Julia, Juliet or Lara

[Glitterywellies]

We are expecting a second little girl in July and have more or less narrowed it down to these three names. I'm not asking which one people prefer as that is very much personal preference and if I wanted the most popular name I'd go with Amelia or Sophia or something! But my DH and I have quite different taste and we each have different favourites and different reservations. Could you help us resolve these?

Re JULIET:

1. Is this name becoming a bit trendy? It seems to be suggested fairly often on here but it is something like 500th in the popularity list which would suggest not... is it becoming popular among a particular (middle class?) demographic (eg Wilfred is seemingly not popular in the charts but half the boys under 4 I know are called Wilfred)?
2. Is Juliet chavvy? Is it pretentious (my DH has raised both of these worries...!)? Is it naff/cheesy/sickly sweet?
3. Our DD4 is called Rosanna. Is Rosanna and Juliet too similar to Romeo and Juliet, will people think it's silly?
4. Do you think a Juliet is likely to face constant and tedious references to Romeo and Juliet, maybe even teasing, to the point where she wishes it wasn't her name?

Re JULIA:
Is it boring? Dated?

Re LARA:

1. Is it boring?
2. Is it becoming common or trendy in any demographic (I know it's in the top 100)? I really don't like the name Laura as it is so very common, and if Lara were to be similarly common or even halfway there it would put me right off it. Right now I'm thinking it seems classic, elegant and not very common - is that right do you think, and do you think it's in any danger of being the next Amelia?

Thank you!!!

Lara

I have a 12 week old Julia :) I like the fact it's not used often these days and I think it's a gorgeous name for both a baby and an adult. Breaks away from lots of the "cute" names that are popular at the monent. Only downside is the meaning.. Think it's something like "downy bearded one"

Julia is timeless not boring and very international.

Juliet is nice too although does seem to be growing in popularity and yes, very Shakespearey

Lara is also growing but also in a growing trend of L names at the moment (Lyra, Lily) so maybe less special.

In conclusion I would choose Julia.

Quick post to say Lara is gorgeous! Would have loved to have a DD named Lara but I ended up on Team Blue!

downy bearded one
Nooooo 😱😱. Saying that, now I'm in my 40's it's quite fitting 🤣

I love Julia! It was going to be my daughter's name but she looked nothing like it.

Juliet by a mile.

If you choose Juliet or Julia people will constantly call the child Julie and they will have to correct people ALL. THE. TIME.

Same for Lara with Laura.

I have a Juliet(aged 2), never had Julie or met another young one. If I had another girl she'd be Lara. I think Juliet goes better with Rosanna though

Lara. Or Larissa if you want both DDs to have longish names that shorten well,

Lara is my fave, Juliet becoming popular again where I am but also lovely.