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Favourite baby name for French, Italian and English use

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Snigsted · 30/04/2026 17:25

Hello, so DH and I had our gorgeous baby girl one week ago now! (How time flies) and we still aren’t set on a name. We need something that works in French, Italian and English.
We live in the UK right now, but will likely move to one of our home countries in the next few years. So far our list is

Alessandra
Isabella
Camilla
Gabriella

We do like Elena and Clara too which are maybe more obvious cross culture names but they don’t feel quite right.

Which is your favourite?
Im very for Camilla or Isabella, DH prefers Gabriella and Alessandra.

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Jasmin71 · Yesterday 09:49

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Mumofteenandtween · Yesterday 09:58

I think all 4 names are absolutely beautiful. What country will you be living in?

Alessandra is probably my favourite - I wanted ds to be Alexandra if he had been a girl. However, if living in the UK I suspect people would mishear and use Alexandra as it is a popular (and gorgeous) UK name. Would that bother you? People misspelling my / my kids’ names is like nails to a blackboard to me but you may be more laid back than me. (Everyone is more laid back than me!)

Gabriella is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. I would love to be a Gabriella.

Camilla is very pretty. Obviously the name of the Queen in the UK which may make you more or less keen.

Isabella is a lovely lovely name. It is fairly popular in the UK (and Isabelle even more so) so would not be unique.

But 4 great choices.

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