Baby girl now here, thoughts on names???

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Thanks for your help last week. Beautiful dark haired girl now arrived. Narrowed it down to

Anna
Thea
Cecily (Ceci for short, anna as middle name)
Helena
Elsa

Initial thoughts???

Anna.... it's my fave girls name atm.

How about Anna Sophia?

My first thought for a beautiful dark haired girl would be Thea.

Anna and Helena are both names I love too though (especially Anna).

(plus her hair may change - my beautiful dark haired baby girl is now covered in blonde curls)

Congratulations BTW, she sounds scrupmtious!

I LOVE Cecily and is one of DD'S middle names, her first name is Arabella - a name I fought long and hard for and still am completely and utterly in love with. My DD was extremely dark haired too but now at 15mo is chestnut brown. I like names where you can chose a shorter version. So as she gets older she could have Arabella, Bella (what we tend to call her, as well as Arabou!) or Ella. And i love the shortened Cecy - beautiful! Many Congrats!

Friend had a Cecily this summer - first one I'd come across. It certainly fits the criteria that you have given.

So Cecily Anna or Anna Cecile.

Personally I'd use Elsa, or Thea.

Cecily and Helena i wouldn't use, and Anna i think is lovely but a tad bland (sorry to all Annas!!)

So if I were to rank them it's be Elsa, Thea, Anna, Cecily and then Helena.

But if you love cecily then go with it!! unless of course DH really HATES it and is just being nice....

I think Anna Cecile is a lovely combination btw

Cecily Anna
Helena
Thea

love them all

congratulations...now choose a bloody name!!

I love Cecily!

Congratulations. Anna Cecile sounds really classic. It the sort of name that fits a baby, toddler, teenager and adult. Thea always sounds like 'fear' to me. Let us know what you choose!

Congratulations!
I love Elsa and Helena.

Anna.

I regert not calling DD Anna.

OMG your shortlist is nearly the same as ours was when we had DC3. Except he was a boy so we couldn't use any of them.

I vote for
Anna
or
Thea.

Can I add my fav which was Verity
Congratulations by the way.

Anna Beatrice it is.

Saving the others for next time

Both are family names on both sides and seem to suit her. Gosh its hard!

Thanks for being a sounding board!!

How about Cecily Anne?

welcome Anna Beatrice !

Gorgeous name !

Oops - just realised you have already chosen a name. Anna is lovely, ignore me I thought I had read all the thread but obviously not

I like Thea and then Cecily.

Elsa or Helena. I like Cecily but close to Cecilia which is getting quite popular now.

I am biased but think Cecily is perfect (ours is CJ for short) but all the other names are fabulous too. Cogratulations

Elsa!

I'm forever suggesting this name to MNers. It's a dream of a name.

Anna my favourite.

Elsa and Helena also nice.

aha!

You have chosen Anna! Top choice.