Help me pick a girls name

[Anametolove]

Hi MNers, sister to Lucy due in a few months and we finally have a shortlist both I and DH love:

• Elsa
• Olivia
• Hazel
• Ariane

Which one is your favourite and why? Last name is short and common (think Jones).

Thanks

I love Ariane, if it’s good enough for Dutch royalty!

Go with Mary! Beautiful classic totally underused. So bored of Olivia and El names.

Thank you everyone! We decided to go with Esme at the end, not in the list I know!!

Lucy & Olivia flows nicely together!

Both my DC have names that spent several years at #1 and they’ve never had another in the same year let alone class! And they’re both in high school now, with 300+ in each cohort.

Elsa and Hazel are also both lovely!

I know a Lucy & Ayva and a Lucy & Laura too.

If you're concerned about the Frozen link, switch Elsa to Elsie?

I'd go Hazel or Elsa/Elsie

Hazel definitely

Olivia too popular atm

Elsa just makes me think Frozen

Lucy & Hazel has a nice ring to it

Thank you everyone! We decided to go with Esme at the end, not in the list I know!!

Esme is absolutely lovely - congratulations!

The only thing I would say about all of the names you’ve chosen with the exception of Olivia is that they’re all a bit more unusual whereas Lucy is what I’d consider quite a classic name.
Will Lucy grow up feeling a bit plain against her sister? I know I definitely have felt like that over the years with my sister having a lovey Irish name and myself a very English boring name in comparison.

Just some food for thought.

Lucy & Lottie
Lucy & Alice
Lucy & Lizzie
Lucy & Ivy
Lucy & Emma

My sister is Lucy Ann Olivia so this made me smile! Olivia is a pretty name

Olivia goes well with Lucy. They say it's a popular name, but I don't know any Olivias and my 7 year old daughters school year has no Olivias in it and neither did her nursery.

Ariane is my favourite because it’s a bit different without being too out there.
Lucy & Olivia also sounds good though x

Hazel, Olivia has been done to death in last few years

Lucy and ..
Hazel or Mary or Mariella

Olivia…I’m biased as it’s one of my dd’s names, she’s 26

Hazel. Hands down.

Have you considered Eliza?

It's like a combination of Elsa, Olivia and Hazel but a known name that's not to common.

If you like Olive as a NN why not just go with Olive? It’s a nice name on its own and less common.

OP has chosen the name - it's Esme.

As my first name is Lucy and was in a class at primary school with an Esme, think they are a great combo. Glad you haven't picked Elsa. People will literally sing to the child when they hear her name "Let it go". As a child some adults would get this stupid look on their face and sing "Lucy in the sky with diamonds." I hated it. But now those people are very old and it isn't heard as much. Will have the odd person say "My dogs name is Lucy." Which is ok. But Esme is lovely and the two together will be nice. I never wanted to be called Esme but liked the name and Lucy is an easy name. People liked to spell easy names and say them in my experience.

• Hazel
Is lovely.

My DD is an Olivia. There are lots of them but she loves her name- popularity isn't a reason not to use a name if you love it.

Hazel makes me think of rabbits.

I think Elsa is ruined still. She'll get constant let it gos

Hazel is just beautiful. I love nature names.

Wow there are so many posters who clearly just read the first post and then go straight to the end to delight everyone with their words of wisdom. Tedious.

THE BABY HAS BEEN NAMED ESME.