Freya - any other ideas?

[BrambleBee]

I'm overdue with DD and had pretty much settled on Freya Emily, but have just found out we can no longer use it. Only other name on my list was Florence, possibly with mn Eve or Emily again. I'm not sure I like it as much though as it's a bit formal and very popular round here.

Does anyone have any ideas of other names I might like? We have a one syllable surname so it needs to be reasonably long. Please help save me from making a hormonal rash decision!

D'you like...
Katya?
Eleanor?
Erin?
Winter Rose?
Summer?
Gabriella?
Claudia?
Rosie May?
Tabby?
Lena?
Elsa Lucy?
I just made a random selection XD

I have a Freya - her sister is Helena. Some names we either considered/ couldn't use or are sisters of other Freya's we know ( there are quite a lot of them out there, so personally I wouldn't worry about using it unless it's a v close friend or relative that's used it...)

Holly
Rosie/ Rosa/ Rosalie
Anna
Laura
Martha
Louisa
Elizabeth/Libby
Charlotte
Esme

Oh and Florence was on our list too, I think it's a lovely name - I just couldn't find any nicknames I liked. Or could you have Emily as a first name?
Best of luck x

They only Freya I know has a sister called Charlotte.

Other names that I see as similar to Freya:

Anna, Anya, Alexa, Amber, Bianca, Clara, Cassia, Clarissa, Dana, Emilia, Erica, Eliza, Flora, Farrah, Fiona, Fabia, Fenella, Georgia, Hannah, Helena, India, Joanna, Jessica, Julia, Kayla, Karina, Lucia, Lilia, Layla, Lara, Leah, Lydia, Livia, Maria, Mia, Mya, Maya, Melissa, Nyah, Nadia, Orla, Olivia, Philippa, Rosa, Sarah, Sabrina, Saskia, Serena, Stella, Tabitha, Talia, Tessa, Zara

Thank you for all the suggestions! I really like:

Eleanor/Helena - I have a close friend called Helena though which would make it bit weird to use these
Summer
Claudia
Charlotte (love this and was on my list but OH says no)
Layla (again, OH doesn't like)
Martha
Anna
Flora
Georgia
Lydia
Tessa

Glad you like Florence pasta, I was thinking about using the nn Flora, if that's not too big a jump

Flora is lovely!

Oops - posted too soon. What about using just Flora on its own?!

Another vote for Flora

I have a Freya. Nothing would have convinced me to have picked another name. Why can't you use it? I don't mean that rudely - just curious?

Frida!!! (Or Frieda) I love it so much!

crumble because a friend has just named her baby Freya, it would be a bit weird to use the same name now.

Thanks for the votes for Flora, I was thinking that using Florence as the full name would give the best of both worlds - a longer formal name then lots of nn options for DD to use if she wanted.

Firmly don't like Freya.

What about Fern?

I have a Claudia- lovely name

I think Florence is a lovely name, it was on my list when I had dd but dh didn't want it, we now have an Eva whose nn is Effie (I know it's not shorter haha) nicknames for Florence could be flora (which is lovely) flossie, flo, florrie etc.

Ah ok Bramble. I love Florence. Good luck, have a sneeze birth

Ha, thanks crumble, if only

I knew a Raya once but you might think it's to close to Freya.

Florence nn Flora, or indeed just Flora, are both great

Matilda
Nancy
Aurelia
Charlotte
Lilly
Megan
Poppy
Sophie/ia
Phoebe

Annabel

Lydia

Saskia

Rosalind

Marianne

Lucia

Miranda

Cleo

I have an 18 year old Freya Emily!
How about Fleur?

I love freya

My vote goes to flora as a good alternative

Freya and Florence too popular for my taste.

Prefer Flora.

How about Constance (Connie) Harriet (Hattie)?

Freya was on our shortlist along with Sophie. In the end we went with Bethany partly because we love nn Beth.
Also love- Elodie, Anna, Alice, Louisa, Lydia, Eloise, Sylvie, Clara, Charlotte, Celia, Cora, Francesca, Rosalind, Anya, Nina, Naomi.

Another vote for Flora!

Lovely name and surprisingly underused.

I would go for this rather than Florence n Flora. Quite a lot of Florences out there at the moment!

Similar-sounding names: Laura? Leah? Gaia?
Or what about Fenella?

I like the name Flora but is it wrong that I keep thinking of the spread with that name??