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baby girl list - opinions and suggestions!

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 21/07/2011 21:57

DC2 is a girl, I have found out I don't like many girls names! List below, opinions and other thoughts welcome!! Ethan is her big brother, surname Loy

Esther
Phoebe
Kate
Emilia

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Greenwing · 26/07/2011 16:50

Esther
Phoebe
Kate
Emilia ... love them all actually. You need look no further IMO.

Favourite is Esther - a classic Biblical name and had a friend once who used 'Esi' as an unusual nn which I loved.

muminthemiddle · 25/07/2011 11:45

I like Kate best, then Esther.

redheadbedhead · 25/07/2011 11:13

well it looks like I'm a redhead and you're a mousey-head, so maybe not Grin hee hee
We just both got good taste my friend Grin

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 24/07/2011 18:11

are we the same person?

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redheadbedhead · 22/07/2011 20:57

ooooh love Eirwen and Eirlys!

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 22/07/2011 20:52

yeah that might be a bit much redhead!!!

If we went for Kate, it would just be Kate on birth certificate, I'm not keen on Katherine, Catrina, Catriona, Caitlyn etc and can't abide Katie...I might be a bit odd.

I have found Eira though, and other variants being Eirlys and Eirian and Eirwen....I am mostly welsh by blood so wouldn't be too weird

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redheadbedhead · 22/07/2011 20:35

Lorelei, now there's a great name!! Don't think you're going to get away with Lorelei Loy though.... Wink

TanyaBranning · 22/07/2011 20:29

Not Emilia. It is just Amelia with an 'e' to me and a bit of a fussy name. The other three are all lovely. Esther is my favourite.

PaperBank · 22/07/2011 20:28

Lyra Loy? Sounds like Lorelei but mixed up.

Ephiny · 22/07/2011 20:28

Sorry I think Lyra Loy sounds absolutely awful, Lyra is quite an ugly name anyway IMO and definitely doesn't go with that surname!

goodnightmoon · 22/07/2011 20:09

lyra loy sounds great

redheadbedhead · 22/07/2011 20:07

for what it's worth I think Emilia Rae Loy is a really cool name Smile

redheadbedhead · 22/07/2011 20:06

mwah ha ha mousey you've been caught stealing my name Wink

I think Lyra Loy is quite cool- reminds me of Lucy Lui (is that how you spell it??) - doesn't really remind me of an escort actually. But i think other people might think otherwise!!!!

seeker · 22/07/2011 20:03

What about Hester?

Nn Hettie

kalo12 · 22/07/2011 19:58

lyra loy is deffo high class escort,
will it be Kate on birth cert? Katerina / Katherine

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 22/07/2011 19:49

If we choose Kate as the first name, her middle name will be Emily or Juliet - though I do quite like Juliet for a first name, I hate Jules!!

Does Lyra Loy sound ridiculous? I've always loved it but thought maybe it sounds like a high class escort....

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Ephiny · 22/07/2011 15:01

Don't really like Esther (and it's a bit similar to Ethan IMO) or Phoebe, Kate is nice but maybe a longer name would sound better with your very short surname, especially as the middle name is going to be short as well!

Emilia goes quite nicely with the surname. I think Emily is good too, and a bit less 'frilly' than Emilia. Or how about Eleanor?

CloudC · 22/07/2011 14:49

Esther for me. Sounds lovely with your surname.

brodanbell · 22/07/2011 14:12

agree I think names with 3 or 4 syllables would go better with Loy, although having said that Kate Loy does have some sort of impact, but feels a bit plain to me. I like Emilia.

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 22/07/2011 12:49

phew.....I think I'm going off all the others but want a list rather than one option and decide when she arrives (feel like I'm tempting fate to name her before she's born)

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kri5ty · 22/07/2011 11:30

I like Kate with your surname!!

it has a ring to it

CollieandPup · 22/07/2011 11:19

I think Phoebe is really common post friends..?! Also not too keen.

Love emilia, and think Emilia Rae Loy sounds nice.

Iris is lovely, my dn has that name.

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 22/07/2011 08:38

Georgia and sasha I like. I love charlotte but really don't like inevitable nn of Charlie.

Agree a longer name goes with our surname better but Kate is my fav and I don't really like any of the long versions. Would it be so bad to have one syllable first and surname?

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pilates · 22/07/2011 08:18

I like your list of names, except Esther.

I think a longer name would be better with your surname, how about:-

Catherine nn Kate
Charlotte
Madeline
Francesca

BabesandJugs · 21/07/2011 23:08

Ethan and Esther , i'm unsure, and think they are a little too close.

Of your list i adore Kate - simple but very very elegant and under used!

How about Susannah? I love Susannah

Susannah Rae Loy? Also think it's lovely with Ethan

Other Suggestions erm,

Martha
Harriet
Georgia (or Georgina)
Sasha

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