Opinions on girl names

[Ipanema01]

I have 3 boys and we’re expecting a girl - after having a list for so long I’m now finding it really difficult! Appreciate these aren’t to everyone’s tastes but asking for opinions or favourites anyway :-)
Boys are Rafe, Milo and Otis.

Clementine
Cece
Gala
Lilac
Leonie
Etta
Iris
Leo
Clemence
Paloma
Appoline

Paloma is my fav on your list! Congratulations :)

Leo quite a lot around and all boys so I wouldn’t. I know a great “Leona” but I know you were not looking for an “a” at the end but all my associations with this name are great!

I like Etta, Iris and Clementine.

Isla, Anya, Lena, Lyra - so many “a” names

Non “a” that I like Lorelei, Emmeline, Evelyn and Zoe

Love Clementine, also like Iris and Lilac.

Gala was the name of Salvador Dali's wife.

I like Iris.

What about:

Ivy
Olive
Flora
Leonora

Paloma 💯

Clementine - nice, bit twee, popular
Cece - too twee as a full name, ok as a nn for Celia etc
Gala apple. No.
Lilac - It’s ok,
Leonie - nice, although prefer Leonora
Etta - meh. Ok as a nn for Harriet or whatever
Iris - lovely but done to death
Leo - done to death as a boys name, really not fair to give to a girl as a full name
Clemence - misreads as a boys name (similar to Clement) in English
Paloma - love it
Appoline - sounds v v odd in English

Lois
Ines
Clio
Zoe
Aphra
Aster
Stella
Oona
Laurel
Anneli
Verity
Cassia
Cosima
Fernanda
Yolanda
Estella
Celeste
Adeline
Genevievre
Marianne
Vivienne

You can't be serious about Leo for a girl?

You have named three boys already. You've used boy names.

You need to choose a girl name this time because you're having a girl. Your daughter eill thank you.

Your sons names are really nice & go very well together. I love your idea of a girl named Leo . Maybe have Leonie on BC but call her Leo . Good luck for a smooth birth .💐

@Ipanema01 I agree with previous poster that Leo just sounds like you couldn’t be bothered thinking of a girls name after 3 boys so just gave your next favourite boys name / you really wanted a boy. That’s aside from a lifetime of you and her having to explain she’s a girl.

cece cute for a little girl not for a woman.

Clementine, Iris and Leonie are lovely.

Gala is a supermarket where I live ( Ireland). Like calling your child Waitrose so you can add that along with bingo and apple. Not exactly nice connotations to the name. Also not sure why you can’t use Appoline as you’re not French but can use Gala which is also a French name.

That’s a fair point about Leo for a girl. I said upthread I love it and I do, but ended up having criteria for our daughter’s name having to be an actual girl name, not a feminised boys’ name. You don’t need a boy name to be cool/strong etc.

A few years ago now, but my DC were at playgroup with a Spanish girl called Leonora, Leo for short - but pronounced Lay-o.

I have an American friend with two daughters called Bryce and Elliot (Ellie).

Clementine - nice
Cece - Cecilia/Cecely?
Gala - apple/ swimming race?
Lilac - prefer Lela
Leonie - meh
Etta - cute
Iris - cute
Leo - boys name but also nn for Leonie if you go with that
Clemence - lovely
Paloma - nice
Appoline - no

Galia is nicer than Gala.

Maybe consider...

Alana
Lydia
Eloise
Camille
Ottilie
Ophelia
Emmeline

Iris/Paloma

Leo is a boy's name.
How about Cleo?

I think Etta goes really well. It's a lovely name. I love Iris too. Ingrid is nice too or Imogen or Astrid.

Also Iona is beautiful I think.

I think there's a trend starting giving girls names that are traditionally used for boys. I know a Billie - she's amazing- it really suits her- and I've heard of two Stevie's and another one I can't think of right now!

Billie, Willie, Stevie, Etc - not a new trend.

Names like that were popular in the American Deep South in the 1920s-40s in the African American community. They were sometimes but not always hyphenated - Willie-Mae, Billie-Jean...

But names like Leo - no.

The OP will be thought of as a woman who has some sort of a problem with having a daughter if she uses this name.

Clementine - yes
Cece - yes as diminutive of something else
Gala - no
Lilac -no
Leonie - yes
Etta - yes if your surname supports it
Iris - yes
Leo -no
Clemence - no
Paloma - yes
Appoline - no

I think Etta goes best with your DS’s names. Is Cece pronounced sessy out of interest?

I imagine it’s pronounced Cee-cee.

DD has a friend with that nickname - for Sienna.

I think Clementine is the best fit out of those but Etta and Iris also go wonderfully with your boys names!

Thanks again everyone who has commented - still going over all of them repeatedly 😅

Terrence and Butch are very English/American “male” names, it makes you sound ignorant to disregard how very male Leo is, because it is not from either of those cultures.

Of your list, I like Iris though it isn’t a name I would use myself.