6 weeks go go.. time to get serious about girls names

[AuntLucy]

Due dates put me sometime around Christmas, so you'll see a theme below...

We are a bit on the hippyish-side with names, and with our first two children have gone for 'old fashioned main-stream first name followed by slightly 'out there' middle name' and then used the middle name as a family/pet name, and the grown up name for official stuff.

This is my list - my husbands suggestions are more unusual, he is very keen on Allegra/Elektra/Sukie, so do feel free to comment on those too

Star
Lucy
Sophie
Saffron
Jessica
Harriet
Susan
Natalia
Winter

Thoughts? And extra suggestions? X

Allegra - One of my favourite girls name
Elektra - Don’t like
Sukie - ok for a middle name
Star - don’t like. Ok as a middle name only
Lucy - boring
Sophie - boring
Saffron - Like
Jessica - boring
Harriet - ok, more “posh” than hippy though
Susan - hell no (Su-bo)
Natalia - LOVE
Winter - only for a middle name

How about

Sierra
Noelle
Robin/Robyn
Nova
Lucille/Lucinda/Lucia
Estelle/Estella/Stella
Celeste
Thalia
I love the suggestion of Cosima too

Sophie is very likely to be my baby name (I'm due a girl in april) so I obviously like that ! I love Lucy too, what about Lucy robin? It's festive but not in a over the top way , winter makes me think winter is coming (game of thrones ) it's very trendy and will date , I met a little girl called Suzy (susan) about a year ago she was adorable and I thought I was lovely , I'm not so keen on suki , or allegra , Natalia is ok but I just don't like Nat as it doesn't sound nice at all and it will be shorted to that , Harriet shortened to Hattie is very lovely, saffron nm saffy is ok but feel a bit trendy , I don't like star but do like Stella or seren .. X congratulations x

I'm undecided on Stella. It fits with the Christmassy theme, and when I was a teenager myself I thought it the MOST glamorous name EVER, but now it seems a bit over-popular and I see its at 16 in the name charts, which puts me off a bit (Jessica, Sophie and Lucy also fail the 'top 20' test interestedly - I didn't think I was so mainstream!)

If I can persuade DH to keep an open mind on Natalia, we'd be using Nattie or Tia as short-forms, not Nat (which In my head can only be said in a cockney accent as in 'y'alrite, Nat?').

What about Juniper maybe? Is it a bit Christmassy?

Which country are you in? In the UK, Stella is ranked 373rd, making it less popular than Natalia at 192nd. I would imagine different countries have different Christmas associations.

@Phphion UK. Maybe I looked on an outdated list then...

Ah! I looked here, and this is names most popular with Telegraph readers. Figures 😂

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/popularity/

The horror! (although there are only 3 Stella's).

You can check the official popularity here:

names.darkgreener.com/

My baby girl is called STARR I love it but decided on adding an extra R as otherwise it spells rats backwards lol

Star - a guilty pleasure (but probably only useable as a middle name).
Lucy - fine, just not my taste (feels a bit sweet)
Sophie- lovely but popular
Saffron - okay , maybe a bit hippy for me (and I dislike the nn Saffy)
Jessica - nice enough, Shakespearean classic, but perhaps a little 80's.
Harriet - fine, just not my taste (feels a bit jolly hockey sticks)
Susan - too dated, Susannah is lovely though.
Natalia - gorgeous, exotic and elegant
Winter - pretty but a little unusual (would make a great middle name)
Allegra - beautiful and unusual (but still useable I think)
Elektra - lovely but too much for me because of the myth
Sukie - very cutesy, I love it as a nn for Susannah

Susannah (nn Sukie) would be my choice, but Natalia and Allegra would be lovely, more exotic choices.

I think you should keep Winter as a middle name. I quite like Ivy Winter but I also agree with some of the previous posters and I think Sukie Winter sounds great.

Other “mainstream” names can go quite well with Winter so that can be in keeping with how you went with naming your other kids.

Saskia is nice seems to fit your theme

Theres also Talia for Natalia @AuntLucy

Star - nice
Lucy - nice but a little dull
Sophie- nice but super common
Saffron - lovely
Jessica - again quite basic but I know some lovely jessicas
Harriet - always sounds posh to me (not necess a bad thing)
Natalia -i like it, lots of nicknames
Winter - love this

From your husband, I like Suki.

I like Natalia a lot!
I don’t think much of Star or Saffron or Sophie (no real reason).

I had a Christmas baby called Grace (I know it is very popular- it wasn’t so much when I had her)

Other suggestions..(of a winter/celestial/Christmas theme)

Noelle
Natasha
Celeste
Joy
Angelene
Alaska
Celestine

@Skyla2005 love Saskia

Like others I feel susan is dated but Susanne or Susannah could work well

I like them all except Sophie which is super dull and over used

I think if I was to have a Christmas baby I would want to embrace Christmas and give my baby a super Christmassy name 🎅🏽☃️

From your list the Christmassy names I like are Winter & Natalia. I think Winter Allegra would be really sweet.
Other wintry names...
Belle
Noelle
Holly
Ivy
Eve (like Christmas Eve)
Angelica/Angeline/Angelina/Evangeline
Emmanuelle
Gabrielle
Nova

Star, Winter and Natalia are all beautiful names.

How about Noella?

I have an Electra and I love her name still. She often gets Electron as a pet name at the moment! I knew it was a marmite name when I picked it but have had lovely comments in real life and only one person has ever mentioned the myth (I was never bothered about the association).

@SenCallec my name is Polly. OP please don't name your child Sukie. That bitch, coming over here, ruining my eggs.

Meant to add I also really like Suki (prefer it without the e), Winter, Star, Saffron and Natalia!

Jessica & Sophie are gorgeous, by far the best from that list IMO.

Here's a subtle Christmas one: Clea

As in "It came upon a midnight clear" ...

Star - middle name territory
Lucy - lovely
Sophie - lovely
Saffron - I like it, unusual but not overly so
Jessica - fine
Harriet - fine
Susan - Susanna/h is nicer
Natalia - lovely
Winter - middle name territory

Natalia is gorgeous OP. Natalie is lovely too. It's unusual but not unknown.

Some other names you may like:
Cassia
Sabrina
Serena
Lyra