Opinions on girls names

[doughnuts154]

Hi everyone!

Still quite unclear on girls names, and are a bit stuck. We’re just playing around with different options, as i can’t seem to decide whether I like a lot of them or not! These are some of the ones we’ve come up with so far, so if you could say your favourites and least favourites that would be great:
Lois
Daisy
James
Blaire
Rory (as a nn, but need a long name to use)
Sunday (seems to be used by lots of celebrities so don’t want to use, but anything similar would be great)

One thing that we’re struggling on is that we want a name that will sound good on a baby and on an adult. Any suggestions that fit the names above would also be great.

Thank you!

[Potatomashed]

Omg I love Rory for a girl! We nearly gave it to our DD. We ended up not going with it because we didn’t want to give her a life of explaining she was female. Lois has similar cool vibes but is female. Have you thought of other neutral names like Ellis?

[toastofthetown]

Lois - quite nice, inoffensive.
Daisy - twee and very popular.
James - I HATE this as a girls name. Painfully trendy, I feel like the boys names for a girl trend comes from a place of sexism, and without wanting to sound trite, but if you wouldn’t call your son Susan, why would you call your daughter James.
Blaire - ‘bleh’ comes to mind. In the UK I think Tony Blair is still a significant enough public figure that I’d avoid Blair(e).
Rory - fine as a nickname. Standard full names are Lorelei and Aurora, of which I prefer Aurora.
Sunday - I actually like Sunday, and don’t find it unusable, though it would pair it with a more traditional middle name. Sunny is a sweet nickname.

[miltonj]

Daisy is lovely. Please not James for the love of god!
Gender neutral names that work properly for girls could be:
Ellis
Sammy (samaya)
Alex
Frankie
Taylor

[halfsiesonapotnoodle]

Lois is the nicest and the only one I like. Not Rory, it's awful with the roar sound and people who can't pronounce Rs. Aurora is just like woar woar woar to me, so not attractive. Daisy is very overused.

[IsThePopeCatholic]

Lois is a fab name.

[CP2701]

I have a daughter called Brodie, it's a good gender neutral name 😊

[emmathedilemma]

Lois and Daisy are ok, I could just about live with Sunday, Blaire is awful and James / Rory are great names if you're a boy.

[DogsAndGin]

Lois - Just makes me think of very American, middle-aged women like the mum from Family Guy and the mum from Malcolm in the Middle

Daisy - twee

James, Blaire, Rory - boy names

Sunday - hate it. Not a name.

Sorry OP, not my taste

[Mumofgirls2017]

Daisy and James, I do also like Sunday!

[Mumofgirls2017]

Oh sorry didn’t realise just girls in that case not james for me!

[Sundayschild20]

I love Rory for a girl. I'd go for Theodora as the full name.

[moiraandthebebe]

Lois and Rory are my favourites. Rory was a nn for Lorelai in Gilmore Girls.

[Glitterspy]

I’ve never been a fan of the name Lois, it sounds mousy to me.

Sunday was just on another thread, was that you?

Rory is DH’s name, he’s always having to spell it, it gets confused with Roy a lot and it’s hard for some people to say (he worked in a Japanese company for a few years and got called Lolly, his translated name on his business card was phonetically Lau-lee)

A girl called Sunday or Rory or James in a normal primary is going to get ragged.

[KirstenBlest]

Lois - nice
Daisy - nice
James - nice for a boy, awful for a girl
Blaire - hideous
Rory - ok for a boy, awful for a girl
Sunday - fine

Lois is by far the best on your list

[17caterpillars1mouse]

Lois - I want to like it but it just makes me think of the woman out of family guy which I hate.

