Juliet - why does everyone here seem to love it?

[Splendidlyshy]

I have seen several threads here recently where people say that they love the name Juliet. Why? And what other names evoke a similar feel to Juliet?

No idea, I actually prefer Julie as a name. Quite sweet I think and not very common.

It's classic, elegant and timeless.

Julie is not.

I really don't like it. There's a reason it's underused imo. I like Julia and Julianna though.

It's elegant, literary, understated.

I love it but didn't like the nickname potential, so we didn't use it. I'm terrible for shortening names.

I love it. If I had a daughter that's ideally what I would like to call her but do worry that it's a bit old fashioned.

I am a little gutted however that others seem to love it so much too....I thought I was being original!

People may love it, but they don't use it. I've only ever met one - she's a very good friend, love her, never would have called DD Juliet as it would have to have been after my friend, and that wasn't something I wanted to do. Plus because I only know one Juliet my associations with her are strong, it's a name for a delicate slip of a woman, not the woman DD is likely to be!

I also prefer Julie, which I find much softer. Juliet is quite hard-sounding.

I have a Juliet. I love it. People grow into their names and it has suited her all the way from a cheeky toddler to a shy school girl. It is irritating how many people assume its Juliette though. Even family cards sometimes arrive addressed that way.
I would never have thought that was the spelling people would gravitate towards.

Juliet is a timeless and beautiful name. It is strong yet very feminine which is a rare quality. I would have loved to have used the name, but one of my siblings beat me to it!

It's beautiful but not used very often.

It is beatiful, timeless an elegant

Julie is horribly dated.

Julia, Juliet and Juliana are more classic, elegant, timeless.

They are also quite a contrast to the glut of frilly nicknamey -ee names (Lily, Poppy, Daisy, Holly, Molly, etc) which some name geeks people are very bored by.

I love it too, just this morning I had a conversation with DH about what a lovely name it was! Currently ttc no 3 so names are a hot topic in our household at the moment, sadly DH dislikes the name!

Not overly keen but Julie is far worse. I wanted Julia for DD2 but DH vetoed it as well as every other bloody name I suggested as he thought it sounded like on of his mother's friends. He has no imagination.

I don't like it, mostly because my teenage self thought that in the play she was a wibbling 13 year old fool... It is definitely more current than Julie, but Julianne or Julianna would have my vote first.

I dont like that spelling prefer juliette.

I like it it, but definitely with the spelling- Juliet. I like it because it is elegant and classic.

I much prefer Julie and Julia. Not Julianna - too frilly.

I also find it elegant and like how it's stood the test of time. It makes a nice change from all the -a or -ie names.
Sadly we have a Julia and Julianne in close relation, so couldn't use it.

I don't particularly like the name itself - it would never make my short list - but I do appreciate the qualities it has that make people like it. Simple, timeless, non-frilly, literary, elegant, you wouldn't know how old its owner is.

I wanted to call my firstborn Juliette for a period of my pregnancy. It's lovely. The only problem is that it's a bit girly, implying a small girl and not a grown woman.