Pick your favourite and least favourite, please - name for our daughter

[jasminesunflower]

This is our list. We've worked on it quite a bit over the past couple of days and we'd like to know what you think.

Ava
Susan
May
Luanna
Beverly
Jane
Shirley
June
Chloe
Luana
Mary
Hope

We like retro-names, but you can be honest if you think they are not ready for a comeback. To us they already sound nice again.

Comment on all names are appreciated, but if you don't have much time just let us know your favourite and least favourite and tell us a bit about why you dislike or like the names.

Ava / ok
Susan / yuck
May / ok
Luanna / no idea
Beverly/sounds like a 40 year old not a baby
Jane / classic
Shirley / No
June / Handmaids tale, got used to it
Chloe / ok
Luana / no idea
Mary / boring
Hope / ok but hippy/African

June Mary Shirley and Jane are lovely...

Beverley Ava Chloe not so....

Hope or Chloe.

Ava- Nice enough but a bit overused

Susan- I don’t like Susan. Susie is nice.

May- Much the same as Ava.

Luanna- Not keen.

Beverly- I think this is awful, sorry. I would (inwardly!) assume you were winding me up if you told me you were calling your daughter this, unless I knew it was the name of a much loved relative.

Jane- Inoffensive, I would probably assume she was named after someone.

Shirley- Almost as bad as Beverly.

June- Same as Jane.

Chloe- I think this is nice. It’s a very popular name for my generation, but not so much now.

Luana- Not keen, but prefer it to Luanna.

Mary- Nice, due a comeback I think.

Hope- This is by far my favourite.

I’m sorry if this seems overly harsh, but I am assuming you want honest opinions! 😳

Hope and Chloe best (but Hope is ahead)
Luanne and Shirley least

Hippy/African?

1st Mary
2nd Hope

No to all the rest, especially Beverly, Shirley and Chloe.

Love these

Ava
May
Mary
Hope

Ava - pretty but really popular and has been for while
Susan - I really like and think it’ll have a come back but the shortening to Sue puts me off a bit
May - same as Ava
Luanna - not a fan, sounds a bit made up and is us pronounced Lu ar na or Lu a na?
Beverly - not keen, bit place name and she’d be Bev which I don’t think is nice
Shirley - also not keen, just don’t think it has a nice sound and also “Shirl”
June - ok but is it her birth month because lots will assume it is
Chloe - really popular about 20 years ago.
Luana - as per Luanna
Mary - love it , probably favourite of all your list. Classic, not overused, everyone knows how to say spell, works for little one or adult and it’s pretty.
Hope - ok but not a fan of virtue type names

Chloe is gorgeous I think, my favourite of your names. You may get people saying its very 90s, yes it was popular then but it's also classic. I also love Zoe, did you consider that?

Second fav Mary, very classic, nice sound, about due for a comeback. You can say similar for Jane and Susan (have you considered Susannah?)

I wouldnt pick Ava, nice enough but really overused at the moment.

My least favourite, Beverley, are you serious with that one? Such an ugly name, even when it was popular. I was born in the 60s and there was a Beverley in my class, felt sorry for her for her name.

There were Janes and Susans at school in the 70s but no Marys, that was considered a mum name, so perhaps that means that Mary is due to be revived first, as it seems to go in cycles.

Favourites: Mary or Chloe

OK: Ava, Jane and, surprisingly, I think Shirley - kind of so clunky I think it’s quite cool?!

Dislike: May and June (I don’t like day/month/season names), Hope (same with virtue names…), Susan and Beverly (not ready for a revival) - obviously all just my opinion!

Least favourite: Luanna/Luana. I don’t like this at all!

I like Ava
Beverly is mean

Jane favourite and Susan the least.

Love May , June and Hope
Don't like Shirley or Beverly so much

Like:
May
Ava
Hope
Mary
Chloe

Dislike:
Luana
Shirley
June
Jane
Beverley
Luanna
Susan

Love Jane/Janie and June/Juno

Luana puts me in mind of an old diner waitress with lipstick on her teeth.

Shirley/Beverley/Mary are my mums mates

Favourite: Chloe
It is a nice name and quite timeless I think!

Least favourite: Shirley
It is quite dated (and makes me think of the film Airplane..! "Surely you can't be serious" "I am, and don't call me Shirley")

Favourite Mary or May
Least Favourite Luana/Luanna Susan

Favourite - Jane
Least favourites - Luana, Luanna and Beverly

My favourite is Susan, I think it's so sweet and definitely due a revival. Susie is adorable for a little girl.

Beverly, Shirley and Luanne are dreadful. The others are nice, though Jane is a bit colourless.

Please much my views

June is quite sweet actually but I'm not loving any of them.

Favourite Chloe or Mary

Least favourite Shirley, Beverly and Luanna

I love Susan and Jane, classic names.
not a fan of Luana or Hope, a bit ‘out there’ for me.
I will say, there are LOTS of baby girls called Ava these days so bear that in mind.