Robyn vs Sylvie vs Elowen

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Surname is a colour so quite short.

Thinking woodland, nature, etc but Willow and Rowan feel too used may be.

Sylvie I like but quite girly

Robyn - so fits in with local tradition of naming daughter with same initial as father. Also happens to be first part grandmother’s maiden name plus appropriate for time of year.

Elowen - I love this on paper, looks good with surname but I’m just not too sure I like the actual proper Cornish pronunciation which is Elooen or El-Oh-wen as opposed to nicer sounding American EL-i-win (my best attempt at being phonetic) 😳

Sylvie is lovely. Sylvia is even nicer.

Agree - Sylvia (or Sylvie, tho not so nice IMHO) could not be more woodlandy. As you know, it means 'of the forest' or (as I once heard it, rather poetically) 'lady of the forsest'.

Robin nicer than Robyn, the y spelling is a bit strange.

Robyn might sound dodgy with the surname

Sylvie is nowhere near as bad as Sylvia

Elowen will be mispronounced by a lot of people - the stress is on the middle syllable not the first. She'll probably be yet another Ellie

I vote Robyn. Lovely name and the meaning and links make it extra special

All nice

Robin is my clear favourite, especially given the time of year. I prefer it spelt like this though, Robyn is an annoying 70s invention. It’s a gender neutral name

Elowen
I love it but she’ll end up one of 6 billion Ellies Ellas and Elles. I think it’ll be said ELL-OH-win whether you like it or not.

Sylvia
It’s pretty but a bit twee as you say. Sylvia?

Other thoughts - Ffion, Stella, Briar, Jasmine, Astra, Aster

Sylvie for sure.

Your theme makes me think of the secret garden so Mary and Martha come to mind. And in the same vibe, Jane, Annie or Flora.

Elowen is lovely. Not so keen on the other two.

Robyn for me, then Sylvie.

Elowen is a hard name to pronounce tbh, will always need to be corrected! I read it as El-owen.

I prefer Sylvie

Sylvie is a fantastic name. To my ears it's a strong name

I live Sylvia and know a little one (and a 70 year old one). Timeless name with a great meaning.

I like Robyn, prefer Robin - but kind of reminds me of the woman from In the Thick of It, and I feel like it might have a bit of a dated feel to it, like Amber.

Elowen is beautiful written down, but the correct pronunciation is a bit awkward, which puts me off.

I love Willow, but it is quite popular, though not overly so.

I love Rowan for a girl, but v. popular as a boy's name atm.

Have you considered Fern? Beautiful, underused and nice link with Charlotte's Web.

Robyn and Elowen were (and still are) on my list so I vote for these. Someone above mentioned Annie…this is the name I went for in the end!

Sylvia, then Robyn but prefer Robin

Sylvie is lovely, Elowen is nice. Sorry, I really dislike Robyn/Robin

Love Sylvie ♥️

I am very biased - I have a Robyn and she really really suits it. Gets expensive this time of the year when all the cute stuff with the birds on is out and she wangles me buying it cos "it's got Robins on and I'm Robyn so I need it!"

Elowen is lovely.

Thanks everyone some interesting comments. Think it’s between Sylvie and Robyn. Dislike Sylvia always makes me think of blue rinses

Elowen if you aren’t precious about pronunciation. Second choice would be Robyn.

I like Robin and Sylvie - but far prefer Robin spelled with an i not y

I prefer Robyn. Sylvie is also nice. They will both sounds good with a variety of short Colour surnames. Not personally keen on either pronunciation of Elowen, and of the three names, that is the one that wil lead to the most mispronunciation (and also on the phone, spelling issues) of the 3, if that is of concern to you.

None of the 3 would make it onto my Names I Actively Dislike mental list though.

Someone may have said this, but Sylvie makes me think of the ballerina Sylvie Guillem. Which is no bad thing in my book.

It’s a modern Cornish name and not mega frequent. I don’t think anyone’s going to turn in their grave if it’s pronounced with an accent on the first syllable by English speakers.

(I have a foreign name where English speakers put the accent somewhere different. It’s fine by me)