Shannon or Celeste

[Murtaghjames]

I've recently found out I'm pregnant and these two names are in my mind.

Natasha?

Shannon is awful, very much in the Sharon/Tracy/Kevin mould.
Celeste is really nice - I would never put those two together as similar names

Celeste, Noelle and Juliette are nice.

Celeste is a million times nicer (and the birth control pills are Cilest and no longer manufactured sadly so won't be an issue as your child is growing up).

Celeste is quite nice. Doesn’t especially remind me of the pill.
Shannon is low rent 90s so I wouldn’t.
Fallon - no, made up/downmarket
Juliette - lovely, though prefer Juliet
Eden - overused, down market
Arden - not a name
Dixie - could be a nice nickname though but low rent as a full name
Seren - lovely but getting super popular
Noelle - OK

Other thoughts

Meredith, Lois, Arran, Ffion, Marianne, Laurel, Elowen, Cleo, Ines, Juno, Caitlin, Linnet, Roslyn, Rosen, Stella/Estella, Merryn, Cerys, Aster, Emerald, Elen, Frances, Circe, Olwen, Sylvie/Sylvia, Aislinn/Aisling (Ash-lin/Ash-ling), Astrid, Cassia, Adela, Serena

Also Erin, Robin, Rowan, Iris, Margot but they are all super popular
Astra - another star name, though people might find it funny right now...

They are two names of the victims in the Chris Watts murder case (she spelt it Shan’ann but close enough). Many people in the UK won’t have heard of them yet but the Netflix show about their murder, American Murders, lands here soon and it will be well known then. That was my first association when I saw them. I think Celeste is a nice name though, Shannon not so much.

I like Celeste. It reminds me of the Babar cartoon series which I used to watch on Tiny Pops with my younger siblings. Also Celeste from Animal Crossing.

That Netflix show is out ages, I watched it a few months ago. I think if she were naming three kids Shannon, Bella and Celeste it would be valid but naming just one of those names is ok.

Don't like either...

Celeste - beautiful, love nickname Cece too
Shannon - hideous, dated, 90s school bully name
Fallon - hideous, reminds me of penises for some reason (??!!!), sounds like the name of a character on a show like 16 and pregnant (may actually be)
Juliette - beautiful!
Eden - lovely
Arden - no, what?!
Dixie - cute, i like as a nickname for Beatrix. Then you can have nickname option Bea too, also very cute

Its just dawned on me these are the names if the Watts mum and daughter (the killer nect door)