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Help me decide! Which of these 3 girls names do you prefer?

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bigroundlady · 08/08/2016 22:23

I'm finding choosing a girls name very tricky! I want a shortish pretty name. I have a 2 year old boy called Jasper.

So I I have narrowed my list down to:

Cleo
Esme
Elodie

Which is your favourite? Please be honest if you don't like any.., I'm still busy looking at names every day ... 

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LowAMH · 09/08/2016 02:01

What about Eloise? Quite similar to Elodie and esme but I think it's nicer.

Clara and Eliza as mentioned also very good

Sophronia · 09/08/2016 06:31

Cleo!

GRW · 09/08/2016 06:42

If you like Chloe but want something not as popular how about Zoe?

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bigroundlady · 09/08/2016 07:57

My friend has just called her little girl Zoe and my Sister is called Louise, so wouldn't want to use Eloise.

I think I'm going to search again. Inspiration appreciated!

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chocoLit · 09/08/2016 08:23

Cleo

BendydickCuminsnatch · 09/08/2016 08:24

Cleo by FAR!

Owlytellsmesecrets · 09/08/2016 08:26

I love Cleo ... But that's because DD 5 is called Cleo. Believe it or not it gets shortened to Cle!!!

RickOShay · 09/08/2016 08:26

Cleo, or xanthe, as already suggested.

orangebird69 · 09/08/2016 08:28

Cleo is lovely. Elodie sounds like it's missing it's first letter. Esme is nice but common.

babyblabber · 09/08/2016 09:35

Esme.

I was talking about an Elodie the other day and my friend's DH was like "Aldi?!!!!" Put me off it!

GinandTits · 09/08/2016 09:40

Another vote for Cleo!

TheDowagerCuntess · 09/08/2016 09:44

Cleo is fab, and sounds great with Jasper.

BowiesJumper · 09/08/2016 10:01

I love Cleo, or Clara, or clementine?

MrsGsnow18 · 09/08/2016 10:07

I love the name Jasper BTW Smile
I think Clara is lovely and goes well with Jasper, it's not too far away from your original list but avoids twilight connections/car models etc.

Tarttlet · 09/08/2016 10:09

If you like Florence, what about Constance?

2016Hopeful · 09/08/2016 10:11

I love Esme

Cleo OK.

Elodie - not keen, might sound better with French accent though!

user1467707582 · 09/08/2016 10:35

Cleo

BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington · 09/08/2016 11:28

Cleo.

Brilliant name.

MelCookie · 09/08/2016 12:21

Eek, not keen on any I'm afraid! Unhelpful, sorry.

Meeep · 09/08/2016 12:32

Cleo is better than any of the other names mentioned and it goes really well with Jasper.

Notso · 09/08/2016 12:37

Cleo is lovely.

Elodie is ok.

Esme is horrible.

prettypinklady · 09/08/2016 12:38

Esme!

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bigroundlady · 09/08/2016 14:38

Thanks for all your replies . I'm glad you haven't all told me that Cleo is in fact a cats name!

I think that I prefer Cleo and Clara instead of Esme/Elodie.

I do really like Xanthe too, but I had to google to see how to pronounce it. It's not a name I've ever come across which is appealing but wonder whether people generally have problems with pronunciation ( or just me!)

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SeashellHoarder · 09/08/2016 22:02

Xanthe / Zanthe are both pronounced "zan-thee"
I love it.

Unfortunately we used it for a middle name already otherwise that would be dd3's name sorted (currently 20 weeks)

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