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Which is your favourite

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sunshineonarainyday6 · 07/02/2022 20:49

Which do you prefer between my two girl name possibilities. Both go with our surname. Thanks :-)

Clara
Florence

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angelaEhen · 08/02/2022 10:32

Florence isabella

If I had a girl I was going to call her Florence Elizabeth

ISmellBurnings · 08/02/2022 11:57

Clara. Really not keen on Florence or Flo as a nickname.

Yika · 08/02/2022 12:03

Florence Clara is the nicer of those two options as Florence Isabella is a bit ‘frilly’ to my ears - still nice though and probably does flow better tbf.

KurtWilde · 08/02/2022 12:06

Florence Isabella is gorgeous!

Classica · 08/02/2022 12:08

Clara.

I really cannot stand Florence.

Crowdfundingforcake · 08/02/2022 12:08

Florence Clara is lovely.

MoonBat · 08/02/2022 12:09

Florence, I don't like Clara.
Maybe Isabella for the middle name, but I'm not hugely keen on that either.

RuthW · 08/02/2022 12:13

Florence - I have one.

Plenty of shortenings.

KurtWilde · 08/02/2022 12:15

Florrie is such a sweet nickname too, my DD1 had a friend at playgroup with that name.

irishfarmer · 08/02/2022 14:48

I like both but Clara is my favourite, it's currently top of my list if I have a girl.

Florence is beautiful too and brings me back to my teens with Florence and the machine :)

FayCarew · 08/02/2022 14:55

Not mad keen on Florence but it's ok. I don't like Clara.

Petal7 · 08/02/2022 15:03

Florence Isabella is a perfect name!

notangelinajolie · 08/02/2022 15:23

Florence Isabella is lovely.

Clevs · 08/02/2022 15:42

Both are nice. I think Florence has become a bit more popular in recent years so would go with Clara.

StopForAMinute · 08/02/2022 16:00

I like Florence Isabella.

Alrightqueenie · 08/02/2022 16:50

Clara as there are too many Florence's

Liv999 · 08/02/2022 18:06

Clara by a mile, just gorgeous

TheGratefulBread · 08/02/2022 18:21

Florence for me, because Clara is a name I cannot warm to, for some reason.

BreathingDeep · 08/02/2022 18:23

I have a Florence and I still adore the name. We've only ever met two others, and ours has the nickname of Florrie though now she's getting older, her friends and teachers are shortening it to Flo which I've been less keen on, but it suits her.

I love both your middle names but Florence Isabella just trips off the tongue so beautifully.

SirVixofVixHall · 08/02/2022 18:26

Florence. I only know one, she is a teenager, and lovely.

PurBal · 08/02/2022 18:29

Our girls name was Clara Florence Surname so I love both! Clara would be my first choice for a first name though.

lambchop81 · 08/02/2022 18:37

Clara

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sunshineonarainyday6 · 08/02/2022 19:14

Thanks so much everyone. Really appreciate it. If only I could give her a long list of names, ha!

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Casheeeew · 08/02/2022 19:24

Florence is 3000 times nicer :)

LondonReturner · 08/02/2022 19:26

Neither is my style, but I prefer Florence of the two. (It's my favourite Italian city, so that's probably why!)