Names we've discussed for DD.....

[KAEKAE]

Would be interested to have thoughts on these names please!

Amelia....(DH fav)
Poppy
Daisy
Tallulah?!? Are we being brave?! lol.
Abigail....DP loves...I am not keen!
Annabella
Ella
Elsie

Surname is Lawrence...my top name as previous post would have been Florence, but that's a no no since it rymes!

Tallulah was top of my list, but we had DS2. Amelia is very popular these days. DN is called this.

Like Annabella. Daisy and Poppy are okay, just a little too girly for me.

Olivers are mostly in the 10 to 16 age group.

I just love the name Daisy and think it's so pretty. Daisy Lawrence is a really good name.

DD is a Daisy (I wanted Maisy but dh didn't like it) and at the time we thought it was quite unusual. We had many, many comments about how beautiful and rare her name was. As it turns out though there is at least one other Daisy at her nursery so at school she will probably be one of 2 or 3 Daisys, and will be referred to as Daisy X which I'm dreading. As a nursery teacher I have seen many children learn to call themselves Anna M, Sarah P etc as this is how teachers differentiate. (sp?)
I have a fairly common first name too and this was my experience too at school.
You might want to go for something a little more unusual...

(But I still love the name Daisy and have no regrets!)

oh daisybooo that's annoying! At ds' pre school and infants there hasn't been a single Daisy...he's in Juniors in Sept. Must be fashions in different areas!

I love Amelia an Abigail!

They aren't overly popular where I'm from but you shouldn't let that bother you.

I think Abigail does go better with your surname but again I wouldn't let that put you off.

I'll throw another in the mix, how aout Alicia Lawrence?

I like Annabel rather than Annabella the best. Some of the others are either too popular or too little girl for me (so therefore not so good for a woman iyswim)

3 Olivers in my DS2's yr at school (out of 20 boys). He's 6.

Four Olivers in the year below him.

(sorry. Not that it matters - it's a great name).

I wonder if these things are regional? I am always amazed to read things like "Gladys - oh that's sooo popular now" when I know none, or "James - oh that's a nice name and not many about") when I must know about 20 under 11.

Love all of your names apart from Elsie and Abigail. I don't really dislike them as such, they're just nowhere near as nice as the others on your list.

Think you're right with the regional thing Clary, I don't know any olivers at all! And kids often like meeting others with the same name. When I was pregnant with dd we could only agree on one boys name and one girls name, luckily we went on to have ds so used both names!

fwiw I really like Amelia and Annabel, still laughing at Florence Lawrence

Elsie Lawrence sounds like someone from Coronation Street

Amelia - lovely, maybe too popular (and thats coming from the mum of an Ella!!)
Poppy - no, too babyish
Daisy - ok, not as babyish as poppy
Tallulah - no, too much
Abigail - ok. I like Abi but not sure about the Gail bit.
Annabella - really like
Ella - my DD!!
Elsie - what I wanted to call my DD!! DH refused.

#just a though - if you really like Elsie but don't have the courage of your convictions, you could go with:

Ellen
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Elise
Elsa
Elspeth

and just call her Elsie while she's little! If it becomes too common or she hates it when she's older she can revert to her more elegant full name.

I like Elsie and Daisy