Clara, Zara, Pippa, Astrid or Erin...

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Help me with a girl's name would you? I'm finding girls much harder than boys - probably because there are fewer boys names I actually like.

Oh god, just googled a Mumsnet thread about the name Pippa!

Yes Pippa has some, ummm, colourful meanings in other countries.

Love Clara and Zara from your list.

Pippa and Zara are my favourites from your choices.

Clara Astrid - dr who
Astrid - how to train your dragon
Pippa - middleton/twee
Zara - clothes shop
Erin - strictly, brokovich

Out of that lot i like Erin the best
Astrid a close second but i love HTTYD

Thanks for that. Don't all names have associations like those? Are you saying that's a bad thing? I don't get it

I think I like Astrid best. Strong, unusual.

And what is the problem with Pippa?

I'm having exactly the same issues with girls names!
On your list I really like Clara, I think Astrid is very cool, Erin and Zara are nice but don't 'excite' me, and Pippa is not really my cup of tea.

Astrid is utterly brilliant, I love it.

Don't like Zara (Spanish clothes shop, horsey Royal)

Clara is ok

What about Cara?

OneTwo34, apparently Pippa means blow-job in Greek slang and wank in Italian.

I've never heard this though, maybe it's a MN thing

It also means shag in Swedish! Apparently Sweden had a collective snigger throughout the royal wedding.

I love Astrid.

Erin or Clara, both are fab.

My sister is a Pippa and she's told about the slang meanings all the time!

I like Erin and Clara too.

I love Astrid and Erin.

Erin - love it
Astrid - yes, really like that too
Zara - ok, but royal/shop links not great
Clara - no, don't like it at all, old fashioned and I don't like old fashioned names
Pippa - the worst, just seems a bit too girly and lightweight to me, then there's the translations.

I love astrid and zara very cool names

Clara

Zara is my fave

Astrid, with Clara a close second.

Not keen at all on Erin.

Pippa is OK if used as a nn for Philippa.

Zara is a bit dated, though still pretty, and a nice meaning.

From your list I'd definitely go for Zara.

Clara - OK but Claire would be more unusual these days!
Zara - love it
Pippa - OK as a nickname. Don't worry about foreign meanings, they're unlikely to become relevant
Astrid - too harsh
Erin - not keen

Here's some other suggestions you may like.....

Amber
Iona
Zoe
Tess
Tessa
Nova
Naomi
Merryn
Seren
Uma
Una

I love Zara- it's a strong, solid name that cannot be shortened and will not cause mass confusion over the spelling.

Although I also love the shop, I really don't associate them- two completely separate entities. I have a lovely friend called Zara.

Pippa is slang for a blow job in some countries. You could tell which ones when Pippa Funnel was competing, it was the only time she was known as Philippa.

So is your dd going to have an international career?