Number 1 baby name or something family and friends all hate 😣

[Gilly79]

We found naming our son so easy and he was Imran ( well .... Immy) from me being 3 months pregnant!!!

Having a 'mare finding a name for our little girl we're expecting though!!!

We really like Sophia but hate that it's number 1 in the UK. Just can't get past it and don't want her to be 1 of 3 Sophia's in her class...

We also like

Yara
Nura
Farida
Zia

But all our family and friends obviously hate them. I wouldn't care if they were just indifferent but I'm starting to question if we just have bad taste in names lol. Don't want to saddle our little one with a bad name!

Any thoughts v welcome 😊

I don't understand why people dont want popular names. They are popular for a reason. My name was very common clearly around the time I was born and lots of us with the same name when at school and now work and it doesn't bother me one bit!!!

I can understand where you're coming from. Sophia is such a pretty name. Only one in our school.

Can I add 'Nola' to the mix. I really like it and it sort of seems similar to your other choices.

Walk I was going to say the same, but GoT will probably be a thing of the past by the time hypothetical Yara is even at school. Good point though, OP should be prepared for a lifetime of people of our generation saying to Yara "ah, you're a 2019 baby - that'll be after Game of Thrones then!"

Zia seems like a great compromise, similar sound to Sophia. I love the Saffiah suggestion too, I vastly prefer it to Sophia!

I'm not keen on Nura - are you pronouncing it Nyuh-ra, or Nuuuh-ruh? (If that makes sense!)

Farida and Zia are lovely. So is Sophia

Yara is great and I rather like Nura too. love the suggestion of Amara as well.

Sophia is lovely as a middle name

Nura is beautiful that's be my pick.
Reminds me of a brave and brilliant girl I once knew.

Could you change Yara into Zara?
I love Sophia

I like Yara and Nura but prefer it spelled Noora.
Sophia is ok but a bit less interesting.

I'll never get why people discuss their name ideas with other people..it's a sure fire way to make your decision 1000x harder!

Call your baby EXACTLY what you want to !! Both my children have what were considered bizarre names 16 and 13 years ago and we were ridiculed by family , now everyone loves that they have different names ( especially them ) and the protesters all say that the names suit their personalities. Your baby , your choice !! Don't pay any attention

Zia is the one that stands out for me. Much more individual than the perfectly nice but overpopular Sophia.

It might turn out that your daughter meets very few Sophias on her journeys through playgroup and school. I really do like Zia though.

Please try and leave friends and family's opinions aside. Once your daughter is here they'll forget they ever made a sniffy noise about her name

What about Rayah or Amal?

I'm pregnant now and if it's a girl it will be Sophia (probably Sofia actually) - it annoys me somewhat that it's so popular but it's been my chosen daughter's name since about 1999 so I do not care!

My boy's name choices are also popular - lovely names often will be! And names go in and out of favour so much it's impossible to predict I think - you could pick something unusual and find it in the top 10 next year. Go with what you like I think.

I love Yara and Farida. Zia is nice too!

Zia is awesome! I love Yara too. I like all of them tbh

They are all 4 lovely names but Nura is really gorgeous. That's a name with real power.

Nura Fen.

I prefer Zia.

I have a 15 week old boy. From before we knew we were having a boy we had the name picked. My entire family hated it. They've very slowly accepted it and now I don't think they could imagine him being called anything else. If you love the name - go for it. They will accept it and grow to love it.

The only thing I've really learnt from the whole thing is next time I won't tell them a name until the baby is here!

Yes Sophia is not number 1. It’s number 11.

Number 1 is Olivia and number 2 is Amelia.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsgirls
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I adore Yara. One of my favourite Evers.

I know a young Hamna which I think is lovely. She’s about 4.

I like all those names but think Zia is my favourite

I love Yara

Farida speed Frieda 👍🏻

I mean Frieda