Thoughts on our shortlist please!

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Boys shortlist sorted but struggling with our girls list... thoughts welcome! We have a Scottish surname starting with Mac (2 syllables).

Verity
Cecily
Celia
Julia
Iona
Joanna
Alicia

... Any suggestions welcome too!

verity

Iona

Team Julia

I like Iona and Joanna though if spell it Johanna as I think it looks prettier.

Cecily is lovely too actually. I've never met a Cecily

I like them all - really nice names. Celia is nice and I've never actually met one before. I haven't come across a baby Joanna ever. Alicia is probably my least favourite, but I still like it.

Verity - lovely virtue name.
Cecily - medieval version of Cecilia and a lovely character from the importance of being Ernest.
Celia - again lovely namewith a nice meaning if you went for Cecilia you could have it as a Nn though?
Julia - my favourite from your list, prefer it to Juliet.
Iona - a little more unusual from your list of names nice name but I can't help hearing "I own her" (in a bad accent of course)
Johanna - this is my middle name it will inevitably get shortened to Jo, don't know if that bothers you?
Alicia - the most frilly of the names on your list.

I think Julia is lovely and it has a very rich history as does Cecily they would be my top picks from your list, if you like Joan and have you thought about Joan? It seems like a good match with your style of names again good history, many notable wearer's of the name and cute Nn Joanie.
Good luck with name hunting

If you like Joanna, silly phone!!

Verity
Joanna and Julia have a 70's feel to them

Love Verity and Iona

Love Cecily!

I love Celia, it's quite unusual but very classic. I like the way it rolls off the tongue.

Also really like Iona and Joanna.

It's a lovely list.

I love Verity and Joanna. Also really like Iona. Alicia is nice. Less keen on the others.

Cecily! I'm a teacher and have never taught one! I think she'd be a bright, charming girl x

Cecily, Joanna or Julia are my favourites.

The only one on the list I'm not mad on is Celia.

Celia or Julia very pretty, prefer Alice to Alicia.

All are lovely apart from Verity (the one I know is anything but truthful).

Verity

"Cecily - medieval version of Cecilia and a lovely character from the importance of being Ernest."

It's a lovely name but not sure she's a lovely character!

I adore both Verity and Cecily. The only one I don't particularly like is Alicia.

My favourites from your list are Verity, Celia and Cecily. Iona would sound very Scottish with your surname (not that that's a problem!)

Verity and Cecily are my favourites.

Not keen on Iona or Joanna.

Thanks everyone!
My favourite is Verity but DH "hates" it!! I will keep campaigning though.
DH also wants a name that ends in 'a', so all of his favourites are things like Julia, Iona etc.
Does anyone have any suggestions I haven't thought of?

Absolutely love Julia, it's timeless, classy and so pretty!

susierocks I know! Not a problem but seeing as we live in Scotland and have a Scottish surname I can't help but feel I (English) get a bit lost in all of it! If that makes sense

Love the name Joanna but little one may get called 'Joanne' a lot which is an entirely separate name and imo not as pretty. Do you like 'Ida' - would sound nice with a 'mac' surname? Off the top of my head other 'a' names I like are:
Ida
Lina
Fia
Lana
Reeva - my favourite but some negative associations that I doubt would be thought of now though.