Making a short list

Hey lovelies! I am back again clogging up the forum

My intention for when I fall pregnant, is to have a short list of names to select from, and wait until I meet my baby to actually decide which name will be theirs! I don’t want it to be too long, around 5 names, so that I don’t feel too conflicted when deciding. This is my current girls list(of names I’d actually use for my baby), however, for now, I want to narrow it down to 10. So please tell me your honest opinion on each name, which 10 you would keep from this list, and which ones you’d definitely discard.

[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

Thank you, [name_f]Vera[/name_f].

My ten favorites would have to be

[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]

My least favorites would be

[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]

But this is just my opinion : )
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] you can decide

I love this idea!

My Favorites:

[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there.

Here are my thoughts:

[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]-I’m head over heals for [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], but for some reason don’t care for this one. Either way, [name_f]Addie[/name_f] names are quite over done. Particularly [name_u]Addison[/name_u] & [name_f]Adelyn[/name_f], but this could get lumped in.

[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]-I think that [name_f]Eileen[/name_f] would be charming & refreshing, but this spelling looks a tad off.

[name_u]Alani[/name_u]-I don’t care for this much, but I do like [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] a lot.

[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]-This is pretty neat, actually. I’ve never considered it before. It’s a bit much, but interesting.

[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]-I always have liked this better than [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]. That ‘i’ makes it so much fancier. It’s a bit too long on its own, & I’m not personally into [name_u]Alex[/name_u] or [name_u]Allie[/name_u]. [name_u]Alex[/name_u] is too boyish & [name_u]Allie[/name_u] is kind of dated.

[name_f]Athena[/name_f]-I like [name_f]Althea[/name_f] & [name_f]Anthea[/name_f], but can’t get into [name_f]Athena[/name_f]. It’s a good strong name, but it almost sounds too tough to me.

[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]-That’s just a little too much. And I don’t care for hyphens in names personally. It looks weird, because it’s nota letter. I like [name_f]Briar[/name_f] fine on its own.

[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]-I’ve never been a fan of this. Something about it seems heavy.

[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]-This is a solid classic. I really like the ‘C’. Especially w/the classic smart nn [name_f]Cate[/name_f].

[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]-This is good. It’s strong & feminine, but also sort of fancy.

[name_f]Clover[/name_f]-Very cute. Such a lovely imagery. It’s a simple yet unique floral name.

[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]-Beautiful! Another simple but unique floral name. I think this one grows up better.

[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]-I love the pixie feeling to this, yet it’s still nice & sophisticated enough.

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]-I like this a lot, but I think it will get mistaken for [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]. That could get annoying. The nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is nice.

[name_f]Eve[/name_f]-Hm. See [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

[name_f]Grace[/name_f]-Meh, I just don’t love this name for some reason. It seems sort of snobby for some reason.

[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]-I like [name_f]Dora[/name_f] & I like [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isabella[/name_f], but this always seemed sort of clunky.

[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]-i just don’t personally love the sound of this, but it’s different.

[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]-That’s pretty. I like the simpler sleeker spelling of [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], but either way.

[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]-I adore this. It’s very smart & polished, but always easy to picture on a sweet little girl in an [name_f]Easter[/name_f] dress.

[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]-Not sure why, but I don’t love this one. I like [name_u]Noel[/name_u] on a boy, & this just seems like a forced version of that.

[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]-This is a bit heavy sounding.

[name_f]Olive[/name_f]-Sooo cute. I’m loving this one lately. It’s spunky & old fashioned. And the nn [name_f]Livy[/name_f] is adorable.

[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]-I like this one better as a nn for [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]. It’s a bit too nick-namey on its own.

[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]-I like this a lot. It’s really unique, but not too weird. It’s strong, feminine w/out being too frilly & has a cheery sound.

[name_u]Sage[/name_u]-I don’t hate it, but it just doesn’t have the beautiful of a sound to me.

[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]-This is not my style. It’s a bit much, but not awful.

[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]-Hm. I think people will just get confused that this is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. It sounds a bit harsh.

[name_f]Violet[/name_f]-This is a beautiful classic. It’s getting pretty popular.

[name_f]Willa[/name_f]-This is kind of fun. It has a kind homey feeling. I don’t like [name_u]Willie[/name_u] though, & it may be hard to avoid.

[name_f]Willow[/name_f]-This is seeming sort of trendy, but it’s not bad.

[name_u]Winter[/name_u]-I like it okay as a mn. It’s sort of harsh sounding as a fn in my opinion. I do adore [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] though, which makes it softer.

My top ten are: (in order!)

[name_f]Violet[/name_f]-Although it’s too popular for me personally, but it’s so sweet.

[name_f]Olive[/name_f]

[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]

[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]

[name_f]Eve[/name_f]

[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]

[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]

[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]

[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]

[name_f]Clover[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps. :slight_smile:

So hard to pick I love most of these names!

