Narrowed it down to four names…

[ZiggyStardew]

There are four names me and my partner agree on for our baby girl due next month…

Hazel
Robyn
Iris
Olive

I’m surprised this is our final list as originally we only wanted unisex / tomboy names like Billie, Frankie, Stevie etc but we couldn’t agree on one as we both know people IRL (or have exes) with all of these names, so I think now we’re going with a timeless nature-inspired name instead.

So I just want opinions as I’m not sure how popular / unpopular our final four are or what connotations they kay have. Any input appreciated.

Love olive but think it’s for the novelty value rather than a nice name

Iris is cool.

Every second child/dog just now is Oliver…..

Laurel?
Nature, unisex, not common.

I love them all, especially Hazel and Olive. I see what you mean as I'm not girly and also didn't want to pick a frilly, overly feminine name for DD but your choices are strong.

Very feminine names to me are the -ie / y / a names (Evie, Elsie, Rosie, Amelia, Aurora, Ivy, Lily, Daisy, Poppy etc)

Yours end in a consonant or a consonant sound so I think they are totally different!

It really depends on your last name. Where I am, Hazel has become quite popular. I mainly like it but one friend named their daughter Hazel and it sounds atrocious with their last name. (Obviously I haven’t told them that I think that!)
I like Iris but it’s incredibly popular here.
Not keen on Olive at all. Just makes me think of the character from Popeye.
I only know one child called Robyn. It’s a lovely name.

I know two lovely Hazels - but they are of my generation (65+). Robyn and Iris I think are more timeless and I like them both. Olives are for eating.

The problem with asking a group of randoms like us is you’ll get wildly differing feedback, so not sure how much it helps…

but Iris for me just makes me think of getting my eyes tested and eyeballs.

Robyn is lovely and the most unisex.

I like Hazel best from you list.

1. Hazel - I do like this now. Although at one time it gave middle aged vibes, but now the name is becoming fashionable again, these seem to have evaporated. Nice meaning and sound.

1. Robyn, don't mind this for girls, although originally Robin spelt like that was definitely a male name, short for Robert. It's cute and perky.

1. Iris, it has a beautiful meaning, but I just don't like the sound.

1. Olive. Hate it. Beats me why it's become so popular. Maybe because it's an alternative to Olivia (which is lovely).

Hazel is lovely. Not so keen on Robyn. Iris is pretty, Olive is nice enough but my brain just sees a bowl of olives!

I know 3 Robyn’s who are all under 3, so to me that’s the most popular of the names you’ve chosen.
my favourite is Iris though, it’s very pretty.
Not keen on Olive, my little girl is Olivia and a few family members have tried to nick name her Olive in the past, but we don’t like it.
Hazel is nice, I know a few Hazels but they are all older women.

I prefer Hazel of the list you have , then Iris, then Olive then Robyn (but spell it like the bird and it would go to no 2 - not keen on alt spellings ) but they aren’t really timeless imo. They are very of their time and of this moment. I think you will find lots of kids with the same pre First World War names ( not that this matters)
See also Mabel & Elsie.

I think they’re all nice. I have a 14 year old Robyn, so I guess my vote goes there! She often goes by ‘Robs’ (but hates Robbie!). Olive could be shortened to Ollie which I quite like, and I have a good friend called Hazel who is definitely not polyester bloused!

In terms of popularity currently, I suspect it varies massively area to area - there are people here saying these are all quite popular at the moment but I rarely see any of them (and work regularly in a children’s emergency department so see (and call out!) a LOT of children’s names), although we have a lot of Olivias.

Your names look similar to my list, so I’ll just throw Lauren out there- shortens to Laurie or Ren!

My daughter was going to be called Hazel but a few people said she would get called Hazel nut. The others are okay

All four are lovely names.
My faves in order ..
Iris 10
Hazel 10
Robin 9
Olive 8

I think they are all reasonably common these days so no one will think what a weird name but not too common in that there will be 5 others in her school year. Hazel was one of my son and his girlfriends top choices for their little girl who is now 2 months old and Robyn in my nephew's toddlers name. My least favourite is Olive but I think that is because I dont like Olives!

Robyn.

Robyn

I like Robyn and I think it fits in the category of a tomboy name as you can have Robin for a boy!

Not on your list, but how about Marin? It means Of the sea. It’s fairly unisex too, in Eastern Europe more male and more fem here.

Hazel or Iris. Not Olive.

I am RobYn and have always loved my name, it’s not super common but not totally whacky either. My mum used it as she was a primary school teacher and didn’t want a name where she’d taught a student with the name (although she later did have the odd Robyn). If you do go for Robin I strongly recommend sticking to the y spelling, I just think it looks a lot nicer. In emails from people who haven’t met me they do sometimes assume im male (usually if they’re not British themselves) but it doesn’t bother me

the other names are all nice too, although I think Olive feels like trying to avoid Olivia. I agree with not going deciding until you meet baby and have a sense of what feels right.

They are all lovely.

1. Hazel
2. Iris
3. Robyn
4. Olive

In terms of popularity I'm sure you can look at the stats but Olive feels most popular because a) I know 2 and b) it's proximity to Olivia.
Iris also perhaps feels more popular as it is close in sound and vibe (imo) to Isla and Lily, both huge names currently.