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NO Girls Name 2 weeks to go...

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sparklingsky · 05/04/2011 10:06

Two weeks to go and still no girls name. Have an Isabella. Don't want anything in the top 50 (made that mistake before). Would like something a bit unusual. Have a common traditional surname. Dh is wary of anything too 'hippy' or 'ethinic' but I am more open. I really like Priya/Pria. And yes I do like pretty pretty names.

Aargh!! Why is it sooo hard? Everyone here seems so good at listing lots of names. DH has a list of three and I'm not keen on any of them...

Please help!

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sparklingsky · 06/04/2011 20:35

Thanks thereisalight I had the same problem with DS1 - DH named him while I was recovering from a csection, and I've never really taken to the name. I've got the impression that Juliet is getting popular.

DD loves Seraphina and really wants to call DD2 that. (Is it bit 'now'?)

I also like Eugenie - what do you think?

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mamma2boyz · 06/04/2011 20:27

Tamara
Tatiana
Delilah
Greta
Isadora
Ottilie
Saffron
Seraphine
Delphine
Daphne
Francesca
Hermione
Lila
Lyra
Tabitha
Margot
Marnie
Neva
Alba
Belinda
Cressida
Katinka
Christina
Felicity
Pandora

Personally I love both Sylvie and Romilly but my dh said no too!!

QueenBathsheba · 06/04/2011 20:25

Marietta is nice, would it shortened to Marie?
I am a Samantha and I can't remember ever being anything other than Sam. I like my name but I dislike sam!
people have a tendancy to shorten names so it helps to pick something with a shortened version that you actually like.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 06/04/2011 20:20

I had a DH like that. Made me really cross. He only came up with rubbish suggestions like Graham and Yvonne. Yes, really.

In the end with last baby (number 4) I told him I wouldn't talk about it unless he came up with something sensible. DC4 was without a name for about a week and we tried some out on him, but didn't register him until he was almost 6 weeks old. And in the end we gave him the same name as our cat!!! Hmm.

There are lots of Juliets where I live. Helena's OK - just nothing spectacular. Amelie was quite popular - but I think it's waning a bit.

If he likes Amelie, what about Amalia? More Germanic/Scandinavian version of the same name, and not very popular here - lots of European royalty throughout history with that name, similar in feel to Isabella.

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sparklingsky · 06/04/2011 20:20

What about Marietta?

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QueenBathsheba · 06/04/2011 20:14

I like Perdita
Persephone,
Connie,
Ruby,
Tabitha
Marnie (sp?)
Elspeth

MuffinMouse · 06/04/2011 20:12

I like Ianthe or Xanthe?? Dh says no.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 06/04/2011 20:10

What about:

Ianthe
Perdita/Perdy (Have I spelled that right? Should it be Purdita?)
Kitty
Cassia/Kezia

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 06/04/2011 20:05

We got lots of negative comments and Hmm faces when we told people we had picked Romilly for DD1. We had Rommel/Romulin/Romany comments.

Don't get them now, though. It's a great name.

MuffinMouse · 06/04/2011 20:02

Thanks everyone. I think I am looking for something much more unusual than last time (Isabella). That's why Romily appeals. Finding it impossible to please DH - to him it sounds like 'a general'!!??*!

I guess Melissa would be quite unusual for this generation??

I like Julianna, Marianna and Aurelia from the suggestions so far. DH is querying whether they are too much of a mouthful??

mathanxiety · 06/04/2011 16:21

I like Sylvie and Juliet and love Helena from your DH's list.

How about:
Madeleine
Annaliese
Caroline
Rachel
Miranda
Alice
Rosalie
Esme
Astrid

jellybeans · 06/04/2011 16:05

oops, mavel should be mabel Grin

jellybeans · 06/04/2011 16:04

Mavel
Josephine
Cassidy
Cecily
Leonie
Leonora
Melissa
Elodie

ValiumSoltera · 06/04/2011 15:38

Yeah I think Sally will ocme back due to Madmen (in part)

CinnabarRed · 06/04/2011 15:25

Anna?
Sally? Due a revival, I think!
Ellen?
Eleanor?

ValiumSoltera · 06/04/2011 15:18

Susannah
Francesca
Penelope
Lídia
Sílvia
Giulianna

All of those would go beautifully with Isabella.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 06/04/2011 14:26

Ottaline is a lovely name, so is Anna, Ellen and Aurelia.

laughalot · 06/04/2011 14:25

Annabella
hattie
lottie
lauren
lola
poppy
talia
zara
sian
ava
katie
clara
emie
sara
hope
mollie
nancy
elodie

pinski1971 · 06/04/2011 14:18

We considered Bathsheba and Cordelia. Shades of Brideshead Revisited and classy, but not yawny 'Boden' mummy wannabe middle class alpha mummy. (Wooo hoooo, look at the chips on my shoulder LOL!!!)
Good luck - we have two boys and one girl, we're both teachers and found it incredibly difficult to find a girls name that we could both agree on - and believe me, I have some bizarre and revolting names on my class registers. Good luck again...

qwerty123 · 06/04/2011 14:13

Isabella & Florence / Isabella and Beatrice / Isabella and Matilda / Isabella and Ophelia / Isabella and Rose / Isabella and Clementine

Ihavewelliesbuttheyrenotgreen · 06/04/2011 12:39

Teegan
Verity
Esther
Letitia (sp)
Miriam
Agnes

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 06/04/2011 12:26

I like Sylvie. DH wasn't keen. We have a Romilly and a Nancy.

Honeydragon · 05/04/2011 21:03

Lotty
Plum
Ellen

DesertOrchid · 05/04/2011 21:00

That's compared to 2607 Isabellas...

DesertOrchid · 05/04/2011 21:00

I love Sylvie, beautiful name and gorgeous with Isabella. MN doesn't really reflect the actual popularity in real life. Sylvie was ranked 508 in 2009 and there were 79 of them. Really not a lot!