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.

I am fairly sure that my friends daughter went to school with a bossy boots called Fiadh. The daughter is 19. It seems to be really popular now.
I like all four names on ops list including Juniper!

Apparently there is a weight loss company called Juniper! Slightly off putting.
I think it's between Daphne and Daisy.
I'm too sensitive to deal with all the issues that could come with Fiadh. I can handle the spelling, and I think she could too, but the Fear thing is off putting.

I have a Sophia and she has been called Fia for years as she called herself that when very young - all her teachers etc called her Fia and all her friends do. She knows she is in trouble when I call her Sophia!

Oh I love Fiadh! So pretty! I knew how it would be pronounced before I read the full post. Option to be called Fi if she preferred too.

Also love Daphne. Not so keen on Daisy

I love both Daphne and Daisy. Could you use Fiadh (or Juniper for that matter) as a middle name?

Fia meaning 'deer' is not anglicised.

I think there are a few people on this thread who don't know what the word 'phonetics' means.

i like Daphne

and Delphie

Daisy is boring, it’s so overused! Especially as every Daisy is a Daisy May/RoseGrace.

I like Fiadh. Juniper is nice, I know one who is called Juni.

You could go with June?

I don't like any of them!
Daisy is cute for a pet IMO
What about Darcie? or Dulcie which means sweet in spanish?

I haven't yet met a single child Daisy. I wonder if it's regional. I have three children aged 9 to 3 and not a single Daisy in their classes or extended groups/clubs.
I know of one who is a sibling, but haven't actually met her.
I think if I felt saturated by Daisys (in the same way I do with Isabellas) I wouldn't want to use it.

I'm a secondary school teacher and I know a lot, so perhaps it's older children? In my yr10 class I have 3, and seem to have one in every year group. I've got one in my yr12 class and last year had 2 in my yr8 class.

Ok that's a lot! My eldest has a name that was ranked about 80 when he was born and is now top 20 and it does irk me a bit to meet so many but at least there's none in his year.
My other two have unusual names in the UK. Rarely come across another and I do quite like that. Maybe I need to have a rethink. DH mentioned Hazel yesterday, its quite meh for me but it could maybe grow on me.

Out of interest does it work well as a teen name? Do teens find it too cutesy or just a standard name now?

No, they're great. My A level Daisy is applying to Cambridge and is very down to earth. To be honest, there are also a lot of cutesy names like Maisie, Dottie, Lottie, Missy, Poppy at the moment. I realised that I'd seated a Maisie next to a Daisy and a Lottie next to a Dottie, so I changed that!
To add: in the yr10 class I use the surname initial to differentiate.

I have an adult (23) Daisy. When she was younger I did worry how the name we decided on as a baby would translate into adulthood, but it is absolutely fine and she loves her name

I think Fiadh is gorgeous but I'm Scottish so a) could work out how to pronounce it and b) pronounce the letter r so think it sounds completely different from fear. So go with Fiadh and move to Scotland. Realistically though, most people will ask how to pronounce it once then move on. And if it's No1 in Ireland it'll soon become popular here and everyone will learn how to pronounce it. If we can all pronounce Saoirse now then we can cope with Fiadh.

Plus I think it's worth bearing in mind that every year I open the registers and there are always names I'm not sure how to pronounce. The student tells me, I remember, it's not a problem. Most of the UK is very diverse and multiethnic and there are many different names in common usage, not just Irish, it never seems to be a problem

Daphne is a GLORIOUS name. Classy and quirky in the best way. Also passes the Dr / DJ test, ie could your daughter credibly be a doctor or a DJ with that name. DJ Daph (amazing), Dr Daphne Collins (amazing).

Around here, Fiadh would be pronounced like Riyadh, and if you said ‘No, FEE-ya’, people would just go, ‘Oh, ok, Thea.’ My own view is that if you don’t have any Irish heritage, you might be better off with a different name.

You're not everyone. You're a teacher so you'll be seeing a lot of that child,
The GP/dental/hospital/optician receptionist and a whole lot of other people won't.

I never said that I was everyone?
I'm just telling the OP about my experience, which may be of interest or use to her.

The baby will be half Irish (DH is Irish). We spend a lot of time there with his extensive family, but we live here in England with no plans to move.

All the Fiadhs I've known have been really badly behaved (I'm in Scotland) - but it's possible that there's a connection there between parents who like the idea of naming their child 'wild' and their parenting style.