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Desperately need your help! Girls name

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 13:53

Hello everyone I've only six weeks to go and we really need to find a girls name. If you could help and give suggestions of others you like similar to this it would be great. Our names are:
Genevieve
Tessa
Sasha
Thanks for helping.

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MrsHathaway · 08/06/2015 14:04

I like Genevieve best of those three. Have you considered something longer to give the others, eg Alexandra for Sasha?

Christobel
Marianne
Harriet
Susannah
Lucy
Natasha
Helena

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 14:17

Thanks mrsHathaway not that keen on Alexandra but also like Marianne Thanks.

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FATEdestiny · 08/06/2015 14:52

Meredith
Felicity

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 15:02

Tessa would be my choice.... Tessa Genevieve would be beautiful!

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 15:14

I had considered that Januaryjuniper

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MamaLazarou · 08/06/2015 16:15

Everyone will mispronounce Genevieve.

Marianne and Natasha are beautiful.

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MitzyLeFrouf · 08/06/2015 16:23

I love Sasha.

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BlueChampagne · 08/06/2015 16:23

I like Genevieve best too, and I'm sure some people will be able to pronounce it, especially those familiar with the film.

Corinna
Fiona
Rosanne/a
Helena

Second Meredith

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BlueChampagne · 08/06/2015 16:24

Francesca?

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MrsHathaway · 08/06/2015 16:47

How do mispronounce Genevieve Confused ?

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 16:49

Blue champagne - Francesca is a lovely name but a friend has just named her baby that.

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SylvaniansAtEase · 08/06/2015 17:18

Verity
Melissa
Vanessa

I've never heard anyone have a problem with pronouncing Genevieve! I know two and they are both Vivi for short, which is lovely.

Tessa also lovely too, how about Theresa for the full name?

Sasha I'd avoid, it's a boy's name which seemed to have a spurt of popularity as a girl's name in the 70s-80s. Nice, but says boy to me!

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Zzzsnatcher · 08/06/2015 17:29

Sasha's great!

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FatSwan · 08/06/2015 17:42

I love Tessa Genevieve!

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fionadal · 08/06/2015 19:12

Both Tessa and Genevieve are lovely. Don't think you'd go wrong with either.

However, most 3-syllable names seem to get shortened in the playground, so you may have to accept that Genevieve would not always be called by her full name and think of a shortening you like.

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sweetpeame · 08/06/2015 19:16

Genevieve or Tessa, not crazy about Sasha and it definitely sounds more like a nn than a full name. Also in many countries Sasha is a mans name so that slightly puts me off it also.

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mrstweefromtweesville · 08/06/2015 19:17

Genevieve, nice-ish.

How about Tabitha, or Alicia, as you like the 'a' sounds?

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 19:34

I think you are all possibly right with Sacha - it was on our boys list and but removed as we feared too girly. Either way I think it takes one out of the equation.

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PontyGirl · 08/06/2015 19:36

Tessa is lovely

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MrsSeanBean · 08/06/2015 19:39

Ophelia
Cecilia
Tara
Guinevere

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 20:28

Mrsseanbean I like Cecelia ??

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Rose58 · 08/06/2015 21:43

Sasha is beautiful!
Lucy
Sophia
Esme

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DampAndRotten · 08/06/2015 21:57

Tessa Genevieve would be my pick.

Do you like Gennie? Of not then I wouldn't use Genevieve as a first name (personally I think Gennie/Jenny is great)

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CakeRattleandRoll · 09/06/2015 09:28

Love Genevieve, nn Genny.

Josephine nn Josie
Saskia
Cassia (pronounced KA-sha)
Vanessa

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timelyreminder · 09/06/2015 10:09

Tessa is quite nice but I'd want to use a longer version too and am not keen on Theresa. Genevieve with Eve or Evie for short is nice. Not keen on Sasha.

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