Girl's shortlist

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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

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

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

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.

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.

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' 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!

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

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.

Hazel is lovely.

The others are all a bit nondescript/common.

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.

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

Imogen and Georgia are my favourite from your list.

I like Imogen the best.

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.

Argh - prefer Georgina to Georgia!

Imogen Lucia sounds lovely

Elise and Lucia are my favourites.

I don't like Imogen or Alethea at all.

Georgia.

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

Imogen is lovely. By far the nicest.