Clara or Poppy?

[NamelessNinja]

Down to our final two names on the shortlist and desperate to give this girl a name! Any thoughts or opinions to help?

Same I’ve never liked the name Clara but poppy I love and it’s a possible name for my daughter

Clara

Really dislike Poppy - it sounds like Poppet and is only one letter away from Poopy.

Clara.

Really don’t like Poppy it’s so twee. Plus it’s one of those names that always gets hyphenated with the filler names of Rose/May/Grace.

Not mad on Clara but god, not Poppy. Its dreadful.

I like Poppy. My younger sister is Poppy, she's quite alternative in the way she dresses and styles herself and honestly it works really well. She's 15 now (large age gap!) but it's grown nicely with her.

Clara is fine, it's not a name I'd chose but there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, I know a few baby/toddler Clara's.

Clara. Poppy is a cute name for a kid but I don't think it suits a grown woman.

I prefer Clara but if it's down to two you could wait till she's here and see if she suits one better than the other?

Poppy personally. I think Clara is such an old-fashioned name, but not in a classy way, just something no one uses because it's so dull.

I also only think of Clara in Barbie and the Nutcracker and it's just such a childish and young name.

I think Poppy transfers to adulthood much better, and sound like a full person rather than just a baby name. It could be my age though as I know a lot more Poppy's in there 30s and 40s.

Clara! It's beautiful. I've liked it ever since I first read Heidi.

There are so many little girls (and labradors) called Poppy. 3 in one of my DCs classes alone.

Clara

Clara, although I prefer the old British pronunciation, where it rhymes with Sarah, but everyone seems to say Klah-ra these days. An attractive name anyway.

Poppy is cute but a bit juvenile. Plus I have recently discovered that 'poppy' is how many people address their grandfathers in North America, so over there you'd find it's like naming your daughter Grandad!

Poppy by a billion miles.

Clara

Clara 😊

Poppy!

Clara 100% - beautiful, elegant and timeless

We have a (dog) Poppy and genuinely there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t regret and cringe at her name..

Poppy. I only like Clara said as Clair-a. Cara is much nicer than Clara
I don't like the 'Cl'

How about Clare? Simple, beautiful and underused these days

I think the vast majority would highly disagree with you on all of those points

@MaloneMeadow

Absolutely fine. As I say, I think it's an age thing)m. Girls I went to school with called Poppy have good careers and families and it just seems very mature.

I don't know any Clara's that aren't babies, and I just feel that it's not very adult-y.

Generational I suppose.

think Poppy transfers to adulthood much better, and sound like a full person rather than just a baby name.

I think a lot of people will disagree with that. Poppy sounds very twee and like calling someone Poppet.

Clara a million times. Poppy makes me think Ploppy.

Clara is my name and I love it! Poppy is gorgeous too though.

Clara

Poppy is dreadfully drippy

I’d agree with PPs that this is an unusual view

But anyway Clara is pretty popular