Eden for a girl ?

[Moglimoo]

We have narrowed our list to

Lara
Iona
Rhona
Jenna
And Eden. . .

Opinions please.

Eden or Lara would be my picks

Lara - ok
Iona - like it
Rhona old and mumsy
Jenna I like it
Eden I like it,but does have the trying to be cool thing

Eden was only ever a boys name until that US soap opera in th 1980s. I'm not wild about unisex/ambiguous names, btu perhaps that doesn't bother you.

Of your others, I think Lara is lovely.

It is my DD's name, so I love it.

From your list I also like Lara and Iona.

I love Eden, I know of two girl Edens and they both really suit it, very pretty name

Lara -- gorgeous. Reminds me of a beautiful spot in the Wicklow mountains called Laragh.
Iona -- I had a very elderly second cousin named Iona and always thought it was a lovely name - she was a sweetie.
Rhona -- dated - I knew some Rhonas growing up in Ireland in the 70s. A little frumpy.
Jenna One of George Dubya's daughters is Jenna and to me it is a Texas name (with connotations of country music, big hair, perfume that smells of bubble gum trashy--)
Eden -- the name of a DD of a cousin of mine - I think it's a beautiful name for a girl. I hadn't heard it before I learned what my cousin and his wife had called her. I think it's a very serene-sounding name.

My picks would be Lara, Eden and Iona.

I'd say be bold and go for Rhona. A wonderful, beautiful island www.isleofrona.com/index.html

Lara is a short form of Larissa/Larisa. It makes me think of Dr Zhivago. A splendid, moving, film, and Julie Christie very lovely, but ... I prefer the long form of the name. If you like that, and choose 'Lara' as a nickname, then why not? To sort of contradict myself, personally speaking, the only Lara I've ever met was really, really nice.

Iona is nice but I don't like it. I just think 'lots of tourists' - the island is not that far from where I live.

Jenna - I can't get beyond Jenna Bush. Not her fault, but her father did some pretty dreadful things.

Eden - Eden project, new age... All really, truly laudable, but ironically rather predictable.

Gosh, that all sound so negative. I don't mean to be. Many congratulations on your pregnancy!

I think Eden and Lara are gorgeous

I love Eden. Rhona Mitra was in a film and her character was Eden. Loved it since I saw that

I like Lara and Jenna. Iona always sounds like 'I own a', Rhona is ok but a bit dated. Eden is too 'Garden of Eden' for me (I'm personally not religious).

Vote for Lara here. Lovely name. Eden is rather pretentious. Rhonda is old lady and not in a chic way. Jenna is prettybut very American , Jenna bush immediately springs to mind.

Hmmm. Wasn't so sure about Eden when I first read the thread but it's growing on me.

My next door neighbour has a daughter called Eden, it really, really suits her. I wouldn't have thought I'd like it but I do. Go for it.

My favourite is Lara, although as pp mentioned, I think it's even better as a nn for Larissa. Also like pp, Iona makes me think "I own a ..."

I love Eden, especially for a girl.

I also love Lara. Would definitely choose one of those.

Iona is pretty. Rhona and Jenna I'm not keen on - a bit dated perhaps?

Eden is our top girls name but we're having a little boy and are finding boys names far harder. I was surprised to find that my usually vocal dm and dpil both like the name, that's not true of our boys names.

I like Jenna. Much classier than Jemma and more grown up than Jenny. I have a friend called it so can't use it but have considered it for a middle name. I like Lara and Iona too and have also considered them. I like Isla more actually but it doesn't go with our surname.

All ok apart from Jenna - Bush daughter, famous porn star apparently! - and just a grim name all round.

I think Eden is a gorgeous name for a girl.

Is Eden getting popular now?

I love Eden my hubby didn't
We now got Ava

I like Jenna (paradise/heaven) and Eden (it always reminds me of the Norse story Idun/Idunn and the apples).

Lara.

Not keen on the others.

I like Lara and Jenna.

Eden is a boys name imo.

Eden is lovely but a name of the moment. It also has religious connotations and makes me think Pleasure Garden.

Rhona is fab!!!!!