Girls’ names- what do you think?

[LittleRa]

I already have a DD called Alice.
On the agreed list between DP and I:

Erin
Niamh
Lucy
Emmie
Aoife
Caitlin
Beth
Rebecca
Catherine/Katherine

Thank you!

Niamh is very popular, I know of 8 under 6 in England and Wales. Lucy is nice but Beth is my favourite

@LittleRa I have a Rebecca she's 23 now but when she was little we called her becca but as soon as she was old enough to say we called her bex I don't like Becky either xx

The only thing I would say is that the names of your children don't need to go together. You can choose different styles of names if you wish.

I like all the names on your list but Erin is my favourite.

I know a Rebecca Katherine and she only ever goes by Rebecca. Beautiful, classic names
I also love Erin.

Love Erin & Aoife, quite dislike the rest.

Erin, Lucy, Emile and Aoife are all lovely 😊

Emmie not Emile!

I have a Rebecca Elizabeth, so obviously, I'd choose that name. Yes, she is a Becks/Becky at home and among her friends (who do also call her Rebecca more than Becky, especially as she gets older- she's 10).

Lucy would be my other choice.

Actually, the pet name we use most of all for our Rebecca is Boo (ever since she was a baby). Even her PE teacher shouts Becky Boo across the playground. She goes red but she loves it.

From my first marriage, I have a grown niece in her 20s named Rebecca but she's only ever been known as Ruby.

I think Lucy, Katherine or Rebecca go best with Alice.

Alice and....

Lucy
Emma (Nn emmie)
Catherine

Catherine or Lucy

Thanks for more replies!
What do people think of nicknames for Catherine? Does/can it just stay Catherine? Katie/Catie? Kitty? I prefer it with a C but DP prefers it with a K (Katherine), both of us like -ine ending as opposed to -yn.

I love Catherine and spelt that way. The Catherine I know gets Catherine.

Rebecca is my favourite. It's beautiful and quite underused now I think.

Niamh is also gorgeous and I love Emmie (though I prefer it as a nickname for Emmeline)

But to be honest, all your options are nice!

Alice is lovely.

Erin - I think I might be an outlier but I've never understood the love for this. It always seems a very insubstantial name to me.
Niamh - it's ok. I know a very large number of Niamhs and Neves in North London (mostly in their mid to late teens) so I think that's made me bored of it
Lucy - lovely and goes very well with Alice
Emmie - I really like this but prefer Emma or Emmeline as the full name
Aoife - this is my favourite of your "Irish" names. I think it looks too similar to Alice though
Caitlin - not a fan at all
Beth - love this. Prefer Bethan, Elizabeth or Elspeth as full versions
Rebecca - nice. Not very common nowadays
Catherine/Katherine - lovely

My favourites are Katherine, Lucy and Beth

Alice and Kate

I like Aran (like the Island) much more than Erin

@OwlOne Isn’t Aran a boy’s name (I know it’s a different name to Aaron but still think it’s a boy’s name).

Lucy is lovely

I think it is! but because I knew one when I was young I think of it as unisex.

I love Beth! It's a lovely on its own, doesn't need to be Elizabeth. I also like Catherine and Lucy.
I work in a school too and it's jam packed with Erins - we were all saying the other day how incredibly popular it's become! Personally I don't really like it and I don't like Rebecca either. The others are ok.

Erin ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Niamh ❤️❤️❤️
Lucy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Emmie ❤️❤️
Aoife ❤️
Caitlin ❤️
Beth ❤️❤️
Rebecca ❤️
Catherine❤️

😇

Erin my fave but also love Lucy too x

@LittleRa ahh such cute names... I had a little peak at surname 🙈 and my faves would be Erin and Beth now and it would take Niamh down my list.

One of my besties is Katherine but at school we called her Katy/ by her surname because there was a few in our year.

Had to google Aoife, never heard that name before... I would've pronounced it completely wrong 😂

Ahh I'm excited for you to pick 💖