Stuck with girls short list!

[bluebellbloom]

We've narrowed our list down to 10 names! Dh is half French and is quite keen on a French name but there aren't loads I've come across that I love. Please let me know any opinions on our list and any more names you think we might like :)

Willa
Clara
Lila
Ines
Flora
Margot
Jolie
Lena
Cosette
Felicity

I think all of them are fine except Jolie. I’ve not heard of that used as a first name before.

Cosette is a nice name, but I also never met anyone called that outside of Les Mis.

I think Lena is my favourite.

Lila and Clara are becoming very common here.

Which ones from your list are you leaning toward?

For French girl names I'm partial to:
Chloe
Noelle
Genevieve
Joelle

From your list:
Felicity

I think my favourites are Margot, Willa and Lena (lee-na). although dh thinks there are too many different ways of pronouncing lena and I can see his point there!

My favourites from your list, in this order, would be,
Ines
Flora
Felicity
Lila
Clara

Willa - sounds like how my very cockney grandma would say Willow.
Margot - I just don't like it for no specific reason.
Jolie - the lovely French pronunciation will forever be butchered by English-speakers, they will call her Jolly.
Lena - she'll constantly have to explain its Lay-na or Lee-na.
Cosette - she'll have comments about Les Miserables for her whole life.

My favourites are Clara, Lila and Lena - gorgeous, classy, simple and pretty for all ages.

I also like Cosette and Ines, especially if you want a more obviously French vibe. Flora is quite nice.

I quite like Margot (possibly a bit trendy) and Willa (possibly a bit too like Will / Willow)

Not keen on Felicity (sounds frilly / posh to me) and Jolie (I think it would be butchered to Jolly round here!)

Ideas

Eloise
Elodie
Esme
Lea
Adeline
Elise
Amy
Amelie
Madeleine
Nicole
Liana
Corinne

I love Felicity, Flora and Ines.
Other ideas
Eloise, Elodie, Sylvie, Delphine, Valerie, Polina, Madeleine, Alice, Rose, Cecily, Elaine...

Every other new female baby I see in my job is another Margot.
Would avoid.
Not keen on your others tbh.

Anais
Juliette
Reine
Elise
Zoe
Nathalie

@bluebellbloom ok, you've got your top three.
keep saying and writing them with your last name to see how they look and sound. Do you have a middle name chosen, or could one of your top three be it?
Wila Margot, or Lena Margot both sound nice. ☺️

Out of your list, Clara is my favourite...I am VERY biased though as I have a 2.5 year old Clara as well. Still love her name as much as when I chose it :)

Flora and Felicity are very pretty names as well though.

I like Margo ( reminds me of the Durrells )
and Cosette ( reminds me of Les Miserable )

I have French penfriends
Fabienne
Brigitte
they have daughters
Manon
Victoria

All lovely name

I love Clara.

Also Eloise and Elise were on my list last year.

Are you UK based?
This is just my POV and might be a particular one and influenced by my age

Willa - if in theUK this is very close to 'Willy' but fine elsewhere
Clara - LOVE
Lila - nice but immediately it's a 'how do you pronounce that?' For me
Ines - Lovely but see above
Flora - lively but makes me think a bit of margarine
Margot - good but very home counties older lady to me
Jolie - too Angelina
Lena - Leena or Layna? Pretty
Cosette - pretty
Felicity - pretty

Willa - dreadful
Clara - don't like it
Lila - so many similar names popular
Ines - like it a lot
Flora - like it a lot
Margot - likely to be very popular, looks like Maggot
Jolie - dreadful. Like calling your daughter Nice or Pretty
Lena - Leena/Layna/Lenna?
Cosette - awful
Felicity - a bit too long

What about spelling it Lina, the pronunciation is less ambiguous then.

Other suggestions:
Lia
Lea
Nina
Lilou
Emma
Sara
Leonie
Josephine

i really like Ines too.

I love Margot. I know it's popular but I still really like it.

I also like Camille, Clara and Flora.

I like Flora and Margot.

Also lile Florence

Jolie (as in Angelina) tends to get said as Joe-Lee

Ines is beautiful

Flora, Margot and Felicity are lovely too.

Flora is BEAUT!

I've got a friend called Joli I absolutely love her name .

Ines - elegant and strong
Felicity - fun but strong
Flora - also very nice

Willa - it’s a bit faddy
Clara - v nice but overdone now
Lila - bit nothingy - and there are so many Lola/Leila/Lena/Lyra/Luna/Lara/Lilah names - they all blur
Ines - fabulous and underused
Flora - lovely, very similar vibe to Clara to me, but less overdone
Margot - love it but very overdone no
Jolie - no, it’s too hello magasine and if she isn’t pretty it will be unfortunate
lena - l like it better than Lila but same problem
Cosette - this is very odd, like a Les Mis homage
Felicity - great

Margaux rather than Margot?

Minette
Estelle
Maria
Natalie/Natalia
Claudette

Love Lena and Ines. I’d pronounce Lena as Len-ah, but also like Lee-na - people will remember the pronunciation when you introduce her!

Juliet
Colette
Elise
Yvette