What do you think of my girls’ shortlist?

[PastaBolognaise]

Dorothea
Matilda
Tabitha
Juno
Marigold (nn Goldie)
Aster
Aphra
Ivy
Ione
Olive

@PastaBolognaise I like Tabitha, Aphra, Ivy and Olive. Quite like Ione too .

Aphra is fabulous.

I like Matilda, Tabitha, Marigold (nn Goldie), Ivy and Olive

I actually love Marigold nn Goldie.

If you like Juno how about Juniper?

I would pick Ivy orOlive.

Olive is definitely my favourite name ...so pretty and not too common yet ...love it !!

Dorothea, Matilda and Aphra are great. Not keen on the rest. Olive and Juno will be very 'early 2020s' to future generations.

I love Dorothea, Ivy and Olive!

I like your list op and my favourites are
Dorothea
Matilda
Tabitha
Marigold (nn Goldie)

I love Ivy x

I have a Tabitha so that's my favourite !

And olive x

Go with Dorothea. It is not as nice as Dorothy but it has a meaningful reason behind it. The shortened forms are all really nice as well. I also love Aster. The others are all pretty boring. With the exception of Olive, which is quite cute, but every other baby was called Olive in the earlier part of this decade.

Dorothea is a grumpy old lady in beige, and Tabitha is a horsey girl who snorts when she laughs. But the others are nice.

Ivy is lovely.
Tabitha is fine (I quite like the nn Tabby).

The rest are either pet names (Goldie?) or just really not very nice.

Matilda

Dorothea - old lady, or German pen friend from 1993
Matilda - prissy
Tabitha - ugly "bith" sound
Juno - try-hard
Marigold (nn Goldie) - dreadful
Aster - nice
Aphra - try-hard
Ivy - spooky
Ione - just a random selection of sounds
Olive - why name a child after a bitter salty thing?

Dorothea - I absolutely love this. Thea is an adorable NN.
Matilda - I like this but it's super popular
Tabitha - I love this too. I'd struggle to pick between this and Thea.
Juno - it's ok, I know a few little ones but I don't love it.
Marigold (nn Goldie) - not keen. Really don't like Goldie as a nn. Sounds like a Labrador.
Aster - don't like at all
Aphra - don't like at all
Ivy - I really like it but I know a lot of small Ivys
Ione - I really like this but people do struggle to pn it. (I know someone called this)
Olive - ok. Not so pretty.

Dorothea or Tabitha would be my favourites.

Marigold is the best by far. I Love it 😍

Dorothea - don't like it, Dorothy is much nicer
Matilda - too popular
Tabitha - not keen
Juno - no
Marigold (nn Goldie) - no
Aster - no
Aphra - not sure
Ivy - dislike it
Ione - is it I-owny or I own? - no
Olive - no

I really like Aster. It was on my list for dd2.
Olive is cool too.

In fact, all your names are lovely imo.

Dorothea - nice
Matilda - nice, popular if that bothers you
Tabitha - ditto Matilda
Juno - no
Marigold (nn Goldie) - yes to Marigold, no to Goldie
Aster - no
Aphra - no
Ivy - yes, quite ‘now’
Ione - no due to pronunciation difficulties
Olive - yes

Quite marmite names then! I think Ivy and Olive seem the most popular with you guys.

I really want Dorothea...

Dorothea- I really like this
Matilda - ok
Tabitha - a cat
Juno - pregnant teenager
Marigold (nn Goldie) - No no no. (Goldie Looking Chain . Guns don't kill people, rappers do!)
Aster - makes me think of hotels
Aphra - haven't heard this name before
Ivy - ok
Ione - no
Olive - ok

Marigold (nn Goldie) - not keen. Really don't like Goldie as a nn. Sounds like a Labrador. off Blue Peter!

I really like Dorothea (also a Middlemarch fan!). Quite like Aphra too. Aster is quite nice, although prefer the spelling Asta, (Scandinavian name), otherwise it is too surname-y. But then unfortunate closeness to Asda, as a pp said. Hmmm...

My least favourite is Olive. I know it is becoming popular now, but to me it will always be 1) edible item in a jar /salad, 2) Popeye's girlfriend. Such a dowdy name. Funny really, as Olivia is so lovely (though overused).