ukfirestorm's baby name shortlist help me pick from our secret seven!

[ukfirestorm]

Here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think.

Girls
Alice
Annabelle
Elodie
Mirabelle
Miri
Rosalie
Tansy

[MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot]

I love Elodie

Don't like Alice (dull), Mirabelle (too much like a ski resort), Miri (nickname), Rosealie (dated and not in a good way) or Tansy (tansy??)

Annabelle is a doll :)


...so there you go, problem solved - Elodie it is

[ukfirestorm]

thanks

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Love Alice.

[NowPlayingZone]

Definitely Elodie. It's beautiful.

Don't like any of the others at all.

[Hassled]

Mirabelle sounds like a doll.
Tansy sounds like a dog.
Miri sounds like software.
Alice, Annabelle, Elodie and Rosalie are all lovely.

[ukfirestorm]

Yipes

[amck5700]

Rosalie or Alice for me.

[BlueChampagne]

Miri, short for Miranda. MN Tansy. Like Elodie burnt quite popular now (depends if that bothers you).

[mathanxiety]

I like them all but Elodie sounds a little like Melody missing the M.

Mirabelle with Miri as a NN would be very nice.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Really like Mirabelle. don't like Tansy (though do like Tamsin). Eloise is a name I have only come across on Mumsnet, where it is ragingly popular when discussed but I don't know if anyone actually uses it.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Eloise? See, autocorrect doesn't know Elodie either!

[JaneLane]

Alice - lovely classic name
Annabelle - prefer spelt Annabel
Elodie - like a lot but not a huge fan of Ellie
Mirabelle - not very keen
Miri - feels like only half a name
Rosalie - lovely
Tansy - again doesn't feel like a full name, could be short for Anastasia?

[lottiegarbanzo]

Also, prefer Rosalind to Rosalie.

[ukfirestorm]

mirabelle and elodie are our front runners alice as a middle name, so
Mirabelle Alice? or
Elodie Alice?

[SoftSheen]

Either Alice or Annabelle (prefer Annabel spelling).

Rosalie is OK.

Elodie is quite nice but will date IMO.

Mirabelle, Miri and Tansy don't sound like proper names to me.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Well I'd go for Mirabelle Alice as the ls flow together nicely but with Elodie Alice, you have to insert a pause between the two vowel sounds.

[pixiestix]

Elodie Alice

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

Either Elodie or Mirabelle would be pretty I prefer Elodie with or without Alice as a second name... of course if you had Alice as a 3rd name eg Elodie Miri Alice it would be be perfect

[ukfirestorm]

would mirabelle be too easily mispelt?

[cece]

Alice is by far the nicest imo.

At a push Elodie. The rest aren't really my cup of tea.

[NoRoomForMeInMyBed]

My DD is Mirabella nn Mimi, she is gorgeous and we love love love her name. I have never come across another one (except bryan Adams daughter)

[thegreylady]

I like all except Miri which could be nn for Mirabelle if you liked.
Tansy is beautiful-how nice to have a flower name beyond Daisy/Poppy/Rose/Lily [which are all lovely]
Elodie Alice sounds good too.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Mirabelle could be Mirabel couldn't it? Just as there are Isabelle and Isabel.

Mirabel is an airport in Montreal but I don't think that should bother anyone. The name means wonderous, which is pretty fab!

I like a whole set of M names; Miriam, Marianne, Mirabelle and also like alternative 'bel' names e.g. Christabel, now that Isabel, which I have loved for years, has become so popular, so I really do like Mirabelle!

[exoticfruits]

Alice