Help Needed!

[UndecidedSophie]

3.5 weeks old and still no closer to naming our baby girl.

We have shortlisted to:

Octavia
Celeste
Clementine

Please help!!

Congrats

Of those 3 I prefer Clementine - probably as I like the dimunitives.

What about Verity, Violet, Beatrice, Primrose, Margot, Cecelia, Nina,

Clementine is the nicest of those names.

Celeste. Absolutely stunning name.

My favourite is Clementine ☺️

Celeste would be second.

Not a fan of Octavia but that’s just my personal taste.

My favourite is Celeste - a lovely name, not too frilly and doesn't tend to get shortened. Not overused either.

Octavia and Clementine I personally find a bit grand for my taste.

I don’t know if you want more ideas, but if so -
Elise, Estelle, Selena, Genevieve, Elodie, Delphine, Adeline, Thalia

Octaves has to have an 8 in the birthday or be the eighth child imo.

Celeste and Clementine even Stevens.

Congratulations!

Octavia, Celeste and Clementine are all beautiful names.
My favourite would be Clementine.

Octavia makes me think of the car, Skoda Octavia.

Celeste is my favourite from your choices, Clementine second. Dislike Octavia.

Other ideas:
Constance
Adelaide
Penelope
Freda
Jemima

Clementine 🍊 ❤️

Clementine - beautiful 🙂

Clementine is beautiful

I love Octavia and would go for that. I don't think the eight reference matters at all.

Celeste one hundred percent.

Best is clementine. Second best is Celeste. Octavia last - not keen anyway but it sounds like a Skoda

I love Celeste the most. Congratulations!

Octavia - beautiful but a bit punchy, I really like it

Celeste is a birth control pill, and beyond that has SLIGHT stripper vibes. Cecile might be an alternative?

Clementine is fine but it’s a bit twee, it would likely be shortened and I don’t really like Clem/Clemmy/Tina. Caroline might be an alternative

Which one goes best with the surname?

They are likely to be shortened. Try the different diminutives on their own and with the surname,

Celeste is my favourite from your list. Congratulations!

Another vote for Celeste - love it.

Celeste

I’m one of the few on these boards who loves Ancient Roman, Shakespearean Octavia - I think it has such a pretty, elegant sound and don’t think it sounds as posh or inaccessible as it used to be- what with the abundance of similar style Olivia’s, Ophelia’s, Aurelia’s etc about and the popularity of actress Octavia Spencer. The name’s rapidly increasing in popularity too, although I can’t see it ever making the top 100. Cute nn’s in Tay/Taya/Tavi or even Vaya as well.

I find Clementine quite trendy ,although a pretty sound (but nn Clem/ Clemmie is awful- sounds too much like phlegm or clammy). Celeste reminds me of the elephant or 90’s pop group Daphne and Celeste, but I understand that’s just me 🤣

Best way to decide it speak the names out loud as if it's your beautiful grown up daughter, "Hi I'm Octavia" "Hi I'm Celeste" and the inevitably "Hi I'm Clemmie".

Edit: Personally, I wouldn't want to be called any of these names and would rather be simple traditional Jane or Mary or Sophie.

Gosh. Difficult choice.

I love Octavia but I think you might have to be really quite posh to carry it off.

Celeste is beautiful, but to carry this one off you might need to be French. Oh, and not mind obscure references to the Cileste contraceptive pill.

So, I'd choose Clementine. Gorgeous name, though I have trouble deciding whether it should end -teen or -tyne. Probably -tyne, like the song.

Clementine. Congratulations!

I like all three names.

Octavia is lovely
Clementine, I like pronounced Clementeen.
Celeste is the winner, by a short nose.

Others you might like ..
Clemency
Ottilie
Celia
Cedella
Ellen