Thoughts on these names for a girl?

[theresa23]

Rowan
River
Mavis
Hazel

Also please let me know any similar names/ suggestions you may have

Oh Saffron is a lovely suggestion!

I also love Seren but I'm not sure if you need a Welsh connection? Also Niamh but again I think you'd need to have some form of Irish connection.

Rowan and Hazel are lovely. I teach and Rowan is used equally between boys and girls

Other suggestions-

Aspen
Briar
Laurel
Cassia

Not really too sure on your choices but if you like them then go for them.. instead of Mavis what about Maeve or Maeva? Both so pretty.

a couple others

Noa
Bodhi

Hazel is lovely.
Mavis and River are awful.
Rowan is a boy's name in my experience.

Yes, Seren is a great idea!

Mavis is dreadful. It feels like a name a future teenager will hate you for. Maeve and Maeva are nicer.

I don’t like Hazel at all, although it seems quite popular now.

The other two are ok.

I like River.

It reminds me of River Song from doctor who 😂

River and Rowan are boys names to me and Mavis - do you not like your baby already? Hazel is not my cup of tea but it's the best from your list

Hazel is lovely.

I know River and Rowan are technically unisex but I only know boys with these names and prefer them for boys.

Mavis is dreadful. Old lady frumpy, rather than old lady chic.

109% Hazel

But that is exactly when names start to come back. Like Ruby, Mabel, Isla, George, etc.

Not all old fashioned names come back in fashion though. I don't think the class registers in five years time are going to be full of Doreens, Mavis, Janices, Lindas and Barbaras. (I could be wrong though!)

Would Rowena work instead of Rowan?

I love Hazel and think Mavis is due a comeback - it's so close to Maeve which is popular, so I really don't understand the dislike. I can picture a cool young Mavis.

River and Rowan are a totally different vibe - technically unisex (I know a boy and a girl of each) but I prefer them for boys and think of them as boys names.

You will be wrong. Who foresaw Leonard and Theodora/e coming back? Or Amy?

I've already met a young Nora. Not a name I saw coming back.

Rowan = sad beige baby of try-hard middle-class parents.

River = same.

Hazel = it's ok.

Mavis = not one of the granny names that merits resurrecting.

So we found out on Friday we are having a baby girl 🩷🎀🌸🩰 so all weekend we have been thinking of names, we both really like Roma but are struggling to find middle names that flow well with it, does anyone have any suggestions? 🥰

My sisters daughter is called hazle .

You're going to call your child Roma? Seriously?
Romani people - Wikipedia

I really like Hazel. I only like Rowan for boys. River wouldn't be my choice but I wouldn't think anything bad if I met a child called that. I would raise an eyebrow at Mavis but tbh I don't see why it's worse than Maeve which is really popular.

Rowan - quite nice but Rowan and Roman are popular for boys
River - dreadful
Mavis - don't like it. I also don't like Maeve, Mabel, Maya etc
Hazel - ok. Makes me think of an unremarkable sort of girl.

In order:
Hazel (lovely)
Rowan
Mavis
River

Also love Maeve.

It is also an Italian name so doesn’t need to be spun with the negative you have posted thanks!

Sure. But I won't be the first, or last, to ask you/her "Oh, are you Romany?"

Interesting that you think being Romany is a negative...