Which of these 5 girl names do you like?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the feedback. It's not an especially exciting list, but we're not an especially exciting couple - he he. Might just have to pick a name out of a hat...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Laurel. But the only Laurel I knew had a difficult time always correcting people when she introduced herself. Sounds so much like Laura. But maybe kids aren't named Laura anymore, so it wouldn't matter. I have a similar name (sounds like a popular name, but isn't), and not only do I often have to correct people when they think my name is "Laura," but people often remember it wrong, so people who I am positive KNOW my name, will later call me "Laura." Then I have to correct them all over again. It sometimes feeds into my social insecurities, makes me feel like I'm so insignificant that people don't bother to remember my name correctly.

Eh, I am a Shannon and people I just meet constantly say Sharon. It doesn't bother me all that much.

No, not a lot of little American Laura's, although nameberry claims it has become a popular name in several other countries. It means Laurel, though. Weird.

Anyways, I'm rooting for Laurel mostly because I can't get it past my husband (he won't give me a reason why) and I think it is a lovely name that has been used on two shows I have watched recently (The Lying Game and Arrow).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saying Laurel out loud is awkward.

Not to mention people who pronounce it "Lore-el". My neighbor does that. She works in "Lore-el".

[Anonymous]

Evelyn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saying Laurel out loud is awkward.

Not to mention people who pronounce it "Lore-el". My neighbor does that. She works in "Lore-el".

It's pronounced Lore-el when I say it. (I also pronounce "marry", "Mary", and "merry" the same.)

[Anonymous]

Laurel the best.
Then Evelyn or Brooke.
Can't throw a rock around here without hitting a Charlotte or an Isabel.

[Anonymous]

Love them all! Sorry I'm no help. =D

[Anonymous]

Laurel, Brooke.... Ivy Holly Rose? Are we in a garden? Jokes aside, like them both. Isabel and Charlotte are dated to the aughts. Brooke is dated to the 80s, but it is still a classic.

[Anonymous]

Evelyn and Isabelle are overdone but the other 3 are lovely!

[Anonymous]

To those saying Charlotte and/or Evelyn are "dated"... I think there's a difference between "dated" and "classic", and I think those names are the latter. Both have been widely recognized and used as names for generations (or according to my research, centuries -- since the 1800s), so they seem timeless rather than firmly associated with one decade or another, which is how I define something as "dated".