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Girls names - opinions and inspiration please!

30 replies

rambini · 20/02/2010 17:47

Honest opinions on the following girls names please, and any other ideas welcome!

Isobel
Imogen
Marielle
Sophia
Amelia
Jasmine
Marissa
Coral
Hazel
Nieve/Neave/Nee ve
Poppy
Taryn
Willow
Paige
Sapphire
Ebony
Lilly-Rose

Thank you

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solongpumpkin · 23/02/2010 18:11

Isobel - ok
Imogen - lovely
Marielle - not sure, unless you are french
Sophia
Amelia - prefer emilia
Jasmine - was it a body shop perfume?
Marissa - not keen
Coral - don't like
Hazel - don't like
Nieve/Neave/Nee ve - nice, prefer irish spelling
Poppy - lovely
Taryn - sounds more like a boys name
Willow - really like this
Paige - bit american
Sapphire - sorry, reminds me of met rape suites
Ebony - don't like
Lilly-Rose - nice enough

lechatnoir · 23/02/2010 22:37

Isobel - pretty but common now
Imogen - lovely
Marielle - no
Sophia - lovely if you're italian/spanish
Amelia - lovely but waaaaay too popular now IMO
Marissa - no
Coral - yuck
Hazel - yuck yuck yuck
Nieve/Neave/Nee ve - pretty sounding but never get the spelling!
Poppy - lovely but increasingly common
Taryn - ??? too made up
Willow - pretty but kooky
Paige - very american/chavvy
Sapphire -yuck
Ebony - triple yuck - please god no!
Lilly-Rose - pretty but not keen on double barreled names

Had I not had 2 DS's, I would have had a Phoebe, Florrie or Alana.

glammymammy · 24/02/2010 12:32

What about LexiRose instead of Lily Rose?
Saphra instead of Sapphire or Amabelle if you like Amelia and Isabel.

meadowlarks · 24/02/2010 13:02

Isobel - Isabelle's nicer, Izzy is a bad NN.
Imogen - No. Imagine, Midge and Winge in one.
Marielle - Mariella's nicer, but I'm not keen on either.
Sophia - Sophia's are always bitches. Always.
Amelia - Very nice.
Jasmine - Always chavs. Such a loaded name.
Marissa - The OC. So, no.
Coral - I don't understand this name. It's the sort of name you'd give to a boat or a seaside restaurant, not a child. Unless you are a family of deep-sea divers.
Hazel - Yawn. Chavvy.
Nieve/Neave/Nee ve - Reminds me of naïve and knee.
Poppy - Yes. One of my favs ever.
Taryn - Sounds like tavern, tariff and towering.
Willow - Pillow? It reminds me of "willowy" which then reminds me of skinny people, and then "withering".
Paige - No, no, no, no, NO. NOOO.
Sapphire - Porn star. Sounds like "set fire" if you say it quickly.
Ebony - Please don't name your child after a very dark wood if your child will be fair-skinned.
Lilly-Rose - Nice. What about Poppy-Rose?

Feierabend · 24/02/2010 13:12

Ha ha I have to respond to this thread since you're all slagging my dd's name on here!

Isobel - not feminine enough
Imogen - too prissy
Marielle - yes I like
Sophia - very good name although I prefer Sophie
Amelia - overused
Jasmine - yes nice
Marissa - hmmm a bit too pretty
Coral - yes that's a cool name, I like
Hazel - pretty
Nieve/Neave/Nee ve - as others have said, only if you're Irish and only as Niamh
Poppy - can you imagine a grown up woman called Poppy?
Taryn - is nice but very different from the other suggestions
Willow - lovely, lovely
Paige - no
Sapphire - that's not a name IMO
Ebony - ditto
Lilly-Rose - too pretty. Lily is good though.

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