Name for baby girl HELP!

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I'm due soon and am completely at a loss for a name for my baby girl. I already have a Clara... please help me narrow these down! Middle name will be Rowan

Theodora - my favourite but think it sounds a bit flouncy?! Love Thea and Teddy as nicknames but DH isn't fussed by the "Dora" part and neither of us like Dorothea.

Matilda - quite like this but don't like Tilly as a NN

Cora - too similar to Clara????

Juliet - like this but not the "Jules" nickname

Eliza - DH's favourite. I don't mind it but I don't love it and I wonder if it feels too popular/ faddy and won't age well??

Any suggestions/ opinions welcome!!

Not keen on Cora and v. similar to Clara. Love the other names, you could have Mattie or Tilda as shortenings or Ettie for Juliet. Eliza is a classic, I don't see it as 'faddy', I think it's timeless.

Also, you could have Thea as a 'standalone'.

Not keen on Theodora but just Thea is lovely.
Cora is nice but def too similar.
Don’t like Matilda.
Juliet is v pretty, don’t have to shorten it!
Eliza is lovely

I like Matilda (Mattie or Tilda), Juliet (nn could be Ettie, Etta or Jet) or Eliza.

I really love the name Eliza and Matilda

If not

How about Edith?

Maggie (Margaret)? Delilah?

You could have Theda instead of Theodora? Then you wouldn’t have the Dora part.

I do like Eliza.
Liza is nice also.
Or Elise.

I don't think Jules is inevitable. Juliet is lovely.

I'd just go Thea

I gave my friend my girls name - Eliza.

And she used it!

Eliza Florence. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Beautiful name.

Juliet and Eliza are lovely, both timeless.

Other suggestions:
Edith
Harriet
Isabella
Francesca
Rose

Other suggestions...

Alice
Margot
Audrey
Viola
Anna
Vivienne
Adela
Julia
Adeline
Isadora
Adelaide
Greta
Miriam
Beatrice
Daphne
Jemima
Dinah
Ramona
Alma
Verity
Esther
Felicity
Helena
Genevieve
Lydia
Marianne
Rosa
Mattea
Maria
Vera
Susannah
Marina
Rosanna
Tabitha
Willa

Lydia
Martha
Tabitha
Annabel
Meredith
Harriet
Beatrix
Cecily

Eliza is very much the nicest of your ideas, and goes well with Clara. It's currently at 0.18% so really not that common!

Edith is also lovely.

Cora is out. I love all the others on your list, but if you're not keen on Tilly then cross Matilda off. I don't think Eliza is faddy at all - quite popular at the moment but that's a different thing. It's a stong traditional name I think. Juliet doesn't need shortening.

I like Juliet best.

Theadosia
Althea

Teddy short for Theadora?

Knew Cora wasn't really an option! This is really helpful! Thanks everyone! Any more suggestions more than welcome!

I love Eliza ,Thea ,Esme

For nicknames - for Matilda, Mattie? Juliet, Leti?

I like Eliza best.

Other suggestions:
Jemima
Penelope
Alicia
Hester
Victoria
Jeanie
Susannah
Viola
Hazel
Charlotte
Louisa
Catherine
Helena
Verity
Georgina
Alice
Sara
Olive
Imogen
Delilah
Esther
Freya
Rosanna

Matilda is lovely.

Alice
Eleanor
Beatrice
Elizabeth
Florence
Lucy
Isabella
Annabel
Harriet
Madeleine
Rose

Another vote for Thea as a standalone. Or Juliet with no shortening. Both are lovely and would sit well with Clara.

Thea!!

I also have a Clara (and love Cora - and Clary, and Cary... sigh)

We also considered Ilse/Ilsa for her. There was another on the shortlist but I can't even remember what it was so it can't have been that good! If we have another girl I like Willa, Ruby, Harriet, Maria, Annie and Elspeth.

Another vote for Thea as a stand alone. I love it.
I also knew a Theoni which is unusual but quite sweet.
I like Eliza though. I think it's every bit as stylish and classic as Clara.