Sisters Baby Girl - urgent name help*

[Roseg990]

Hello all ! My sister who is 20 is having a baby girl in December and can’t find the perfect name.
Ideas:
Ophelia - getting very common so won’t be using
Ocean -
Bluebell -
Tamsin - would get nn tam which isn’t nice (too old fashioned)
Estella - seems too old fashioned
Alaska - probably a bit out there
Aurora - also getting quite common but we love it

Please give name suggestions and what you think of these names
Thanks x

I like floral names, daisy, violet, jasmine, lily etc

@iwontfloaatt

Agree that most of these names, Bluebell in particular, are hideous. How about Rosabel/Rosabelle as an alternative? It's still too frilly and cutesy for my taste but it gives plenty of nickname options - she can be Rosa, Rosie or Belle when she's older if she chooses.

My name is Rose so can’t have that

I don’t agree at all that most of the names are hideous. I am not particularly keen myself on Ocean or Alaska (makes me think of baked Alaska, and also Sarah Palin!), or Bluebell (although it could become Bella if she hated it). I love Aurora but couldn’t use it as I can’t say my Rs properly (Essex). Tamsin is fine, I know a few Tamsins and none of them are Tam or Tammy. Estella is pretty and Ophelia is nice too, I don’t know about popularity as my kids are older now so I don’t meet many babies!

Annabel? Isabel? Literally anything but Bluebell.

Violet?

I like Tamsin and Estella best.

Ophelia isn’t very common (ranked 177th in England and Wales in 2019), but the Hamlet association puts me off that one.
Aurora was far more popular, that ranked 70th.
Paisley (152nd) is also more popular than Ophelia. Paisley is also the name of a particular fabric pattern with a teardrop motif.

Some links to baby name popularity trends below:

names.darkgreener.com/#ophelia
names.darkgreener.com/#aurora
names.darkgreener.com/#paisley

Names similar to estella? I feel like estella is a bit old fashioned

Stella or Estelle might be old fashioned, Estella isn't.

[quote LostAcre]I like Tamsin and Estella best.

Ophelia isn’t very common (ranked 177th in England and Wales in 2019), but the Hamlet association puts me off that one.
Aurora was far more popular, that ranked 70th.
Paisley (152nd) is also more popular than Ophelia. Paisley is also the name of a particular fabric pattern with a teardrop motif.

Some links to baby name popularity trends below:

names.darkgreener.com/#ophelia
names.darkgreener.com/#aurora
names.darkgreener.com/#paisley[/quote]
I think Ophelia is rising quickly because there is a song by the lumineers.

I don't like any of them, sorry! But if I had to choose from those it would be Tamsin, I think the nickname Tam is quite cute tbh

Calista
Saffron
Shay
Cascada
Almeria
Vienna
Xia
Camille

Please think of this poor child as she grows older. Can you imagine a 30 year old trying to get a serious job with a name like Bluebell? As an employer it would raise my eyebrows. As for the 'I'll ask her' jokes

Estelle
Isabelle

@Roseg990

I think Ophelia is rising quickly because there is a song by the lumineers.

It has been rising quickly over the last few years, yes, but you can see that Aurora and Paisley have been rising quickly too if you look at the graphs I linked to.

Regardless, at 177th, Ophelia’s still unpopular enough that I personally wouldn’t worry too much about your niece running into lots of little Ophelias.

Love Estella

I had a friend called Stell which I thought was pretty. I quite like Aurora or how about Ariana or Allegra?

Ophelia - love it, would rather have a classic slightly common name than a crazy one that will date in two weeks
Ocean - awful, especially for a girl, trying too hard
Bluebell - I love this but would only use it as a middle name personally, it is way too twee/babyish for a first name I think
Tamsin - I know several Tamsins, not one is nicknamed Tam, I would go for it!
Estella - lovely, unusual, not particularly old fashioned, strikes me as quite European (italian/spanish)
Alaska - too out there and try-hard
Aurora - love it, again, it's not that common, it's never going to be #1 and nor will it date as much as Ocean/Bluebell/Alaska

Hardly urgent....but anyway.
Awful names!
Also....I take it you’ve never been to Paisley?
Also (again).....is it really your place to be choosing the name?

If I'm honest I don't like any of them but Tamsin is probably the 'prettiest' and the least popular. What about Tess or Willow or Willa?

Presley? Nicer than Paisley imo

Please not any more Arias or Ariellas.

Another who opened thread thinking you'd posted in the wrong place.
Urgent ffs.

Estella is the only suggestion I like.
I personally don't think it's old fashioned.
Some other suggestions
Bella
Sadie
Heidi
Arrabella
Brooke
Paige
Megan

Can’t your sister post herself?

No she's on an urgent mission to paint her toenails or something.

Ulster says no to Paisley.

I love Tamsin, my favourite from your list. I know one that isn't called Tam. Tansy or Taisy are other nn possibilities.

Estella is also good - not old fashioned (fashions change) but very up to date I think. It's in the same vein as Ophelia, Aurora, Isabella - long, frilly names ending in 'a' seem right in. I like Aurora and Ophelia too.

I like Ocean and Bluebell, and would consider them as middle names. Not keen on Alaska. Saskia? I love Saskia.

Anyone who'd consider calling their child Paisley has clearly never been.