Florence, Margot or Eva?

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Our second baby girl was born a few days and we’re really struggling to settle on a name. It did take us a week to name our first daughter but we seemed more definite in our choices.

Our surname starts with M and our eldest’s initials are MM - I’m not sure if 2 children with MM initials is a bit much?

We love the following but can’t decide, any thoughts?

Eva
Margot
Florence
Maisie
Grace
Rose

The first 3 are faves but I keep changing my mind!

Florence gets my vote

Margot is hideous and the others will be one of many in their school year!

Eva.

I love Margot but agree you don't want children with the same initials.
So Florence for me, it's gorgeous.

someone always replies Maggot when people suggest Margot. Do these people actually think it’s pronounced with a hard T?!

@Festivemoose , Margot and Maggot look similar

Florence, awesome name. And many congratulations.

Florence is my fave. Esp with the nn Florrie. Congratulations!x

I like Rose and Grace best from the list- I agree with a pp that they're overused as middle names, but I don't think they're overused as first names! Not a fan of Margot at all but Eva, Maisie and Florence are nice imo.
I don't think that two siblings with MM initials would be much of a problem either.. my post tends to have my full name on the envelope rather than just my initials, and anyway post seems to be getting replaced with emails more and more. So I'd go with whichever name you like best!

Congratulations! I love Florence, Rose and Eva.

Margot - it’s v popular but not insanely overused like Eva

I don’t like Florence - although how about Flora?

Florence is nice, or Margot go with the spelling Margo and Eva reminds me of Eva Braun unfortunately. Margaret is also nice with lots of shortings. For any Rose names Rosa is the better and not that common.

Totally disagree, have only ever seen this on mumsnet.
However you could always spell it margaux to get around the haters.
For what it's worth I like Florence best anyway! Lovely name which my dh vetoed 🙄

Margaux is worse that Margot. It's ugly.
Margo is fine but not much used.

Florence is beautiful (provided it doesn't become Flo or Florry!)

I think all the names are nice enough but I wouldn’t go for another MM name. Eva is my favourite from the list (though I prefer Eve).

I actually think Rose as a first name isn't used that much - I've only met one baby Rose. Looking at the darker green website, it's the least common of your choices. Florence is the most common. Eva has peaked and is on the way down. Maisie peaked a while ago but is rising again slightly.

My favourites are Rose and Eva.

Agree on every point.

Florence, but it is overused. I really dislike Margot, I think it’s a fad.

Florence

Florence> Eva> Margot.

Florence or Margot

I think Eva has a really ugly sound.

I like them all (unhelpful!)
order of preference probably
Eva
Florence
Margot

They’re all very nice names, but in your case I’d go for Florence or Eva to avoid having two children with MM initials

Florence!