Girls' shortlist

[Littleloafofbread]

For a French/British baby... I've asked about one or two specific names on the forum before, but things seem to be getting more, rather than less, complicated as due date approaches!

Alice
Charlotte (nn Lottie)
Clémence (nn Clemmie)
Clara
Inès
Rosalie/Rosaline (nn Rosie - bit reticent as DD middle name is Rose)

Thank you!

I love Alice, Charlotte and Clara

Love Inès, Clara and Charlotte. Others are all fine but not favourites.

I like Clara, Rosaline and Alice are ok but better as a middle name, dislike the others

The only one of those I dislike is Rosalie/Rosaline though I do love Rosie. I would stick to Rose/Rosie. Rosalie is very frilly and would only suit a few people I feel.

The others on your list are all quite lovely. My favourite is Clemence (sorry can't do accents on my keyboard).

I like Clemence. Alice is ok. Not so keen on the others.

Alice - lovely
Charlotte (nn Lottie) - lovely
Clémence (nn Clemmie) - no
Clara - beautiful
Inès - my favourite
Rosalie/Rosaline - ok, but no because you already have a Rose

Ines
Rosalie
(One of Prince George's middle names is Louis so you won't be the first to reuse a mn)

Alice, Charlotte and Rosalie are lovely. Not sure about Clara and the only Clemence I know is a boy.

Lovely list, so it's hard to choose just one, but I'd go with Charlotte.

Clara is your most international one, in terms of pronunciation, and a beautiful name, one of my favourites. I'm really liking Clémence and Inès (the former more than the latter). Alice and Charlotte will be pronounced surpriringly differently in UK/France and are lovely names but quite ubiquitous these days. Not at all keen on Rosalie - it's one of those zeitgeisty Elsie/Evelyn/Eliza names that is having a moment but people still think is unusual.

Hmm, now Rosaline somehow appeals to me more than Rosalie, and I think would work better in both languages. You'd still have the -lyne or -leen issue, though.

Alice is my favourite

What a lovely list! I like all of them except Ines.

My favourites are Alice, Charlotte and Clara :)

My favourite by far is Clara.

Alice is very wet and Charlotte is just dull.

I like Clara the best.

ines and clemence, others are super dull. UK has reached it's quota on charlottes. oversued boring name....

They are all nice but I think Clara will work best across both nationalities

Rosalie/ Rosaline are beautiful and love the nn rosie

I LOVE Clara and also like Charlotte/Lottie.

Alice is a very solid middle name, but I wouldn't choose it for a first. I'm not so keen on the rest.

Alice - great if you don't mind the Aleece pronunciation by French friends and relatives.
Charlotte (nn Lottie) - brilliant as it's the same
Clémence (nn Clemmie) - no
Clara - no
Inès - yes, but is French rather than both
Rosalie/Rosaline (nn Rosie - bit reticent as DD middle name is Rose) - not sure

Clara is a lovely name, and best one on your list

Clemence and Rosalie. Wouldn't bother with a NN for Rosalie. Or Clemency, which I wouldn't NN either.

Definitely Clara

I don't think I'm closer to making a decision but at least it would seem like none of them are absolutely hideous so that's reassuring. Interesting to see how popular Clara is - I think it's very pretty but I still think of Doc Brown's girlfriend every time I hear it!

Your short list is almost identical to our shortlist (we had Alice, Rosalie, Clementine, Clara and Charlotte).

We would have gone for Clara if it hadn't rhymed so much with our surname.

If you're interested the other names on our shortlist were: Harriet, Stella and Noelle.