Louisa or Clara?

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Due in a few weeks with a little girl and we’ve narrowed it down to Louisa or Clara. My husband is French so we wanted a name which works in the U.K and France.

I’m completely torn which one to go for!

What would you choose? :)

Both lovely but I'd choose Louisa.

Louisa

Clara. I like Louisa but I love Clara!

Clara!

Clara!

Both lovely

Louisa is nice. I don't like Clara.

Louisa

Clara has been one of my favourite names for decades so I would choose Clara.

Like both, but Louisa is a favourite and a bit more unusual today.

Both really lovely. You can't go wrong with either.

Louisa! Feels much fresher than Clara, though both are nice

Louisa. It's a pretty name.

Louisa is definitely the winner for me.

I agree Louisa feels fresher than Clara.

There's lovely diminutive potential, too, that would be nice for French family.

Clara, definitely

Both nice but Clara for me

Louisa

Either will be lovely, I prefer Clara

Louisa

Love both! Clara is my favourite by a small margin, but it’s climbing the charts so might be everywhere in a few years, whereas Louisa is less commonly used, so it depends if popularity matters to you? I’d still choose Clara though, I think.

Louisa is gorgeous but unfortunately I really dislike the diminutive Lou (and even Lulu isn’t that great, except on a toddler), so personally I’d have to stick with Clara.

However if you aren’t bothered about nn’s then I’d go for elegant Louisa - it feels more timeless to me due to lesser use, where as Clara seems to go in and out of fashion a bit more.

Like Louisa love Clara
a bit of me is sad I didn’t have a dd to use it!

Louisa

Louisa