I thought we'd narrowed it down...but..what about...

ncbelle · November 2010

Cordelia?? Ciara?? Evelyn??

I thought we'd be picking between our top two choices for girls from last time but DH doesn't care for his pick as much this time and isn't sold on mine (Saoirse). He really like Evelyn at the moment but I'm not sold; there's also an Evie in the playgroup we go to which seems a bit odd (although I know that's sort of silly!).

Thoughts?

ncbelle · November 2010

That's definitely another concern with Evelyn - my preference is for less popular (but not made up!) names ;-)

We like Delia as a possible nickname for Cordelia as well.

elyshaswedding · November 2010

Cordelia is one of my absolute favorite names. I also really love Evelyn, which does seem to be gaining in popularity, but isn't Top 10, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Ciara doesn't do it for me, even though it's a perfectly nice name.

anna7602 · November 2010

I want to make another push for Saoirse. I really love that name but there is no possible way we could use it given our Cuban-Russian-Jewish ancestry. I love it so much, I may push for it to be one of those "hidden gem" middle names one day.

That said, of your choices, I like Cordelia the best. Evelyn seems to be getting very popular around me, so it just doesn't sound the same anymore now that I know several little girls with this name. Ciara isn't nearly as interesting as Saoirse or Cordelia.

JaneG2011 · November 2010

Cordelia makes me think of snoop dog. I think he has a kid named that. If it had a cute nickname it would work.

kiwi443 · November 2010

I like Cordelia the best. Ciara is nms at all.

Also, you have a pm .

sunnyday016 · November 2010

I like Cordelia and I love the nn Delia. Evelyn and Ciara are nms.

ncbelle · November 2010

LOL Snoop Dog - who'd have thought?!?

Anna - I still really like Saoirse too. For some reason, DH suddenly declared he didn't want something so Irish sounding. It's still on the list though!

Kiwi - PMed ya back!

I suppose I should have also asked if two C names are too matchy matchy (kiddo is Callum).

scoutkate · November 2010

LOVE Cordelia/Delia. I don't think the two C names are too matchy, especially if you call her by a nn.

Evelyn seems to be getting very popular these days (although I do really like it), and Ciara is NMS.

Becky262 · November 2010

I love the name Cordelia! And Evelyn is on our short list as well, no nn just Evelyn

The only Ciara I know is BSC, plus I hate that spelling

And Saoirse = wtf. Sounds like a villain's name from Lord of the Rings

rsquaredr · November 2010

I love Evelyn. I wouldn't worry about a name being too popular. If DH and I love a name, we're going to use it.

12bailey18 · November 2010

Hate Cordelia, dislike Ciara, and love Evelyn!

HAFranklin · November 2010

JaneG2011:
Cordelia makes me think of snoop dog. I think he has a kid named that. If it had a cute nickname it would work.

Actually, his name is Cordozar and his kids are Cordell, Corde, and Cori. WHY I know this, I am not sure... Oh, thats right, because I'm a name nerd, and always commit trainwrecks like this to memory. lol

I really like Evelyn, but I agree that it is becoming popular. My second choice is Cordelia.

LMS05 · November 2010

I like Evelyn. Cordelia and Ciara are NMS.

alohamora · November 2010

I love both Evelyn and Cordelia, and love the nn Delia.

ncbelle · November 2010

Becky262:
And Saoirse = wtf. Sounds like a villain's name from Lord of the Rings

LOL - nope, it's a pretty popular Irish name ;-)

citychicks · November 2010

Mrs*MichelleB:

I LOVE Cordelia.

Evelyn is great and has many nn's associated with it. However, it has been on a rise through the charts the past few years. Ciara is meh.... just that... bland to me.

All of this. I love Cordelia! And Evelyn is just plain pretty.