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Baby Name Quiz - Rate them or Slate them!

98 replies

Fashionmama99 · 14/10/2016 15:03

My list is getting longer, not shorter, for my new baby girl's name. Can you list your top 10? Giving 10 points to your favourite, and 1 to your least! I'll add them up and see which one scores the most! Here they are (in no particular order):

River
Willow
Ava
Edie
Esme
Bo
Bibi
Mia
Maeve
Delphine

Thanks for your time! If you can tell me why you like/dislike a certain name that's great too! Xx

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Fashionmama99 · 16/10/2016 22:35

Thanks for all your input again!

The results are in:

Willow 418 votes
Ava 405 votes
Esme 402 votes
Maeve 398 votes
Edie 391 votes
Delphine 370
Mia 369
Bo 159
Bibi 128

Also the names that scored 10/10 the most were:
Delphine 12 times
Edie 10 times
Maeve 9 times
Willow/Esme 7 times
Mia 6 times
Ava/River/Bo 1 time
Bibi 0 times

Think I'm going to disregard Bo, Bibi, River and also Maeve and Mia due to my first daughters name starting with a M.

So that leaves me with:
Willow
Ava
Esme
Edie
Delphine

Any new thoughts on just these names would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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Enidblyton1 · 16/10/2016 22:55

Delphine or Edith (shortened to Edie) get my vote. The others are ok, but Ava is my least favourite.

Willow - like this name, quite popular at the moment, a few celeb children.

Edie - I really like Edith, shortened to Edie. However, this name is becoming super popular in some areas so you might not be that unique (if that bothers you!)

Esme - I'm not a huge fan of this name. I don't think it's v pretty and sounds a bit middle aged (probably because I know several woman called Esme in their 60s)

Delphine - not a name I considered, but I do like it. Unusual and unlikely to ever become too popular.

Ava - a bit boring and common at the moment. No nickname potential.

Sgoinneal · 16/10/2016 23:04

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handonhip · 16/10/2016 23:49

If not Maeve then Delphine for me!

pieceofpurplesky · 16/10/2016 23:53

River 9
Willow 4
Ava 3
Edie 2
Esme
Bo 8
Bibi 7
Mia 6
Maeve 5
Delphine 1. Love it. Orphan Black fan.

Fashionmama99 · 17/10/2016 10:45

So... We might go for Esme or Edie as a first name, and either Willow or Delphine as a second... Does anyone have any preferences? Thanks X

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CancellyMcChequeface · 17/10/2016 10:53

For your revised list:

Willow - my first association is with the Buffy character, which isn't a bad one. I don't have strong feelings either way.
Ava - love it. One of my favourite names, but it's very popular at the moment.
Esme - I'm not that keen on it because of the Twilight association, but that won't be an issue ten years from now!
Edie - don't like it. The repeated ee sounds aren't to my taste and it could be mistaken for 'E.D.' Edith is better, but might not be your style of name?
Delphine - love this, too, and it's much more unusual than Ava, if that's something that matters to you.

So, in order of preference: Delphine, Ava, Willow, Esme, Edie.

itssquidstella · 17/10/2016 11:00

River - 3
Willow - 4
Ava - 6
Edie - 8 (though prefer Edith)
Esme - 10
Bo - 7
Bibi - 2 (this is not a name)
Mia - 5
Maeve - 1 (Binchy. Sad old Irish women)
Delphine - 9

CourtJester · 17/10/2016 15:40

River - 0 This is a dogs name
Willow - 6
Ava - 7
Edie - 10
Esme - 9
Bo - 0 Little Bo Peep is the only occasion that this would work
Bibi - 0 Looks and sounds made up. Can imagine it on a cartoon character
Mia - 8
Maeve - 0 Old lady name
Delphine - 0 Only if your French

After number 6 I didn't really like any of the names

Shockers · 17/10/2016 19:41

Esme Delphine.

If that was the name of a character in a book, I'd expect her to be interesting and artistic.

HettyB · 18/10/2016 08:33

River 2
Willow 3
Ava 8
Edie 9
Esme 5
Bo 1
Bibi 6
Mia 4
Maeve 7
Delphine 10

WaitroseCoffeeCostaCup · 18/10/2016 08:37

River-Beautiful
Willow-Very popular
Ava-See above
Edie-Quirky
Esme-Very popular
Bo-We considered it but considering a lifetime of having to spell it out B O we decided against!
Bibi-So cute
Mia-Snooze central
Maeve-Quirky but a bit old fashioned?
Delphine-Very grown up.

No offence intended by any of the above!!

wesH · 18/10/2016 16:21

River 4
Willow 3
Ava 10
Edie 5
Esme 6
Bo 2
Bibi 1
Mia 7
Maeve 8
Delphine 9

Dorabella · 19/10/2016 12:20

Bo- 10 LOVE
Willow- 9 LOVE
Esme- 8
Ava- 7
Mia- 6
Delphine- 5
River- 4
Edie- 3 Not a fan
Maeve- 2 Not a fan
Bibi- 1 Not a fan

autumnmoon · 19/10/2016 12:29

River - 3 (surely a boys name?)
Willow - 4
Ava - 6
Edie - 9
Esme - 8
Bo - 1
Bibi - 2
Mia - 5
Maeve - 10
Delphine -7 (prefer Delphi)

Sgoinneal · 19/10/2016 12:51

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Stokey · 19/10/2016 13:58

I know girls called all of your choices except for Delphine

If you're worried about a name being too popular, I'd avoid Ava, Esme and Edie as there seem to be quite a few of these around. I only know one Willow and a grown-up one.

You're called fashionmama - Maybe Biba instead of Bibi?

Spottyladybird · 21/10/2016 13:46

River 3
Willow 6
Ava 10
Edie 9
Esme 8
Bo 2
Bibi 1
Mia 5
Maeve 7
Delphine 4

steppemum · 21/10/2016 13:59

River - 3 (Dr Who fan?)
Willow - 5
Ava - 3 - over used
Edie - 4 - but better as nn
Esme - 5
Bo - 0 (or more likely -5)
Bibi - 0 (again -5)
Mia - 3 - over used
Maeve - 2 - don't like the sound of it
Delphine - 2

sorry, can't score then 1-10 as none deserve 10, and many deserve low numbers

BarInSpace · 21/10/2016 18:37

Edie Willow out of the last two you mentioned. I also like River, Ava and Mia. How about Jasmine?

LuluNTutu · 21/10/2016 18:41

River - 2
Willow - 5
Ava - 6
Edie - 3
Esme - 7
Bo - Noooooo! -10
Bibi - 1
Mia - 8
Maeve - 4
Delphine - 10

Quercus3 · 24/10/2016 12:23

Esme Delphine. Lovely.

GinevraPotter · 25/10/2016 10:12
  1. Edie
  1. Ava
  2. Mia
  3. Willow
  4. Esme
  5. Maeve
  6. Delphine
  7. River
  8. Bibi
  9. Bo

River seems masculine to me and I don't like it for a girl. Bibi is cutesy and would be okay as a nickname, but it's awful for an actual name. My tablet keeps trying to change Bo to no and go, and that explains my feelings on the name pretty nicely.

I like all the others, especially Edie and Ava.

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