Daisy, Daphne, Fiadh

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Any views on these names?
We have been obsessing over names now for months and we really have been through pretty much every name in existence.
Our baby girl is due soon and we really need to decide.

I love the sound of Fiadh (Fee-ah) and the meaning (wild or deer), and it's link to nature.
The only thing stopping us is we live in a England and the tricky spelling. I've tried it out on a few people and I get 'oh Thea' straight away, or confused faces, which could be irksome.

Daisy has always been a favourite of mine. I know some find it twee but I don't personally see it like that. My DH is struggling to get on board with it due to the twee factor.
Daphne is a name we both like but I'm finding hard to commit to.

Not really looking for suggestions as I've discounted everything else! Thank you.

Daphne, too many Daisys and everyone will mispronounce the other name

If you like Fiadh, go for it. I think it sounds lovely! Its 5 letters - people will learn how to spell it. I work in a multicultural area so am surrounded by unusual names and no-one bats an eyelid. You soon learn how a name is spelled and pronounced, so i really wouldn't worry.
It's my favourite out of the 3

I wouldn’t have had a clue how to pronounce the third one . She’d have to be known as Fi !

If you have to use phonics for a name - forget it

Daphne - just no. And will be shortened to Daffy.

Daisy - sweet but my god I wouldn’t like as an adult

Go with Thea instead of having to spell out phonetically a name all the time

They're all nice names. Daisy is very popular, if that makes a difference? Fiadh may be tricky, it depends if you can be bothered with the added issues of pronunciation?
Daphne is nice too

I say Thea with an F and Fear, in the same way (English). Would you mind if people thought her name was Fear? Because that's what I'd think it was, if not Thea.

Actually that's a good suggestion.

Go with Fiadh. Its the one you like and it people will get used to it.

I don't think I'd use Fiadh outside Ireland, it'll get mangled and pronounced like 'fear' if not Thea. Beautiful name, though.

Daisy is pretty but it is twee.

I adore Daphne, so that's what I'd choose.

We like Fiadh partly for the meaning and also partly because DH would like an Irish name.
Thea just feels a bit nothingy to me.

I have a southern English accent and I say fear like beer, one syllable, and Fiadh to rhyme with Mia.

Fiadh is too similar to fear for me. I couldn't stand people thinking I was trying to say Thea though. So it's a no. Dislike Daphne and Daisy to be honest.

Fia is the modern Irish spelling of Fiadh OP.
Fiadh tends to be used more for the name, but Fia is equally correct and may be easier in the UK.

I’ve heard English people on here say that it could be mixed up with the word fear. The words don’t sound the same in Ireland as we pronounce the r in fear, but it may be an issue depending on where you live.

You could spell it Fia instead, it's an acceptable alternative and makes it obvious it rhymes with Mia.

It'll still get pronounced like 'fear' in southern England though.

Edited to say cross posted with @Signout there.

Definitely not Fiadh - poor thing would spend her whole life spelling it and telling people how to pronounce. I like Daisy, one of my fave names but didn't go with surname. Thea is a nice name!

It's not the modern Irish spelling, the spelling is Fiadh. Fia is angizicised.

OP, in case it would bother you, Fiadh is the baby name of the moment in Ireland. It was the third most used baby name of 2025. It's the Grace/Olivia of Ireland.

We've really considered this. But wondered if it then just looks like a nickname for Sofia.
Especially in the UK where no one's really heard of the name.

Is your DH Irish?

To be honest this makes me like it more as it means there's a chance it will become better known here and people will then be able to pronounce it.
We go to Ireland a lot, and I hear Fiadh everywhere, but it still feels fresh to my ear as I don't hear it at all at home.

You clearly want that name, so go for it.

Personally, outside of Ireland, no bloody way. Find yourself have to phonetically spell a name? Bin it

Yes, I suppose like Niamh, which is very popular in the UK and people know how to pronounce it.

A very popular name in my part of England is Aoife, although I've heard it pronounced several different ways.