Family names - which one is your fav

[Leeloo1233]

If you put all the grannie and great grandma names from both mine and dh's family together our short list for our dd would be:

Hilda
Muriel
Lydia
Mabel
Ida
Sophia
Helga
Louise

What do you think stands out? I think they are all quite nice actually

Hilda - hard No
Muriel - No. Meriel?
Lydia - maybe
Mabel - maybe
Ida - No
Sophia - Yes
Helga - No
Louise - Yes. My favourite.

Sophia

Lydia

Lydia is a fantastic name, Louise is nice too, not keen on the others.

Hilda - no
Muriel - no
Lydia - no
Mabel - like this one
Ida - possible
Sophia - like this one
Helga - no
Louise - no

Hilda - truly awful
Muriel - awful, though I know a lovely one
Lydia- gorgeous
Mabel - a gentle vintage name
Ida - no
Sophia - lovely
Helga - dear me, no
Louise - just lovely, my favourite

Sophia and Lydia

Louise

Sophia or Lydia

Sophia and Ida

Lydia first or Sophia, but def Lydia for the win x

Hilda - love it! Definitely on the list for not ever happening third dd.
Muriel - it’s fine:
Lydia - nope but it’s better than Linda.
Mabel - showing my age but it always makes me think of the blue Peter dog.
Ida - love it.
Sophia - nope - there are so many sophias.
Helga - I am not sure how you could pull that name off!

Louise - it feels a bit dated.

So Hilda or ida for me, unless you can guarantee your dd would be a supermodel then Helga too!

I love Lydia and Hilda, with Louise in third place.

Not so keen on the rest of the list, with Mabel & Ida in bottom place.

Hilda - Christ no
Muriel -(you're) tirrible (Muriel). Awful name.
Lydia - nice
Mabel - nope
Ida - nope
Sophia - bit boring but nice enough
Helga - hideous
Louise - it's inoffensive

I love Lydia.
Lydia Louise goes well.
I don't like the rest, maybe Ida at a push.

Ida is one of my favourite names, I love Hilda and Mabel too. Lydia seems quite common, at least I know several. That would put me off.

Ida is an amazing name. It's the name of the heroine in Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak.

Lydia Louise does sound nice!

Unfortunately I'm the closest to grandma Helga 😅 It is not my favourite but maybe, maybe will make a comeback? Muriel is my least favourite. Lydia I love but now all I can think of is the sadistic Aunt Lydia..

Lydia Mabel works nicely together!
Sophia Louise is lovely too (but perhaps a bit less original)

@Leeloo1233

Lydia Louise does sound nice!

Unfortunately I'm the closest to grandma Helga 😅 It is not my favourite but maybe, maybe will make a comeback? Muriel is my least favourite. Lydia I love but now all I can think of is the sadistic Aunt Lydia..

Helga would work splendidly as a middle name. She'll get loads of mileage out of it when she has those idle 'what's your middle name?' chats with colleagues etc.

I love Ida. Lydia is my second favourite.

beats Rose or May into a cocked hat!

Lydia or Louisa.

Sophia or Ida

Lydia, Sophia or Mabel.