Which one do you prefer?

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Shortlist of girls names at the moment:

Verity
Caitlin
Poppy
Harriet
Emily

Any thoughts? Also love Amelia but it's popularity is a little off-putting.

I love Verity and have never met one.

Harriet

I love Harriet and Emily but they are all lovely.

I LOVE your username - ha I like Verity very much as well - quite inclined towards Verity Harriet at the moment.

Verity is lovely. Caitlin is very popular. Poppy is nice but I can't imagine a teenage or grown up Poppy. Harriet is lovely. I can't remember ever coming across a Verity at work (well except for a colleague) but we have several Caitlins. No Harriets either but several Amelias.
I'd go for Verity.

Oh they're all nice. You have good taste.
There do seem to be a fair few Poppies around these days.

At a push I'd pick Caitlin. Or Verity.

Harriet then Emily then Verity then Poppy.

KingThistle but thanks everyone

Verity
also like Constance a lot

dizzy - you sound like my friend, who keeps insisting that Poppy is a child's name! I do love it but our surname is one syllable as well and I do wonder if it makes Poppy sound like a dog's name! No idea why!

I have always loved Harriet but have a one syllable surname beginning with H and one friend says it sounds a bit strange - don't think it does myself but there we are. Also like Hetty/Hatty for Harriet: I like names with options really.

jkk - constance or connie would be on my shortlist if it wasn't for the fact a good friend has a Connie.

Harriet.

I knew a Verity, and it was shortened to 'Vee'
Not the most attractive nickname, whereas Harriet has more choices.

Harriet, Verity and Emily.

Slightly biased here as dd is Amelia Caitlyn!

However I LOVE Harriet and want to use it for dc2. Also really like Poppy from your list.

Hayle - gorgeous name! I love Amelia but just keep thinking about how in the early 80s every girl was named Rebecca or Helen ... But I have an unusual name and spelling it and saying it does get really annoying, hence I've tried to choose pretty but 'normal' names for girls.

decided on Sebastian for a boy - what do you think people? Have had mixed reactions ranging from to :)

I think Harriet OnesyllablesurnamestartingwithH sounds great!

Love Sebastian as well.

Thanks It's hard, this choosing babies' name business - have found lots of names I like and not many I love! I think it's going to be a toss up between Harriet and Verity!

I love Verity and Emily.
Have you looked at Amelie instead of Amelia?

Sebastian is a great name for a boy.

Amelie is lovely.

LOVE Amelie, but would she spend the rest of her life correcting people who call her Emily?

Emily or Poppy

Harriet

Harriet.

Go for Amelie, it's beautiful and popular enough for people to recognise it.