Arabella or Mila?

[jennythebest]

What does everyone think of Arabella? Our other final option is Mila (mee la). Which do you prefer?

Tbf though, my only aristocratic friend smoked roll ups too... it was the accent though, the aristocratic friend had a telling accent. Arabella did a convincingly ordinary accent, but that could mean nothing. You'be go me thinking now lottie!

hmm i never thought of Arabella as a really "posh" name before but thinking about it, it is very frilly...Also good point about there being enough Bellas!

I like Mila more.

I love that I might have just outed your Arabella decaff

I once looked up the stats for girls called Arabella, I had 4 of them in one year group at work and only 13 were born in the UK in the year in question. It's definitely a name that is largely confined to a particular subset of the population. Which is fine and lovely if you are one of them but worth being aware of if you're not! . As I said earlier though I think it is a lovely name.

I don't think it is anymore, Arabella is in the top 100 now and getting more popular. I know a couple of young Arabellas from 'normal' backgrounds, one has a young, working class mum. I guess it does still have the posh connotations but as it's getting more popular I think that stereotype will start to go.

Mila has also shot up in popularity. It's a nice name but it's celebrity trendy which would put me off.

Mila is short for Camilla or Milena (ful name of Mila Kunis), or Milenica (full name of Milla Jovovic). I never understand why people in th UK pronounce it 'Meela' when it is very clearly 'Mih-la'.
Its on my list as nn for dd2( full name would be Camilla) so ive done quite some research for possible pronunciation issues

hmmmmm, does anyone have any other name suggestions if i like these ?

Arianna? Annie is so much nicer than another bloody Bella. Could also be arrie (as could arabella).

Similar to Mila, maybe Leah? Matilda?

I love the name Arabella is was my top choice for our daughter but husband had a bad association with it so got ruled out. So thought of Amabella or Mirabella as an alternative but he doesn't like those either! What are your thoughts? Our friends called their daughter milla to start with but then came across too many pronouciation issues so quickly changed the name!

Whilst we are discussing names....Can I ask peoples views on our wildcard name "Oceana"?! Do you think we would get ridiculed? Maybe it's too much for anfirst name (unless you are a celeb or something) but could get away with it as a middle name even?

Oceana is the name of a chain of nightclubs so I wouldn't.

OP how about- Eleanor, Lucinda (Lucy), Martha, Charlotte, Felicity, Alexandra?

oceana sounds a bit celeb, maybe as a middle name.

Another name i am considering is Sasha? Opinions?

Mila, pronounced me-la.

Sasha is pretty OP!

Love Sasha!
I quite like Arabella, and it's fairly unusual.
I like Mila, though agree pronounciation can be varied. We know a Camilla who is known as Mila (pronounced Mill- a)

Sasha is a boys name in many countries, short for Alexander.

Just go for Poppy. Can't go wrong with that.

Arabella or Sasha

I love Arabella, and find it less frilly than say Annabella or Isabella