Please help us choose a girl name from our top 3!

TwizzyG · April 2014

My husband and I are expecting a baby girl in July and we are stuck between our top 3 names.

The names are:
Zofia (after DH's Polish grandmother) and we would call her Zoey.
Genevieve and we would call her Genna.
Cora (and we would call her....Cora)

I love all 3, and we had originally intended to use Zofia for sure, but it seems like everyone is naming their kid Sophia (or some version of it) and it is ranked #1 right now. I definitely don't like that it's so close to the most popular name in America right now, but maybe it's different enough to get away with it?

Please share your thoughts and favorite of the 3! Thank you!

Helenahhandbasket · April 2014

Genevieve!

nittanyllama · April 2014

I can't get behind Zofia. Even if it is legit, which is sound like it is, I think it will sound made up to people or like you're trying to "unique-ify" Sophia. I would like Zoe.

My vote goes to Cora I guess.

jburdet1 · April 2014

I voted Cora.

I agree with PP about Zofia seeming like a unique version of the overdone Sophia/Sofia.

I think Genevieve is so pretty on paper but sounds awful in real life. There is a little girl at story time with this name and hearing it out loud is like nails on a chalk board for me. It is a very hard name to wear.

Pepper6 · April 2014

I vote for Cora, mostly because I love that name, but couldn't get DH on board with it for DD.

lifeonthehill · April 2014

Cora! I love it.

mkbland · April 2014

I voted Cora but all three of them are great. You can't go wrong.

FakeFinn · April 2014

Cora! Zofia and Genevieve are lovely, but I'm not a fan of the nns.

Jennifer2008 · April 2014

Genevieve (Genna) by a mile! Soooo pretty!

poppins123 · April 2014

Another vote for Cora.

I like Zophia but agree that it will be unfairly lumped in with the Sophias.

Don't mind Genevieve but prefer other NN from it.

tahloulah10 · April 2014

Genevieve is a beautiful name.

TwizzyG · April 2014

Thank you all so much for your input! I appreciate the advice!

Jags8 · April 2014

Love Genevieve, Genna is terrible.

Ineedmorecoffee · April 2014

Zophia does look like the trying-to-be-different version o Sophia. I would middle name it since Sophia is soooo popular right now. I love Cora. It's so sweet, spunky and underused! Cora Zophia is beautiful

Sarafar4 · April 2014

I like all three names, but I like Cora the best!

DIY7 · April 2014

Love all three names! My vote goes to Zofia, but with the nn Zosia, so precious, followed by Cora. Zosia (nn) /Zofia is one of the prettiest Polish names ever.