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Which baby name

37 replies

meltingalways · 24/11/2025 22:48

I’m due my baby in the next couple
of weeks. We have our boys name sorted.
which girl name out of our choices and why?
olive
poppy
sylvie
kitty

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Chichichochi · 26/11/2025 06:51

I really like Olive! Love PP suggestion of the nickname Oli too 😍

I also really like Sylvie but unfortunately the recent popularity puts me off. Poppy a bit ‘cutesy’, and also quite popular. I’ve never liked Kitty (sorry).

Calliopespa · 26/11/2025 12:59

Avantiagain · 25/11/2025 10:48

Katherine NN Kitty or Sylvie. Poppy is too cutesy for my taste and Olive to me is on the buses.

Yes, I'd go Katherine, nn Kitty.

Olive isn't actually a very pretty fruit, and, while I like eating them, it's not as if they are sweet. It also sounds like someone gulping to me.

Poppy is fine but a bit sappy I think, and so overdone.

Sylvie is probably the most sensible and it is fashionable again, but I prefer Katherine/Kitty

JillyGiraffe · 26/11/2025 19:10

meltingalways · 24/11/2025 22:48

I’m due my baby in the next couple
of weeks. We have our boys name sorted.
which girl name out of our choices and why?
olive
poppy
sylvie
kitty

Sylvie

AgentPidge · 26/11/2025 19:12

Avantiagain · 25/11/2025 10:48

Katherine NN Kitty or Sylvie. Poppy is too cutesy for my taste and Olive to me is on the buses.

Same for me.

I don't mind Olivia though.

Alexandrine · 26/11/2025 19:28

Sylvie is stunning. It is becoming more trendy, but it’s not super popular yet and it’s a beautiful sounding name.

Kitty and Poppy are very cute - but personally I don’t feel they are going to suit some women. I’d want Katherine or Penelope (or similar) as a back up on the BC if I had those names. I’d go for Kitty over Poppy of the two if I had to choose.

Nothing wrong with Olive as such - I know it’s popular again now. But unlike the more elaborate Shakespearean Olivia, imo Olive does have a drab sound and it still has an elderly lady image for me.

schnubbins · 26/11/2025 19:29

Sylvie or Sylvia are lovely . Olive is a dreadful name .Kitty is also nice ,didn't know the connotations which is such a pity .

Forthelov · 26/11/2025 20:16

SixSeven · 24/11/2025 23:40

Surely Poppy is getting old now, I know loads aged about 8-16.

Kitty is cute but a bit too cute.

Olive is trendy at the moment but reminds me of an old lady or a drab colour.

Sylvie is your winner! Such a pretty name and will gain popularity but you’ll be among the first. Have you thought about a middle name?

My thoughts exactly.

Purplecatshopaholic · 26/11/2025 20:23

Sylvie is a gorgeous name. Also like Poppy. Olive is just an ugly name however you look at it, so not that. Kitty is ok, but not as nice as Sylvie.

UninitendedShark · 26/11/2025 20:42

Katherine nn. Kitty. Otherwise Sylvie.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/11/2025 20:46

Kitty. Gorgeous name.

Ddakji · 26/11/2025 20:48

Sylvie.

Kitty and Poppy are cute, but not so keen.

Olive just reminds me of snot green.

Confusedmermaid1 · 27/11/2025 06:31

Please use Sylvie. I absolutely adore it and DH vetoed it for baby girl (due Jan) so I can live vicariously through you 😂

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