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Thoughts on this girls list?

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Namethoughtsplease · 01/11/2025 17:32

What are your thoughts on these names please?

Amelia
Astrid
Celia
Ciara
Clara
Clover
Cora
Erin
Grace
Ivy
Juniper
Mabel
Margot
Mia
Niamh
Oona
Orla
Ottilie
Wren

Interested to hear opinions and suggestions of what I may like.

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DisplayPurposesOnly · 01/11/2025 17:37

I like some more than others and I dont loathe any of them. None are risible. It's a good list 👌

Cooperboom32 · 01/11/2025 17:39

I like Erin, Cora, Clara, Niamh and Grace. Names that you don't hear every day but aren't too out there. Quite like Juniper but it would depend on surnames and things whether it flowed properly.
People say you'll know when you see them. We've personally now got a list of 3 names and were waiting to see what she will look like with our first we knew on the day she was born but were a little unsure until that point so don't worry about having a definite name.

CarmelaBrunella · 01/11/2025 17:44

Some lovely choices here, some slightly underused, like Cora and Erin, which are beautiful.
I don't particularly like Juniper.
Wren is the only one I don't like, it's been very over used and it's the name of a kitchen fitter, which puts me off.

Silverbirchleaf · 01/11/2025 17:49

A long and interesting list!

Amelia - okay
Astrid - love
Celia - okay,
Ciara - not keen
Clara - okay
Clover - margarine
Cora - ok, thought would be more popular since Downton
Erin - love
Grace - ok
Ivy - ok
Juniper - love
Mabel - quite like
Margot - ok
Mia ok ,
Niamh - Irish, will have shelling issues
Oona - like, also Irish?
Orla - love
Ottilie - ok, getting popular
Wren - love

tarheelbaby · 01/11/2025 17:50

Amelia - Classic but highly used; guaranteed to be several in year and possibly in class (some people like that in a name); has multiple NNs - would you choose one?
Astrid - known but uncommon, a breath of fresh air in these parts
Celia - known but uncommon, a breath of fresh air in these parts
Ciara - Doesn't appeal to me
Clara - more frequent in these parts lately; still a classic; lead role in Nutcracker; (Latin = bright, clear, famous)
Clover - Doesn't appeal to me but I have met 2 in 5 years; one letter off from clever ...
Cora - lovely classical name (= maiden); not very heavily used
Erin - If you're Irish, it's perfect
Grace - more heavily used than you might expect; nearly always becomes 'Gracie'
Ivy - creeping up the ranks; becoming more frequently used; the new Violet?
Juniper - Doesn't appeal to me; too much a botanical so seems a bit try-hard; becomes June or Junie?
Mabel - makes me think of cows and old ladies with compression socks
Margot - always makes me think of the ballerina but also seems dated and a desperate attempt to make Margaret sound trendy/cool
Mia - Doesn't appeal to me; too simple
Niamh - Doesn't appeal to me; complicated spelling, hard to use internationally
Oona - more frequently used than you might expect; multiple spellings so child will always need to specify
Orla - Not my favourite but I don't hate it; easy to spell/pronounce; more frequent than you might expect
Ottilie - more frequently used than you might expect - I've met 2 in 5 years; NN 'Ottie'
Wren - Doesn't appeal to me; seems more 'modern' than all the others; would you emphasise the bird link and thus baby's things would all have the cute little bird on them?

SwallowsandAmazonians · 01/11/2025 18:05

My favourites are

Astrid
Celia
Ciara
Clara
Erin
Mia
Orla

I don't particularly like

Amelia, too popular and just don't love
Ottilie
Wren

Littletreefrog · 01/11/2025 18:18

Amelia - a bit wishy-washy
Astrid - I like but reminds me of vikings
Celia - no
Ciara - no
Clara - no
Clover - nice name for a cow
Cora - no
Erin - fine but boring
Grace - nice classic name
Ivy - was overused a few years back
Juniper - different will be called June
Mabel - another cow name
Margot - nice
Mia - dated
Niamh - nice but people will misspell it regularly
Oona - no
Orla - I like it
Ottilie - this is my favorite
Wren - ok

TenThousandSpoons00 · 01/11/2025 18:19

Namethoughtsplease · 01/11/2025 17:32

What are your thoughts on these names please?

Amelia
Astrid
Celia
Ciara
Clara
Clover
Cora
Erin
Grace
Ivy
Juniper
Mabel
Margot
Mia
Niamh
Oona
Orla
Ottilie
Wren

Interested to hear opinions and suggestions of what I may like.

Great list :)

Amelia - never been a fan, don’t like the medical meaning!

Astrid - great, not too common but recognizable. Similar Ingrid also great.
Celia - nice
Ciara - lovely but pronunciation may be confusing depending where you are
Clara - classic, pretty
Clover - one of the few I don’t like but not at all offensive :)
Cora - lovely
Erin - lovely
Grace - lovely, perhaps a teeny bit boring for want of a better word
Ivy - I don’t love this but I might be in a minority. Poison!
Juniper - very pretty but seems to be quite popular and may date
Mabel - I am a fan of old lady type names, consider also Rita, Agnes?
Margot - getting a wee bit common also? Suggest Margaret for the more classic version with huge variety of nicknames
Mia - like, consider also Maia?
Niamh - love
Oona - love this also
Orla - nice
Ottilie - dislike, seems a bit faddy tbh
Wren - like but maybe as a middle. Might be getting put off my North American name boards where there seem to be lots of Wrenley/Wrenleigh suggestions which is not at all to my taste! Do you like Robin/Robyn?

dailyconniptions · 01/11/2025 18:20

Amelia is the name of a medical condition where limbs are missing. It also has a dreadful 'mealy' noise in it, so absolutely not. Margot looks like maggot so also no.

