Swore I wouldn't do this,l any thoughts ideas on these.....

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I like:

Lucille
Bella
Eloise
Lisbeth
Clara
Genevieve
Ava
Topsy
Hannah
Heidi

any other ideas that might fall into my name zone. Only interested in girls at the moment until I can talk DH out of Sam, even in theory.

I'm not sure about Clementine.

How is Lettice pronounced? The name not the veg?

Oh make it Ava - so classy

mmmmmm got a good mate whose daughter is AVa, fel like wouldbe copying her....

Lucille - Love Lucy, but i'm not keen on Lucille
Bella - Lovely. But prefer it as a shortened version of Isabella
Eloise - Very pretty. I know a lovely Eloise, also known as Ella
Lisbeth - Don't like this, but LOVE Elizabeth
Clara - Not keen, but its certainly not offensive
Genevieve - I really like this, but don't like nn's Genny or Gen
Ava - Pretty and classic
Topsy - Is this a name?
Hannah - beautiful and timeless
Heidi - love this. quirky without being too unusual

Good luck x

Bella and Eloise - Love both of these; were both on my "list"! And of course Eloise is a damn fine song too!
Don't like Genevieve, Ava, Topsy (!!!!!) or Heidi.

love lucile (lucy), and love heidi and hanah

I have had pets called topsy and bella
Genevieve what about Janevie
Jan e ve

From your list I like Bella and Clara.

Topsy

Imagine a 45 year old woman called Topsy.

No.

Topsy was my Gran's guinea pig!

Clara and Hannah nice

I love Genevieve - you can have nice shortenings as well. We were seriously considering it for this one

Eloise
Clara
Ava
Hannah

I like Eloise, Elizabeth and Heidi from your list (and have all those as first or middle names for my DDs). I like Hannah as well.

Clara is a bit difficult to pronounce, I think and doesn't have any diminutives - if that bothers you.

I like Clara best. Others are all fine except for Topsy which is terrible. What if she wants to be a doctor or a barrister - can you imagine attracting new clients to your law firm with the words "Hi I am Topsy"?

we have hannah and heidi as our very last short list! so love them both , how do you search to see how many children have been given names? and does any body know how to do a local name popularity search?

How did Topsy get into your list?

I love Heidi.

I like them all. Even Topsy!

There are a lot of Heidis and Avas roud here though.

Lucille - Okay, not the prettiest of sounding names.
Bella - Makes me think of tweenies. Personally, I would go with a longer version and shorten it, something like Isabelle or Annabel or something.
Eloise - Love it, my DD1's name. Do be prepared for it to get shortened. We use Ella, but lots of people seem to want to call her Ellie.
Lisbeth - As others said, prefer Elisabeth.
Clara - Love, but no shortenings, which would put me off.
Genevieve - Nice, but not one of my faves.
Ava - Like, but a bit short and can't do much with it.
Topsy - Sorry but no
Hannah - Okay, just strikes me as a bit of a boring name though.
Heidi - Not keen I'm afraid.

When we considered Eloise we also considered Elise and Elodie as similar names, and of course Eloisa too. We also liked Louisa which has a similar tone.

Also what about Susannah, Annabel(la), Sophia, Francesca? Other names we liked and considered, along with many names from your list.
HTH

Savoy - whereabouts are you? Switzerland? I haven't met other Heidis yet but DD2 is only 9 months old.

Mummypud - we had Hannah on the shortlist too. Then heard Heidi and the decision was made!

They are all nice except Lisbeth (just call her Elisabeth, please) and Topsy which is ridiculous.

Lucille - lovely, old fashioned, I liked this but DH hated it
Bella - gorgeous
Eloise - nice
Lisbeth - not keen
Clara - pretty
Genevieve - pretty
Ava - too common for my tastes these days
Topsy - HIDEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hannah - OK
Heidi - too cutesy