Annalise, Josephine, Frederica or Sophie

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Would love to get thoughts on our girl name shortlist!

Annalise (I like this, and the nn Annie, or also considering Annie just as a name on its own)

Josephine -(nn Sephy - I actually LOVE Sephy on its own, after the Noughts and Crosses series, but not sure if I’m brave enough! Also like Josie as a nn)

Frederica (nn Freddie)

Sophie

Thank you so much 😊

They are all nice. I like Frederica perhaps the most.

For me, Josephine doesn’t readily lead to a nickname of Sephy (maybe Persephone or Seraphine instead). Josie or Fi would be more natural to me.

Josephine is my fave from that list.

I love Annie the best though (not keen on Annalise)

Annie is the best. Frederica is very “clunky” to my ears.

I love Josie, the only reason why it didn’t make it on my own list was that I don’t like Josephine. Wouldn’t go for Sephy on its own because it’s a bit nickname-y.

Annalise - would go for Annabelle or just Annie

Sophie - nice but there are a lot of Sophie’s

Frederica - bit long, not really my cup of tea

I like them all except Sophie which is just a bit boring compared to the others.

I love Annaliese (this spelling) but I automatically use the German 4-syllable pronunciation. Annalise spelling does feel more intuitive if you want the British 3-syllable, though I personally like it less.

I think Frederica is my favourite - feels surprising and elegant!

Sophie, but prefer Sofia.

Thank you - also really like Annabel (I think we’d go with this spelling) 😊

I love Josephine and Annabel

Any but Frederica.

Lovely list

Annalise (I like this, and the nn Annie, or also considering Annie just as a name on its own)

• I love Annie and really like Anneliese. It's different but lovely

Josephine -(nn Sephy - I actually LOVE Sephy on its own, after the Noughts and Crosses series, but not sure if I’m brave enough! Also like Josie as a nn) - Sephie is a gorgeous nn. I've never considered it for Josephine, also a lovely name

Frederica (nn Freddie) - love it

Sophie - its ok but a bit dull in comparison

My choice would be Josephine nn Sephy or Frederica

Josephine

I wanted Anneliese Josephine (nn Annie) if my last child had been a girl but he is not so we went with Frederick! I see we have similar name tastes.

I think you’ll be better off with your spelling of ‘Annalise’ though as the way I picked would have been misspelled all the time!

Josephine.

Absolutely love Annalise, it’s strong and beautiful.

Not a fan of any of the others

Josephine is beautiful 😍

Josephine is utterly beautiful.

Sephy may or may not stick- the /zef/ or /sef/ aren't stressed in the full name so it doesn't seem an obvious shortening to me, but Jo or Josie are great too so I wouldn't let that put me off

I like them all apart from Annelise, though I do like Annie and Annabel.

I think Josephine is my favourite but I wonder whether you’ll struggle to get your preferred nickname to stick? I have found that people default to the more obvious shortening when they see or hear a name - it can get annoying! I really like the name Josie but I’d avoid Josephine if you’re not keen on this.

Frederica, Freddie and Sophie are all nice.

Annaliese. I don't like the others

I was in two minds whether to reply to this post or not. Is Frederica spelled correctly? I am Italian and we spell it Federica. But if the spelling is correct in another language ignore me!

I prefer Sophie. Don't like the others.

I'm biased as I have a Josephine ❤️

Very outing but she has a twin brother whose speech was much slower to progress as hers and not as clear - he got as far as "phine" which when he said it sounded like "Bean" and that's the nickname that has stuck 😂

I've also heard before that Posy is actually a well known nickname for Josephine

I love Josephine - I have one 😉 She's Josie in everyday life

Frederica is cumbersome and just seems like you've taken a boy's name and forced it to be a girl's name. I think this can work (e.g. Georgina) but Frederica is too much of a cumbersome mouthful for my taste.

Annie is prob my favourite of the names you've mentioned.

I don't have anything major against them.
Annalise - not keen, seems a bit 1990, but like Annie
Josephine - no to Sephy. Jo and Joss are nice, Josie needs the right personality for it, which this remarkable young woman has. Home | Josie Russell
Frederica (nn Freddie) - 'Mummy wanted a boy'. Erica is better
Sophie - like it a lot but it's popular, with Sophia/Sofia overpopular

I love Annabel, Annalise and Annie, although I would personally use Annie as a nn rather than first name on its own. I also really like Sophie, it’s pretty and classic and I don’t think it’s boring.
I know a couple of Josies which are not short for anything so that could be an option. I’m really not keen on Josephine or Frederica, they’re both quite dated and not very pleasant sounding imo.