Thoughts on this girls list?

[Namethoughtsplease]

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.

Don't like Astrid, Margot or Wren, I like the rest.

@Bumbles55 , From the letters. In the same way as Liam isn't Leem.
Niamh (Irish: [n̠ʲiəw]; from Old Irish Niaṁ) (Wiki)

I’m Irish and say Nee-uv, as does everyone I know. I’d consider that the correct Irish language pronunciation. I think Neev is said in places like Dublin where Irish has been gone as a first language for a longer time. It’s a more anglicised pronunciation imho. You wouldn’t say the Irish word riamh with one syllable, Niamh should be the same.

My Irish friend sounds like she is saying Nee-uv when she says something like Neev. She kind of swings off syllables with an extra tiny vowel sound.

It’s not an extra vowel sound though iyswim. It’s how Niamh is pronounced in Irish. You’re meant to have the second vowel sound. As pp said, it’s why Liam isn’t Leem.

Ok sorry if that description offended you. I meant it sounds extra to English ears because we don't really manage to slip it in. Liam is somehow easier because of the L sound at the beginning , or because the a you are moving on to is easier to distinguish than an ee from an e in English pronunciation.

Not offended at all, sorry, just trying to explain it 😊 I think maybe the main reason it’s not said as Nee-uv in England is that people don’t know it’s meant to be said like that? Even Irish people don’t know sometimes. They sometimes think the Nee-uv pronunciation is just a ‘country’ accent (I’ve seen this said on another thread).
It’s not, it’s Irish.

Ia in Irish is a diphthong said as ee-ah, though the second syllable can sometimes be quite subtle. Another example is the name Fia (often spelt using the older spelling Fiadh where the dh is silent) which is pronounced Fee-ah. If it was said like Neev for Niamh, Fia would be Fee.

it sounds extra to English ears - I'm guessing you don't speak any other languages.

~The 'English ears' is why I don't like the use of names from other languages.~

Three.

ETA fluent in two.

ETA?

What are your thoughts on these names please?
Amelia- it’s ok but a bit boring
Astrid- I don’t like
Celia- ok
Ciara- I don’t like
Clara- ok
Clover- don’t like
Cora- I like it
Erin- love
Grace- love
Ivy- love
Juniper- don’t like
Mabel- LOVE
Margot- LOVE
Mia- bit boring
Niamh- not a fan
Oona- really dislike
Orla- ok
Ottilie- ok
Wren- not a huge fan
Interested to hear opinions and suggestions of what I may like.

Top 4

I love Oona - looks and sounds so pretty but strong and quite unusual

I prefer Cecile or Cecilia to Celia but it's nice

Astrid also

Clara is nice, but fairly popular

Amelia - nice but done to death
Clover - I sort of like it but poss a bit twee - but no more so than Poppy or Daisy
Cora - fine
Erin - a bit 90s throw back
Grace - so overdone as a middle name its lost its shine
Ivy - nice but so overdone
Juniper - too twee, I like June and Juno
Mabel - nice, but quite recently overdone
Margot - great but being done to death
Mia - Ok but very overdone 20 years ago so tired
Niamh - OK but blends with the million Eves and a bit of a pain to spell
Orla - Ok, getting v popular - Oona much nicer
Ottilie too twee and fussy, also faddy
Wren - faddy. Robin is nicer. Or Gwen

An awful it of Irish Niamhs pronounce it Neeve though. I don't know if that's just a modern pronunciation or it's regional.

Clover is dreadful. It's a cows name or a tub of margarine.

The rest are pretty meh.

TBF you could say that about Flora

I would say that about Flora but that wasnt on the list.

Amh is pronounced something like either ov or ow in Irish, so Niamh should be a two syllable name. Lots of Irish people don’t speak Irish very well though. I know because I’m one of them!

The second syllable can be very subtle depending on the speaker, and I think people didn’t notice it, or thought it was just a ‘country’ accent, so the name evolved to Neeve in some areas. Neeve is an anglicised pronunciation really I suppose. Many Irish names have been anglicised to some extent.

Love Erin, Ivy, Mia and Amelia. Don't like Astrid. The others are ok

My favourites are:
Ciara
Grace
Ivy
Juniper
Wren

I dislike:
Amelia - sounds always make me think mealy-mouthed
Ottilie - mixture of otter and utterly

Nice bunch of names except Clover and Juniper.

Honor?

Amelia,Cora and Grace are my favourite ❤️

I love Amelia, Grace and Mia

Honor sounds really American to me. Not necessarily a bad thing, but fwiw.