How common are these names?

Hey all :slight_smile:
just brainstorming! how popular do you think these girls names are? how often have you heard them (apart from me constantly posting them haha) and for three girls, which ones are your favourite (already have a [name_f]Saskia[/name_f])

[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] (caro-lee-na)
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] nn [name_u]Val[/name_u]
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f]
Eléa

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Saskia – 0
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u] – 5 (all in teens or 20s)
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] – 3 (all pronounce caro-LY-na)
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] – 0 (but I know a [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f])
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] – 0
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f] – 0
Eléa – 0

I would choose [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Lula[/name_f]), and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] (nn [name_u]Val[/name_u]).

Saskia - I know one (she’s late 30’s)

Alexis / [name_f]Alexia[/name_f] - I don’t know any, but I do know an [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and an Alexey… I think by default any [name_u]Alex[/name_u]- names comes off as popular.

Carolina - I know a couple of older [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]’s, bit this has a bit of an exotic twist to it.

Eulalia - None. I think this is definitely the least common on your list.

Valentina - None, but it does feel familiar.

Elea - None. I’ve not see this before.

Saskia ~ 1 she’s in her twenties
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u] ~ 0
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] ~ 0 but know plenty of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]’s ranging from 16-50
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] ~ 0
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] ~ 0
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f] ~ 1 shes 5
[name_f]Elea[/name_f] ~ 0

My top three are [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] & [name_f]Carolina[/name_f].

Just for some context live just outside [name_u]London[/name_u]

Of your names I don’t know anyone except a 4 year old [name_u]Lexie[/name_u] - that’s her full name. I’m in the UK by the way. We seem to like our nicknames as full names.

I know about 10 Alexises, I know one person who spells it Carolena (same pronunciation) along with many named Carolyn or Caroline. I know one person who spells their name Elia with what I believe is the same pronunciation. I don’t know any of the rest of the names.
And my favorites are Saskia, Carolina, and Eulalia.

Saskia: don’t know or know of any
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]: I don’t know anyone who goes by [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] but I know about a million [name_u]Alex[/name_u]/Alexandra/Alexander of both genders.
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]: I know two, plus several Carolines.
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]: I know one teenage [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] who goes by [name_f]Laia[/name_f], plus my great-grandma who was born in 1895 and died in the 1990s who was a [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] who went by [name_f]Loula[/name_f].
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]: don’t know any personally
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f]: Same as [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_f]Elea[/name_f]: never even heard of this name before, don’t know any

Saskia- 0
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]- 4 or 5, all in 20s/30s
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]- 1, but I know many Carolines
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]- 0
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] -1, she’s about 12y/o
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f]- [name_m]Don[/name_m]’t know any [name_f]Alexias[/name_f], but 5 Alexas
[name_f]Elea[/name_f], 1 [name_u]Elia[/name_u], a boy in his 20s.

My favorites from your list with [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] are [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and [name_f]Alexia[/name_f] or [name_f]Elea[/name_f].

Saskia and [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] would be fantastic together!

Those two are incredibly uncommon, and the others…
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u] – Pretty common, but I hear [name_u]Lexi[/name_u] more (as a standalone and as a nn for [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]/Alexa/Alexandra which are all fairly common amongst my generation).
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] – Not common at all. Never met one or heard of one irl.
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] – Not common, but not unheard of.
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f] – Not common at all, but could get lost in the sea of Alexas/Alexandras.
Eléa – Totally unheard of where I’m from.

Saskia - not common at all i think I’ve only ever heard of two Saskias

Alexis - again not common I know a couple of [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]

Carolina - not popular where I am beautiful name! I’ve never met a [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] only the character from princess diaries (played by [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] [name_u]Breslin[/name_u])

Eulalia - never met one but I have met a [name_f]Laia[/name_f] (the Spanish dm)

Valentina - becoming more popular I know of a few people calling there children this. It’s also the name of a beanie buddy

Alexia - sane as [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]

Elea - never met one or heard of one

I think [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] go best together

I’ve heard none of these names in person.

However, I do know ALOT of [name_u]Alex[/name_u]’s. Its become a very overused prefix in my opinion.

The only one I’ve met before was [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] and I swear I know dozens lol. It was so popular the year I was born so I heard it all the time growing up.

  • I know one adult [name_f]Saskia[/name_f].

  • I know 3 teenage girls called [name_u]Alexis[/name_u].

  • I know one teenager named [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]. (pronounced caro-LEE-nuh)

  • I know one preteen girl called [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], but she doesn’t go by [name_u]Val[/name_u].

  • I don’t know anybody called [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Lula[/name_f], [name_f]Alexia[/name_f], or Eléa.

My favorites would be [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f], and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]!

[name_f]Saskia[/name_f] - I’ve met two Saksias
Alexis - I’ve met one
Carolina (caro-lee-na) - I’ve never met one
Eulalia nn Lula-I’ve never met a [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] or a [name_f]Lula[/name_f]
Valentina nn Val - never met a [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] but I’ve met several Vals
Alexia- never met one
Eléa - never met one

I know an [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] and [name_f]Carolina[/name_f](both are teenagers), but I don’t know anyone with any on the other names. I think they are all familiar but fairly uncommon. Eléa is the outlier as I have never heard of it.
[name_f]My[/name_f] 3 favorites are [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], and [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]!

I know a preschooler [name_f]Carolina[/name_f], a middle-schooler [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], and a high-schooler [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]. Those are also my favorites from your list.

I know a few [name_u]Alex[/name_u] and [name_u]Lexi[/name_u]’s but I’m not sure what their ‘actual’ names are. [name_f]My[/name_f] sister is [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. But I don’t know that I actually know anyone with any of these names. I like [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and [name_f]Alexia[/name_f] the most.

Saskia - 0
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u] - I’ve heard of many Alexises, all in their teens, but I’ve never personally met one. I know lots of people with variants to the name though. I know an [name_f]Alexia[/name_f], and severel [name_u]Lexis[/name_u].
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f] - 1
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lula[/name_f] - no Eulalias, but one [name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] - 0
[name_f]Alexia[/name_f] - 2
[name_f]Elea[/name_f] - 0

I live in the NW US and have never met nor heard of a [name_f]Saskia[/name_f]. I know multiple [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]’s and [name_f]Alexias[/name_f], 1 Carolia, 1 [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and no Eulalias or Eleas.

My top 3 of these are [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] and [name_f]Alexia[/name_f] but for a sibset [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] are too rhyming so maybe [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Carolina[/name_f].

The only two I would say are really popular where I live (US) is [name_u]Alexis[/name_u] and [name_f]Alexia[/name_f]. I don’t know any Carolinas, but I know a lot of Carolines. I have never met nor heard of anyone IRL with the names [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], or [name_f]Elea[/name_f].

As for a sibset with [name_f]Saskia[/name_f], I would probably go with [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and…maybe [name_f]Elea[/name_f]. I’m not loving the similar -ia endings of [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] and [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] as sisters and think [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f]’s endings are also too similar. While [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]/Alexia are nice, they seem like a very different style to [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and while I’m typically not opposed to that, [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]/Alexia feels dated to me, especially when paired with relatively unknown [name_f]Saskia[/name_f] and flowy romantic [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] - though it may not feel dated to you depending on where you live.