Having a hard time choosing

[Elbelle6]

We are struggling to choose a name for our first child. I want something distinctive but not too outlandish that she won't fit in with everyone else. Favourites so far are:

Ianthe - bit worried no one will no how to pronounce it
Danae - similar issue to above
Eliza - family name
Elodie
Cordelia
Isadora
Danica
Fleur
Lowenna
Xanthe

Surname is Whitfield

I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce the first 2. Are they Irish?

I think Elodie, Eliza and Cordelia sound best with your surname

I second Betty: Eliza, Elodie and Cordelia are lovely- very classic and elegant.

They are Greek in origin I think. OH likes Frankie, but I'm not sure. Makes me think of pop bands

I love Eliza, Elodie and Xanthe.

Ianthe, Danae and Xanthe are Greek. There was an HMS Danae in World War II (Useless Fact of the Day).

I like Eliza, Cordelia and Xanthe. I think Danica sounds like a brand of washing machine...

I see Cordelia can be shortened to Cordie which I quite like. Don't know what other people think. Wouldn't want it to get shortened to Delia though

Eliza and Elodie will be popular, so I'd avoid.

Cordelia - fine

Ianthe - not sure of pronunciation

Danae reminds me of yoghurt (Danone).

Fleur - don't personally like but nothing wrong with it

Danica - a bit like someone had their boys name chosen as Dan, unexpectedly had a girl and slapped on some letters at the end to feminise it. I feel the same about Philippa, Michaela etc - not a fan!

Isadora - fine. With lots of Isabel/Isabellas around it seems like it'd blend in, rather than be distinctive as you wanted.

Lowenna - this is interesting. How do you pronounce it, loh-en-ah? Low-een-ah?

Oh, I forgot Xanthe. Tis grand. Seems to be suggested on here loads though so I dunno if there would be many of them, or if it's just an MN trend.

I really like Fleur and Cordelia from your list!

Hi thanks yes I think OH been watching too many Danish dramas hence the Danica lol

I googled Xanthe and not too many coming up but I think it's getting more popular. I think it is my preferred at the moment. I like Cordelia but OH says he needs persuading. I think it sounds quite classic

Lowenna is Cornish..would be pronounced Loh-en-ah. I see someone on here also asking about it so must be getting more popular. Means joyful.

Ah I see, Lowenna sounds lovely. That would probably be my favourite of them but Cordelia and Xanthe are nice too. I also really like Elodie and Isadora too but I do think popularity would be a problem.

As a teacher I really notice the huge popularity of -a (seems to be short -a names though)and -ie names. It seems to make them blend into one another....Milly, Molly, Lily, Sophie, Ivy etc and the result is the names become a bit insipid because it's all so similar. I'd think Xanthe is probably unusual enough to avoid that but definitely keep it in mind when choosing a name, if you'd like something a little different.

I like Elodie and Danica Whitfield.

Ianthe and Isadora are my favourites from your list.

That makes sense. I hadn't thought about it but you are right there are a lot of ie endings out there at the moment.

I want something that will sound good whether she is a doctor or an artist lol

LOVE the name Elodie!

Eliza sounds amazing with your surname! Fabulous.

I have a Cordelia. She's very new and her nicknames are Cordy and CoCo - might help persuade your DH if he thinks the full name is a bit much?

I like those nicknames they are really sweet. I think Cordelia is a name that ticks a number of boxes for me. I think final choice will be between Cordelia, Xanthe and Lowenna. OH has now informed me he thinks Elodie sounds too much like Melody and he didn't like his aunt Eliza! Also in the last couple of weeks I've met the parents of what feels like a hundred Eliza's lol

I love the name Cordelia, it works for a child and and adult and will never get old. Also love the nn Coco

Xianthe know one and pronounces it ....I an thee ....lovely

Cordelia lovely

The rest don't sound like they are from the same list Op!!

Especially
Danica

Other than Eliza sorry ....

Beautiful

OH has just side swipe me with Elise as an alternative to Eliza, he is still not sold on Cordelia. Bizarrely I've recently been doing so family history and on the census my gran Elsie was recorded as Elise. :)

I know a teenage girl called Danica, it was new to me but it grows on you.