Which of these names do you prefer

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Anya
Annabel
Abigail
Astrid
Aurora

Thanks!

Thanks everyone. These aren't our only names -- we have discussed others but this list contains a few A ones we did like with some feasible alternatives. Others we've discussed that don't start with A are

Frances
Dorothy
Leonora
Harriet

I'm feeling a bit lost. We haven't found the perfect name yet!

I love Aurora - Rory for short

Maybe someone can help me. I like names that are real names, and not recently made up, but also which are unusual. Unusual, classic names. I feel in a pickle about it (and also am quite pregnant).

Prefer Anya but don't really like any of them, sorry...

Love Astrid.

Classic and unusual

Celia
Cordelia
Beatrice
Mabel
Blanche
Henrietta
Genevieve
Augusta

I do love Beatrice! But two of my friends have daughters called that...

Antonia
Aurelia

Clara
Jemima
Dorothea
Una
Orla
Polly
Florence
Jocelyn
Lydia
Caroline
Verity
Felicity
Edith

Constance
Jocelyn
Cora
Rosemary
Dorothea
Clementine
Lucinda
Loretta
Isadora
Viola
Portia
Penelope

I like Lucinda and Penelope.

I already have a DD with a name very similar to Matilda - I'm trying to find something that goes but isn't too matchy!

I like Harriet.

Lucia?

Aurora is Sleeping Beauty to me, it doesn't sound like a real name, similar to Belle

I like Astrid and Anya. DD is Ingrid because DH didn't like Astrid, and I didn't like his favourite, India, so we kind of mashed them together

annabel or anya. not keen on the others

We have a Constance and a Penelope-both mentioned above

I like Leonora. Adrienne, Adrianna, Alexandria, Alexia, Annalise

Amaiya

Francesca
Georgiana
Gabrielle
Theodora
Cordilia
Viola
Sylvie
Meredith
Madeleine
Valerie
Vivian
Jane (I love Jane and am sure it's due a revival)
Wendy
Don't worry, you will find something.

Agree with the Aurora opinions, I would probably make the wild assumption that someone calling their child that never really grew out of wanting to be a Disney princess.

Aurelia, on the other hand, is top of our list.

Josephine. DS would have been Josephine. Beautiful nicknames (Sephie, Josie, Jo, Phin), classical, not overused.

Annabelle
Aurora and Anya.

I love all three but Aurora is a bit "Disney Princessy".

Love Astrid
Anya is nice

Not any of the others, sorry.

But I had never heard of the Disney princess! Do you not think people get their references from all over the place? I first thought of the poem Aurora Leigh or the northern lights. But it's useful feedback.