Paloma or Vivienne?

[Camparisafari]

We've narrowed it down to these final two, they are quite different styles but I'm pretty sure I would be happy with either.

The lack of a nice shortened version of Paloma is an issue for me. However I think it probably is more in keeping with older sibling Saskia. Thx for your help!

I prefer Vivienne.

I'm really sorry but when I hear Paloma I for some reason think Papilloma. I don't know why it just jumps into my head.

Love Vivi / Vivienne

I loooooove Paloma! It and Farah are on my dream baby name list, but they're a bit too glam for us personally to carry off. Pom/Pompom is an amazing nickname. So many girls names end in -a that the Saskia/Paloma thing wouldn't bother me.

Vivienne is having a bit of a moment with Angelina Jolie and whatnot which would put me off a bit tbh. I think she would 100% get Viv at school/work and you'd have to make your peace with that.

I love Vivienne with Vivi as the nickname

Vivienne... but prefer the vivien Leigh spelling very glam..not so keen on paloma ok not great as dc would say!

Not keen on either, sorry

Do you think it's almost certain that Vivienne would become Viv? That's something I'm hesitating over. I know you cannot control nicknames. Interesting that someone has benchmarked it with the more dowdy middle aged names like Pauline as I think of it as being much more glamorous than that (maybe swayed by angelina jolie)

I think there’s a good chance, yes. Viv to me is a 60 year old dinner lady.

I don’t think Paloma goes with Saskia at all. Two names like that smack of “dressing up, fancy dress” names. On their own they’re OK. Vivienne is a bit more mainstream, because it’s French and more aligned with our naming culture. I think Vivien is much classier, though.

I love Paloma. But I know someone with the name and she's such a lovely person.

Paloma is fine.

Vivienne is the punk off the Young Ones or it sounds like vivisection.

Love both of them op!

Think I'm slightly preferring Paloma.
But then I love Vivi 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's NOT the punk off the young ones! @Frith2013 he's a man.

it's Vivienne Westwood or Vivien Leigh from Gone with the wind!

Much prefer Paloma, really lovely name.

Paloma is great. Let the nn emerge naturally! Vivienne sounds like a 65 year old estate agent.

I don’t like it spelt Vivienne.

Much prefer the simpler Vivien and I think it goes better with Saskia also.

All the Viviennes I know of have become Viv @Camparisafari

I think if you continually called up school and things maybe there’s a way to stop that happening if you asked teachers to intervene if a child used that nickname? But ultimately your daughter might like Viv and won’t think of a dinner lady

Which one sounds best with your surname?

It's NOT the punk off the young ones! @Frith2013 he's a man

Haha it has immediately reminded me of him now 😂😂

I'm not keen on either sorry, however if I had to choose I would go with Paloma (pom/pompom is really cute). The thought with Vivienne is it would always get shortened to Viv and that would piss me off.