Opinions on my shortlist for girls

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Please could you give me your honest opinions on these names:

Harriet
Philippa
Sophie
Kate/Katie
Ella
Anna

Thank you

All lovely names! Pip could be cute as a short version of Phillipa!

Harriet, beautiful name. Don't like the rest.

Thanks both!

I'd go with Harriet.

I like Philippa

Love Sophie, Kate and Harriet

A great list - my taste I guess as there's only one I'm not real keen on, Ella, and that's mainly because El names seem way over-used.

I adore Harriet and Philippa. Love nns for Philippa such as Pip, Pippa and Pippin. I'm not so keen on Harriet short forms (except I do kind of like Harrie for a girl) so would just use the full name if I used that.

I love Sophie too - sweet and traditional. Also Kate. I'd use Kate as the name and Katie as the nn. Always seems such a strong feminine choice. And Anna, another love of mine, is so classic and stylish. Anna, Sophie and Kate have all been extremely popular but that wouldn't stop me using them as they have a classic quality. I haven't become tired of them the way I have with Ella. My favourites are Harriet and Philippa though.

I like Ella

Not as popular as it was so not going to end up with 24 in your child’s class at school and I think it’s lovely. Works for a teenager and adult too. Can’t stand stupid cutesy names that are great for a newborn but ridiculous for a 32 year old going for a job interview.

Love the nn Etta and Pip!

Love Harriet but not keen on the rest!

Harriet -great on our shortlist
Philippa -it's fine but I'm not keen and I don't know why
Sophie -I know lots of Sophie/Sophia so wouldn't use but I like the name
Kate/Katie - classic, one of my names so personally wouldn't use but it's served me well for years
Ella -one of those nice granny names that is set to come back I think
Anna -ok

Harriet and Philippa are lovely, I prefer Sophia and I like Catherine/Katharine with the nn Katie.

We were very close to naming DD Harriet (nn Hallie - old English shortening).

Love it.

Good luck.

Harriet - lovely
Philippa - nice, but I dislike Pippa
Sophie - nice
Kate/Katie - I prefer Katherine nn Kate
Ella - ok
Anna - lovely

A very classic list, all beautiful names. My favourite is definitely Harriet and you have lots of nickname options with that one. My least favourite is probably Ella, although it’s still a nice name it doesn’t have the same ‘feel’ to it as the others on your list and is fairly common nowadays. X

Kate/Katie is fab. Sophie and Anna are okay.
Don't like the rest. I particularly despise Ella. Don't know why.

Harriet and Ella are nice the rest are quite boring imo.

Harriet (Hattie not Harry) or Anna

I like Sophie, Katie and Anna. Not keen on Harriet.

I like them all. Except Katie, but that's because if associations I have with the name tbh. I'd probably go with Harriet. Phillipa makes me think of Pippa Middleton.

Harriet is lovely. The rest are boring, apart from Philippa which is hideous.

My sister is a Philippa and hates her name. She’s gone by her middle name since university and still really resents our mother for calling her that!

Lovely names. Faves are Sophie, Katie (which I think is underused now) and Anna.

I like Katherine with Kate or Katie as a nn. Love Anna. It's beautiful and timeless. Harriet is also nice but Harry isn't a great nn. Sophie and Ella are a little too popular for me and I find Philippa quite ugly so can't imagine it on a little girl

Sophie and Ella are my favourites from that shortlist.

Only reason I don't like Harriet is because of the saying 'Dirty Harriet' 😂 I know that's weird but I always think of that saying when I hear that name! Philippa sounds posh to me but that's probably just me! And I don't mind Kate and Anna but I find them very old school and classic, I guess it depends on your taste

Harriet I don’t care for as it’s such a harsh female equivalent of Harry

Like the rest of the names on the list