Help us narrow down our girls names pleeease!!

[Spanishomelette]

Hi there

I have posted before but only have 2 weeks to go and our 'shortlist' seems to be getting longer not shorter. I am struggling to get clarity over which names are lovely and which names aren't quite so lovely (but are still lovely)!

So, the list is as follows:

• Evelyn (pronounced Ev-lin)
• Tessa
• Anya (anne-ya)
• Thea (thee-ah)
• Esme (es-may)
• Natasha
• Elyn (a new one I came across the other day and thought it looked nice!)

Big brother has an Old Testament name and we have an 'exotic' sounding surname.

Thanks in advance! x

Great list!!

If I helps dd is called Evelyn (EV-lyn) and we have never had any issues with pronunciation. I think it's beautiful (obviously!)

I really love Anya which is on my list for next dc.

Eyln is gorgeous too never come across it before but has a similar feel to Evelyn IMO.

Tessa and Thea seen a bit like nicknames to me.

Not keen on Esme and like Natasha but hate Tasha.

I only like Natasha

i think they're all lovely names - really great list

why dont you keep them all, then when she arrives see what she looks like, and which of the names suit her

Love Thea and Natasha but I don't like any of the others, sorry.

If you like Elyn how do you feel about Elif? (Pronounced Eh-Leaf) I know a little girl with that name who is known as 'Leaf', I think its so pretty.

Elin is both a Scandinavian and Welsh name.

Thanks everyone for your comments. I think we would pronounce Elyn as Eh-Lynne, hadn't thought about the fact that it sounds like Helen without the H though!! I agree it could be one of those names that needs to be constantly corrected both from a spelling and pronunciation point of view though. Not sure if that's enough to put me off or not...

Regarding the nn for Natasha, I don't mind Tasha but don't like Tash particularly, I do know though that there is very little I can do to control any nicknames as the child goes to school, gets older, etc and often nicknames may not even be related to a person's name so I don't think that would be enough to put me off this as an option.

Keep the comments coming in I'm very much enjoying reading them!