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Narrowed down to 4 girl names

105 replies

glasshalffull0 · 26/07/2023 17:55

Molly
Erin
Isla
Grace

Thoughts?

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Scrotox · 26/07/2023 18:52

It looks as if I'm the minority of one, as I don't like Erin at all. Of those names, I'd choose Molly.

pastypirate · 26/07/2023 18:52

All of them are fine but very popular and she will be Erin W or whatever your surname is the whole time she is at school.

LeonoraFlorence · 26/07/2023 18:53

Grace or Isla

Housenoob · 26/07/2023 18:56

Erin. The rest are nice but so meh

maddiemookins16mum · 26/07/2023 19:01

I like Grace but Erin is the least common.

Mintearo7 · 26/07/2023 19:01

i order of preference: Erin, Grace, Molly, Isla

aSofaNearYou · 26/07/2023 19:15

I agree Erin. Isla and Grace are too overused atm for me, and I prefer Erin to Molly, though I don't mind Molly.

kjokise · 26/07/2023 19:18

I feel like everyone is saying Erin purely because it's least popular, but it depends if that's important to you?
Isla has started to grate on me loads.
Grace is bland
Molly is really cute

crapactually · 26/07/2023 19:21

Erin is lovely.
Isla is ok.
I know a Grace I dislike and I think it's a lot of pressure on the child to call them things that infer something about character.
Molly is a bit wet. My Brighton cousin tells me that's an insult there, not sure about anywhere else.

purplecheesecat · 26/07/2023 19:26

Erin has my vote!

mintich · 26/07/2023 19:27

Erin by a mile then Grace. Not keen on the other two

FKATondelayo · 26/07/2023 19:29

Erin is a lovely name. Not just cos it's less well used. It's feminine but strong, not girly like Molly. It won't date like Isla. It sounds poetic (sorry stereotyping there) but doesn't really have an obvious connotation like Grace (or Molly sadly). It passes the Supreme Court test. And it won't take ages to write out on every form Grin

Liv999 · 26/07/2023 19:33

Grace is beautiful, Isla is OK, Erin and Molly are meh

Newbie887 · 26/07/2023 19:40

Molly. Simple and cute.

Cant understand the love for Erin. It sounds like Eric which is pretty awful?!

aSofaNearYou · 26/07/2023 19:44

crapactually · 26/07/2023 19:21

Erin is lovely.
Isla is ok.
I know a Grace I dislike and I think it's a lot of pressure on the child to call them things that infer something about character.
Molly is a bit wet. My Brighton cousin tells me that's an insult there, not sure about anywhere else.

Honestly I think how overdone or otherwise a name feels makes up for a huge part of whether people like a name when they hear it. Very few names are objectively awful, it's just associations.

decaffonlypls · 26/07/2023 19:45

All beautiful but I'd say Erin or Isla

avocadotofu · 26/07/2023 19:46

I really like them all, especially Molly and Grace.

SauvignonBlanche · 26/07/2023 19:47

All lovely 😍

  1. Erin
  2. Molly
  3. Grace
  4. Isla
DuchessOfSausage · 26/07/2023 19:49

Molly - lovely
Erin - can't see any appeal
Isla - pretty but overused
Grace - nice

Louoby · 26/07/2023 19:53

Erin or Molly are gorgeous. I know so many Isla's. Grace is very popular too x

Adventing · 26/07/2023 19:58

Grace is the most classic imo, all lovely names though

nousername0 · 26/07/2023 20:01

Another vote for Erin!

DahliaRose · 26/07/2023 20:02

I'd go Grace.

It's classic and a beautiful name.

Isla is lovely but very common and a lot of people spell/pronounce it wrong.

Molly I love however I know soooooo many dogs called Molly (still wouldn't put me off using it)

Erin is also a great name just prefer Grace.

coveredinsick · 26/07/2023 20:02

They're all really lovely names. I was going to call my daughter Grace, but after my mum immediately said (in the labour suite no less than 3 minutes after I'd given birth) "ahh our little Gracie" I changed it. I absolutely despise the name Gracie 😅
Might it be an idea to use Grace as a middle name to one of the other names? I used Grace as a middle name in the end and I'm so glad i did. Molly Grace has a lovely ring to it 😊
Anyway, whatever you choose I'm sure it will sound lovely. Congratulations on the imminent arrival if your little one

Sandysandwich · 26/07/2023 20:04

Erin