Freya or Skylar?

[MissClarke86]

We found out we're having a girl this week :) Which is good because the only boys name we liked I said the same as the cat! Lol

For years I've liked Skylar, but OH has gone off it. My mum suggested Freya and he really likes it (I think because it sounds a bit Norse and Vikingy!) and actually I do too.

The problem is I teach and have taught 2 Freyas so I can't help but think of them. I'm sure if we went with it I would soon forget them though.

Any thoughts?

Definitely Freya!

Freya by a mile.

I too think truncated Skylark for Skylar, even typing it looks and sounds weird to me.

Freya. It is very popular where I live though.

I do like the suggestion of Skye above, I personally prefer that to Freya or Skylar.

Freya.

but if you taught two freya's it is hard to lose that connection.

i like skylar
or Fleur?

The trouble with Freya is that it is very popular at the moment, think it's in the top 20 names? So if you also like Skylar (are you English or Scottish, i.e. will you pronounce that 'r' at the end?) then presumably you like names that are a bit more unusual.

We liked Freya but didn't want to use such a popular name, alternatives we thought about were: Frida, Fritha, Sigrid, Greta, Gudrun, Elsa.

Freya

Freyja is the traditional Norse spelling, and i think its even prettier like tht.. Maybe would appeal to ur OH and make the name more your own (remind u less of the girls u teach) 😊
Tbh I'm really not a fan of Skylar, its a bit hippy for me! 😅
Middle name ?

If you like Nordic names, how about Astrid or Hella?

I have a 9 year old Skylar. It was very unusual when she was born, she was one of 30 born that year I think. Now there seem to be several chavvy Skyla's where I live. Without he R. I've heard it screamed twice locally by very rough smoking sweary mums and it breaks my heart! Really gone off it now.

Having said that I love the mythology side of Freya but that is too popular for me to like.

astrid, ingrid, natasha, lara, harriet.

To be honest unless it's quite an obscure name, the first image will be of a child I've taught. Once it belongs to my own daughter it'll be entirely different

^^ Agree, OP.

Working in a school environment, I understand what you mean - the longer you teach, the pick of names can gradually decrease.

Freya is lovely