Naomi? (and a couple of other possibilities!)

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Helzapoppin · 28/01/2011 08:46

We are still musing on girl's names. DH has ruled out Rafaella ('to frilly') and Constance (a fat girl's name').

Just wondering what people think of Naomi? I love the name but only know of older Naomis. Also, all of the Naomi's I know are all Jewish (and/or American). Could we get away with it, given we are not Jewish? Middle name would be Hope.

Already have a DD called Arabel.

Other possibilities at the moment are Beatrice, Honor, Iolanthe and DH likes Liesl.

We are still clearly in the early stages of project babyname!

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Helzapoppin · 28/01/2011 10:15

Thanks for the thoughts! Iolanthe sounds like a widdowed aunt from Jeeves and Worcester doesn't it?!

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zozzle · 28/01/2011 10:13

Lovely!

AllieW · 28/01/2011 09:56

My friend's baby girl (5 mths) is called Naomi. I think it's lovely, provided there's not too much emphasis on the o as some people are wont to do (I like the pronunciation where all 3 syllables have roughly equal weight).

Bideyin · 28/01/2011 09:54

Naomi spelt backwards is I moan :)

growing3rdbump · 28/01/2011 09:51

Naomi is beautiful! I would definitely use it for DC3 if I didn't already have daughter with N name which can sometimes sound similar.
Naomi Hope sounds super too.

EauRouge · 28/01/2011 09:48

Naomi was one of my first choices but DH didn't like it. Beatrice is nice too, Honor is OK, not too keen on the others though.

fragglerocks · 28/01/2011 09:45

I love Naomi Hope, I think it's beautiful. I would love to use this but I can't.

Beatrice would be my second favourite (it's on my shortlist!)

Wigeon · 28/01/2011 09:02

Wouldn't assume a Naomi was Jewish necessarily. Like it! Goes with Arabel.

Liesl - sounds like Sound of Music.

Iolanthe - nightmare to spell and people also won't know how to pronounce.

Beatrice - quite nice. Definitely second after Naomi.

Honor - don't really like names which are words (ok, spelt differently).

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