Thoughts on my list please and maybe some more suggestions?

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I find it so hard to love names. I'm not sure I've ever found a name that I think is just right. Sometimes I go through phases of loving a name and then I'm like, what the heck was I thinking.

I love Ida and Wren but they don't go with surname. I love Hazel but it was the name of a mean relative. I love Iris but too popular.

So here are the names at the top of my list, the ones that work and that I like the most, but still have minor concerns about. They are ordered from most likely to use to least.

Cora (I love the greek origin and go through phases of loving this name, but then decide I don't like the ‘core’ sound. partner loves it tho which makes me want to use it)
Willa (too close to the mega popular Willow?)
Alma (too fusty?)
Nina (so warm and lovely, but is it too simple/boring?)
Rosa (On some people I think this is a beautiful, soulful name.. On others I think it sounds a bit prissy? No offence!! I can't explain it well)

What do you think of these and do you agree with my concerns or not? Are any of them super common where you live?

Nina is my favourite

Hazel is probably a lot more popular than you realise (90th most popular name for England & wales)

Nina is my favourite too.

Many of these are nice.
Cora = maiden/young girl in Greek
Willa - I knew one; twas short for Wilhelmina
Alma - Latin for loving, dear (alma mater); location of the first major battle in the Crimean war ...
Nina - Spanish for little one, often a short form of another name
Rosa - rose, obvs., a beautiful flower.

Alma and Nina are beautiful, I also love Hazel. I don't think Iris is too popular, not where I live anyway.
Other suggestions ;
Clara
Anna
Alice
Fern
Faye
Rhiannon or Rhian

Love Hazel but get why you can’t use it.
Willa makes me think of Willies - soz.
Nina is cute.
Cora - it sounds a bit harsh to me.
Alma is cute
Rosa - is a bit meh

Other ideas:

Mia
Mila
Bea (Beatrice)
Delilah - Lila
Leah
Ngaio (pronounced Nigh-oh)
Tilda (Matilda)
Sylvie
Violet
Eliza
Cleo

I love Cora, and don’t see anything wrong with the core sound. Cara maybe, if the core bit bothers you?

Willa - agree with your concerns, and sounds similar to Willy in some accents

Alma - ok, not overused and fits with current naming trends

Nina - lovely - not simple or boring and you don’t meet many

Rosa - lovely - not prissy to me, but lots of Rose based names around (Rose / Rosie etc) if that bothers you?

I would pick Cora, Nina or Rosa.

Do you like

Clara
Ada
Thea
Esme
Margot
Mabel
Nell
Pippa
Maisie
Ines
Elva
Orla
Gwen
Heidi
Anna
Stella
Alice
Lucy

Love Nina. Also really like Iris, which I don't think is too popular. But all the names on your shortlist are nice.

How about:

April
Daphne
Dinah
Flora
Frida
Gaia
Hanna(h)
Kira
Lara
Laura
Laurel
Lydia
Nadia
Nora(h)
Oona
Phoebe
Robin
Sara
Tessa
Zara
Zoia

Other ideas:

Flora
Xenia
Xanthe
Lucia
Eloise
Clara
Lara
Leila
Cyra

I like Cora and Nina on your list. What about Iona or Nora?

I asked my 14 year old hypothetically what sort of names do you like for baby girls and she said Julie. All of your suggestions are lovely I quite like Nora at the moment not that I’ll ever have another baby at 45!

I’m not keen on Nina and I know a couple of young children called Rosa, so I think that’s the most popular from your list.

Cassia
Astrid
Etta
Stella
Minna
Hester
Sasha

I love Nina and Alma from your list.
I also really like Wren.

Other suggestions:
Fern
Olive
Annie
June
Leonie
Enid
Susie
Aubrey
Mabel
Robin

I love Nina, Alma and Iris

Cora - OK but I always think of apple cores
Willa - seems unfinished to me
Hazel - nice but very popular
Ida - nice

Wren - I can’t understand why anyone would use this as a name, personally
Rosa - I love Rose but don’t like Rosa

Ideas:
Nora
Cleo
Josephine (Josie/Posy)
Winnie

I really like Hazel, Iris, Nina, and Cora.
Not keen on Ida, Wren, or Alma.
Neutral on Willa & Rosa.

Some other suggestions with a similar vibe:
Eva
Fern
Mae
Lorna
Pearl
Marta
Bridie
Anya
Ivy
Marla

Thanks all for your suggestions :) Now I'm feeling Nina, Alma and Iris a bit more.. I'm so fickle haha. I just feel like they're warmer than Cora.

I'm surprised by the consensus that Iris isn't overly popular! I thought it was becoming overused, but if not, that's great!

If you like Rosa you may like Rosanna? Alma makes me think of 1980s Coronation Street. I don't like Nina and Iris is quite common due to in part I think the Goo Goo Dolls song, I like the name though.

Beautiful names. I love Nina. I don’t know any one young or old who is an Iris.

Amal
Zara
Cleo
Ellie
Kaia
Florence
Anna

Cora - I know what you mean about the 'core' sound, although I also quite like it.

Willa - not keen personally, feels a bit unfinished.

Alma - this just makes me think of Coronation Street so not for me.

Nina - I love it although I'm a bit put off by it's proximity to the sound of an ambulance/police car (nee-naa)

Rosa - I'm not keen, but I don't really know why.

I don't know any Iris's if that helps, but I know LOADS of Ivy's and Isla's and I think Iris and Ida will become more popular once all the 'I like Ivy/Isla but it's too popular' people switch over to Iris/Ida.

Some suggestions:

Juno
Anna
Riley
Coralie
Robyn
Jude
Nell (I'd have it short for either Penelope or Elizabeth).

Nina is a winner

I'd go for Nina or Rosa.

Cora - Corinne? Corina?
Willa - ok, Willow - popular for babies and dogs
Alma - not to my taste
Nina - ok
Rosa - Rose names are v v popular- Rose, Rosie, et - Rosalie/Rosemund/Roselind as alternative, with nn Rosa?

Suggestions-
Lucy
Robyn
Polly
Daisy
Betty
Jasmine
Betsy
Tilly
Freya
Grace
Lily

Mila suits your list i think.

I am not a massive fan of Willa, but like Willow, who knows why. Also not a massive fan of Alma but think this comes from Malory Towers or St Clares, whichever one had Alma Pudden.
Cara instead of Cora?
Iris is very pretty, Nina and Rosa are nice
You seem to like retro but not Victorian names, maybe 30s/40s? I'd go through Enid Blyton's school books for inspiration!
Belinda, Daphne?

Love all of them except willa

ivy
evie
matilda/tilly
clementine
Delilah

Cora just reminds me of a corer.
Nina is beautiful, as is the Welsh Nia.
Willa will become willy.
Alma is v frumpy to me.
Rosa is OK but a bit boring.

I love Hazel. How about Bryony, Tamsin, Cassia, Rosalind or Cara?