Dd2 two weeks old no name! Help needed...

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This was our original shortlist,

Nancy
Bonnie
Olive
Claudia
Layla
Vivienne

We had it narrowed down to Nancy or Bonnie. I'm leaning towards Nancy and DH towards Bonnie.

Thoughts and middle name suggestions welcome.

There are a couple of Nancys here. Lovely name. Depends if you want something that is popular. I prefer Nancy to Bonnie.

123rd would you say Nancy is quite popular? I haven't met any around here.

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Nancy is a bit more popular than Bonnie but it's still rare enough. Although I see a new film version of Swallows and Amazons is coming out (yay!) so maybe that will give Nancy a further boost.

If forced to pick between Nancy or Bonnie, I'd say Nancy. Bonnie is just a bit bland and wet.

Vivienne is much better though!

I know of two. One is yr1 and one is a baby. But it's impossible to "future proof" a name. I've only ever met one Bonnie and she was a work pal of my mums, about 35 years ago!

I really dislike Bonnie - but then again I associate it as a dog's name (Blue Peter, 1980s) or with Bonnie Langford.

Of the names you mention Vivienne is a stand out winner to me - pretty (Vivi) and elegant. Lovely.

Of your original list Vivienne and Claudia
Olive - on the buses ( I'm that old )
Nancy - quite dull
Bonnie - dog / pony name

My cousin is Bonnie Marie (she's 37)

I really like the name and it suits my cousin as an adult (yes she is pretty)

Vivienne is lovely too

I only like Vivienne or Claudia on your list.

Bonnie is a nicer-sounding name IMO. Have you considered Blythe instead?

Both gorgeous but I'd lean more towards Bonnie.
MN Suggestions for Bonnie.
Bonnie Lou
Bonnie Marina
Bonnie Fern
Bonnie Willow
Bonnie Pearl
Bonnie Nicole
Bonnie Grace
Bonnie Olivia
Bonnie Leigh
Bonnie Lyn
Bonnie Ava
Bonnie Layla

MN Suggestions for Nancy
Nancy Mairead
Nancy Grace
Nancy Olivia
Nancy Layla
Nancy Clarice
Nancy Belle
Nancy Boo
Nancy Monet
Nancy Leigh
Nancy Alicia
Nancy Jess
Nancy Helaina
Nancy Wren

Nancy is lovely.

Rose. I appreciate you didn't ask for random suggestions however.

Thanks everyone for helping - just reading all replies to DH. Rose is dd1's middle name so we wouldn't use that again.

We are surprised how many people love Vivienne.

I think naming second/subsequent children is even harder - I love dd1's name and feel pressure to find a name I love equally as much.

Vanessa?

My dog was Bonnie so I can't get past that. I love Nancy and Claudia.
Congratulations on your little bundle

My order of pref:
Claudia
Layla
Bonnie
Vivienne
Nancy
Olive.

I agree one-syllable middle names work well with Bonnie and Nancy.

I would go for Bonnie Clare.

I feel for you, we have struggled to name our daughter as my DH and i like different names. We finally reached a compromise and named her at 5 weeks old and told friends and family, but I just couldn't 'gel' with the names we had picked. Luckily the night before she was registered at 6 weeks my husband let me change the name to my original choice!

You have some lovely names to pick from. Nancy and Bonnie are both lovely, IMO Bonnie is a 'softer' name whereas Nancy is a bit more abrupt.

Why don't you and DH try calling her one name for few days and then switching to the other name just to get a feel for how they sound. Do let us know which you choose! Congratulations xx

Olive is my favourite, followed by Nancy.