5 really similar names

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Anna
Emma
Alice
Annie
Emily
What do you think of each?
Ta 🍩

Sorry all totally dull and lacklustre.

What if I had written

Neveah
Arabella
Elodie
Emily
Luciana

Would you think every one of them was dull too, or just Emily

All wet and/or pretentious..

Damn. Do you have any suggestions of names that aren't wet or pretentious. I don't want my childs name to be wet or pretentious!

Based on your other names
Lucia - a better version of Luciana

Anna
Emma
Alice
Annie
Emily

All 'safe', but not wet. Not mad about Emily but the othes are all nice.

Neveah - dreadful
Arabella - too long and frilly
Elodie - nothingy, just a long Ellie
Luciana - Lucy is nice, but I wouldn't know if Luciana was Lucy-anna, Lootchy-arna etc

Lucia is lovely. Bit off on an English girl? I think I prefer Lucy, lovely name.

These are just the immediate thoughts that come to my mind:

Anna- fine as a middle name
Emma- its ok
Alice- best from this list
Annie- I immediately think of the curly haired girl from the film/musical
Emily- also ok

I wasn't sure if you wanted comments on your other list?

Neveah-Not sure how to pronounce it? Like Nev-ea? Too close to the skin brand Nivea
Arabella- I always think of a horse- no idea why. Not keen on 4 syllable names which are a mouthful.
Elodie- Male surfer name
Emily- again, its ok
Luciana- Prefer Lucia, but its also ok

Thank you. Emily is my least favourite, DPs most.

For what its worth
Neveah
Arabella
Elodie
Luciana

Isn't a list of names I'm interested in

Anna is neither wet nor pretentious.

I prefer Lucy to Luciana. I think adding ana onto quite pleasant names sounds pretentious.

I like Emma and Emily but they are massively over-used.

Isla is pretty and a similar vibe to some of your choices.

Anna - Niice. This baby will become a woman of dignity and integrity😛

Emma - See Terry Pratchett’s ‘Interchangeable Emmas.’

Alice - pretty, prim. I have a 20 something second cousin called Alice and she feels it’s chronically unsexy.

Annie- Cool but not trying to be. Makes me think of this song.

Emily- hugely popular in my DS’s age (mid-teens) year group, maybe a little bit generic.

I like Anna and Emma much better than any of the others. Alice is OK. Annie is a short for Anne or Anna. Emily is a bit bland.

I love them all except Annie.

The rest are beautiful classics that have stood the test of time. You won't go wrong with any of them.

I think they're all beautiful OP

I love them all, apart from Annie (still nice but I prefer the others. I agree that they are safe choices because they are classics, but I wouldn’t say that they were wet!

Anna and Emma are great names!

I love Anna and Emma, both well known names, not that commonly used for babies these days.

I like all the names on your list - I've a baby girl due in June and she will be called Alice.

I like all your names. I think Annie would be better as a nickname for Annabel.

Alice is lovely my favourite out of your list. The others are considered ‘classic’ but there will be many in the class.

I love Alice and Anna (using Annie as a nickname) Don't think dull or lacklustre at all. I think 'timeless and classy.'

Anna - Think it's a classic, lovely
Emma - Beautiful, gorgeous, one of my favourite names
Alice - It's sweet but I can never get the A Lice thing out of my head!
Annie - Lovely as a nickname for Anna
Emily - Prefer Emma, but it's okay

Nevaeh - I must be the only one who likes this name and how it sounds but do agree the backwards spelling is tacky and like saying your child is hell!
Arabella - Frilly but I have a soft spot because of the song!
Elodie - Beautiful imo
Luciana - Quite nice! Prefer Lucy/Lucia though.

I think they're all absolutely lovely or fine names OP. My favourites are Emma and Elodie.

Sorry didn't see the thing about the second list of names being ones you didn't like!! For the top list, Emma for sure.

Emma was a very popular name when I was young but I think it's less common nowadays. My youngest is an Emma and she's the only one in her school.

All very 90s