Opinion on girl names please!

[carmelsundae]

OH and I really can't decide on a girls name! Have loads if its a boy, but not sure on a girl! Can I have thoughts/opinions on:
Alba
April
Cara
Penny
Stella
Violet

Or any other suggestions on names that are similar to that! Thanks!!

Cara is my favourite.

Cara is the only one I like.

I quite like them all apart from April. Alba is my favourite.

Alba is my favourite.

Cara is my least favourite.

I would only use April for a child born in April.

Penny is OK for a nn for Penelope, Stella is OK but I prefer Estelle.

How about Aphra, which has a similar feel to Alba?

I think April only works if there is a reason for it, such as an April birthday, or named after a granny. I like the rest.

I'm with Pure on April. It has to have a meaning.
Although it is a gorgeous name.
Alba. Not keen sorry
Cara. Is gorgeous.
Penny. Horrible
Stella Artois
Violet. I really do not get the hype over this name. It's one of the most horrible names out there. Very harsh and very overused.

I love Alba and April.

Stella

Alba is fab.

I like Alba
My DD is called Mara unusual but not freaky!

I like all of them!

Personally I think April is fine for a baby born any time of year, same with Holly, May or June etc.

Alba could get mis-heard as Alma, possibly?

Alba Violet
April Stella
April Cara
Violet Stella
Violet Cara

I like Cara.

My school friend had a gran named Violet and he jokingly called her Violent.

It sounds almost the same though and it is not a nice sounding name for a little girl. Sounds too much like violent.

I love Stella. Had this on my girls name list but got vetoed.

Alba - the name I always thought I would name a daughter if I had one. Perfectly beautiful.

Violet - the name I actually gave my daughter. I also believe it is perfectly beautiful.

April - very simple and lovely, but not anything to write home about in my opinion.

Cara - stunning. There are a lot of Cara's where I live, so I personally wouldn't use it, but it has a very quaint feel to it.

Penny - I don't love it on its own. But I really do adore it as a nn for Penelope (and I LOVE the name Penelope). So cute, though.

Stella - my DDs have a friend named Stella and its the 'cutest' name I've ever come across, yet somehow you can imagine it working for them at all ages.

Cara is lovely.

I'm another one who doesn't get Violet. Must be a marmite name.

Alba
Violet
Stella

Love Alba!!

April and Violet are the only ones I like (sorry). They are both lovely though !

I don't like the others for quite personal reasons which probably aren't relevant to you though ;

Alba reminds me of a chip shop in Edinburgh.

There was a mum on here a while ago utterly raging that people immediately thought of lager when she told them her daughter was named Stella. She was really angry and upset - it's put me right off the name, which I actually quite liked before.

Cara reminds me of a not all that pleasant girl I know through a friend.

Penny (to me) is a nn. Probably for Penelope (which I really dislike as I find the double p sound a bit 'spitty').

I love the name Violet I know some people will find it a bit dated though.

My second favourite from you lost is Cara

Violet and Stella are still v v v popular. Alba makes me think of Jessica Alba, it sounds too surnamey.

I like the suggestion of Estelle actually! You could call her Estelle and use Stella as a nickname. That way if there are 2 or 3 Stella's already in her school class, she won't have to be Stella Capital Letter of Surname.

DD has a friend called Ciara - pronounced key-a-ra.

I like Cara best.

I like Cara (or Ciara / Clara?) and Stella (like the idea of Estelle)

Alba doesn't sound like a girls name to me.

Alba - To me, it's a place name and I don't like them as first names.
April - Old-fashioned
Cara - Don't like it
Penny - Love
Stella - Love
Violet - Love

Great list.

My least favourite is probably Violet by a tiny margin. Can't picky a favourite they are all too lovely!