She's here and she needs a name!

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Grateful for your thoughts on our shortlist:

Nia
Alys
Bethan
Eilidh (pronounced Ay-lee)
Arianwen (we'd call her Ari for short)
Arianne (again, Ari for short)

Some context: We are in London. Surname is double-barrelled. We're happy all the above are culturally relevant for us :)

Congratulations!

I love Alys and Eilidh.

I like Arianwen, Bethan or Alys. Eilidh is also lovely but will be difficult to spell and might get confused with Hayley. Not keen on Nia or Arianne.

Arianwen - I love it.

Nia and Arianne are equally beautiful (although Nia is Near which puts me off a tiny bit)

Love Alys and Eilidh, also like Arianwen. I wouldn't worry too much about the spelling issue with Alys. People will soon get used to it. My real name is super-boring, popular and easy to spell (think Jane or Helen type of thing) and honestly people regularly managed to get that wrong, you wouldn't believe how often!

Snow spider fan by any chance? I think that, living in London, nia is most likely to be spelt and pronounced correctly (and she was my favourite character in the books too!).

Love Arianwen.

Eilidh in London will sound like Hayley ('Ayley). Eilidh and Alys both have spelling issues outside of Scotland/Wales.

Nia is a great name. I know a grown up Nia and everyone comments on what a fab name it is.
Congrats op

I love Bethan!

Just a thought; might Arianwen with a double-barrelled surname be a bit of a mouthful syllable-wise?

Arianne

Arianwen. All your choices are lovely, but this one really stands out for me. I'd go for Arianne, though, if you decide it's too much with a double-barrelled surname.

Llongyfarchiadau (Congratulations) to you! Arianwen gets my No 1 vote

Really like Arianwen, although I would go for Anwen.

Alys goes perfectly with a double barrelled surname and Congrats :)

I love Arianwen but would use Anwen as a nickname. Nia's cute but I dislike Bethan... I've not got on with a single Bethan I've met & I've know quite a few!

Have you considered Angharad? Bit of a marmite name, I think, but I like it!

Nia, Eilidh and Bethan are all lovely.

Arianwen! So musical and trips off tongue. I wish I thought of it...

Thanks all :)

sallysparrow157 hehe yes. Although Bethan is DH's suggestion, and he hasn't read the books!

AGnu I love Angharad but it's a bit of a mouthful with our surname!

I have a clear favourite but might need to give it a couple of days to see if it sticks before announcing it to the world!

Many congratulations, OP. Just a quick mention. From what you say, Eilidh is not going to be your choice, but up here in Scotland it's not really pronounced 'Ay-lee'. It's much more like 'Ehh-leegh'. It's the Gaelic version of 'Helen', and that influences the pronunciation.

Arianwen

Thanks all

She's Arianwen :)

Gorgeous name - many congrats

Lovely - that was my favourite! Congratulations.