Oakley for a girl?

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I’ve just found the baby name board and I’m new here. 💜
can I ask people’s opinions of the name Oakley for a girl please? And reasons for disliking it, if you do!
Does it go with sisters Scarlett and Bella?

thank you 💕

I love the name Fleur. Willow is a puppy's name and Romy makes me think of Boris Johnson as that was the first time I'd ever heard that name.

Not keen on Faith.

If it was me I'd go for Fleur Iris.

Sounds great for a golden retriever.

FLEUR to me sounds like the noise someone makes when they've just tasted something disgusting and are about to spit it out into the bin!

😆 LOL yeah!

😂

I have a Romilly - she is very protective of her name!

She does have people ask her how to pronounce it and some of her male friends ask her if she plays football... referring to Romelu Lukaku!

On the whole, people have been positive towards her name far more than negative!

@theduchessofspork yeah. Sorry if you think it's weird. It's Japanese or something? I think it's cute.

Oakley is a lovely brand of very posh horsebox lorries. So would be a no here too.
www.oakleyhorseboxes.co.uk/

Romy - really don't like it, makes me think of gypsies
Willow - too wimpy
Fleur - absolutely love it!
Faith - not keen on the faith/hope/charity type names

Oakley is a mining town near where i live. It’s a bit rough. A no for me. I like Willow. I don’t know any children called Willow, only a Labrador.

Sunglasses.
Also very ugly sounding.

Romy
Willow
Fleur
Faith

I like all of these suggestions - I think I like Willow best, it goes beautifully with Scarlett and Bella, and I can imagine it working for my teenager as much as my younger kids.

I also like Romy - I know a little girl with the name, and it’s another name that works well as a teen.

I love Fleur but I agree that it varies so much with accents and not sure how good it would sound where I live!

And Faith maybe sounds a bit more serious than your other names - less easy to imagine on my teen girl maybe (but I’m sure it would have different associations once I met a cool teen called Faith!)

Do you like
Isla
Mabel
Eliza
Lyra
Amber
Ruby
Cleo
Phoebe
Freya
Erin
Esme
Summer
Sienna
Hazel

Willow is a very popular name for dogs.

Definitely not - it’s the name of a horsebox/lorry. Even worse than the sunglasses

A couple of posts previous suggested Hazel.

That (imo) works well with your existing names and middle names. Still on the the nature theme and a beautiful name.

My test of a name is could it be in lights if they were a film star, be called out in a pub, and work well in a board meeting. Hazel ticks all those boxes.

Boris and Carrie have a daughter called Romy.

Oh! Pick Faye or Iris for first name

Oakley is too trendy and will age badly

Gosh never even thought about that! Florence is also nice.

It sounds like a pair of sunglasses 😎

I really like it! Would assume boy if written down but suits girl too.
I don't think its the same vibe as your other children though

Scarlett Bella and....

Flora
Leah
Paloma
Darcy
Chloe
Florence
Ava
Grace
Camille
Lucia

It's even worse than Oakley, which I don't like for a boy or girl.

Oki might be a Japanese name but I don't think it works in the UK.

Nice for a dog.

What about L'Oréal, or May Belline.

Fleur Iris is smart.

Do you like Rowena Fay?