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Girls name indecision!! (Baby without a name...

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Scruffybear · 13/04/2012 22:46

Hi there, DH and I desperately need to decide on baby girls name, now that we have seen her she kinda doesn't look like previous favourite names and there were barely any we both liked in the first place!!

Current shortlist (although we seem to be adding not ruling them out...;-)

Emilia (nn Milly)
Maisie
Daisy
Abbie (although I dislike Abigail but would still have to give her this as 'proper' name)

There even seems to be some sort of issue with these names, either one of our mums has made 'that face' about it as a suggestion, (which could grate on me for the next 20 years, knowing that they hate it) or I worry that we will saddle our daughter with a super common name/or one that is too cutesy and awful if she's not a girlie girl. Decisions decisions, never been my strong point! Any help gratefully received....

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008 · 14/04/2012 12:09

My parents and inlaws actively disliked DD1´s name and they all told us ... 5 years on and they don`t care ... they just love her like GPs do. Use the name you love.

AceOfBase · 14/04/2012 12:08

And will not sound babyish on an adult. Sorry hit post by mistake

AceOfBase · 14/04/2012 12:07

The only one I like there is emilia but then my entire shortlist (should I have a girl this time) all end with -a. I don't like cutesy names. I agree with collision on emmeline. It's very pretty and will

tunaday · 14/04/2012 11:37

Congratulations Scruffy. I think they are all beautiful and very pretty names. Maisie and Daisy I think of as more little girls' names. I'm trying to imagine being 50 (not hard, because I am 50) and being called either of these, especially this morning as I look particularly frazzled, hormonal and un- Daisy-like! Wouldn't worry about what faces people pull though. Unless you hand naming over to your Mums, they'll probably never be entirely happy with your choice. The main thing is how you both feel about the choice.

fanjodisfunction · 14/04/2012 09:17

what was the name you had decided on before she was born?

I know of an Abbey and that is her full name, and she suits it very well, shes a little cheeky thing. I like all your names but its not up to me, and dont worry about the faces people pull, its your baby you choose and well stuff everyone else.

BBQJuly · 14/04/2012 09:12

Don't worry what other people think, it's up to you, and they're all lovely names :)

If you don't like Abigail I wouldn't go for Abbie.

Collision · 13/04/2012 22:52

Emilia is beautiful

Emmeline is lovely too.

Daisy and Maisie are a bit cutesy for me and am not sure I Would want to be called these names as an adult.

Milly is lovely as a nn for Emilia and then she could revert back to Emilia if she prefers in later life.

SLVC · 13/04/2012 22:50

I vote Emilia or Daisy... Or whichever name someone made a face over, just to show them... Wink

Honeymoonmummy · 13/04/2012 22:50

They never look like their name when they're born. Stick with your original name choice. Big congratulations Mummy Smile

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