Honest opinions please.

[shambolicgreenfox]

For a baby girl...
Bluebelle (my favourite...nn belle)
Carlotta (DH's favourite...nn Lotta or Lottie)
Ashling (both like this...nn Asha)

Love Aisling, posted on a thread about it yesterday, was that by you or just coincidence?

Not a fan of Bluebell personally, just don't really like flouncy girls names.

Really like the Lotta part of Carlotta, but not the Carl part!

Bluebell : cute for a baby but imo it might be a bit twee and embarrassing for her as an teenager or adult.
Carlotta : nice and unusual, or how about Carla?
'Ashling' : if you're going to use it please spell it correctly , it's Aisling ; ).

Not Bluebelle as it's awful.

No, it wasn't me Bendy... but I've seen it mentioned a few times lately. I think we've ruled it out. Have settled on Carlotta Belle Surname. Lots of potential shortened versions there (not nicknames!!) Thanks so much for all your help. Much appreciated. ☺

Gorgeous!

I love the name Bluebell. I don't agree with the comments on it being silly to think of a nn, or the dislike of Belle spelling. Might have just got a little more Bohemian in the last few years as I remember disliking it when Gerri named her child, but think it's really pretty now.

Go for what you love - I know a few Bluebells now and I certainly don't think they'll be teased, etc. There are far crazier names out there and flower names are surely pretty timeless.

I usually hate hippy names or made up names just to be different but could be persuaded by bluebell - it's a proper word and a pretty flower - just use it if you love it. Belle much better than blue for a nn.
Give her a sensible middle name so she's got options in future.

Lotta reminds me of your character in Austin powers and she'd be teased loads with 'a lotta [x]' or have you got a lot of [x]

Carla Bella sounds beautiful tho!

Carla belle sorry!

I'm going against the grain here but I really like Bluebelle although to be honest wouldn't use it because I'm not sure as an adult I would want to be a bluebelle, in fact I know I wouldn't. However would you consider Belle on the birth cirt and then when she's young enough use bluebelle as a cute day to day nn?

I'm not keen on the other 2 to be honest, I don't think they are horrible just not my taste.
I do really like Lottie - I know 2 Lottie's both are Charlotte's but Lottie on a day to day basis although I do think you could use it alone.

I think my issue with the other 2 is they have very strong associations with being Irish or Latin American names. Not that I have an issue with using names from somewhere else / there's not many actually English names, but if I met a little Aisling or Carlotta I would assume her parents had links to Ireland or South America. Can't imagine an olive or darker skinned girl called Ashling or a ginger pale skinned Carlotta.

How about Carina Belle. Or Carla Belle?

Carlotta sounds so clunky and she won't use it as she's growing up, she'll go by Carlie or Lottie.