Isla

[Jomummy1013]

Hi, i am extremely early pregnant only six weeks but I am already thinking of names! What do people think of Isla? Middle name Grace. Or if anyone else has any other middle name suggestions? xx

Big yawn for another Isla. Thumbs up for Juliet.

I hate the names Isla and Grace - I don’t know why, they sound clunky and ugly to my ear. I know that is not a usual reaction. I love the name Juliet!

We have an isla grace in the family. Isla before it was super common and grace after a family member.

I have 2 DS's of 17 and 13 and have only ever known one Isla. It is a lovely name!

I love it. It is beautiful. I would never use it though. I am in Scotland and there are 5 in my child's year group. Out of 30 children. So common here.

I love it but then my DD is Isla Grace
I wanted Grace as a first name but my DH didn't so we settled on it as a middle name. I had only met one other Isla and she is in her mid 20's but now I have a toddler, I certainly notice the name a lot at parks and soft plays.

Thank you so much all for your thoughts and input. I did not realise how popular Isla is, and definitely not Isla Grace! And now I have food for thought with Juliet too, which I love. xxx

Juliet much fresher. Isla Grace very generic for this age group like choosing Sarah Jane in the 70s.

Lovely name. I've actually ever known one.

Rare for 40 somethings lots in the teen / child age bracket

I don't think Isla is that common. There are none in my DD's year and i only know of one. Definitely not a reason not to use the name imo.
Juliet is also beautiful

Isla is a lovely name, ive got a 45 year old Lisa who loves her name and its just the same letters just in a different order, go for it!

The name Isla is very popular.
darkgreener gives the popularity in England & Wales.
It's been the #3 most popular name for about 10 years.
Grace is a very popular middle name, so if you have a common surname, the name will be quite likely to be duplicated.

Juliet is nice but people say it as Jool-i-et, Julie-ETTE, and Jool-yet, and it will be shortened to Jules/Jools.

I like Isla but much prefer Juliet/Juliette

I was thinking of Isla for DD2 as love the name but then everyone I knew seemed to be calling their daughters that and it felt too much.

There are HEAPS round here.

That said DD1 has a popular name and still I love it (it's a family name) so you can't always let that bother you!

@DurdleSnore , Juliette will get called Julie a lot.

I actually was thinking Julie is very pretty the other day, I'm of an age when I went to school with many so I never really gave it much thought...I heard it said with a French accent and it sounded great

I know quite a few, including one from a French-speaking family. It's just closely associated with the 1960s, so seems dated.

Both names are popular but beautiful.

Thank you all. I am thinking Isla Juliet now. I love Juliet but I don't like Jules/Jools really, I know all names get shortened, but that is a shortened version I am not keen on xx

Both lovely names but it is the current equivalent to Sarah Louise from the 1970s so personally I wouldn't use that combination unless perhaps you have a very unusual surname

Isla Grace is very much this generation’s Emma Louise. Juliet is lovely.

@StopFeckingFaffing no, the baby will have a very regular ordinary surname. Xx

Juliet seems much more popular than Isla on here. I do love Juliet tbh xx

DS (12) is friends with an Isla Grace an Isla Rose, and an Aiyla Rose.
Juliet is beautiful.