My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Baby names

Girl's shortlist

43 replies

3yearsnosleep · 02/05/2016 18:56

Hi all
I'd love your opinions on my shortlist. It's taken forever to whittle it down to these so any help much appreciated!! Thanks!

Imogen
Alethea (A-lee-thea)
Lucia
Hazel
Georgia
Elise

OP posts:
Report
Rosaaa · 09/05/2016 13:19

I like Imogen, Lucia (pronounced your way) and Georgia. Congrats!

Report
Bellasima20 · 12/05/2016 07:36

Hazel by far, prefer Elsie to Elise but still lovely then Lucia. Imogen boring.

Report
MissManagement · 14/05/2016 03:37

Going to disagree with most of you. Alethea is absolutely beautiful. (Doesn't it mean 'truth' in Greek?) might have given it to DD as a middle name if I'd thought of it.

The others are all a bit top 20.

Love Imogen too, though. It's a classic, timeless name.

Report
TeradelFuego · 14/05/2016 04:01

Imogen and Lucia are gorgeous.
Also like Elise and Georgia.
Alethea is OK.
Dislike Hazel, it has a bit of a frumpy vibe to me.

Report
Miniminimus · 14/05/2016 04:31

I really like Imogen, it has gravitas when grown up (poss nn Immy or Genny). Also Lucia, pronounced either way. Sorry, not keen on Alethea (sounds too contrived..maybe Ailsa has similar feel but is simpler?) and Hazel (just too 'woodsy' Grin and knew an unpleasant one at school).

Georgia is nice but lots of them around now as tweens/teens so would be worried about it dating. I have a name that dates me to a decade and always wish I didn’t.

Elise is lovely but saying the name all day feels a bit of a mouthful without a nn. What would nn be? Ellie? Pretty but again lots and lots of them in the last few years? Elise gets regularly mistyped in emails and lists as Elsie.

I think this is a really thoughtful shortlist though with some real variety, good luck!

Report
3yearsnosleep · 14/05/2016 06:15

Aw thanks everyone for your help. I still can't decide which to go for but I love reading all your tips!!

OP posts:
Report
IamCarcass · 14/05/2016 06:31

I know an Alethea and like the name and the lisp thing hasn't occurred to me, it isn't really pronounced similarly. More like "Ale-faya". Not keen on Hazel.

Report
EllenDegenerate · 14/05/2016 15:41

Hazel is lovely.

The others are all a bit nondescript/common.

Report
CPtart · 14/05/2016 16:47

Imogen - ok
Alethea - sounds silly and made up, or like Alicia with a lisp.
Lucia - a Caribbean island. Prefer Louisa.
Hazel - no, frumpy
Georgia - dislike, but Georgina is nice.
Elise - love it. By far the nicest.

Report
YellowPirate · 14/05/2016 22:43

I love Hazel too, it's really pretty. x

Report
joyfulworld · 17/05/2016 07:24

Imogen and Georgia are my favourite from your list.

Report
RubyRedandWilson · 17/05/2016 09:03

I like Imogen the best.

Report
n0ne · 17/05/2016 10:46

I prefer Althea to Alethea and Georgina to George (love the nn George either way)
Of your list, I think I like Elise the most.

Report
n0ne · 17/05/2016 10:48

Argh - prefer Georgina to Georgia!

Report
pilates · 19/05/2016 09:30

Imogen Lucia sounds lovely

Report
Pipilangstrumpf · 19/05/2016 10:04

Elise and Lucia are my favourites.

I don't like Imogen or Alethea at all.

Report
NapQueen · 19/05/2016 10:06

Georgia.

Louisa rather than Lucia (Which I would pronounce loo-sha)

Report
DorotheaHomeAlone · 19/05/2016 10:13

Imogen is lovely. By far the nicest.

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.