Isadora, Clover, Libby...

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Looking for some opinions on our list of names, no particular theme apart from being quite unusual, less popular names.
Isadora
Clover
Libby
Cleo
Raine
Nellie
Orla
Emmeline
Coral

That is quite a diverse list of names!

Clover is terrible, sorry, it's a cow's name.

Isadora is rather wonderful and 100x more sophisticated than Clover.

I really like Cleo, Emmeline's nice too.

Libby short for Elizabeth is fine. Not keen on its own,

Coral is a bookmaker and part of that set of semi-precious stone names e.g. Amber and Jade, that might once have seemed rare and lovely but quickly became the opposite through overuse. Despite Coral not being heavily used, it does have that association.

I like Nell but not Nellie = 'not on your nelly!', rude word.

Clover is a beautiful name

Love Isadora and Emmeline.
Really dislike Clover and Cleo.
Nellie is ok but it's a bit 'celeb'.

Oh yes, Nell as a nn for Eleanor is good. Otherwise what, Petronella? Prunella?

I did think about some of these names being more of a nickname. I'm not sure about using a longer name on the birth certificate because she might end up being known by that name when I don't like it as much as the nn. I like Liberty though

Clover is a pretty name but completely just makes me think of butter

Love Coral!

My name is on the list but my fave is Isadora which is one of my DD names.

Isadora
Orla
Emmeline
Coral

Love these names I think Coral in particular is so underrated

Love Emmeline

You might like Coraline or Corinna? (There's a lovely Dylan song called Corinna, Corinna)

From your list I love Emmeline and Orla. Libby is quite popular now and I know one Isadora and one Nelly (spelled like that). Personally I prefer Nell.

Clover is sweet and will probably get shortened to Clo. (It probably won't matter to you but Klo is German slang for loo.)

Other suggestions - Althea, Theodora, Adeline, Kitty, Simone, Lucinda.

Really love the name Cleo

How about Roxanne/Roxanna? Clementine? Margaret? Edith ? Jemima?

Like them all except Clover and Coral..

Emmeline was on my list
And Isadora is gorgeous

Isadora - it’s ok, reminds me of the 90s tv show “Isadora, we adore her” and will be shortened to Izzy
Clover - quite pretty
Libby - I’d prefer to call her Elizabeth or Olivia with Libby for short, it’s a nickname to me
Cleo - don’t like
Raine - don’t like
Nellie - same as Libby, I’d call her Helen, Eleanor, Cornelia or similar and use Nellie as her day to day name
Orla - like it a lot
Emmeline - very old fashioned and a bit of a mouthful. Would you call her Emma? Lina?
Coral - love it, classy and underused, slightly prefer Cora

Clover and Daisy are names of cows.

Love Isadora. Either Izzy or Dora are both fabulous.

Love Cleo, Isadora, and Nellie.

Love Emmeline nn Emmy.
Isadora is okay but there are lots of Izzys if it gets shortened
Libby is lovely, especially if Elizabeth is on the birth certificate
Raine is okay but might get misspelled

A couple of those names could cause teasing:

Nellie the elephant
Orla like orca the whale
Clover the cow
Cleo like the car
Coral is awful

Great list! The only ones I don’t like are Raine and Orla. Emmeline is my favourite!