Daisy - too cutsy for me, I prefer other flower names such as Ivy, Violet, Willow

James - for a girl? I'm not a fan at all. I would hate having such a classical forever popular boys name as a woman. I like it on a boy

Blaire - Tony

Rory (as a nn, but need a long name to use) - I really like on a girl as would go with just Rory or maybe Rora as I hate Aurora

Sunday (seems to be used by lots of celebrities so don’t want to use, but anything similar would be great) - I like it. I would be more concerned of the celebrityness of using James for a girl that using Sunday

[Glitterspy]

Claire is a lot nicer than Blaire

[RoseMartha]

Lois

[Bellacatt]

Lois - not a fan
Daisy - cute on a little girl, not sure on an adult
James - no!
Blaire - makes me think of Tony Blair or a 'bleurgh' noise of disgust
Rory - I like it. Aurora? Aurelia?
Sunday - I don't like week day names but it isn't too bad

[AliBaliBears]

Lois and Daisy are the best by miles.

Blaire is awful.

James and Rory are not unisex names to me. I would just assume you had wanted a boy. (I think Rory as a nickname is fine for a girl but not keen on Aurora - a mouthful of a name).

[daisypond]

Lois -OK, but such a drab name. Malcolm in the Middle and Family Guy.
Daisy - OK. A bit insubstantial.
James- it’s a boy’s name, so no. Jane?
Blaire-no. Sounds horrid. It’s a surname. At best a boy’s name spelled Blair.
Rory - for a boy, yes. Not a girl. I really dislike Aurelia, Aurora.
Sunday-not really a name but better than some of your other options.

[ShandaLear]

Theodora is MAGNIFICENT!

[lbbean]

In order of preference:

Sunday is my favourite but it is a bit “celeb”. Still pretty and quirky though.

Daisy would be my next choice. Popular but inoffensive.

Lois isn’t my taste but is a good name.

Rory: Aurora or Lorelei are the obvious ones, but I don’t like either and don’t like Rory for a girl. How about Romy?

Blaire makes me think of Tony or bleurgh.

I really hate James for a girl. It is very trendy right now with lots using it as a middle name after Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds used it. Unoriginal and I agree that it’s a double standard.

Romy
Saskia
Greer
Fleur
Sylvie
Quinn
Billie
Merryn
Joni
Wren
Honor
Astrid
Winter
Ellis
Piper
Saffron

[Sunnyssoo]

How about Blythe rather than Blair?

[Primatrying]

@lbbean

In order of preference:

Sunday is my favourite but it is a bit “celeb”. Still pretty and quirky though.

Daisy would be my next choice. Popular but inoffensive.

Lois isn’t my taste but is a good name.

Rory: Aurora or Lorelei are the obvious ones, but I don’t like either and don’t like Rory for a girl. How about Romy?

Blaire makes me think of Tony or bleurgh.

I really hate James for a girl. It is very trendy right now with lots using it as a middle name after Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds used it. Unoriginal and I agree that it’s a double standard.

Romy
Saskia
Greer
Fleur
Sylvie
Quinn
Billie
Merryn
Joni
Wren
Honor
Astrid
Winter
Ellis
Piper
Saffron

This.

[Luredbyapomegranate]

Lois - fantastic, underused name, look no further

Daisy - cute but wet
James, no!!!! in the Uk this really is a boys name, and it’s naff for a girl anywhere
Blaire - no it’s an occasional Scottish boys name, and also sounds like someone trying not to throw up
Rory - it’s usually short for Aurora for girls. But it’s so popular as a boys’ name right now, it will be tedious for her. Also Aurora (sadly) has a disney princess vibe at present
Sunday - it’s ok, she’d have to be born on one though. I think it’s possible to pull it off but it can sound very try hard.

Ines
Linos
Annis
Hope
Jeanne - French pronunciation - a drawn out syllable (Je - like “s” in pleasure- a - like “a” in cat - nne- like “ne” in one)
June
Celeste
Roslyn (Roz-lin)
Rosen (Row-zun)
Zoe
Sophie
Xanthe (Zan-thee)
Dora nn Dorey
Marina nn Marnie