Girl name help

[Appleandbananas2]

DD2 due any minute! Would appreciate any thoughts on our shortlist:

Freida
Allegra
Eliza
Paloma (Polly)
Olive
Clementine
Zinnia
Arietta (Etta)
Lavinia

First daughter is called Beatrice

Thanks!

DH also loves Phoebe but is it too close to Beatrice (who we call Bea)?

Love Pheobe 😍

Eliza and Allegra are nice. Eliza has a distinctive sound and good with the pattern of stressed syllables, so the sound sort of rises and falls. Lyza, as a shortened form, is pretty.
Allegra has a musical significance and can't be shortened to something which sounds altogether less distinctive.

Clementine the name for my dream never to have baby as I'm now to old!

Hopefully I can have a Granddaughter with it one day
Beautiful name

Love Eliza! Not the biggest fan of the others...especially Zinnia

Phoebe or Paloma for me. I like Eliza but always reminds me of a type of experiment I used to do from time to time (when I was a lab scientist)

I like Clementine and Polly; I am not sure about Paloma though.
Eliza is okay but Elizabeth is nicer.
Not keen on Olive or Arrietta. Arrietty?
I like Zinnia in an oddball sort of way.

I used to like Phoebe until I met one called Beefy.

Allegra or Clementine.

Beatrice and Eliza are lovely together.
clementine is ok, but I don’t think the others have the same sort of vibe as Beatrice.

I really like Olive, Clementine and Etta. Love Polly but not Paloma - I'd just go for Polly.

Not keen on the others.

Eliza is my favourite with Beatrice
I also love Phoebe but know one called Bee, so I wouldn’t have that with Beatrice

I really like Zinnia.

I loathe Olive.

Beatrice and Lavinia would make me wonder if you were huge Shakespeare fans. Not that that's a bad thing.

I quite like the others.

Freida - will be misspelt as Freda, Frida, Frieda, Freeda
Allegra - will be Legs
Eliza - ok
Paloma (Polly) - Polly is nice, not keen on Paloma
Olive - no, it's a fruit
Clementine - no, it's a satsuma
Zinnia - ok
Arietta (Etta) - 'Arry ate a ...
Lavinia - Lav

Polly is my favourite

I think 'Clementine' is always going to be Clemmie, or Clems with very close friends. Does Clemmie sound like clammy? Not really, I guess. Very pretty. However, live with Clemmie in your head for a week, I'd say, as I can't see her being called Clementine in many situations.

Freida - it’s ok
Allegra - love it - such an underused name - and goes beautifully with Beatrice

Eliza - it’s nice, though prefer Elizabeth as a full name. It’s somewhat overused.

Paloma (Polly) - lovely, close second to Allegra
Olive - only if you are giving birth to a salad, also will blur with the 6 million Olivias in her school
Clementine - nice if slightly twee

Zinnia - no, sounds like a kitchen appliance

Arietta (Etta) - no, sounds a bit Disney and made up, and Etta is a bit ugly
Lavinia - it’s ok, if a bit wet, I would worry slightly about Lav jokes

phoebe - nice enough, getting v popular

You might also like Cassia? But personally I would look no further than Allegra

Phoebe - oh I see - no you definitely don’t want Phoebe and Bea - especially as Phoebe might end up being nn Bee at school

If your Beatrice is Bea day to day then I think Phoebe is too close. Bea and Phoebe - too much!

Freida - I absolutely love this one!
Allegra - I'm not a fan, not sure why.
Eliza - Pretty and goes well with Beatrice
Paloma (Polly) - Not sure
Olive and Clementine - I have a strong dislike of food names for people!
Zinnia - Not heard it before, sounds like it's a nickname, short for something.
Arietta (Etta) - Makes me think of The Borrowers.
Lavinia - Really love this one too!

I like Eliza a lot, it has a similar vibe to Beatrice which is nice.

Beatrice and Allegra ❤️

Thanks everyone, loved reading all your responses! I think you are right about Bea and Phoebe being too close, I can imagine confusion in calling their names!

I am also loving Allegra which has a similar meaning to Bea (joyful / bringer of joy) and Eliza which also means joyous one. what do you think might be the nickname for Allegra? I would rather avoid ‘leggie’

I would go for Eliza

Love:
Freida
Eliza

Like:
Paloma
Olive
Clementine

Allegra is okay.

Don't like:
Zinnia
Arietta (Etta)
Lavinia

Love Olive

Ah OP I have a Beatrice who we call Bea and second DD due very soon. We're going for Daphne.

I love Eliza!

Love Olive