Girls names!

[Crimsonpetalandthewhite]

We are having a baby boy, but these would have been the choices for a girl. Opinions?

Willa
Ada
Ophelia
Vivian

Willa - reminds me of villi in the intestines
Ada - ok
Ophelia - boobies
Vivian - off the Young Ones.

It's good that you're having a boy.

I quite like Willa and Vivian, but I much prefer Vivienne.
Ada is very harsh
Ophelia is awful

@user1493494961 wow rude much I love Willa it's beautiful

@user1493494961 that made me laugh out loud - can always rely on mumsnet

Ada and Willa are both lovely

Ophelia is pretty. The others are terrible.

Willa - not keen
Ada - ugly name
Ophelia - no
Vivian - boy's name. Vivien is the girl version

Ophelia is rather tragic.
Vivian is the male version
Ada has a stick and a hairnet
Willa - is it a name?

Hopefully your boy will be called something like John.

I don't like any of them.

Vivien is nice. spelled that way as that's the female version.

I rather like Willa ( Cather) but don't think I would brave it.
Not keen on Ada despite Lovelace connection although it is quite of the moment.
I would choose a different Shakespearian 'heroine ' I think although Ophelia is a romantic sounding name.
Vivien is my preferred spelling of this name ; quite like .

I'm with @user1493494961

If using Vivienne, I would spell it the girls way.

@yikesanotherbooboo just out of interest why do you think you have to be brave for the name Willa

@Crimsonpetalandthewhite op I love your names list especially Willa and Ada

What did you name DS?

All horrible sadly. There are so many pretty, nice names out there. There’s are dire in my opinion.

Love them all! So surprised by some of the responses - thought they were all well known and lovely names! I prefer Vivian spelt like Vivienne though.

Don’t worry OP - some Mumsnetters won’t give their stamp of approval to anything other than Sarah, Elizabeth or Catherine 😂

Love Ada and Willa.

They are among the lovelier names in the granny chic genre imo.

MissHenty, I suppose because children generally like to be 'part of the crowd' and most wouldn't want to keep explaining Willa eg is a girl's name , is not a willy etc. I do like it though.

Vivien is great and classy.Much better than Vivienne.
Willa I like. Mainly because of Willa Cather. But is it short for something? Wilhelmina?
Ada is too bland and boring.
Ophelia I think is downmarket, because it smacks of ignorance of the Shakespeare story.

I much prefer Vivien to Vivienne.