Rate my list and please be as brutal as you want

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Tess
Helena
Jane
Mariah
Anya

I love Tess, Jane and Anya

Jane is a strong name and i like it. Think Anýa amd Maria lovely too

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Is anyone else into Tess right now? Is it on your lists?

I have a 4yo Tess. She's Tess or Tessie, never really Tessa.

Tess or Helena. Definitely not Mariah.

Tess - awful. Short for Teresa, too many of them in Ireland. So boring
Helena - ok, prefer Ellen or Elena
Jane - refreshingly simple and pretty. I like it.
Mariah - No. No with diamante studs on it.
Anya - Yeh, really pretty and not too fancy. I like it.

Anya, Jane, Ellen - beautiful

Tess
Jane
Helena
All are fine. I like Helena best and agree Jane (or Joan) is due a come back. My English teacher in the 70s pronounced Maria as Mariah - always.

I like Tess and Tessa. Also Anya and Helena (although there are different pronunciations of this so something to be aware of). Jane is a bit of a marmite name but I quite like it. It's a bit retro!

Tess or Anya is nice, I hate the rest though I'm afraid

I like Anya.

Quite a mix of names there!

Jane

Tess is lovely, but would still go for Theresa nn Tess to give her options. Also love Jane and Helen but bizarrely not so much Helena because of the mispronunciations.

Anya.
No to the rest.

Love Tess (prefer Tessa)
Love Helena (pronounced HELL-ena)
Like Jane - definitely due a comeback.
Not a fan of Anya (but love Anna)
I actually quite like the sound of Mariah, but that spelling just makes me think of Carey. But the Maria spelling would always be pronounced Maree-a, which I dislike. So I would avoid that one.

Tess I like this , but think Theresa on the birth certificate , known as Tess is better
Helena I like this too , might be a problem with pronouncing

Jane. Too plane , middle name ?
Mariah. No just no to Mariah , I like Maria though
Anya No , prefer Anna

Tess is lovely.

Some nice names op!

Love Tess, but would at least put Tessa on the birth cert as closer to a proper name (they are both short forms of Teresa really) - or sometimes Tess is a nn for Elizabeth if you prefer that

Helena - yes lovely. Easier if you are happy with the straightforward Hel-en-a pronunciation.

Jane - due to come back I think. Like it’s simplicity.

Mariah - not keen
Anya - ok but prefer the more classic Anna

Tess - I do like but I do think of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and rape or Tess Daly and a poster here (?) TossDaily
Helena - I like although I do think of Helena BC
Jane - meh
Mariah - nope, no, don't do it
Anya - I like (and the dancer/ex Strictly pro)

Really like Tess.

Maria and Anya ok. Prefer Mary and Anna though.

Not very keen on the others. I do like Ellen like a pp suggested.

I like Tess and Tessa but I think both sound a bit unfinished. In general I prefer long versions of names, but I'm not that keen on Teresa.

I like Helena but would get annoyed with people pronouncing it in different ways. I'd go for the emphasis on the first syllable personally. I prefer Helen though, and there can be no confusion with that.

Jane is a great middle name, but to my mind a bit plain as a first one.

I don't like Mariah but I quite like Maria. As with Helena the different pronunciations would annoy me, though I think the traditional English RYE pronunciation is very unusual these days. Presumably if people want that sound they now spell it Mariah. I don't like the spelling with the 'h' or the RYE sound - it looks and sounds too much like Pariah or Black Maria!

I don't like Anya.

I know a 16 year old Tess - just Tess - I love it! Only know one but no one ever thinks it’s ‘quirky’, it’s just not very common. She’s a very cool kid, not bothered what anyone thinks, she really suits it

Out of the list Anya is the most tolerable.

Tess is a dogs name.

Jane is old fashioned and not in a trendy way. From the era of Tracey, Keith and Dave. At least it will be unique at school I suppose and you never know these names might become trendy again before you know it. Helena would be in this bracket without the a.

Mariah is OK but it makes me think of Carey and naming a baby after a singer is gimmicky imo.

Don’t like any of them. But it isn’t up to me, or randoms on.MN. If you and your partner, assuming there is one, like a name then go for it!

I like them all except Jane which I find a bit dull. Tess is lovely.

A little miracle is a little miracle, they grow into their names, I think they're all lovely but love Morwenna, Flora, Lamorna and Daphne.
Sorry! That doesn't help at all does it!

I like Helena and Anya.
Jane is too plain. As is Tess.
Mariah is ok I guess.