Caroline or Rosie

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Which do you prefer? DH isn't sold on either. Middle name would be Eirlys and something else.

Also any suggestions for a boy? Currently have a Rufus.

Caroline is lovely. I like Callie for short.

Caroline

Rosie is too cutesy and more nickname for me

Eirlys is non-negotiable. It's a beloved relatives name.

Caroline is awful and Rose/Rosie is much more popular than Iris.

I like both but Rosie and Rufus aren’t great together.

So Caroline. Callie for short or just don’t shorten it!

Rosie. It’s popular but not everywhere. Or Rose nn Rosie.

Caroline’s I know are all at least 45. It’s in the same bracket as Susan, Wendy, Sandra etc for me. I do like Caro though, even as a stand alone name, although I know that’s a mn no no, to have a diminutive on the bc!

I don't really get the whole nn thing. If you want to call your kid a nn then just call them that, not the long name on the birth certificate but no one ever knows that's their real name.

I don't like Rose. Kid can call themselves what ever they like once they are old enough.

My niece is a Rosemary shortened to Rosie.

I love it and it gives her other options as she gets older

What about Rosa. It’s classic and beautiful. Not as popular as Rose, not as twee as Rosie, not as dull and middle aged as Caroline

Really not keen on Caroline, a middle aged womans name

Love the name Rosie and it's potential nn's too Rose, Ro etc. Not keen on Carolines nn's (which they probably will be most known by) Caz, Carol

Caroline by miles, and it goes better with Rufus. Rosie is a bit childlike/cutesy..

I have a Caroline who’s about to start school so she’s definitely not middle aged. It’s certainly unusual and has a middle aged vibe. I have a couple of friends who flinch when I tell her off as they use shortened versions and only get called their full names by their mothers!!

We (obviously) think it’s a lovely name and she currently has a nickname but it’s unusual and is what she called herself before she could say her name properly.

I’m pretty resigned to her being Caz or Carrie at some point in her life and am fairly sanguine about it. I’d rather she didn’t but won’t lose sleep over it!