Sadly, nothing yet feels quite right ( obviously my problem ) and I'm feeling pretty gutted about all this now. I never imagined choosing a name could be so difficult for anyone. I have been expecting something to just click bit it hasn't.