Down to three! Help please

[BlackberryandNettle]

Just been out with dh discussing name options for baby due next week.

We have settled on a boys name and backup but finding girls much harder - down to three.

They are:

Lara
Anna
Cordelia

Which would you pick? I'm a little worried Cordelia is a mouthful with our surname but dh is quite keen on it.

Any middle name suggestions welcome too!

My sister is Anna Lucy which is pretty.

Cordelia with nn Cora. Definitely. So, so pretty but not overly flowery.

I think Anna is dull.

I like Cordelia and really like Lara

I like Cordelia with it shortened to Cora or Dee. I prefer Cornelia slightly more because you get both Cora or Nell as possible nn.

As for having no comtrol over the nn, I'm not so sure on this argument against longer names. I think the family has a huge influence on the nn, the only person who influences it more being the child and if the child wants to take on a nn so be it. Thats one of my main reason for giving names with "options", so the child has some influence over what they would like to be called as they grow up.

Cordelia nn Cora is beautiful, I think.

DH and I are thinking about it, but we are a bit worried about the Lear connotation, lovely character but it ends so badly for her we are a bit about whether we should use it.

I like Cordelia best, a lovely name.
I would not have another name ending in A as a middle name.

Fave is Anna. Then Lara.
Don't really like Cordelia.

Fwiw, I volunteer in a girls' primary school, and there are no Annas or Cordelias, and just one Lara, so I don't think any of the names are overly popular at the moment.

Lara is lovely.

Anna is fine.

Not sure about Cordelia.

Really love Cordelia, it's my cousin's name but she is shortened to Dilly. Her sister is Eleanor which I love even more.

I love Anna.

If you like Cordelia, you might also like Coralie (pronounced Coral - ee) which to my ears is slightly softer-sounding . NNs: Corrie, Cara, Cora.

Love Anna. I see you like Juliet as a middle name. Why don't you elevate it to first name status?

Cordelia is nice.

Don't like Lara.

We really like all 3 still but will wait until we meet the baby! Front runner right now Anna Cordelia if we have a girl but we shall see. Really liked the Anne of Green Gables books but the connection hadn't occurred to me before!

I like Anna the best. Very pretty and feminine.

Cordelia would remind me of Angel and Buffy too much (and everyone did call her Cordy).

Love Anna x

I love Lara Juliet, and Anna Cordelia is fabulous too.

Sorry, no help..

I don't like Lara. Anna is my name and I have to say I don't like it particularly, Annabel(le) is much prettier. No-one ever gets my name right, it's always Hannah or Ann, both of which I hate. Cordelia is nice but a mouthful.

Sorry, that's so unhelpful. Anna or Cordelia.

Lara and Anna are both beautiful, Cordelia not so much.

I know a Lara, I think it sounds harsh. I prefer Cordelia.

I love Anna Cordelia! Sounds quite strong, but pretty- flows well, not dull or anything. Amazing name!

Yeah I agree, Coralie is a lovely alternative

Anna Coralie would be a lovely name.

Lara

Love Lara

We have a Lara and it sounds lovely in a Scottish accent, so not just RP

(We're not Scottish)