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[AverageMummy]

I seem to be drawn to short simple names (although there are some exceptions).

What are your thoughts on these? I’m wondering if pregnancy hormones are drawing me to the unusual....

Alba
Thea
Heidi
Alma
Lyra
Ada

DHs sister just gave birth to Thea. She's the most scrumptious little dot so I'm biased towards that!

@Tillygetsit oh how lovely! Is she just Thea rather than Theodora or Dorothea? I really do love the name!

I love Ada, and Ida.
Thea is sweet but not my fav.

I like Alma and Ada.

I like all of them except Alma.

Lyra is my favourite.

Thea, Heidi and Ada are my faves.

I had a great auntie Ida which I may use for hypothetical future dd.

I know some lovely little Theas

I also like short, simple names - but we have completely different taste

I quite like Lyra & Ada, but the others aren't my style at all.

I quite like Ada, and find Alba interesting, don't mind Thea, but not a fan of the others.

Love them all, apart from Ada

Love all of them

Not keen on Alba or Alma. Lyra and Thea are my favourite.

Alba - not keen
Thea - Don't like it
Heidi - lovely
Alma ok
Lyra - will date badly
Ada - awful

Alba was on our list if we had a girl

Thea is also lovely

I like Thea and Ada, and am neutral on the others apart from Heidi, which is sickeningly twee, and Alma, which always reminds me of a spiteful podgy girl called Alma Pudden in either Malory Towers or St Clare’s.

Really like Heidi

I LOVE Alba!

Less keen on Alma and Ada. How about Zoe?

Unhelpful, maybe, but short names on my list were:

Chloe
Anna
Freya
Laura
Zara

From your list I love Heidi. Will genuinely be uncommon, whereas I think there might be a few of the others about if you live in a 'naice' / middle class /affluent area.

All the best for the rest of your pregnancy

Kim
Zoe
Jill
Cara

Gail
Erin
Jane

We had Thea on our list, I think it’s lovely. Also had

Gaia
Asha
Olive
Hope
Erin

Thea and Ada are lovely. I don't really like any of your other suggestions, sorry.

They're all nice. Some are more unusual than the others but tbh they fit with the girls name trend for the last 2-3 years of 4 letter names ending in "a" - so even though if you look up the numbers of girls named each one separately they won't be very high they all seem familiar. Which is neither good nor bad just saying that I don't think you're necessarily being drawn to unusual names! They're pretty.

I like Heidi and Alba from your list.
I see a pp has suggested Hope, I was going to put forward Faith.

@WineIsMyCarb thank you
Although no I don’t live in an affluent area at all!