Girls names

[Nancy155]

Stuck on girls names and would love to know which is your favourite. I love them all!

Mabel; worried this may become popular
Dorothy nn Dottie; will she hate this when she is older?
Bonnie; sounds like a nickname but I love it.
Edith nn Edie; love this.
Pippa; love this

I like Mabel off your list.

I can’t stand Dorothy, it’s just so dated and frumpy. And I hate Dottie as it’s too twee and cutesy.

I like Mabel and Pippa. Love Edie but hate Edith. I quite like Bonnie, I know a couple of little ones.

Love Pippa.

Pippa is lovely, but I hate abbreviated names. Every Pippa I know is a Philippa.

Mabel, Bonnie, and Pippa are nice. I’m not keen on Dorothy and Edith, they just seem too old for me. I like Eden though, so I don’t mind the Edie sound, it’s just that Edith is a bit dated. None of them are awful though. If I had to choose I’d choose Bonnie.

Bonnie is my favourite. The only Bonnies I know are adults and the name really suits them so it definitely works for a child and adult

Mabel; worried this may become popular

Dorothy nn Dottie; will she hate this when she is older?

Bonnie - love this! could always go Bonita for the full name like Bonnie Langford and nn to Bonnie

Edith nn Edie - I actually think Edith is due a revival! edie is cute

Pippa - lovely! though I’d go Philippa to give her more options as she gets older.

Sorry I had copy and pasted so I didn’t miss any of your list, ignore the above! - here we go…

Mabel - I think this is very cute but not so sure I can envisage a grown women called Mabel which is interesting when I can see a grown up Dottie/Bonnie 🤷🏼‍♀️

Dorothy nn Dottie - this is my favourite!

Bonnie - love this! could always go Bonita for the full name like Bonnie Langford and nn to Bonnie

Edith nn Edie - I actually think Edith is due a revival! edie is cute

Pippa - lovely! though I’d go Philippa to give her more options as she gets older.

overall I think your list is really beautiful, great names xx

Like bonnie and pippa. Edie is also nice but don't like Edith. I feel like edith, Dorothy and Mabel are old lady names, though a lot of names I consider old lady names are coming back into fashion so 🤷‍♀️

Not keen on Mabel (it's a bit cow like) and Edith is a bit harsh to my ears, but the others are all nice. My favourite is Dorothy.

You could also consider Margaret/Maggie

Mabel - I really like Mabel. I actually think it may have peaked already? Not looking statistically just basing off the fact that I knew loads being born about 6-8 years ago but haven't heard any baby Mabel announcements in a while

Dorothy nn Dottie - I like Dorothy but not so keen on Dottie. I feel Dorothea might have more street cred

Bonnie - it sounds cute on a baby and toddler but I think I would hate to be called Bonnie as an adult

Edith nn Edie - love Edith, like Edie, it has a classy sound about it. I also like Meredith NN Edie too

Pippa - like as a shortening for Phillipa. Also like Pip

Mabel; too many May, Maya, Mia, Mae, Maeve type names around. Mabel a bit frumpy.
Dorothy nn Dottie; like it. Dot/Doll other options
Bonnie; not sure. 'Stan'.
Edith nn Edie; love this. ok.
Pippa; love this ok

Edie from Meredith - how???

Pippa then Mabel.

Pippa is nice but I much prefer piper !

Mabel and Pippa are lovely. Objectively, I think that Edith (Edie) is a nice name, but I had the misfortune to meet not just one but two terrible Edies so could never contemplate it!

I would go for Mabel, Edie as a name on it's own or Pippa. Not keen on the other options.

I love them all! Dorothy is my favourite actually

I like Bonnie and it’s underused. It’s a bit nicknamey though. the one I know is short for Isabella (Bonny Bella was where it came from) so something like that or Annabel if you want a full name?

Like Pippa short for Philippa but not on its own

Dorothy is ok, but much prefer Dorothea. Nothing wrong with Dottie although I prefer Dorey and Dorrie.

I love Edith but it is done to death. Ethelyn?

Mabel also overused. Merryn, Ishbel ??

Love Mabel and Dorothy , Bonnie is nice. Not keen on the others.

I don't like Bonnie (twee) or Pippa (doesn't travel well) but the rest are all good.

Mabel or Pippa. Agree with PP, I like Edie but not Edith and would choose Eden to get the Edie nn.

I have a 11 month old and we do a lot of baby classes-

There's no Mabel's
There's 1 Dorothy
There's 1 Bonnie
One Edie
No pippas

So I don't think they're super popular depending on region. I'm in SW

Thanks so much everyone! All the feedback is really useful. Also great to know how popular they are in baby classes etc so thank you 🙂