Vita, cleo or tessa/tess?

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Struggling to choose a name for dd2. Shortlist is vita, cleo and tessa/tess. Dd1 is Greta. I don’t mind marmite names but have a few concerns about our shortlist.

Vita - too unusual/try hard? Cleo - too unserious as a name? Tessa - too bland? Tess - bad hardy associations? Also doesn’t flow with the surname.

Definitely reached the overthinking stage… not looking for new name suggestions as getting to this point has been painful enough! Thanks!

There is also the name Clea. Not sure if that is how it's spelt. If you want to get away from the car thing.

Vita and Tessa are nice but sound too similar to Greta. I love Cleo or Clio.
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I like Vita, but not sure how it sounds alongside Greta. Maybe too similar in sound. I think it’s my favourite.

Cleo is growing on me, but I prefer Clio. Most people will inevitably spell it Cleo or accuse you of making up spellings, sadly.

Tess and Tessa both nice. I think the Hardy association is fine. However, both do seem slightly dog names to me. I could get over that.

How about the Welsh " Tesni"?

They are all nice, in order

Cleo (although prefer Clio), because it’s spunky, has good associations and doesn’t sound too similar to Greta

Then Tess, although I would use Esther or something as a full name as it is v nicknamey. It’s not as sparky as Cleo but it’s a classic.

Vita I do quite like on its own, but Greta and Vita do sound like a pair of cats or something

I really like Tess, not keen on Tessa - feel like Tess is quite strong sounding and Tessa dilutes it a bit. Could it be a nn for Esther? I dislike Vita, too harsh sounding to me... I like Vera. I like Cleo too and probably goes with Greta best if that matters to you - no 't' sound. Reminds me of Cleopatra, so not unserious at all.