Kirsten or Felicity?

[Beachbiscuit]

I posted a thread earlier about Emilia and I realised a lot of people had a good point, it is far too popular when you consider all the Amelia/Emily/Millie/Amelie/Emma/Emmy girls out there. Even my dh doesn’t want to use it anymore, and Emilia was originally his suggestion.

Now we have come to two names, Felicity and Kirsten. Any obvious drawbacks to these I’m not seeing? I think for first and middle names we like Felicity Phoebe or Kirsten Aurora. Which do you think is better?

Kirsten seems a little dated but is nice. Felicity is a bit too long.

I like Felicity but not with Phoebe. Too many 'f' sounds going on there.

Kirsten is nice too, and unusual these days.

Felicity. Kirsten is really dated and not very pretty.

I'm biased as my DD is Felicity but I often have compliments about her name. Not ever trendy so never dated imo

Felicity. I agree with PP that it's a lot of 'F' sounds when teamed up with Phoebe. But if that doesn't bother you then go for it.

I have an 18 month old Felicity, we loved the name and thought it classic but pretty. Good luck with deciding

Kirsten is Scandinavian cool, not very "pretty" though. How would you pronounce it, Keeer-sten or Kurse-ten?

Felicity is lovely.

Kirsten Aurora is beautiful!

Kirsten is too dated for me so I'd go with Felicity.

We would pronounce it Keeeersten

Definitely Kirsten.

Felicity is one I those names I should like as it fits my well known but not too popular criteria. Buuuut I just don't think it sounds nice.

Felicity definitely. Although I wouldn't pair it with Phoebe as PPs have said.

Kirsten Aurora is a beautiful name.

You will most likely end up with a Fliss or Kirstie... which do you prefer of these?

Felicity.

Felicity Louisa
Felicity Rose
Felicity Sarah
Felicity Margaret
Felicity Dawn
Felicity Anne

Both nice names

Kirsten

Felicity

I much prefer Felicity but it doesn’t work with Phoebe, despite being a lovely name. Felicity Aurora works a bit better although it is a tad long and a bit vowel heavy.

Not the biggest fan of Kirsten, if I’m honest. Kirsten Aurora is absolutely beautiful however - works perfectly!

Felicity — I much prefer the meaning.

Felicity. A single -syllable middle name would probably sound best if there's one you like.

Kirsten by miles. Felicity is not for me.

Felicity.
Aurora Felicity?

I like both but prefer Kirsten.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/KirstenDunsttCannes2016.jpg