What's wrong with this name? Your opinions pls ladies :)

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I love both names, we had Isabelle on our list and i liked Sienna but a friend named her daughter that.. who cares if it's popular.
DD1's name was the only 1 we chose, turns out it ended up being the most popular name at the time and we had no idea!

[~Hestia~]

I don't think there is anything wrong with Sienna. They're both beautiful names.

[sasha]

You know the bizarre thing is, even if you choose a name that you think is fairly unusual, often loads of other parents think the same thing at the same time, so you end up with the child having loads of classmates with the same name anyway! My parents insist that there were very few Rebeccas around when I was born and yet it's a very common name for women my age!! I like both Sienna and Isabelle, the other thing to think about is how happy you are with an abbreviated version - play around with it and decide if it's going to grate on you if her schoolfriends call her "See" or "Izzy" or whatever.

Whatever you name your baby, she will grow into her name, and even people who might have had some objections will get used to it

[Tiff+2]

When I was preg with DD#2 we decided not to discuss out names with anyone as when I was preg with #1 EVERYONE had an opinion! They ask what names you've then just blurt out what they think without any tact..... Were they asked their opinion... NO! People need to see it's not their place to say anything at all unless asked!

Both names you have picked are beautiful! I know a Sienna and she is just beautiful!!! She has the most beautiful blue eyes, blonde curly hair and has a gorgeous temprament (sp?). Do not listen to anyone apart from your DH and yourself!

GL with everything!

[Cherished]

it is a fad name but who cares! I think it's pretty

[Twin Sister]

I like both names, they are both really pretty. Isabelle is rather popular here atm, but I've only met one sienna.

Um...what's a Bogan? I'v never heard that before?

[Floweryfields]

Urban dictionary:
Bogan
Australian term used to describe members of society that are a combination of what the Yanks call Rednecks, Jocks and Trailer Park Trash. most likely found wearing mockies, flanalette shirts and consuming VB (bad Aussie beer). Large amount of bogans can be found living in The Borough, Bendigo, Aust.
"check out the bogans in that pos commodore
Think Kath and Kim and you'd be on the right track.

[Miss E]

I think it is what you think that counts! If you love it, I love it too!

[*Sparklez*]

hun my neices name is sienna and i like it alot if she wasnt here i was thinking of that for my daughters name.. n by the way i am coping the same thing over my baby name too no one likes it so bad luk everyone ur the one living with it and having to call her for the next 18 yrs O)

[Babyluv]

Thanks girls
Feeling much better about our choices xo

[Calluna]

Babyluv- I'm glad your feeling better

hun my neices name is sienna and i like it alot if she wasnt here i was thinking of that for my daughters name.. n by the way i am coping the same thing over my baby name too no one likes it so bad luk everyone ur the one living with it and having to call her for the next 18 yrs O)

I'm guessing her name will be Amali? I think it's beautiful. Might have to borrow it if I ever have a girl if that's ok of course?

[*Sparklez*]

lol @ heva&zacky its funny you said that lol a lady at the hospital asked me what im naming my daughter and i told her and went into the nurses and came back out and she suprised me and said she told her hubby the name and their naming their daughter amali too lmaoo i dont mind but if it was a really close friend or relative i would have to do damage lol so yed its a free name lol

[MummaSue]

This is the reason why I refused to get into dialogue about names when I was pregnant. We didn't share the name with anyone because we quite frankly didn't care what people thought.

Sienna is a gorgeous name, you go with whatever name you want!

People will have negative opinions whatever name you choose!! There is always someone who'll tell you what they think!
Sue xxx

[Calluna]

Hehe, Yay!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i love the name Sienna and prefer it over Isabelle

[BrightSparkles]

I LOVE the name. I wanted this name but DH was dead set against it. I say go for it!!

[Roryrory]

Babyluv personally I don't ind either name although both are quite popular now so your daughter might have a few Siennas in her class (That said my second is an Oliver- common as muck these days).

Just out of interest, the authors of "Freakonomics" suggest that names become "boganised" over time:

In Freakonomics, the authors answer that question by stating that, based on their statistical examination of data, names move through the population from a higher socioeconomic level to a lower level. Levitt and Dubner found "a clear pattern at play: once a name catches on among high-income, highly-educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder." When the name is adopted "en masse," then "high-end parents begin to abandon it," and the whole cycle repeats itself with a new batch of names.

This site is tracking their predictions in the US : freakonomicswatch