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Pick between these names for me

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 14:46

Hi all, not pregnant yet, trying for a baby now though. Very excited, and DP and I have already decided on a boys name. We'd like to have a girls name planned out too. A bit sad, but each to their own eh?

We like the following:

Isla Jules [G surname]
Zia Jules [G surname]
Brooke Jules [G surname]
Blair Jules [G surname]

What do you think? Or do you have an alternative we might like in the same jist as those names?

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KingRolo · 19/02/2009 14:47

Like Isla but really, really dislike Blair.

ilovetochat · 19/02/2009 14:49

i like isla and also ayla brooke is nice too.

MrsBoo · 19/02/2009 14:49

Jules is OK, but something prettier like Juliana would be better and could be shortened if you had to. Dislike all the rest.

Geepers · 19/02/2009 14:50

Not much to choose from but Isla is the best of a bad bunch.

VanillaPumpkin · 19/02/2009 14:53

I like Isla and Brooke

VanillaPumpkin · 19/02/2009 14:54

Oh meant to say I find the Jules bit a bit odd but you must have reasons and that makes a name special imo...

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 14:58

My mum is jules

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llynnnn · 19/02/2009 15:00

I like Isla

Sheeta · 19/02/2009 15:00

I like Isla, but will forever remind me of that red haired girl that was in Home and Away.

Sorry, don't like the others.

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MaplePecanPlait · 19/02/2009 15:16

Not keen on any I'm afraid. DD will always have to spell most popular Isla I think.

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 15:18

We also like Faethe, Caoife (Keefer) and Kaidi-Lei aswell. What about those?

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 15:21

Oh and Hope

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rachels103 · 19/02/2009 15:22

Isla

littlelyn · 19/02/2009 15:22

Isla is the best of pretty weak crop (imo - sorry). PLEASE don't call your DD Blair or Brooke - YUK! Jules instantly conjures up a picture of the immensely annoying wife of Jamie Oliver.

noddyholder · 19/02/2009 15:22

isla or hope

belgo · 19/02/2009 15:23

Faethe? Do you mean Faith?

TigerFeet · 19/02/2009 15:26

Isla is lovely

I think that if you are going for a single syllable middle name then it scans better with a multi syllable first name.

So Isla or Zia from your list, but I prefer Isla

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 15:43

Faethe is Gaelic. I like gaelic names. It means Honor and Friend.

Tiger- very good point! I see what you mean.

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belgo · 19/02/2009 15:44

how do you pronounce Faethe?

BonsoirAnna · 19/02/2009 15:44

Brooke, Blair and Jules are all very unfeminine names.

Isla is the most feminine of the names you have chosen.

Zia means "aunt".

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 15:48

Well my mum's Julie but she gets called Jules. I wanted to have her name in there as I always said I would because she's fantastic. Julie doesn't seem to fit as a middle name, so I guess that's out? So I thought Jules? No? How else can I fit it in? Not as a first name by the way.

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MumOfBaby · 19/02/2009 15:51

DP's just said he prefers Julie to Jules

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Flightattendant27 · 19/02/2009 15:52

Zia is the name of a pushchair I think? Do you have a special reason for liking it?

I don't like Isla, there are hundreds at the moment so that puts me off also that awful sailing woman from the 70s!

Brooke is Ok but doesn't sound so good with Jules
Blair - no.

Zia is the nicest but as I said pushchair connotations.

TigerFeet · 19/02/2009 15:53

I think Julia is pretty, or Juliet(te) - could you go for one of those?