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Girls name help please! Due in 4 weeks

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munchymoo · 12/02/2021 21:37

Due in 4 weeks and not got a name yet! Have a boy's name all sorted but for girls we're really struggling! I wouldn't normally include personal details but I have to here for the sake of the name question.... our surname is Head which isn't the easiest. Can I ask for people's HONEST opinions on these choices please?

  • Rose (would name her Rosaline but call her Rose day to day)
  • Orla (All Ahead?!)
  • Anya (can this also be pronounced On-ya in which case can't use, On yer Head?!)
  • Anaya/Anaia (both pronounced the same eg AnnAYah)... are these overly popular right now?)
  • Anais (is this pronounced "Annay" or "Annay-iss")?
  • Florence (Flo Head????)
  • Isla (no surname issues and is a beautiful name but isn't this massively popular right now and she'd be one of 3 Islas in her class?)
  • Evelyn
  • Amelie (not a fan of Amelia but like Amelie)

Any thoughts, opinions, suggestions please? x

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roarfeckingroarr · 13/02/2021 17:44

In my antenatal group (babies born three months ago) there's an Orla, an Amelia and an Isla. I love Orla and would've gone for Anya if husband likes it too (we had a boy anyway)

munchymoo · 14/02/2021 14:53

Thanks all! Appreciate your responses. It’s so hard! Can’t work out whether to go for a name that’s really popular (eg i liked the name Isla 20 years ago well before it was commonplace, as I had a Scottish friend called Isla, and have always liked it) or whether it will just grate on me that she would be one of many in her school, and then always come across others of the same name as an adult. Or go for something less popular (nothing totally out there, just not a top 5 name) but perhaps not like it as much. I don’t know :-( really hard!

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pilates · 14/02/2021 15:02

I think a 3/4 syllable name works better with your surname.

Josephine Head
Jessica Head
Evangeline Head
Emmeline Head
Francesca Head

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