Bella or Naomi

[Aimsie]

Really struggling to pick a name for baby girl due in April.
We adore Bella, it's our favourite name by far, but have been told it's a dog's name and won't age well. We like Naomi too but worry it will be said Ni-oh-me instead of Nay-oh-me which we prefer.
What's your preference? Any other ideas we may love?

Bella is fine. It's a human name sometimes used for dogs. It's not like you're naming her Fido.

I'm biased but I think Naomi is a great name. I say it Neigh-OH--me but it barely even registers if people call me NIGH-oh-me.
I know another Naomi and asked which pronouciation she favoured. Apparently she had no preference at all as each of her parents said it differently 😂

I didn't like it when one person kept calling me NEE-oh-me though.

Both are lovely. I wouldn’t worry about Bella not aging well - my grandmother was Bella and so is my new(ish) great niece.
Maybe one will go better with your surname than the other - try to imagine having to call your LO in for her tea

I love Naomi!

Choose the name YOU love. Your child will make/define whatever name you give them.

Bella is so pretty!

Naomi is beautiful. There are too many Arabella/Isabella type names currently

I like Isabelle or Isabella, with Belle or Bella for short. I also like Naomi! There are plenty of names where you can't control who willsay it the right way, but you still get to choose what is your right way and you can let friends, relatives and school teachers know the right pronunciation and they will respect that 🙂

Naomi all day long, gorgeous name. Bella is overused imo

Every hound in our park seems to be called Bella. I'd avoid it....

Naomi by far. I do like Bella though.

What about Noemi?

I love the name Naomi.

Bella was very popular 15 years ago so it's aged already. Naomi was popular 30 years ago....

Lia is nice. The middle name doesn’t really matter too much as it’s rarely used and few people will know it unless it’s shared with others.

I like Naomi out of the two just as it’s a bit underused and I know of quite a few Bellas.

Bella is also a nice name though, and people call dogs and cats pretty much all names so I don’t think you should let that put you off (i know of dogs/cats and babies called Toby, George, Penelope and Oliver, just as an example).