Daughter still has no name!

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DD1 was born on Sunday and still has no name. The more I concentrate on naming her the more confused and unsure I am! DH has decided I can have the final say, tbh I'm annoyed with him as if he'd discussed this sensibly whilst I was pregnant we'd have a name by now.

On the shortlist is:

Cecily
Kitty
Ianthe
Isadora
Theda
Saoirse (DH is Irish and DS also has an Irish name)

Which do people like the best? I'm not putting it to the MN vote but feel like I'm going around in circles and can't imagine her called any of these names! Not asking family for feedback, my mum is far too nosy and MIL actually sent a list of suggestions earlier on today! Thanks

As your DS has an Irish name I'd go for Saoirse.

I also like Cecily.

Saoirse or Theda

I like them all! I think my favourites are Saoirse, Ianthe and Cecily.

I'm less keen on Theda, but that's probably just because I haven't heard it before. I like Isadora but would be worried she might end up one in a sea of Izzys.

How do you pronounce Ianthe? Is it Eye-an-thee? Yan-thee? An-thee?

I have a Xanthe so suspect I would like Ianthe best if I knew how to say it!

Also like Isadora and Cecily. Not keen on the others

Cecily is gorgeous (Cece is a lovely nn, too)

Cecily is so pretty, and not heard of too often. Also like Kitty.

I have a Cecily

Cecily. lovely name.

Saoirse just open to a lifetime of correcting people's spelling and pronunciation.

Isadora or Saoirse. Saoirse is really lovely.

Saoirse - one of my best friends is a Saoirse and says that people have got a lot better at pronouncing it in the last few years.

I do love Kitty, as well.

Your names are quite a lot like our long-list, here's the long list (baby due October), in case anything takes your fancy:

Elizabeth
Alice
Clara
Rosa
Ottilie
Cecily
Margo / Margot / Margeaux
Primrose
Josephine
Coco
Posy
Noelle
Blossom
Harriet
Aspen
Somerset
Zinnia
Blythe
Stella
Rose
Poppy

Really I want to call her Hero, but I don't think we're brave enough.

Love Ianthe and Kitty.

Thinkpink I know a little girl Hero, it's lovely and doesn't seem too 'out there' at all.

Of those I'd go for Saoirse, although you will be telling people how to say/spell it forever.

All the other names, bar Theda, are a bit Sloane Square for my liking (no offence). I had literally never come across those names on real people until I worked in Chelsea.

Theda is nice but I prefer Saoirse.

Thanks for all your suggestions and help! Thinkpinkstink you have some lovely names on your list and we'd considered a few of those already. We've decided to name her Ianthe Cecily, it was going to be the other way around but I knew DH really didn't like Cecily and Ianthe has really grown on me in the last 24 hours. We are going to pronounce it eye- an- thee but an alternative pronunciation is ee- an-the , manicinsomniac