Please rate final list (out of 10)

[Amz6219]

1 month to go, we know it’s a girl and have a final shortlist but can’t narrow it down! Both English but Irish parents which is why there’s a couple of Irish names in there.

Please vote and help me!

Caoimhe
Ayla
Maeve
Croia (Cree-ah)
Nell
Eliza

@wegoagain It’s Kee-va (think some pronounce it Kwee-va but I’d say Kee-va)

Caoimhe- love this name, the child I know with this name is pronounced Key-vay
Ayla- ok
Maeve -dont like
Croia (Cree-ah) -dont like
Nell- ok
Eliza-ok

I would not use Croia or Caoimhe if you live in England as your daughter will spend her whole life correcting pronunciation and spelling out her name for people- I have a very Welsh name and hate it for this reason!

Caoimhe and Maeve are my favourites

Adore Nell, Eliza and Maeve…would really struggle to pick🥴 at a PUSH I would go Maeve…no Eliza…

Maeve and Nell.

Love Maeve

I also really like Caoimhe as long as its pronounced keeva not queeva

I like Nell but only as a nn

Eliza is nice but a bit meh

Maeve is lovely - simple, pretty and a nod to her heritage but well known/easy to spell for non- Irish folk. I also love Nell but it's a very much a nn for classic Eleanor/Helena for me, a bit trendy as a given name .

Less keen on your other choices sorry - they are either too trendy for my taste or quite likely to have spelling/pronunciation issues outside Ireland imo.

Caoimhe - 5/10. It's pretty but I think there are so many Evas around that the similar sound would put me off
Ayla - 1/10. I wouldn't know if this is AY - la or a creative spelling of Isla. I'd guess at the latter. I don't think it looks nice at all
Maeve - 2/10. Feels old lady ish to me.
Croia (Cree-ah) - 5/10. I like the sound of this but not so keen on the look of it
Nell - 8/10. Lovely.
Eliza - 8/10. Lovely.

Caoimhe - to someone non Irish it sounds like ‘Coming’ in an Irish accent

Eliza, Maeve or Nell

Eliza

Nell is just gorgeous!!! Please pick that, quote unusual but easy to spell and pronounce, suits all ages too- cute girl, boss woman and sweet older lady! 10/10!

Caoimhe 4
Ayla 1
Maeve 8
Croia (Cree-ah) 0
Nell 8
Eliza 7

I still love Aoife - I know v v common in Ireland but don't know any in England!

We already have an Aoife in the family @MumofSpud (albeit in Ireland) 😩 but I do love it!

Maeve or Eliza

Nell is awful - I just think of it as knell and that’s a horrible connotation!

@Forstarters

Caoimhe - to someone non Irish it sounds like ‘Coming’ in an Irish accent

But you get this is your own incomprehension, right?

I love Croia (realise I'm in the minority((also Criona)). There may be pronounciation issues in UK though I know. I really like Nell which surprises me as to me it's in the old lady category.

Caoimhe 5
Ayla 6
Maeve 8
Croia 3
Nell 7
Eliza 7

Caoimhe - 3
Ayla - 4
Maeve - 5
Croia (Cree-ah) - 1
Nell - 6
Eliza -9

I like maeve and nell. Not that keen on the others.

Caoimhe - 7
Croia - 1
Maeve - 8
Eliza - 9
Ayla - 2
Nell - 9

Eliza is my favourite, but I do think it's quite arrogant to state, as one of the first replies you got did, that it is 'the only useable name'!

I do like Nell, but it feels as though it should be short for an official name, Eleanor, Helen, or maybe Penelope. Or there is the Dutch name Nella I think. Nell feels a bit unfinished as a standalone name.

Not mad on any of the others, TBH . Caoimhe is OK. If you're living in mainland UK you may find yourself repeatedly explaining the pronunciation though!

Caoimhe WTF?

It's a reasonably well known (in UK) Irish name, JellyBabies. Pronounced Keeva.