Which name do you prefer for a girl?

[Jnl90]

Hi,

We are currently struggling to agree on a name for our baby girl who is due in 9 weeks.

We know we want a rare name as our son already has this and do seem to prefer 2 syllable names.

Between both our lists these are the names we have so far:

Marcie
Orla
Minnie
Nelly

Be great to get your opinions on these or also your ideas too as the only one we currently kind of agree on is Marcie.

Thanks!

[NameChange84]

Orla is in a different league and is the only one I’d consider

Marcie - I find it too harsh sounding and twee. Marissa is nice though. And you could have Marcie as a nickname if you had to.

Minnie - Mouse. Twee.

Nelly - the elephant. Also Twee. Nella is much nicer.

[Siameasy]

I don’t think any of them are rare. I heard a Dulcie and Oriel (SP?) today, I would consider them quite rare.
I do like names beginning with O tho

[unmarkedbythat]

Orla. It's a lovely name.

[SacreBleeurgh]

Orla is the only one I’d even remotely consider out of that list. Agree with PP - it’s in a different league.

The other three are twee and cutesy - fine for a young child, a burden for an adult.

[Orphlids]

Orla is top 100, so certainly not rare. I’m not keen on Nelly, it sounds so unsophisticated to my ears. I guess it’s simply so closely associated with the elephant. If she turns out to be built like an elephant, it will be awful for her having to introduce herself. I find Minnie similarly unsophisticated, but not to the same extent. Marcie is my favourite. What about Mimi?

[mydogmike]

I like Orla , but Orla is very popular at the moment , I know 4 Orlas that have been born since lockdown x

[DollyPartons]

Orla, it's simple but beautiful!

[winterchills]

Love them al!!

[BIRDSbirds]

Orla is lovely.
Marcie is fine.

Nelly - will probably get nelly the elephant all the time, this will be really unpleasant as a teenager conscious about her looks.
Minnie - did you know this is slang for vagina? Plus minnie mouse. I'd avoid this.

[crabette]

As pp's have said, I like Orla and Marcie best.

I think Marcie is lovely as a name on its own, and would disagree it needs a 'full' name - but, I do know a beautiful baby Marcia which I thought was super cute, if that's a consideration for you.

[TokenGinger]

Orla is lovely but just as I was typing that, I had to change it 3 times from autocorrecting to oral!

Marcie is my second favourite.

[juicylemon]

Kitty
Nina
Lola

[MondeoFan]

Minnie or Orla.
I don't like Nelly as there are lots around here because of Billie from Towie daughter and I've never heard of Marcie only Macie or Marcella.

[TJ17]

I love Marcie!

Orla really pretty but very popular.

Not keen on Nelly and Minnie can be a nickname for vagina. Also think there could be far too many Nelly the elephant/Minnie Mouse jokes growing up!

[Firebird83]

Marcie is awful. Rhymes with arsey.

Orla is my favourite.

[LarkDescending]

Orla is my favourite. How about Polly?

[Jnl90]

Thanks everyone so far for your thoughts and suggestions!

[ellenpartridge]

Definitely Orla

[TillyTheTiger]

Orla is nice, Marcie is fine although I prefer Marnie.

[Sunshine1235]

Orla is very popular and one of those names everyone is naming their child thinking it’s unusual but it’s not.

[IslandLulu]

Not Nelly.

Orla is the best from your list.

[ifiwasascent]

Orla
Minnie
Nelly
Marcie

What about Nancy?

[Jnl90]

Thank you for the suggestions so far. Seems Orla and Marcie are winning so far. Ive never heard of a Marcie though which is good in our eyes. I do like Orla but like a few of you have said, its becoming quite a common name.

[Trevorina]

Marcie although I prefer it spelt as Marcy. It was on my shortlist at one point but we'd have used it as a diminutive for Marcella

[Viletta]

Marcie and Nelly are beautiful names