Help choosing the nicest baby name from my shortlist

[Xmaslover2018]

Please choose the nicest 😃

Love both Eloise and Lydia - Eloise just tipped it for me.

Lydia.

I find Eloise a fit frilly. Lois is similar but without the frills.

There seems to be loads of little girls called Evie and Eva round here. Eve is nice but for that reason I'd probably avoid it. I like all your others apart from Nora. Please don't. It's awful. Nora Batty!

I like Lydia and Eve. Both are classy and make me think of beautiful, strong, confident Edwardian ladies for some reason.

I think Nora is sweet

Eve - but like Evelyn even more.

Leah or Eve

All very common names here in London... except Nora (which I'm not keen on).

I don't like Evelyn. Eve is so nice and needs no embellishment.
I like Jill but not Gillian, Ann but not Annette etc.

I don't mind Norah but it seems granny-ish like Eileen or Beryl.

Eloise is perfection. I love it. Dislike the others.

I'm surprised by the love for Eloise, it literally makes me cringe!
Lydia or Leah would make a refreshing change.

EVERY OTHER child is Eloise.

I’d go with Lydia.

I love the simplicity and classiness of Eve. I think it’s my fave of your options.

I know 2 Eloise’s (both lovely!) 1 of which goes by the name Ella, she’s in her 20s and has never used her full name. I know a few Elodie’s too which also seems to be growing in popularity.

Lydia I just don’t like the sound of, it sounds harsh to my ears for some reason and I think of Aunt Lydia from Handmaid’s Tale but that’s just me, lots of people seem to love it!

I love Nora, Leah, and Lydia.

Not at all keen on Ruby - it makes me think of a busty, brash barmaid.

That's rather an exaggeration!!!

I am long-deep in child-rearing years and I've only met two, they'd be 16 and 12 now. Perhaps it's regional. It's still lovelier than the other names listed, imho.

Eloise has been fairly constant in its popularity.
I only know 1 and she's no longer a child. She was intended to be an Ellie but it didn't stick.

There being so many Ellie names also puts me off it.

It's funny how many references there are to Nora Batty, and one to a song written by someone called Barry in 1968! I just don't think those references will resonate with anyone young enough to be giving birth this year.

I voted Lydia with Leah a close second.

@RegalDiamondMonster , you never know. Songs get cover versions. Eloise was in the charts in 1985 or 1986.
When I was a kid Dad would listen to songs from his teenage years in the car.

I voted for Nora - lovely, timeless name.

I also like Eve.

I voted for Nora - lovely, timeless name. It's neither lovely nor timeless. It was originally a diminutive, I think.

I voted for Lydia, but depending on how it sounds with the surname, and my mood on the day, I could just as easily have chosen Eloise, Leah or Ruby.