Help! DD due in under a week. Which of these are likes, maybe or bin?

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Hi,

desperetely need help my brain has completed overloaded with names now having gone through the top 1000. Husband has vetoed all of my top 30 😭so left with these back up ones. However, have now spent so long debating names that I just don’t feel anything for any of them anymore and dd due in 3 days.

Possible names that we have not both vetoed are

Maeve
Flora
Cecily
Tessa
Clementine
Faye
Arabella
Anna
Melody
Imogen
Oriana
Meredith
Serena
Allanah
Allegra
Camilla
Alice

My favourites of your list are Anna, Oriana & Tessa. I dislike none of them which is impressive!

What's your number 1 choice? Whether husband agrees or not. After watching me give birth (and I had a relatively easy birth) my husband just said 'so shall we call her (my favourite name that he had always said no to) then?' And so I got my first choice! So don't necessarily assume that he'll veto it once he's seen you go through the trauma of birth!

Allegra 😍

Tessa. The Tessa’s I’ve known have been sweet, kind, artistic types, I have a soft spot for this name. If it had worked better with our surname I would have used it.

They're all nice! Tessa is my favourite. I've never met a Tessa.

Of those, I would nix:

Arabella (too horsey, harsh sound)
Allegra (ditto)
Maeve (ugly sound)
Melody (try-hard)
Oriana (ditto)
Allanah (stripper vibe)

Does that help narrow it down?

Love:
maeve
meredith
clementine

Tessa and Arrabella
Quite like Imogen and Serena

Imogen, Faye, Alice, Anna.

I'd bin anything "clunky" like Allegra or Oriana because you're going to be saying your baby's name a lot so it should be easy to say quickly when you need her to listen.

Favourites: Alice, Anna, Imogen.

I too love Tessa.
Dislike camilla and allanah

Your husband vetoed 30 names that you like!?

Maeve - keep
Flora - bin (but maybe Freya?)
Cecily - keep - favourite
Tessa - keep
Clementine - bin
Faye - bin
Arabella - bin
Anna - keep
Melody - keep - favourite
Imogen - keep
Oriana - bin
Meredith - bin
Serena - keep - favourite
Allanah - bin
Allegra - bin
Camilla - bin
Alice - keep

I would bin Clementine, Imogen, Serena, Meredith and Camilla.

Melody and Tessa are my favourites

Flora and Faye are a bit... feeble sounding.

Anna and Alice are classic and nice but very safe choices.

Not sure about Maeve and Cecily but they could grow on me!

Allegra and Allanah have a similar feel - I quite like both but Alannah is a better spelling.

Not sure about Oriana - it's not horrible, never come across it before.

Only ones I'm less keen on are Maeve and Allanah. Faye doesn't work too well in North east Scotland as we would say "I'm fae Aiberdeen"
The rest are lovely.
I'd check the initials don't spell something awful and personally I like everyone to have their own first initial so if a letter comes for A Smith, there is only one A Smith. I know others don't mind that or actually want all the same but it was something I considered.

Serena is fabulous and rarely used. I also love Alice which is an ultimate classic, although obviously much more popular (not sure if that would both you?).

Anna, Imogen, Tessa and Flora are ok.

The others aren't my style at all. I've never understood the current popularity of Maeve. It's just Dave with an M. Not a nice sound.

Imogen or Maeve. Although I agree with a PP about liking Freya too.

I like Tessa best from that list. I also like Laura, Lucy and Felicity, if
I had had a girl. Many congratulations OP. You may decide on a name once you meet her.

I would keep:
Maeve
Flora
Cecily
Tessa
Imogen
Oriana

Options I'd consider from them:

Flora Maeve
Cecily Flora
Imogen Tessa
Oriana Maeve

Of those I think my favourites are Cecily Flora and Imogen Tessa.

I'd also offer up Lydia, Ingrid and Rosalind for your consideration.

Favs: Meave , Imogen

Oriana sounds like a nightmare for someone to say and spell

Meredith is beautiful. Merry for short 😍

They're all very pretty but love Flora, Cecily and Anna the most. If it was Menai would go with Flora

Maeve ok
Flora ok
Cecily yes
Tessa unsure
Clementine yes
Faye yes
Arabella yes
Anna yes
Melody yes
Imogen yes
Oriana unsure
Meredith yes
Serena yes
Allanah unsure
Allegra not keen
Camilla yes
Alice yes

I love Anna, Melody and Alannah from that list.

Maeve - hate. Don't understand the love for it!
Flora - I can't get away from the butter association
Cecily - nice
Tessa - nice
Clementine - ok
Faye - love
Arabella - ok
Anna - love
Melody - not keen
Imogen - love
Oriana - ok. Blends in with all the Ariella, Ariana type names and I know lots of babies called them.
Meredith - nice
Serena - nice
Allanah - see "Oriana"
Allegra - see "Oriana"
Camilla - nice
Alice - nice