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!

[FizzyGreenWater]

Marcie is like nails down a blackboard sorry. Hate it. Also Marnie - just as bad.

Nelly is a bit silly.

Orla is ok. Not unusual at all.

Like Minnie as a short form for Minerva. But, it's a slang for vulva.

I wouldn't really want any of them!

Eleanor or Penelope with Nell for short?

What about Nancy instead of Nelly? Same feel, but a bit more of a proper name? - and lovely.

[EleanorOalike]

Marcie is like nails down a blackboard sorry. Hate it. Also Marnie - just as bad.

This is exactly how I feel about both of those names. Marcie must be a real “marmite” name for lots of us, I just hate the way it sounds and looks.

Orla is ok though.

[Tavannach]

Marcie is lovely, although I'd spell it Marcey.

Absolutely loathe, hate and abominate Nellie. Or Nelly.

Nancy is nice.

[Notapheasantplucker]

I like Marcie. Orla reminds me of a girl in school who constantly had nits.

[Astronica]

Nelly is my favourite of those.

[TracyBeakerSoYeah]

Orla or Marcie.

Minnie slang name for vagina.
Nelly sorry but it's awful. Poor child would get called Smelly Nelly or Nelly the Elephant.

[Torvean32]

I agree with others Minnie will get Minnie mouse and Nelly the elephant.
As someone who has a name used in a nursery rhyme i can tell you it gets really frustrating.

Orla is my favourite on your last.

[Buntyjones]

Orla is lovely!

Marcie is the name of the creepy little girl in the film 'a beautiful mind' with Russell Crowe, and (spoiler alert!) she turns out to be a schizophrenic hallucination! I couldn't get that out of my head!

What about Ishbel? It's the Gaelic version of Isobel. Or Aoife (pronounced 'Ee-fer')?

[Flappingflamingo]

Really like orla and I like nelly but not the other two but don't think any are particularly rare.
I wouldn't go with missy as someone suggested, my friend loves this name but as I pointed out to her if she were to get called by her full name or post it would say miss missy which is just daft

[pinkpinecone]

Orla

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

Marcie

[sibbys]

I love Minnie but people say it's slang for vagina

[Eatyourbanana]

Orla. All the others are a bit tacky, IMO - sorry.

[RuPaula]

I have an Orla, so obviously love the name, but PP’s are right - there’s loads about now!

[bluemoon2468]

I wouldn't consider Orla a rare name at all - I know 3 born in the last year and I don't even live in Ireland! It's definitely fast becoming the new Isla!

[CeeceeBloomingdale]

Orla is nice but I know quite a few, it's very popular.

Minnie, no, just no

Marcie, not my taste. What about Marcia? That feels more complete to me and Marcy could be a nickname.

Nelly, only as a nn, it's not a name in it's own right to me

[user1493494961]

Not keen on any of them, although if I had to choose it would be Orla.

[Chocolateandcarbs]

Love Minnie. Suggestion - Nora?

[Readandwalk]

Orla. Timeless classic and beautiful assonance.

[wineandcatsandlego]

I love Marnie or Nancy

[FOKKYFC]

I can't be doing with Orla. And it's the least rare by far - there are three at my SE England primary.
I actually love Nelly but agree there may be stick.
Minnie is what little girls call their bits. Nope.
Weirdly, although I really dislike Darcy, I quite like Marcy in a 'post-war America' kind of way. But only with a 'y' - 'ie' always looks twee with names that traditionally end with a 'y'.

[YummyBelicious]

Just as a variation I really like the name Mercy

[itsjakeandamy]

I actually know a Minnie. And I still think of the slang for a vagina when I see her. I work as a health care professional and lots of people talk about their "minnie" (or "noonoo". Including adults. Very weird).
I dislike Marcy a lot.
Orla is fine. I don't think it's especially pretty but it's ok.
I'm not keen on Nellie but I love Nell. I know 3 or 4 and I think it's a pretty and stylish name. None of them get teased about Nelly the Elephant (admittedly none is overweight either - it might be more of any issue then).

[PoodleMoth]

Marcie is lovely

[Tootletum]

What about
Ophelia
Juliet
Sibylle
Isolde
Iphigenie
Octavia
Tatiana
Aurelia
Antonia