Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:45     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Isla is having a surge in popularity, so I think that both young parents and kids will know how to pronounce it (my kids both do) and that it will be one of those names that identifies your child to a very specific birth date range. Take that as you will.

Ella and Nora are both very overdone IMO. Gemma feels like Isla - a fresh/trendy borrowed British baby name.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:41     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Anonymous wrote:If you name her Elanora then you can call her

Elanora
Ella
Elle
Nora

You’ll know who she is when you meet her Voila!


You can do the same with the simpler Eleanor.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:31     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Americans don't know how to pronounce Isla. It is more of a British name.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:29     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Anonymous wrote:We find out the gender this week. Boy name is already decided, but if it's a girl, here's my list.

Isla -how do you pronounce this?
Gemma -love it!
Nora -like it as a nickname and Ella -cool name
Ella
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:17     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
What is confusing about Gemma?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 16:04     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
My daughter is a high school freshman and I cannot keep up with her I friends - Isla, Ilsa, Iila, Isa…..I honestly don’t know who she is hanging out with at anytime other than one of the Is.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:45     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Is it pronounced I-la?
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:45     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
If you name her Elanora then you can call her

Elanora
Ella
Elle
Nora

You’ll know who she is when you meet her Voila!
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:42     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All seem trendy.


Nora is from an Ibsen play…


And Jessica is from Shakespeare.

Do you not understand what trendy means?

https://nameberry.com/b/girl-baby-name-nora

Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:42     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Can it be Jemma instead of Gemma?

Dislike all the other three.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:38     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Nora is nice
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:37     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Anonymous wrote:All seem trendy.


Nora is from an Ibsen play…
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:36     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
All seem trendy.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:32     Subject: Re:Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
These are pretty popular in general right now if that’s your vibe
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 15:25     Subject: Just for fun - your thoughts on my girl name list.
Our dog is Gemma. And I know too many Islas.

Nora and Ella seem fine. Though there are about 10 million Eleanors, and many of them go by Ellie.

So yeah, my top pick would be Nora.