Joni, Iris, Cleo

[NimmuGreen]

Hi, interested in thoughts/opinions on these three names (and any others you think I might like - I’m not 100% convinced by any of them).

Our surname is double barrelled but both quite common/simple sounding names. Names ending in ‘a’ don’t sound great with it.

I think I like simple, strong, recognisable but not too common names. I also like nature names. Finding it so much harder the second time around and my partner and I have such different taste. These three names are the only maybes we agree on at the moment…

Many thanks!

Iris is my favourite, Joni then Cleo a long way back.
A friend has a Lori and a Hazel.

Joni is best. Then Iris. Then, a long way down, is Cleo.

Fern
Della
Pippa
Dovie
Faye
Zella
Violet
Wren
Bea
Hallie
Noa
Bodhi
River
Lydia
Mavis

Thanks all! A real split…Agree about the possible mispronunciation of Joni. And def feel like Iris is on the rise where I live too. I like Robin and Rowan a lot but we have them in the family already. And I love Lois but my partner vetoed it. We’ll keep mulling them over, got a couple of months yet to decide.

I like iris a lot but it seems to be super popular. I like Joni. I like the relaxed feel of it. I quite like Cleo but it's coming up a lot on recent threads. I think they are all nice OP. I am drawn most to Joni today. Might change tomorrow! I liked the suggestion of Lori too further up.

Cleo is gorgeous.

Iris sounds like you're saying Irish but stopped too early.

Joni is try-hard.

Really really love all three. Find it hard to pick a favourite, at a push I might say Iris as have always loved it but really love the other two also

I love all of them… maybe Iris if had to pick

Juno
Mabel
Nell
Tess
Wren
Romy
Eden
Edie
Esme

Iris.

Joni and Cleo are less interesting.

Love Cleo, but if you're saying that names ending in -a won't work with your surname, there's a possibility that names ending in -o might be tricky as well...?
Joni is one of my faves, and Iris is beautiful as well!
A couple of other names I think would also work:
Opal
Zoë
Fern
Astrid

Of the three, Iris for sure.