Jemima or Juliet

[VintageGirl89]

We struggled for so long for girls names and couldn't find anything we loved, then suddenly we heard Jemima and it was perfect!
However, we have since fallen in love with Juliet too and can't decided between the two. So......

Which would you choose and why?
Jemima Isabel or
Juliet Isabella

Thank you

Juliet

I love both.
I have a cat named Jemima as I was never having more children so used my excess baby names on my cats!
I call her Mimes, or Mimey.

Thank you all so far. Some really lovely responses for both Jemima and Juliet!
This is so hard!

Jemima

I like Jemima, but I confess I also thought puddleduck. Juliet sounds classy.

I’d go for Juliet. Jemima has racist connotations in America and I find that off putting.

Racist connotations?
Why?

Jemima will always be puddleduck.

yes that's another problem.
aunt jemima is a kind of female uncle ben.
on food products.

Female Uncle Ben?
You've lost me.
The rice guy?

Obvs it my cat who has the name so not a huge issue but whatever the issue is has totaly passed me by.

It's Uncle Tom from 'Uncle Toms Cabin' not Uncle Ben off the rice packets. ...

I love both and know children with both names. There are lots of lovely nicknames for Jemima including Mimi and Mina. However, I have to say I do much prefer the spelling Juliette to Juliet.

Juliet Isabel

Oh I thought you had made your final decision with Jemima Isabel! Which is nice. But hmm now you are torn between that and Juliet Isabella. Actually I think Juliet is just slightly nicer.

Jemima is perhaps slightly more unusual, always a plus. But like pps say, it has certain connotations in the US, if she's ever likely to live there. The associations are with a stereotyped 'black mammy' of an older black woman from slavery times (I think?) called 'Aunt Jemima' and it's a brand (maple syrup or some other baking product I believe). So it's considered a bit of a racist stereotype over there. I don't know whether those associations will become outdated and forgotten. Hopefully so, as Jemima is a nice name.

Juliet for me, definitely.

Really like them both, but I dislike Jules so that would put me off Juliet.

Juliet is beautiful and classy.

Jemima reminds me of Aunt Jemima. It sounds more clunky and less elegant.

Jemima
Juliet is nice but a bit boring

I am not sure if you wanted to imply there that the Aunt Jemima character isn't classy or beautiful, Grufallosfriends, but it sure looked like that.

Juliet! Juliet Isabel is nice, as is Juliet Isabella. I know a Juliet and a Juliette and they're both lovely.

Juliet is one of the few names on my non Welsh list.

Jemima's nice enough but it reminds me of Jemima Puddleduck.

Love Jemima and all the nickname options, which let's be honest a huge proportion of children are known by their nicknames and you don't have total control over that especially as they get older. Juliet will be Jules. I also find it too associated with Romeo

I hate Jemima sorry I don't like the sound of it, it almost sounds a bit comical. Juliet is not my taste either but it's a lot nicer than Jemima.

Juliet. Great and underused name. I like Jemima but it's a toy name to me (showing my age).

Julieta

Jemima sounds twee and references to puddle duck.