Clover and Juniper are lovely. The others are a bit meh imo.

FionnulaTheCooler · 01/11/2025 18:21

Astrid and Clara are my favourites.

GoldenRosebee · 01/11/2025 18:24

Namethoughtsplease · 01/11/2025 17:32

What are your thoughts on these names please?

Amelia
Astrid
Celia
Ciara
Clara
Clover
Cora
Erin
Grace
Ivy
Juniper
Mabel
Margot
Mia
Niamh
Oona
Orla
Ottilie
Wren

Interested to hear opinions and suggestions of what I may like.

Love Astrid, Celia, Clover, Juniper, Mabel and Ottilie

ButtonMushrooms · 01/11/2025 18:28

I like your list! My favourites are Ciara, Clara, Clover, Cora, Erin, Ivy and Wren.

Least favourites are Amelia, Mabel, Mia and Oona.

momtoboys · 01/11/2025 18:34

Amelia - OK
Astrid - like
Celia - no
Ciara - absolutely no
Clara - OK
Clover - no
Cora - Ok
Erin - like
Grace - overused
Ivy - no
Juniper - I like June, but Juniper is precious to me
Mabel - like
Margot - like very much
Mia - no
Niamh - love this
Oona no
Orla - no - reminds me of orca
Ottilie - no
Wren - love this

Thank you for asking us to do this. I have all boys! :) I'm certain your baby will have a beautiful name!

Emanwenym · 01/11/2025 19:26

Amelia - overused, don't like it
Astrid - like
Celia - a bit prim
Ciara - seems dated
Clara - don't like it
Clover - ok for a dairy cow
Cora - not keen
Erin - mean girl vibes
Grace - not keen
Ivy - don't like it
Juniper - too naturey
Mabel - don't like it
Margot - don't like it
Mia - don't like it, overused
Niamh - ok
Oona -ok
Orla - not keen
Ottilie - don't like it
Wren - don't like it

TheDonsDingleberries · 01/11/2025 19:27

Nice list!

Love:
Astrid
Clara
Cora
Oona
Niamh

Like:
Juniper
Celia - prefer Cecile
Grace

Dislike:
Clover
Mabel
Ottilie - I do like Ottoline though
Ciara

Neutral:
Erin
Orla
Wren

Overused:
Amelia
Margot
Mia
Ivy - I do love this name though

Other names you might like:
Esmé
Ramona
Ingrid
Nola
Petra
Eve
Mara
Bianca
Clarice
Sylvia
Corinne
Fern
Lorna
Joy / Joyce
Frida
Róisín
Mae
Sorrel

WhyOhWhyEightyTwo · 01/11/2025 19:36

Astrid - I’d hate this as my name.
Clover - Butter/Rabbit name, don’t like.
Margot - Overused and not a nice name.
Ottilie - I’ve never heard this name before but I’m not keen.
Wren - A friend of mines surname, I’ve never met anyone with this as a first name.
The rest are all nice names with my favourites being in order..
Juniper - I love this!
Niamh
Mia.

WhereAreWeNow · 01/11/2025 19:49

Wren is my favourite from that list

JulieHEY · 01/11/2025 19:51

I actually like these!
I even might use it when my baby gets here!

ThatshallotBaby · 01/11/2025 19:54

Absolutely love Astrid, think it’s so stylish. Also love Celia, but slightly prefer Cecily, and Wren.

ThatshallotBaby · 01/11/2025 19:55

Forgot to add I really like Margot. Great list @Namethoughtsplease

LamourdesTrois · 01/11/2025 20:20

Love:

Clara
Cora
Celia
Mabel
Ottilie
Ivy

Like:

Astrid
Grace
Clover
Ciara
Erin
Wren

Dislike:

Juniper
Niamh
Oona
Orla
Amelia
Margot

Pranksters · 01/11/2025 21:07

Amelia is soooo overused, there are billions of them. Grace is also dull as it’s massively overused as a middle name or hyphenated with the first name. I don’t like Ivy and again it’s sooo popular.

I like Mabel, Juniper and Clara.

Namechange6578 · 01/11/2025 21:10

Faves are:

Amelia - although not so keen on Millie if it was going to be shortened
Clara - lovely
Erin - nice, don't hear it much
Grace - nice
Ivy - loads round here but depends if that matters to you
Mabel - lovely
Margot - really like
Orla - love this, know one and thought what a nice name it was

Moreteaandchocolate · 01/11/2025 21:23

Love - Clara, Ivy, Mabel, Mia

Like - Amelia, Ciara, Cora. Erin, Grace, Margot, Niamh, Orla

Quite like - Ottilie, Wren, Oona, Juniper

Not keen - Clover (margarine) Celia (feels middle aged), Astrid (shortens to ass)

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Heidi2018 · 01/11/2025 21:28

Top 3: Clara, Erin, Wren

Like: Ciara (if it's pronounced as the Irish kee-ra), Cora, Grace, Margot, Niamh, Orla

Not a fan of: Amelia, Celia, Ivy, Mia, Oona,

Bottom 5: Astrid, Clover, Juniper, Mabel, Ottilie

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