Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

We just can't decide on a girls name! I like traditional/old and slightly unusual/quirky.

90 replies

chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 11:21

Hi, we've have a little girl called Lucy and if we have a boy, he'll be Oliver. We've loved that name forever!
We just can't decide on a girls name. There are so many we like, but none of them really stand out as our favourate. Here is our list.

Amelia
Tabitha
Bryony- (this is step sisters name, but we hardlyever see each other)
Lavinia- (not sure)
Seren
Cora

Emily
Grace- (DH likes more than me)
Merryn- (we like but none of the family do) Sad

If you can think of any along these lines please let me know, and please be honest about my list of choices. Smile
I like names that can be shortened to something nice too.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 19/02/2012 20:53

How about Billie?
Its a bit quirky and its also traditional

4madboys · 19/02/2012 20:49

merryn means joyfull and lighthearted and also something to do with the sea, i forget what tho Blush touch wood so far my dd is indeed joyful and lighthearted, always smiling and easy going as far as babies/toddlers go.

i really do love it as a name and this summer we are going to devon on holiday and taking her to 'st merryn' we shall take her picture by the signpost! Grin

we dont really shorten it yet, tho her brothers do and she sometimes gets 'merry berry/berry merry' like i said we love it and get nothing but positive comments and questions about where we found the name, where its from etc :)

Louplet · 19/02/2012 20:40

Pearl
Edith
Gloria
Adele
Adelaide
Sylvia
Sylvie
Dulcie
Agnes
Meryl
Evelyn
Muriel
Melinda
Hannah
Rachel
Clara
Clarissa
Felicity

swanyriver · 19/02/2012 20:02

More suggestions:
Lucy & Monica
Lucy & Nancy
Lucy & Stella

Good luck!

Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 19:50

Lucy's best friend is called Francesca. Elizabeth doesn't go with our sirname.
We do like to have nick names or short names for each other. I do love Tabitha, but not keen on Tabby or Tibby really.

OP posts:
spottyscarf · 19/02/2012 19:48

4madboys, my DD is Meredith- she may well have been a Merryn if I'd heard the name sooner, it's lovely! But I had never heard it til DD was a few months old.

We shorten Meredith to Merry, and it suits her!

spottyscarf · 19/02/2012 19:48

4madboys, my DD is Meredith- she may well have been a Merryn if I'd heard the name sooner, it's lovely! But I had never heard it til DD was a few months old.

We shorten Meredith to Merry, and it suits her!

Plonker · 19/02/2012 19:43

Millie can be a nn for Emily too.

Lucy and Emily/Millie are a great combination.

I love Merryn and the nn Meri. Lovely. A lot to live up to though ...

Other suggestions:
Lucy and Rosalie
Lucy and Francesca (Frankie)
Lucy and Hope
Lucy and Georgie/Georgia
Lucy and Elizabeth/Eliza

Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 19:39

Maybe there's hope for Merryn then. Smile I think it depends how you say it? I have a very childish girly voice. Hearing it in a deep voice would sound a bit Hmm.

Willa is lovely, is it short for anything?

OP posts:
4madboys · 19/02/2012 19:31

well my dd is Merryn, so that is my fave Grin

i also like Seren from your list :)

and Meredith was another we had on our list, along with genevieve :)

merryn is really lovely, we get lots of positive comments and questions about it, am not sure our family were that keen to begin with but they love it now (dd is 14mths)

spottyscarf · 19/02/2012 19:18

If you like Merryn, how about Meredith?

spottyscarf · 19/02/2012 19:18

If you like Merryn, how about Meredith?

RandomMess · 19/02/2012 19:12

Josephine

MaggieAtwood · 19/02/2012 19:11

I think the best suggestions so far have been Alice and Clara.

I also think Lucy would have a sister called

Phoebe
Evelyn
Rose
Sadie
Cora
Hazel
Eliza
Ava
Willa
Sophie

Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 19:10

Thanks, there are some nice names on those lists. We were thinking of using Ivy as a middle name as it was the name of my DH's grandma.

OP posts:
CharlieBoo · 19/02/2012 17:00

I personally think Emily or Grace is the nicest. Love love love Alice though. How about;
Charlotte
Martha
Beatrice
Eliza
Catherine
Sophie
Violet
Daisy
Jemima

PopcornBiscuit · 19/02/2012 16:09

Emmeline
Juliet
Coralie
Miranda
Xanthe
Estella
Zara

BoobyBrown · 19/02/2012 15:51

How about Amelie instead of Amelia.

Lucy and Amelie.

Lucy and Natalia.

Lucy and Talia.

ahhhhhpushit · 19/02/2012 15:49

Nancy
Harriet (Hattie)
Clementine
Iris
Paloma
Prudence
Penny
Evelyn
Alverna
Margot
Nellie
Anne
Polly
Nora
Wren
Ivy
Rosalia

Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 15:40

We do know a Grace. She is lovely though. I would like something a bit more unusual.

I think Tabitha is a name people will either love or hate. (I love it!)

How popular is Emily at the moment?

OP posts:
joanofarchitrave · 19/02/2012 15:36

Tabitha. Fabulous name.
Seren also nice.
Mirren?
Miranda?

Grace is EXTREMELY popular and has been for some time. Does that bother you? I'd be amazed if she were the only one around you.

Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 15:35

Thank you. We liked Mathilda too.

OP posts:
Original poster
chuffingalong · 19/02/2012 15:33

I've never heard of Hester! It definatly wouldn't go with our sirname though.

I would prefere something a bit more unusual than Emily really. We chose Lucy as a safe bet but I do sometimes wish I'd been a bit braver.

OP posts:
Caz10 · 19/02/2012 15:31

Both my Dds names on here so you clearly have good taste Grin

Shame about your surname with Martha, I love it and still have the odd pang of regret!

Dd2 was also almost:
Tilly (Mathilda)
Harriet
Abigail

zipzap · 19/02/2012 15:28

I like Hester as a nice old fashioned girls name.