Girl name problems!

[itsme189]

We cannot decide on a baby name and she's coming SOON! Here are some options -

• Freya
• Enid
• Delilah
• Esme
• Faye
• Millie/Milly
• Enola
• Riley

Opinions on these or suggestions of other welcome!

Riley

I like Freya and Esme from your list.

I’d go with Faye, Esme, or possibly Millie.

From your list I only like Freya.

I like Freya, Enid (love the meaning), Delilah, Milly, and maybe I like Esme. My favorites are Enid and Milly.

Fay (with an E if you must) is quite cool. I've know one or two over the years and it's got all the advantages of a well known short name whist not being too popular or stuck in any particular decade.

I like Riley although the make version is trending now, so might date her in later years.

Freya and Faye are by far my favourites.

To me Enid and Enola have a really hard sound, Riley sounds like a boy, Delilah sounds like a stripper, Milly is a nickname and Esme I never know how to pronounce.

Riley or Esme; both so pretty and a little less "usual".

Faye, Millie, Riley - in that order.

Freya
Esme
Faye / Fay
Millie
Are the only ones I like from your list, but I am old so some of the older names like Enid and Delilah don't sit right with me now.

I wouldn't choose Riley as that is my sister's dog's name 🐶

Enola makes me think of a song called Enola Gay by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Enola Gay was a bomber aircraft, the first to drop an atomic bomb - I don't think I would want my daughter associated with that.

Riley is overused IMHO, my DD has 5 in her school year, both male and female.

I LOVE Enid! Also Faye is nice.
I don't like Riley for a girl.
The others are nice just a bit more popular

Enid or Faye. Milly/Millie is pretty popular though still lovely. Not keen on Riley or Esme.

• Freya - it's nice, a good name, I just find it much of a muchness with all the Maya, Mia, Eva, Isla etcs
• Enid - not really a fan, I like Edith though. I think the fact it ends in D
• Delilah - I would say no because of the song
• Esme - Like it very much
• Faye - Really like it as well,
• Millie/Milly - See Freya, I think I just know too many of them
• Enola - Absolutely not given the bomb association
• Riley - Not my style in that I wouldn't name one of my children it, but I like it on others!

I think I like Faye best, followed by Esme.

Only like Faye, the rest are not to my taste at all I'm afraid

Love - Freya, Esme
Really like - Millie, Faye
quite like - Enid, Delilah

How about

Layla
Frida
Flora
Elise
Anya
Etta
Callie
Nellie
Maisie
Daisy
Poppy
Jade
Paige
Aubrey (“Bree”)
Edith / Edie
Elin
Elva
Lila
Elara
Amara
Nola
Alora
Nia
Harley
Everly

I love Enid and Faye on your list.

Freya - I love this name, it's classic, pretty, and the name of a Norse goddess, an all-round great choice.

Enid - I do like this name but I'm not sure it would ever be my first choice. If I met a baby Enid I would think it's a lovely choice though.

Delilah - personally not my choice, too frilly.

Esme - I always loved this name when it was unusual and not often heard of. Now it seems to be everywhere and it puts me off.

Faye - I really love this, it's another classic, pretty name and I also love the meaning.

Millie/Milly - I don't like it, no reason.

Enola - As a name it's nice, but for me it's hugely tainted by association as it was the name of the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb!

Riley - The only Rileys I know are dogs and cats so that how I think of it!

Ellen

Based purely on a very small and biased sample of classes I've taught I'd go:

Faye- not over used, never come across a naughty one (jinxing it I'm sure!) And it sounds pretty without being sickly

Freya- its got a lovely meaning, seems to be more common lately but I've only ever met lovely Freya's

Esme/Enola- as above but on the rise more.

I would avoid Delilah just because of the song. As someone whose name is in a song it is so fun hearing your name sang to you weekly...

I would steer clear of names like Enola, Riley and Enid, because they are popular fictional characters right now and there might be a lot of them with the same name in her age group once she starts school..

Esme and Faye and my favorites from that list.

Freya
Esme
Edith?

Me too. Lovely name

Love Freya, followed by Faye and Enid.
Like all the others apart from Enola (makes me think of Ebola) and Riley, which I’ve never heard for a girl.

Enid