Struggling to decide on a girl's name

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Hubby and I are having major difficulties deciding on a girl's name and we only have a few weeks to go! There aren't many names we can agree on and the ones that have made the shortlist we're not 100% sure about.

Please share thoughts on these names:

Elizabeth (shortened to Eliza)
Beatrice
Jemima
Gwendolyn (shortened to Gwen)

Any other names you can think of with a similar vibe?

Beatrice has always been one of my favourite names, and we're also too considering it for our baby🥰 I just love it and I love the nn Bea too xx

Harriet
Genevieve
Josephine

Love Beatrice
Cordelia
Evelyn
Francesca

Beatrice is my favorite, also like Elizabeth. Others:

Catherine
Cordelia
Rosamund

Henrietta
Lucinda
Cressida
Felicity
Juliet
Meredith
Thalia
Rosemary

Emmeline
Georgina

Lovely names. Gwendolyn is More uncommon than the other names.

Alternatives
Dorothea
Alexandra
Rosamund
Eleanor
Henrietta
Jennifer

Could you not just use Eliza on its own? I like jemima too

Cecilia

Not a fan of Elizabeth and it's super popular atm
I love the other 3... love Gwennie as NN rather than Gwen. Beatrice is my favourite

I love Eliza. Much prefer it to Elizabeth

Eliza Eliza Eliza!
Biased but I have one, she's beautiful, quirky, smart, heart of gold and just amazing.
Always get compliments on her name 💖

Vivienne

I love Jemima.

Not keen on Gwendolyn.

Definitely Eliza love it.
Not keen on others at all.

I love your taste. Gwendolyn is so unusual now. Seriously I love all your girl's names.

I love Elizabeth as it's a name with lots of options. I know a little Beatrice which suits her. No keen on the the other two personally.

Other possibles:
Heather
Elodie
Fern

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I also love Harriet and Eleanor but DH has vetoed those.

We both quite like Genevieve but the two different pronunciations (English and French) put us off a bit.

I like them all but Gwendoline shortened to Gwen would get my vote - unusual but not obscure and pretty fabulous

Elizabeth (shortened to Eliza) - great, but there are a lot of them, and there's a chance she'll end up one of a million Ellies
Beatrice - ditto, tis a bit overused
Jemima - nice enough, but a bit twee

Others - Genevieve (in the UK you'll get the UK pronunciation unless you specifically direct otherwise), Marianne, Adelaide, Adeline, Christabel, Verity, Felicity, Persephone, Cecily, Philippa, Constance, Caroline, Annalise, Serena, Estella, Claudia, Edith, Frances, Honor, Esther

Fab names!

Elizabeth (shortened to Eliza) - love
Beatrice - love
Jemima - love but puddleduck
Gwendolyn (shortened to Gwen) - LOVE THIS

More ideas:

Imogen
Frances
Eleanor
Penelope
Emilia
Elizabeth
Clementine
Hermione
Emeline
Phoebe
Florence
Scarlett
Madeline
Zoey
Zara
Arabella
Felicity
Beatrice
Primrose
Rosemary
Jemima
Cosima
Hero

Thanks for the feedback!

We also considered Penelope but I'm not sure about Penny, which I think would be inevitable as a shortening.

Love Jemima and Eliza

Cecilia
Clementine
Vivienne
Rosalind
Eloise
Annabelle
Theodora
Julia
Tabitha
Henrietta
Philippa
Esther
Helena
Clara

Love Elizabeth and Eliza for short, love Jemima. I do love Gwen, but not so keen on Gwendolyn for some reason. I can’t warm to Beatrice although I can see it’s the same vibe.
Other suggestions :

Eleanor
Flora
Catherine
Lydia
Clementine
Cecily
Polly

Love Beatrice spelt like Beatriz just a little different and prettier IMO x

Out of your list I like Beatrice and Elizabeth, I don't mind Gwendolyn but personally prefer Gwyneth another name I love is Clementine