I'm really struggling with names

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

Hi, I'm pregnant with a little girl and I would like a name for her, before she's born. I've thought of a few, but nothing seems quite right.

Can anyone offer some name advice?

[user703749]

I'm also looking for girl names, a few of my favs are:
Amelia
Lily
Willow
if you like girly names
Charlotte (nn lottie?)
Lilianna/Lilian
Alicia
for longer names
hope they help

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

Thanks for your suggestions. I do like unusual names. I don't like Charlotte, but I do like Charlie and Lottie. Haha.

Lily will be her middle name.

The ones on my shortlist are:

Atheni
Eleni
Helena
Louisa

[RiverTam]

Eleni is lovely.

My favourite girls name is Marianne.

[KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes]

I think names like Miriam and Anna are due a comeback.

Pamela is another one.

[LotsOfDots]

There's a whole baby names section OP, which will probably generate more replies. If you report your thread to MNHQ they'll move it for you! Congratulations btw.

[user703749]

some really pretty unusual names I like are
Isla
marnie
gwen
leia

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

@ lotsofdots Thank you. I've reported to ask them to move it. I'm sorry, I'm new to these sorts of places!

I don't mind Anna and it was originally on my list, but my partner's late sister is called that and I just don't feel quite right using it.

I do like Leia, too. I'm not sure if I'd be brave enough to use it though.

[LotsOfDots]

No need to apologise! The baby name topic is s busy one so you should get plenty of ideas there.

[Dogsmom]

When you're trying out names say them aloud with the middle name, quite a few of the ones you like don't work well with Lily.

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

None of them actually sound too good with Lily.

[wobblywonderwoman]

I bought a book and crossed out definite no names then worked my way through. Of you could print off a list online

Suggestions

Penelope
Eloise
Olivia

[Tutuloves]

I love Scarlett Lily or Orla Lily.

[strawberrypenguin]

I've got boys so never used any of our shortlisted girl names but I like
Phoebe
Amber
Cordelia

[KatherineMumsnet]

We're just going to move this over to baby names.

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Sophia Lily
Georgia Lily
Teresa Lily
Sara Lily
Zara Lily
Freesia Lily
Jessica Lily

[TownMouseCuntMouse]

OP, if you like Eleni, what about Eleri? It's a Welsh girl's name pronounced ell-AIR-ee (stress on second syllable). I'm Welsh but dislike most Welsh names - Eleri was one of the few I considered for my DDs.

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

It's funny you should suggest Eleri, actually, as a friend has a little girl called that. You can guess that she likes Eleni as a choice too! I really like Eleni, but I'm not sure if it's too 'out there'.

I like Freesia, that's quite nice. But I could see people getting the pronunciation wrong, what do you think? I couldn't use Sophia.

I do like Phoebe and was considering it for my list, but I'm really indecisive. Amber was on the list with my first, but I went off it big time after I met a nasty person with the name.

[user1471501988]

If you like Phoebe and Amber, do you like Hebe, rather unusual, and Ebony.
Also Elspeth, Maisie, Lyra or maybe, Eden.

[chocoLit]

What about Arianna if you like Anna but don't feel right using it?
or Sylvanna nn Sylvie

[BikeRunSki]

I really like selenium, but it's a bit of a mouthful in combination with Lily.

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

Hebe, I'm not actually sure about that one. It does look quite cool, but not sure if my little girl will pull it off. I do like Maisie, but not sure if it's too common.

Sorry, choco, neither of those are my style.

It's hard work naming babies.

[WankersHacksandThieves]

Amarys/Amaris
Loni
Melody
Liberty

[user1471501988]

Maybe, Heidi, Tess, Clover, Rena, Caroline, Josie or Rosalie.

[TurtlesAreAwesome]

Sorry to the last 2 posters, none of those suggestions are really my cup of tea. I like something with quite a soft sound, but a serious name.

I've added Freesia and Phoebe to my list

What do people think of Athena? Everyone I've suggested it to seems to hate it, so I ended up just putting my original idea (Atheni) on the list.

If I was going to choose a 1st middle name for a name with an 'ee' sound at the end, what would you suggest?

[user1471501988]

Well, I think Phoebe Athena works well, or Freesia Elouise perhaps.