What do you think of these names?

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Trying to decide between Jessica, Valentina, Sophia, Mila or Amelie?

Mila seems to be the latest celeb name so I'm not a fan. There are now 2 at my dd1 nursery. Also dislike Amelie. Sophia and Jessica are nice but I prefer Valentina. Considering it for my dd2 in fact!

Jessica is overused. Amelie was overused so much that it now seems a little bit has-been. I know a very nice Mila and a couple of Nice Valentinas, so those would be my favourites. I think that without the influence of DD's lively friend Mila, I would probably have a slight preference for Valentina.

Valentina is divine. The others not so much.

Sophia is also very nice. I think it might be my favourite, actually, because it is beautiful and strong and elegant without being flashy, whereas Mila and Valentina are both lovely in a slightly noisier way than Sophia.

I think Valentina is nice if you have a Spanish/Italian heritage. Otherwise no.

Agree that valentina might be odd for a non- Italian girl - is sophia very popular though?

I wouldn't say Jessica was overused. Its quite unique now.
Amelia. Yes it's over used but If you not bothered about her being one of 5 in her class. Then its fine. Not everyone cares about popularity, do they
Sophia.. See Amelia
Mila. Not fussed. I think this is going to rise in popularity, abs date just as quickly. I'd also struggle with the pronunciation. Is it Said as Mil-er, Mee-ler, My-ler

Valentina is gorgeous. She can use Val, Valley or Tina as a nn

My assistant is called Valentina. She is Italian.

We are considering Valentina and we are not Italian or Spanish, I did wonder if it's trying a bit hard...but it's so beautiful! I also love Mila and Sophia

Amelie is still a beautiful name. Valentina sounds like the new Chardonnay/Chelsea sorry!

Valentina and Jessica are lovely.
Valentina at our nursery is shortened to Nina.

I wouldn't call Jessica unique - it's been in the top 10 for the past 20 years or so, and is above the other 4 in terms of popularity, although Sophia is a fairly close runner-up.

My favourites are Sophia and Valentina - they are both beautiful names! Then it would be Amelie, Jessica and Mila

What about Jessa or Jessamine as an alternative to jessica?

I like Sophia and Jessica.

Valentina is a lot more "wow" than the others. The others are perfectly nice, my favourites from the rest being Sophia and Amelie, but they feel very safe and ordinary. Valentina for me.

The only thing that would put me off Valentina would be it ever got shortened to Tina. We had Valentina floating around for dd3 (as a middle name) - didn't use it in the end, but I've always had a soft spot for it. I have a Sophia but spelt differently.

Jessica is nice, just nice. I like Jess more than Jessica. Jessica is like Nichola to me - a bit dated maybe? I really like Mila (I would say it as Meela). Amelie wouldn't be a favourite.