Baby girl name, Getting frustrated now!

[rubetube]

Hi,

We are having a girl and had agreed on Ellie-Mai. But now DH has decided he wants a christian name, at least in the meaning.

Help! All the ones I have seen so far are so ..... average.

Thanks

[displayuntilbestbefore]

Ruth? Don't hear of many new babies called Ruth.

[thisisyesterday]

you could use Elisha or Elizabeth and then shorten to Ellie?

[Cies]

Eleanor
Helena
Eliza
Elisa
Elizabeth

[MJValentine]

My little girl is Mary-Jane. I love it and to date I've not come across another ;o)

[GladioliBuckets]

Do you mean a 'Sunday Best' name or a Biblical name?

Elena (Elaine-a) / Elinor / Elyssia May (Ellie)
Alyssa/Alexia/Alicia/Allegra/Alexandra (Allie)

[rubetube]

Biblical name

[debaronz]

Abigail
Angela
Bethany
Chloe
Delilah
Diana
Esther
Jemima
Joanna
Julia
Lydia
Miriam

[GladioliBuckets]

Christina!

[padraig]

Isobel (the Spanish version of Elizabeth)
Theresa (Tessa for short)

Those are two names I like.

[mathanxiety]

I love Dinah, Ruth, Tabitha, Elizabeth, Keziah or Cassia, and Eva or Aoife.

[Whelk]

I love Rachel, Leah and Martha of the Biblical names

[mathanxiety]

Also Beatrice, meaning blessed voyager.

[dizzydixies]

MJValentine - I know one

[KAEKAE]

Mary Jane? Oh dear! lmao.

[dizzydixies]

really KaeKae?

polite to laugh your arse off at someone's DD's name

nice

[rubetube]

I quite like mary-jane. Its sweet

[MartinlovesDebi]

Ugh, Kaekae - that's a new low on baby name threads.

[hairymelons]

Jeez, Kaekae. We need a [sharp intake of breath] emoticon for that one! FWIW, I think it's lovely.
Have just discovered am having a boy so you can have my most beloved biblical name- Miriam. It's so pretty and unusual too.
There are a million versions of Elizabeth or Mary if you want something more classic. I think Mary by itself is really sweet- shame it's been adopted as a pet name for female genitals!

[padraig]

Miriam is a rather unpleasant name tbh.

[SillyTillyBilly]

I think Miriam is a gorgeous name - classic, underused with cute nns

[GladioliBuckets]

Maybe Kaekae has an unhealthy obsession with herbs.

[PandaEis]

how about elouise with ellie for short and you could have mai as a middle name. call her elouise mai for the birth certificate and ellie mai for normal use

[Magaly]

Ruth is a hundred times more distinguished than Ellie-Mai.

No offense to mums of Ellies, and I like it if it is say short for Eloise or Eliza. But the combo of Ellie and Mai/Mae is a little tired.

Ruth is beautiful. I also like Naomi, Lydia, Susannah
and Rachel.

Christabel with Christa for short is beautiful too and I don't think Christabel would be chosen outside of Christian communities so in that respect I guess it's a Christian name. Christian as opposed to bible.

[mistressploppy]

I'm a Miriam (I'm in my early 30s) and my big sister is Ruth!

Good solid names, IMO

[bellissima]

Agree with Magaly (despite having an Eleanor myself!) that the combination of Ellie and Rose/Grace/May/Mae will look very dated.

Whereas Mary Jane is lovely. I know of one Mary and it's a lovely sounding name and far more unusual than the similar May/Maya/Mia. And Mary certainly biblical!