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?

I disagree that Poppy doesn’t age well, it’s so popular that it will be associated with adults before long. It’s a nice name.

That said I would go for Clara because it’s less popular, there are Poppys everywhere. Clara is lovely and underrated imo.

Wow I didn't expect so many replies and polarising opinions! 😂 Thanks all, opinions were very helpful.
We've settled on Clara 😊 very happy the decision is made and she is no longer nameless!

Congratulations!

Clara (pronounced Clah-ra) is lovely.

There are are trillion Poppies around now. It's very over done.

Is that how you pronounce your name? I've never come across Clara being pronounced like that.

Yes- it might be Scottish as I have some relatives from there!

Lovely ☺️ Thanks so much for letting us know! And congratulations!

100% Clara. I love it and it's under used.

Beautiful 😍 well done on your decision ❤️Clara is lovely - I used to watch the Royal Ballet perform The Nutcracker (not Barbie, but I am not averse to it.....!) every year with my grandmother. To me, it's an enchanting and beautiful name ❤️

Clara ✨

Congratulations OP! Beautiful choice, I love Clara ❤️

Congratulations and good choice 🌺

Clara. Poppy is a name for a pet.

To jump on this, we have Clara in our shortlist too but DH wants to use Cici as a nickname when she's younger, does this work!?

Clara

No

Good choice! Before I saw your update I was going to comment that I love Clara, it was on my list. I also loved Poppy as a teen (I knew a couple and thought it was really cool), but think it’s been a bit overused now. Clara is beautiful.

Yes I don’t see why you can’t use a Cici as nickname. Some people have nicknames not even related to a name.

Clara definitely!

Clara - there are loads of Poppys!

Clara for sure! Simple and classy and suits any age

Poppy is a bit 2010. Nice enough but it's definitely had its day.

Clara is so much nicer.

Poppy is such a lovely beautiful name

Clara is also nice too but there's just something that makes it not THE name for me personally

@BigFluffyHoodie , the Clah-ra pronunciation is a recent one. It was Clair-a before. Sophia was Soph-eye-a until about 1990.
I'm not Scottish.

Sophia Gardens - Wikipedia was always Soph-eye-a

I quite like the Clair-a pronunciation but not Clah-ra

Poppies are droopy and die after a day. I hate the sound of the word as well.