Discard:
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - too ‘old’ sounding imo
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] - cute with a kid hard for me to see with an adult
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f] - One letter off from [name_f]Angelina[/name_f]'s daughters name --pretty but seems a little too trendy/not wearable to me/pretty but you have better options
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f] - foreseeable pronunciation problems
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] - foreseeable pronunciation problems
[name_f]Willow[/name_f] - prefer [name_f]Willa[/name_f]. This sounds too much like. widow to me (but maybe its just me)

Keep: (sorry couldn’t narrow it down anymore! My favorites are in bold)
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]- One of my favorites on your list. Elegant, gorgeous, strong and not popular definitely keep this one.
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f] - [name_u]Love[/name_u] this name too especially because it is a pretty classic
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] - Along with [name_f]Athena[/name_f] this is your other stand out name to me super pretty and underused. I know a girl with this name and it works wonderfully on her!
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f] - like the unique factor and it’s pretty my only concern is that “[name_u]Owen[/name_u]” is in the name not sure if this bothers you.
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] - very pretty one of my favorite names but it’s starting to get very popular
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] - I love this name along with [name_f]Athena[/name_f] and [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]. [name_u]Unique[/name_u] and beautiful
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] - pretty but fairly common
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] - prefer this to [name_f]Willow[/name_f] and I like this name a lot!
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] - love this name too!

[name_f]Adelina[/name_f] ~ gorgeous!
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f], [name_u]Alani[/name_u], [name_f]Alouette[/name_f] ~ very tied to their place of origin (not a bad thing, just something to consider), but all very pretty
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] ~ nice
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] ~ maybe a little too tied to Greek myth?
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] ~ lovely combo, but feels inseparable from the Disney [name_f]Princess[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] ~ Not really my style, but I still think they are all beautiful choices.
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] ~ timelessly elegant
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f] ~ not a fan
[name_f]Clover[/name_f] ~ really feels more like a pet name to me
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] ~ All three are absolutely lovely!
[name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] ~ meh
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] ~ both pretty
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] ~ I prefer [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], personally; [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] feels a tad excessive to me. But a great name, nonetheless.
[name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Willa[/name_f] ~ all nice vintage picks
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] ~ Maybe as a nickname? This one just feels a little too cutesy to me to age super well…
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f] ~ [name_u]LOVE[/name_u]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u], [name_f]Willow[/name_f] ~ both definitely cute
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u] ~ not a fan of either, tbh
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f] ~ unique, may cause spelling and pronunciation issues for a lot of English speakers

My top 10 of your list:
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Noelle[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] ([name_f]Juliet[/name_f]), [name_f]Romilly[/name_f], [name_u]Sage[/name_u]

The ones I’d discard:
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], [name_f]Clover[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Sahara[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u]

My favourite 10:

[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]

I’d cross off:

[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]

This is a lovely list of names!

These are my favourites:
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]

Great middle name options:
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

Not a fan:
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]

I would keep

[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] (definitely my favourite from your list)
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] ([name_f]Lovely[/name_f], though I would prefer it as two separate names)
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (not exactly my favourite, but i love the nns it has)
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] (though I prefer the [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] spelling)
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

Top 10:

[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

I also like:
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]

Lose:
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]

My top ten (in no particular order):

[name_f]Violet[/name_f] - an absolute favorite, although very popular
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] - so cute and perfectly respectable in my mind since we have [name_f]Summers[/name_f] and Autumns
[name_f]Willow[/name_f] - beautiful and more complete to my ears than [name_f]Willa[/name_f], but they are both lovely
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] - so cool. I love [name_u]Cass[/name_u] as a nn but really dislike [name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] - I love [name_f]Eve[/name_f]. I prefer it as a nickname for [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] it [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] but it can definitely stand alone. It’s so beautiful, strong, and definitely whimsical
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] - another favorite. Can’t go wrong
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] - simple and lovely
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] - I love this but it will get confused with [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f] - I have this one my long list. It feels like a guilty pleasure but it is oh so cute
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f] - this is pretty cool. I’d like to see more Romillys

These ones I like but don’t love:

[name_u]Sage[/name_u] - actually I really like [name_u]Sage[/name_u] but it’s kind of short and I like having nicknames but Sagey seems kind of off. I like it as a middle name
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] - same as [name_f]Clover[/name_f], I just like Cliver better
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] - super cute but kind of incomplete seeming, more like a nickname
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f] - I used to love [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] until I found out it was pronounced e-LOW-en instead of [name_f]EL[/name_f]-ow-en
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f] - cute, but a mouthful, and very close to the [name_f]Adelyn[/name_f]/[name_u]Addison[/name_u] camp
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] - I like [name_f]Briar[/name_f] and I love [name_f]Rose[/name_f] but not together as a hyphenated name
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] - is really awesome but is such a mouthful that it will almost definitely get shortened and I dislike anything it could be shortened to
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] - this is actually really beautiful but it’s just not my personal taste and I’m never sure which way to pronounce it
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] - it’s cute but just okay
[name_f]Grace[/name_f] - it’s nice but too common, and people always mistakenly called me [name_f]Grace[/name_f] growing up so I didn’t like that lol
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] - it is very cute but seems incomplete to me and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]/[name_f]Liv[/name_f] is so common
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f] - intriguing but I am never sure of pronunciation even though I have heard and seen it before

My discards:

[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] - this is my favorite spelling of this name, but I still just don’t like it. It sounds very harsh to me. [name_f]Cate[/name_f]/[name_f]Catie[/name_f] is very cute but too common for my taste (because of all the [name_f]Katie[/name_f], [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f], etc)
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] - It’s really pretty but I feel uncomfortable with the backstory of the goddess [name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f] - too fancy for me
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] - just don’t like it or any of the nicknames except maybe [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] - I don’t like any of the [name_u]Jess[/name_u] names
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - just too much for me
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f] - not my style
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f] - not my style and the pronunciation isn’t obvious
[name_u]Alani[/name_u] - same as last
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f] - same as last

Such a good name list! The ones I like most are:

[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]

Keep:
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]

Discard:
[name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_u]Alani[/name_u]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Sahara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]