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Help needed naming week old unnamed baby

85 replies

Moobee · 22/01/2012 21:11

Our baby is a week old today and we're having trouble naming her. We wanted to get a hint of her personality before choosing a name so we've only just got to the shortlist phase. My dh is welsh and likes celtic type names, whilst I like a mix but want too give her a name that would not restrict her and so suit a high court judge or a DJ and anything in between.

We have:

Top 10
aoife
beatrice
bethan / bethany
carys
megan
olwen
rebecca
rhiannon / rhian
katherine
robyn

10 - 20
caitlyn
elodie
iona
orla
agnes
maegan
seren
helena
imogen
morgan

I'd appreciate the thoughts of mumsnetters on this one! I've put a photo of her on my profile taken the day she was born to help. She seems inquisitive, intelligent and we think she's beautiful (and I know all parents would probably say those things) so we wanted a name to reflect that.

Thank you!

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Cupcake83 · 23/01/2012 15:48

Olwen! Please pick Olwen, it was the name of my Grandma a truly inspirational woman (I'm really hoping for a girl so I can call her it :))

juneau · 23/01/2012 15:19

If our DS1 had been a girl we were going to call him Carys (my grandma was Welsh), so I'm going to vote to Carys!

ViolaCrayola · 23/01/2012 15:16

Or Bethan or Carys... lovely names.

ViolaCrayola · 23/01/2012 15:16

Aw, what a beauty. Congratulations! I'd say she's either (in order):

  1. Elodie (this just seems to really suit her)
  2. Rhiannon
  3. Olwyn

Would love to know when you've decided :)

FlirtyThirty · 23/01/2012 15:13

Oops...Carys!

FlirtyThirty · 23/01/2012 15:13

Carts...or Cerys...or Katherine. Lovely little lady!

Moobee · 23/01/2012 14:56

Thank you to everyone who has commented - we've taken her to a pub for her first pub lunch and we've spent the time analysing how many votes each name got. Grin it's really interesting!

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3boysgirlontheway · 23/01/2012 11:12

She is so beautiful. She is a Beatrice to me.

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BearBehavingBadly · 23/01/2012 02:49

Congratulations.
Your lovely little girl looks like Elodie, Orla, Miranda or Rebekah.

Offspring · 23/01/2012 02:38

Congratulations :). She's beautiful and looks like Bethan to me. I also like Helena, Megan, and Seren. Good luck choosing.

dublindee · 23/01/2012 00:46

Please come back to us and let us know what you've chosen!

Moobee · 23/01/2012 00:23

Thank you all, it's really interesting to see that there are a core of names that keep cropping up. Some pretty new names too.

I'm glad you all think she's adorable - she's even cuter now and has the funniest mannerisms. :)

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lisad123 · 22/01/2012 23:59

Imogen or Seren. All the others are nice too but some are quite common names now. Sadly for me there's lots of names I link with children I have worked with, so some are a def no no Grin

exoticfruits · 22/01/2012 23:56

Congratulations-she is gorgeous.
Rebecca or Katherine.

BuntyPenfold · 22/01/2012 23:56

Beatrice or Robyn, and congratulations.

frankenonsense · 22/01/2012 23:44

How gorgeous is she! She looks bright and thoughtful but with a good sense of humour. I think she is a Bethan . Maybe Bethan Helena. Also like Katherine and Imogen.

ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 22/01/2012 23:44

Congratulations!! She looks very cuddly!! I wouldn't mind if she was nocturnal - I can think of worse things that spending the night cuddling & feeding her :)

Bethan, Megan (pronounced Mehgan not Meegan), Caitlyn, Elodie, Imogen

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midlandsnightnannybabysitter · 22/01/2012 23:29

I nannied for a baby girl called Seren a few yrs ago & I loved it - still do (her mum was welsh)

awomenscorned · 22/01/2012 23:28

Love Agnes and Beatrice but I think shes a Seren. Smile

Congratulations, shes beautiful.

cece · 22/01/2012 23:25

I would go for Helena. It is a tak you anywhere name. Easy to spell and say. Plus she looks like a Helena.

Congratualtions BTW

ISpyPlumPie · 22/01/2012 23:22

She's gorgeous! Some lovely names in your list - think I like Carys best followed by Aoife.

DeeCrepitude · 22/01/2012 22:44

Beautiful little girl - congratulations!

Depends a bit on your surname but I like Rhiannon Carys.

dublindee · 22/01/2012 22:36

Being Irish I have to say I definitely approve of some of your choices :o ......

I gift you Caitlin - our choice for a girl (but we only bake boys in this oven!! :o)
Other names that I think suit your gorgeous girl are:
Róisín (meaning little rose and pronounced row-sheen)
Gráinne (meaning little love and pronounced graw-nya)

Congrats and have fun choosing!!!

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