Names like Evelyn, Clara & Alison

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I'm pregnant with my first baby and we've recently found out it's going to be a girl. Started thinking of names and so far my top three are Evelyn, Clara and Alison although feeling a bit put off by Evelyn's popularity.

Was wondering if anyone could suggest some other names that have a similar feeling to the ones above.

Lydia
Elizabeth (or Eliza?)
Josephine

Hannah
Harriet
Charlotte
Kathryn
Zoe
Matilda
Meredith
Jessica
Abigail
Tabitha
Tamara
Suzanne

Emmeline
Eloise
Alyssa
Elodie
Margot
Laura
Lauren
Laurel

Freya
Louisa
Helena
Tabitha
Matilda
Imogen
Audrey
Cora
Cara
Beatrice
Ivy
Penelope
Jemima
Jenna
Fearne
Julia
Edith
Esther
Natalie
Lilian
Susannah
Meredith
Heidi
Charlotte
Nancy
Annabel
Verity
Georgina
Heather

Alice
Maria
Rose
Julia
Sarah

Lilian
eva
lara
alice
juliet
dorothy
rose
helena
julia
diana
caroline
abigail
eloise
louisa
esther
meredith
nancy

Love the name Clara OP.

Helena
Lauren
Thora
Jenna
Kate
Marian
Eleanor
Cara
Fiona
Serena

Clarissa
Melissa
Flora
Susan
Suzanne
Diana
Wendy
Pamela
Jane
Winnie
Penelope
Serena
Selina
Tamsin
Harriet
Jennifer
Jemima
Joanna
Josephine
Grainia
Rebecca
Rachel
Monica
Jeanne
Oonagh

Clara is rocketing in popularity. I think it might be the next Evelyn.

Alice
Elise
Harriet
Bryony
Martha
Elizabeth
Penelope
Hermione
Natasha
Anastasia
Maria

Jocelyn
Stella
Flora
Oona
Claudia
Lois
Marianne
Verity
Catrin
Diana

Evelyn and Alice (although not Alison) are super popular, Clara pretty popular.

Evelyn and Clara both already popular. Evelyn v close to the very very popular Evie.

What about:

Jane
Linda
Deborah
Chloe
Megan

Anna
Connie
Esme
Fay
Georgia
Hattie
Imogen
Jemima
Lara
Nell
Ophelia
Penny
Sienna
Tess

Evelyn and Clara both have more than one pronunciation. I don't really like them at all.
Alison seems very dated to me, but it's nice. I much prefer Alice

Cordelia
Clarissa
Valerie
Audrey
Auldeen
Carolyn
Madeleine
Arlene
Edith

Caroline
Christine
Susannah
Corinne
Emily
Eve
Grace
Ivy
Amelia
Violet
Sophia
Lena
Angela
Leah
Cora
Anya
Iris
Laura
Sara
Thea
Elaine
Catherine
Jane
Julia
Jodie
Matilda
Daphne

Absolutely adore Clara!

some of the names suggested are fab - may I add Vivienne, Sadie, Eleanor, Nora/Norah and Emmeline xx

Clara’s a cracking name 😉
Martha
Alice
Eleanor

Louise
Sarah
Susan
Hazel
Laura
Caroline
Rachel
Rebecca
Donna
Deborah

All have an "Allison" vibe, and you won't meet many kids with these names.

Vanessa
Lizzie
Betty/Betsy
Francesca
Adelaide
Victoria
Alicia
Elsie

Alison gives me more of a retro feel along the lines of:
Anita
Patricia
Jacqueline
Nicola
Lisa
Michelle
Andrea
Melanie
Dawn
Joanne/Joanna
Marie
Stephanie
Samantha
Maxine
Rebecca

That’s true, but you will meet a lot of their mums who have them instead. Completely up to you if that’s an issue or not.

Erin
Kirsty
Justine

Estella
Carys
Diana
Jacqueline
Jennifer

Vivienne, Sadie, Eleanor, Nora/Norah and Emmeline

These are all lovely. I would add

Sylvia
Lillian
Elspeth
Christobel.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

A few people have said Clara is quite popular but looking at the government data there were only 574 Clara's born in 2021 compared to 1,729 Evelyn's. I've also never come across any baby / toddler Clara's and I work in a nursery so it certainly can't be popular where I am.

To be fair though I've only ever come across a couple of Evelyn's so the numbers don't always translate to reality I guess.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsgirls

Clara is where Evelyn was ten years ago. Name trends start by a name becoming popular within certain regional or demographic groups, which is why Clara feels popular to some of us despite this not being borne out in the national data. It is very likely that Clara will follow the trend of names like Evelyn and catch on much more widely in the next few years even if you don’t know any now. It’s not necessarily a reason not to use the name but it’s useful information if you want to avoid a name that is about to become very popular.