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Jw35 · 21/02/2016 15:17

I don't know if I'm having a boy or girl yet. Boys name will be Alex. I have 2 girls called lily and Eve and cannot find the 'right' girls name. It's driving me crazy!

Names I've considered

Emilia
Amelia
Amelie
Eleanor (sisters name)
Ella
Robyn

Thing is none of them feel right! The Emilia names feel too 'pretty' but not special enough and Eleanor has the nn Ellie which is confusing with Lily. My other favourite name is Hazel but it's Eves middle name and I don't want to reuse it!

I really want a timeless, classic, beautiful name (possibly short without many nn potentials) that doesn't have a masculine short version (so not Alexandra for example). It needs to go with my other names without being too similar. Grace seems ideal but I'm not keen! Ideas?

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LettuceLaughton · 21/02/2016 15:20

Fay
Iris
May
Rose
Ada

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SquadGoals · 21/02/2016 15:21

Tess
Juliet
Helena
Rose

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LettuceLaughton · 21/02/2016 15:23

Tess is a great name.

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ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 21/02/2016 15:25

Hannah
May
Connie
Brionny

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ppandj · 21/02/2016 15:26

Iris
Rose
Isabel

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beadyboo · 21/02/2016 15:29

Anna
Never very fashionable, but quite classic and easily recognised.

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CakeRattleandRoll · 21/02/2016 15:32

Joy
Amy
Lara
Lorna
Rachel
Nancy
Zoe

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QueenLaBeefah · 21/02/2016 15:36

Elizabeth

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Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 21/02/2016 15:41

Love Connie

Kitty
Tara
Greta
Bess
Clara
Emma
Rosie
Jenna

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Themodernuriahheep · 21/02/2016 15:43

Alice
Celia
Megan
Caroline
Hannah

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SelfRaisingFlour · 21/02/2016 15:55

Julia or Juliet
Lydia
Charlotte
Louise or Louisa
Eloise
Amy

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justlikeastar · 21/02/2016 15:58

Lily, Eve and Isobel
Lily, Eve and Hannah
Lily, Eve and Lauren
Lily, Eve and Louisa
Lily, Eve and Georgia
Lily, Eve and Kate
Lily, Eve and Marie/a

I actually really like Eleanor and think it goes beautifully with your other two names. She doesn't have to be Ellie - I know 3 Eleanors, one is Ellie and the other two are strictly Eleanor.

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Jw35 · 21/02/2016 16:16

Thanks everyone some lovely suggestions! Like Anna but it was my mothers name (should be a nice thing but she changed it to Hannah due to difficult childhood)!

I like Eleanor too and was considering using Ella as a nn. Not keen on Norah or Nellie

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Dogadviceneeded · 21/02/2016 16:46

Ellen
Alice
Laura
Sophia
Zara
Clara

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leoniethelioness · 21/02/2016 18:20

Lily, Eve & Grace
Lily, Eve & Rose
Lily, Eve & Ruby
Lily, Eve & Zoe
Lily, Eve & Amy

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Ham69 · 21/02/2016 21:18

Charlotte
Hannah
Emily
Zoe
Alice
Annabel

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 21/02/2016 21:31

Catherine
Isobel
Elizabeth
Hannah
Georgina
Rose

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chuckieegg2008 · 21/02/2016 21:51

Alice
Lena
Isobel
Rosa
Rose
Sophia
Elizabeth
Ivy
Iris
Lilian

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3luckystars · 21/02/2016 22:17

Do you like Caroline or Catherine?

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Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 21/02/2016 22:30

Thinking the a ending seem best rather than another ie sound or e ending

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FennyBridges · 21/02/2016 22:36

Sarah?

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crapfatbanana · 21/02/2016 23:04

Robyn is lovely.

Lily, Eve and Susannah (doesn't fit your requirements I know)
Lily, Eve and Maude
Lily, Eve and Honor
Lily, Eve and Martha
Lily, Eve and Lorna
Lily, Eve and Jane
Lily, Eve and Claire

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Squashybanana · 21/02/2016 23:06

Zoe. Timeless, short, no obvious nicknames, lovely for a wee girl or a grown up.

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calzone · 21/02/2016 23:08

Anna

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BertrandRussell · 21/02/2016 23:09

Rose.

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