Registering the name today, still undecided!

[Leeloo1233]

My daughter is 2 weeks old and we are registering her name today. The names we have chosen are quite familiar since I'm french and my dh is Finnish/Welsh. We love them all! Impossible to choose but releaved she will soon have a name

Our finalists:
Lily
Elsi (without the e, the Finnish/Welsh spelling)
Freya
Vivienne (nn Vivi)
Ida (pronounced Ee-da)

Whats your fav?

Elsi - though it will always be mis spelled in England, it's lovely. Unusual with that spelling but a reasonably popular name now that people will recognise and remember. And it'll be pronounced right too, whereas I think Ida would always have to put up with Eye-da.

Freya.

I think they're all good names though, so you can't lose really.

(Could you do a coin toss tournament between each pair of names, and then decide not by what the coin says, but how you feel about each victory/loss? So if you're secretly relieved when Lily beats Freya then you know to eliminate Freya, but if you're really disappointed when Elsi loses to Ida you know to put Elsi through?)

They are all beautiful names so you can’t really go wrong, but if I had to choose, I’d say Elsi too 😍

Elsi is lovely, also like Vivienne. There’s so many Lily’s about, quite like Freya but again pretty common…
Don’t really love Ida, and would pronounce ‘eye-dah’ on first sight (although you would only need to correct once!)

Lily or Freya

I think Elsi will always be misspelt and Ida will always be mispronounced if you are living in the UK.

My son's gf is Finnish and her name is Lisa which works really well in both Finnish and English.

Freya or Elsi (although I'd add an 'e' as I'd hate that it would forever be misspelt, or that people would assume that I couldn't spell my own child's name 🤣)

Ida is lovely but she will have to keep correcting every new teacher/supply teacher when the register is called...will drive her bonkers!

@DoYouRememberTheInnMiranda

Elsi - though it will always be mis spelled in England, it's lovely. Unusual with that spelling but a reasonably popular name now that people will recognise and remember. And it'll be pronounced right too, whereas I think Ida would always have to put up with Eye-da.

That's exactly what I was thinking, it's better that people get the pronounciation rather than spelling.

I did some research and there are so many strong cool suffragete and political activist Elsie's in the past, it is such a power name I had no idea. And Elsi Borg is Finland's most famous female architect who was totally cool.

Elsi is lovely

@DoYouRememberTheInnMiranda

I think they're all good names though, so you can't lose really.

(Could you do a coin toss tournament between each pair of names, and then decide not by what the coin says, but how you feel about each victory/loss? So if you're secretly relieved when Lily beats Freya then you know to eliminate Freya, but if you're really disappointed when Elsi loses to Ida you know to put Elsi through?)

This is such a good idea! Looking for pen and paper now..

All lovely names.
I’d go for Elsi

All beautiful names, so being intentionally harsh here...
Elsi will be often misspelled
Ida will be mispronounced
Vivienne is lovely
I love Lily too but as people have said it is more popular than Vivienne if that influences your deciding
Freya is also lovely but I personally don't like it as much as Vivienne or Lily.

My personal favourite I think is Vivienne, closely followed by Lily.

All beautiful names whichever you end up going for

Elsi I think it shows off your heritage more than the rest . It’s lovely .

Don't decide by coin toss. Look at your daughter, talk to your partner and decide what suits her best.
I like Lily btw.

Vivienne - 100%
This is my imaginary DD2's name!

Elsi, but it will always be misspelled.

Vivienne is lovely I think

Thanks everyone. I think based on these suggestions will keep Ida as middle name.

Elsi or Ida!
Lily is too common I’d say

Think about whether you want a name that will likely be shortened or not. Elsi will mainly be Elsi, but Vivienne likely to be Viv etc. Personal preference, but I really like both. We spent a few days calling our DD various names to see what felt natural!

Pretend your dc is a challenging toddler. Practice saying each name over and over and choose the one that does your head in the least!!

All decent names, but you really can’t have a nickname Vivi…

Elsi

Elsi but not Elsi Ida.

Freya is beautiful