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Please help me decide!

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Lironlavie1 · 14/07/2019 16:09

Baby girl number 3 is here.
She’s 5 days old ♥️ But still no name! 😬 (getting stressed!)
This is our short list. We like classic names but not too trendy ones (like Charlotte or Matilda..- although they are beautiful too!)
So we got:
Anna
Sara (pronounce Sarah)
Elizabeth
Joanna (Jo)
Jessica (Jess/ Jessie)
Which one would you go for?
Thank you so much!!

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/07/2019 16:13

They are all nice.

I wouldn’t give Sarah a lifetime of saying ‘no, not Sarra” though.

Anna is my favourite I think. Or Hannah?

carmenbea · 14/07/2019 16:14

What are your other girls names? That might make it easier! I like Jessica best

SoupDragon · 14/07/2019 16:16

I like Elizabeth.

I agree that I wouldn't have Sara pronounced as Sarah

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Lironlavie1 · 14/07/2019 16:21

Thank you, we got Emily and Ben.

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bridgetreilly · 14/07/2019 16:23

Joanna is lovely and very uncommon these days. That would be my choice.

Heratnumber7 · 14/07/2019 16:23

I love the name Anna.

CIT80 · 14/07/2019 16:25

Elizabeth or Anna would be my choice

MerryMarigold · 14/07/2019 16:26

Anna definitely. Love that name.

Also
Tamsin
Claudia
Beatrice
Miriam
Mary

MerryMarigold · 14/07/2019 16:27

Lucy, Alice, Eve

Goldenhorn · 14/07/2019 16:29

My order would be:

  1. Jessica
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Sarah
  5. Joanna
Goldenhorn · 14/07/2019 16:30

Apologies I meant Sara* but my phone autocorrected it

Lostinfog · 14/07/2019 16:32

I'd go Joanna as you could call her Jo or utilise your other name choice, Anna.

I do like Jess/Jessica though

ladyisabelle · 14/07/2019 16:39

I wouldn’t do Elizabeth with Emily as Elizabeth is usually shortened and Emily isn’t.

I like Jessica best from your list but I think Rebecca goes really nicely with the others.

Wonderstuff7 · 14/07/2019 16:51

Anna is lovely.

I think Sara spelt like that might get annoying too.

kittytiggy · 14/07/2019 16:57

Anna is so timeless and classic

Frith2013 · 14/07/2019 17:12

Anna - ok
Sara (pronounce Sarah) - just spell it as Sarah!
Elizabeth - dull
Joanna (Jo) - 1970s
Jessica (Jess/ Jessie) - ok

OnlyToWin · 14/07/2019 17:16

Emily, Ben and Jessica

Also think Emily, Ben and Alice sounds great too, but obviously not on your list! Smile

creamcheeseandlox · 14/07/2019 17:24

Please don't have a sara pronounced as Sarah. As a sara pronounced as 'sara' i have had a lifetime of wrong pronunciations as it is and have to correct people almost daily. I have had Sarah, Zara, Tara 🙄. Almost no one ever says sara initially and it is very frustrating.

StarJumpsandaHalf · 14/07/2019 17:24

I'd go with Anna.

If you should choose Sarah please spell it that way rather than Sara and expect everyone to pronounce it incorrectly. You must know that Sara rhymes with Zara for a reason.

creamcheeseandlox · 14/07/2019 17:25

What I am saying it is that is makes it harder for us if the spelling with no h becomes the name with An h.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 14/07/2019 17:26

I like Jessica !!

Other suggestions:

Abigail
Hayley
Lucy
Melanie

Peachbubble · 14/07/2019 17:27

Joanna
Quite a few Annas and Elizabeths around atm
Sarah and Jessica are/have been overused imo

McShakey · 14/07/2019 17:28

I think Anna goes with Emily and Ben

HelenaJustina · 14/07/2019 17:28

Go with Sarah, really underused classic!

Not Elizabeth, nice to have different initials, Jessica is all over the place here, and I’m not a fan of Joanna (knew one who, type thing!)

Hellhath · 14/07/2019 17:30

Emily, Ben and Anna
Perfect