Girls Shortlist - opinions please

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After 2 DS's I am finally getting over the shock of finding out I'm due a DD. I've had a very long list which I've narrowed down to more of a shortlist so would be grateful if you could let me know preferences out of following and/or any other suggestions??

Middle name likely to be Violet (as a family name) although still wavering on whether to have it as a first name. Just really don't like Vi as a nn...

Shortlist is:

Alice or Alys
Hannah
Lucy
Sadie
Nina
Ivy

Alice or Alys Violet.

I love Sadie and Hannah

Quite like Lucy and Nina

I don’t like Alice or Ivy

Nancy
Tess
Marnie
Grace
Sophia

Like all of your choices apart from alys or ivy. I like Alice or Hannah best.

Nina! That was one of my girl names I never got to use. Love it love it love it!

I don't much care for Violet, but it sounds pretty good with Nina.

Ivy Violet doesn't work at all.

Hannah, Alice and Lucy are all a bit good-but-dull girl names to me. They are nice enough names but quite bland and generic.

Sadie I like, but it's not a patch on Nina.

Alice or Alys: I normally like traditional names but I really don't like Alice/Alys
Hannah: know loads
Lucy: Love
Sadie: Love
Nina: Like
Ivy: OK

Alice or Lucy!

Alice or Hannah.

As pp said, you can't really have Ivy Violet (two plants).

I don't like the Alys spelling. Alice Violet is nice though. I also like:
Nina Violet
Sadie Violet

Lucy and Hannah are also nice names but maybe a bit more plain.

Sadie Violet is perfect! Or Alice is second choice.

As for the others -
Hannah - dislike ... very dull and dated
Lucy - fine but a little dull
Nina - Love!
Ivy - dislike ... way too overused!

Thank you for responses so far. Sadie coming out very strongly on this thread then. I don't know of any around here (London commuter town), do others have any views on its popularity?

Just read back Alice is a popular choice too. It's quite traditional, I'm not as sold on it as Sadie or Hannah. Ivy definitely dropping down my list

I love Sadie. Not keen on the others

I really don't like Sadie but Nina is lovely!

Ivy, Hannah and Alice all nice too though!

Sadie and Nina. Dislike Ivy and Alice.

Ivy is my favourite but doesn't go well with Violet, so I'd go for Alice.

Really like Alice, dislike Sadie and Nina. Know a Violet nn Letty.

Alice or Ivy are the nicest - they're both lovely.

Sadie is okay, just not my taste.

Hannah and Lucy always seem a bit plain to me and for some reason I don't like Nina, sorry!

I really don't like Sadie. I wonder if there been a film or tv character of that name because I immediately think of sexy Sadie and it sounds a bit icky but I don't know why.

Ivy is lovely and Alice is nice too but my favourite in your list is Violet. It really is a gorgeous name. Just insist that no-one calls her Vi. It would be near the top of my list for a girls name.

I like Alice and Lucy.
Not keen on the others, Ivy and Sadie are my least favourite.

Alice Violet is a lovely combination.

I am not a fan of Sadie.

Alice or Alys - lovely
Hannah - lovely
Lucy - lovely
Sadie - no, awful
Nina - no, sounds like a police siren
Ivy - ok

Alice /Alys
Hannah
Molly

I love Violet so I’d go with that as a first name. You don’t have to shorten it. Plenty of people use their whole name unshortened.