Florence or Sylvie?

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Struggling to pick between the two - please help us decide! Have added names to poll below. Thank you

I love Florence! So pretty.

Are these both with the French pronunciation? If so Florence will be forever correcting people, whereas Sylvie is very similar in English and French.

Sylvie. There are four Florence’s in my DC’s class. Beautiful name but very popular!

I voted Sylvie as less popular, beautiful name

I adore the name Sylvie. I meet a lot of new babies in my role and I don't remember meeting any, maybe one?? But Florence is incredibly popular, has been for years.

I vote Florence I think it fits both older and modern. I think Sylvie is still a lovely name but not sure how it'd go down when she's a bit older. My sister is called Elizabeth and even that she thinks is way too old of a name compared so has always called herself Lily she hates when people call her Elizabeth. Just an honest opinion x

Florence! Sylvie is going a bit mad at the moment from what I see in my social media circles (TikTok and Reddit).

Are you in France or the UK? Because in France Sylvie is like Karen is for Brits… I love the name but it doesn’t have the most flattering of connotations in France…

Sylvie is nice

Thanks so much for your responses and comments - it’s really helpful.

We love both names and really struggling to decide. Any other suggestions very welcome! (We live in the UK)

Florence

I like both but I think Florence can be pronounced in a way that doesn't sound nice so I would go for Sylvie.

Don’t like Sylvie as a full name but love Sylvia.

I have an adult Florence, which was unheard of 30 years ago.

I voted for Florence, but I was really torn! They’re both adorable.

Sylvia is not nice. Sylvie is ok but it's a French 60-something woman's name.

I know a Sylvie and a Florence (I work in early years) and I love Sylvie and the shortened versions her friends and family call her , such as Sylv and also Vee.

however I don’t like Flo and as they grow Florence will get shortened .

Sylvie. Because I don’t like Florence and it’s just so popular.

Sylvie is just gorgeous... feminine and glam without being twee

Florence is too popular imo

My late granny was born in about 1911 and her name was Florence. I wish I’d named my (now adult) daughter that name.

Nobody ever called her Flo. If they did shorten it, the name was always Florrie - which I also like.

I prefer Florence. Who cares if it's more much more popular than Sylvie? There's a reason for that, more people think it's much nicer!

Very biased, but I have a little Sylvie! I think it's very sweet, and you don't meet many but it is getting more popular I think.

I'm a big fan of Florence also, love those pretty, slightly more mature names for little girls.

Other names we liked were Leila, Eleanor, and Elsie. I'm also a big fan of Noelle but it felt wrong to use for a baby not born in winter somehow!

I'm invested now - would love to know which way you sway in the end!

Sylvie. Florence is very overused, at least in my area. I know lots of babies and toddlers called Florence but never met a Sylvie.

Sylvie. I’m not usually keen on “ee” ending names as they can sound a bit cute - but Sylvie is just so pretty. I don’t dislike Florence and being Top 10, it will be fun for her to find stuff with her name on easily, but it’s definitely Sylvie for me.

I know a Florrie - a mix of your two choices.
Florence is very popular right now.

I much prefer Sylvia to Sylvie, but I like Florence better than either.