Juniper, Dusty or Vivienne?

[Mamami]

Hello all,

DH and I have completely opposite ideas when it comes to baby names. After not being able to pick a single name we agree on, he picked DD1 and it’s on me for imminent DD2. It’s down to three - Juniper, Dusty or Vivienne. I like them all a lot but there’s no single name that has blown me away and I’m sick of dithering.

Thoughts please?

Pass.

Love juniper and Vivienne

What? Dusty???

Juniper is lovely!
Vivienne is too fussy for me.
Dusty??? I guess you're thinking Springfield but... no!!

I knew a Dusty once

She lived next door, in a little cage decorated with toilet tubes, a water bottle, some hay and a little wheel

I like Juniper. Dusty is awful. Please don’t call your child that! Not keen on Vivienne - it fussy and affected (imo).

I went to naice private school with a very posh Dusty. Really suited them.

Dusty is a really cute nickname though.

I like Vivienne.
Juniper is a bit out there for me but still nice.
My cat is called Dusty so I wouldn't recommend that

I think it would depend on what your dd1 is called... Sarah and Dusty wouldn't be quite fair I don't think.

Out of the three I like Vivienne the best

Dusty is AWFUL. Vivienne is beautiful - please use that.

Vivienne is the only decent name. Dusty is weird. Like Dusty Bin from that telly show!

Yep, dusty bin! Although kids would be too young to know who that is, I'm not even sure how I know who that is!

Vivienne is a lovely name

I like Juniper best.

Vivienne!

love that name

I know a Juniper she gets called Junie which isn't that nice imo. Dusty well you're setting her up to be teased plus ' Dusty bin'from years ago will rear its head google it if yr not aware. Vivienne is lovely but is bound to get shortened to Viv.

Agree with above that it partly depends on your other dd's name. I think all your choices are lovely and the responses here do make me wonder about the demographic on these boards - a few worries that aren't relevant to my generation, let alone the next. Vivienne seems to be increasingly popular, if that bothers you. Also I would love to use Juniper myself but can't due to stupid surname! Use it for me

Dusty is probably the worst name I have ever seen anyone consider on here.

Juniper is good, Vivienne is ok. Makes me think of pretty woman. It sounds like juniper fits with what you want from a name.

Well Dusty just means.... dusty, aside from any 1980s TV dusty bins. Not a very positive meaning for a name, I would have thought, (most names have positive associations) and a bit odd. In spite of Dusty Springfield.

I love Juniper - it's on my list too!

"Juniper" will remind a lot of technies a company...

Juniper is uncommon enough that you can let go of Dusty... Surely!

I just can't get over the fact that's it's a negative word. Like... "Ugh it's so dusty in here! Clean up will ya!"

Juniper is my favourite - though I prefer Juno.

Vivienne is my least favourite.

I don't dislike Dusty as much as others on this thread, but I do think it's quite American. I happen to like American-style names (not the recent trend of made up names, but older names like Wyatt, Dallas etc), but am not surprised that a mostly British group of people don't like it.

Dusty bin. It's awful.also sounds more like it should be a boys (unfortunate) name.
Juniper - not my first choice but I've heard worse.
Vivienne - love this mainly because I,ve always loved. Vivi and viva as nicknames.

I love Vivienne. We had it in our top 3 for DD. Dusty will date terribly but is quite sweet for a little girl. My cousin Deirdre (Irish) was called Dusty as a child.I don't like Juniper at all but I knew a Juniper which has put me off it.