Have we chosen the safest baby names imaginable… and is that a problem?

[MumOnTheRun87]

Hi everyone,
Our little girl was born on Thursday and we still don’t have a name!! We have a shortlist but I don’t know if they are just overdone and boring or if they are just classic, timeless options. Please can we have your opinions on our list and any others you think might suit!

Charlotte
Emma
Beatrix
Naomi

Thank you x

Better than Beatrice. Will be called Trixie most likely.

Charlotte is a lovely name. Even Lottie is nice.

All our lovely and perfectly acceptable names. Personally I would avoid Charlotte but there is nothing wrong with it so just go with your favourite

Classics and beautiful

Your girl will stand out from all the other girls called Ada, Ava, Evie, Ella, Layla, Matilda, Olivia etc.... with those names. Your names are popular for my age people born in the 80s. You won't find many of her age with them.

Charlotte - safe
Emma - safe

Beatrix - will get mixed up with Beatrice and said as Bee-trix and Beer-tricks
Naomi - a classic name with many different ways of saying and misspelling it

I'd pick Emma.

I'm a Felicity. People say it as Flisity. I wish they wouldn't. I'm not Flick either.

All lovely names.

I think they are classic, which is not my thing at all but I do happen to be a Charlotte! I go by Charlie though, much to my mum’s chagrin, bless her.

Love Beatrix. Also love Naomi but don’t like that it can be said two ways.

I love Beatrix. I love the ending as it's so unusual and not really found in other names. That would be my top name but I'm put off it as our surname begins with a J.

Agree

OP I think that all the names you've considered are lovely; beautiful, I like them all in equal measure, and that never happens when posters post a list of names they like!
Many congratulations on the birth of your precious baby girl!

Charlotte - love this name
Emma - not bad,
Beatrix- prefer Beatrice
Naomi- lovely name

It’s a nice list.

Suggestions:
Lydia
Christina
Anna
Rebecca
Verity
Daniella

I like Beatrix most out of those. All perfectly fine names.

All lovely congratulations

All are great!

I’m an Emma, and have an 11 month old Charlotte 🥰 I was worried her name was a little bit ‘safe’ (even though i loved it) and chose a unique middle name for her with a special meaning. Maybe you can do the same?

They are solid well known names. Not my atyle as such but nor would I bat an eyelid for them

I would use Beatrix or Naomi. But thats because they are less used of the 4. I have never liked Emma and find Charlotte boring

However this is your dd (Congratulations) what does she feel like when you hold her and say those names to her?

From the sort you like I would suggest

Sophia
Elizabeth
Abigail

Charlotte and Emma are very safe.

Beatrix and Naomi are classic but still have pizzazz. Especially Beatrix vs Beatrice.

Charlotte is beautiful, I wanted this should ds2 have been a girl but exdp disagreed

Charlotte Beatrix

Emma I find is too boring (there's millions of them in my generation 45) and Naomi, the only one I know is a complete psycho so it taints the name for me sorry.

Charlotte - not a fan, dislike the sound, like Lottie though
Emma - nice, classic, Jane Austen etc
Beatrix- prefer Beatrice but still good. Love Bea.
Naomi- ok. I think it would make a good middle name.

Beatrix is lovely and can be shortened to Bea or Beattie

I like all your names - nice, solid, respectable names which aren't too common these days. I prefer Beatrice to Beatrix though, and that's my least favourite of the 4. Think about whether you would want a nickname and which one if so. Personally I love Charlotte but I'm not keen on Lottie or Charlie.

If I'd had a daughter she'd have been Emma.

I also like Charlotte and Naomi.

I don't like Beatrix as she'd inevitably get called Trixie, which sounds like a yappy little lapdog. Beatrice is nice, though.

Lovely, all of them. I have an unusual name and would swap it in a heartbeat for any of those.

Lovely names.

Charlotte’s my favourite.

Love Naomi but also Freya.

Prefer Beatrice to Beatrix but the name itself is timeless and classic.

Emma is a lovely name but it is more bland than the others.