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I need a name for dd4 - she is 2 weeks old! Suggestions welcome

155 replies

JudithTaverner · 25/05/2012 10:55

I am going round in circles.

If I list my current shortlist and my other dcs names please can you give me your views on the list, and also any other ideas are really welcome.

Current Shortlist: (changes daily though!)

Cecilia
Cecily
Alice
Elinor (but don't like Ellie)
Arabella (but see other dds names)
Catherine (Kitty?)
Felicity
Imogen
Miranda
Martha

Other dds are

Alexandra - but known by her middle name of Poppy
Isabella
Phoebe

ds's are

Charles (Charlie)
Edward (Ned).

I am probably overthinking this now but she is 2 weeks old and i am getting fed up with being asked by everyone if "I've named that baby yet". I got called a cruel mother yesterday for not naming her!.

I had thought to stick with Cecily, but reactions from people haven't been very good and dh isn't very keen on it although he is willing to go along with it. also the other dds all have a view on the name, as does DH. I can't find one that seems to the one. Would like to avoid top 10 names - when we named Isabella it was in the 40s in the list and now it has shot up and I slightly regret using it now.

(I realise that I have completely outed myself to those people who know me in RL, so hello if you know me!).

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sugarspiceandallthingsnice324 · 25/05/2012 22:17

Congratulations, you are blessed to have four daughters.I think either Cecelia or Felicity would work the best with your other daughters names.

Stellan · 25/05/2012 21:48

Not to muddy the waters but would like to stick up for Martha, gorgeous name not at all 'librariany' great on little ones and great on adults too, beautiful sound and has gravitas.

I love Martha; it's my favourite name and definite frontrunner for me. And, for what it's worth, when I was a library assistant as a student, the librarians had very un-librariany names: Lucy, Emma, Hazel, Sarah...

Geranium3 · 25/05/2012 21:32

Congrats!
josephine?
leonora?
clemency?
lucy?
eloise?
marguerite?
camilla?

MoonHare · 25/05/2012 19:44

Wow love your name ideas - as clearly do a lot of others!

Cecily - love it but can also see why your DH might be reluctant, it's unusual and a little bit of a mouthful to say
Cecilia - Cecily is much nicer
Miranda - love it
Felicity - like this but it is a teeny bit frilly
Catherine/Kitty - sooooo popular just now
Alice - love this for a first name or middle name
Thea - I love this and would be tempted myself for DC3 but have distant relatives with a daughter named Thea (short for Alethea in her case, which I prefer to Theodora)

Not to muddy the waters but would like to stick up for Martha, gorgeous name not at all 'librariany' great on little ones and great on adults too, beautiful sound and has gravitas.

Would also like to put in a word for Elinor, if you don't call her Ellie it's not likely anyone else will, unless she wants them to and let's face it most names can be turned into a nn that parents may not like or have thought of - but if the bearer of the name likes it then I think it's up to them. I have a name with two obvious diminutive shortened versions, which my parents don't like and never used. As a result I didn't like them either and no-one has ever attempted to call me by them because I never encouraged it.

My favourite from your original list by the way is Elinor, if you haven't already guessed!

Good luck with your choices x

exoticfruits · 25/05/2012 19:23

Catherine but not Kitty.

Trestle · 25/05/2012 19:06

Cecilia, Felicity and Miranda are my favourites from your latest shortlist :)

Cecily - OK
Cecilia - like, more "flowing" than Cecily, and patron saint of music is nice connection
Miranda - like
Felicity - like
Catherine/Kitty - Catherine is OK, dislike Kitty (cat nickname)
Alice (middle name I think) - a bit dull
Thea (added - I like Theodora best I think) - don't like

eatyourveg · 25/05/2012 18:52

Felicity Alice or Imogen Daisy

timetoask · 25/05/2012 18:50

My vote goes for Martha from your list. It goes really well with your other children's names and it is a very elegant lovely name.

peachypips · 25/05/2012 18:47

I love violet! But from your list still Imogen or kitty.

Bonsoir · 25/05/2012 18:33

Violet
Clementine

CakeBump · 25/05/2012 18:32

Genevieve?

Virgil · 25/05/2012 18:32

Cecily. Definitely. Would be my dd's name if I had one (surrounded by boys in this house) Grin

Frontpaw · 25/05/2012 18:31

Mariangela

elliejjtiny · 25/05/2012 18:27

Just thought of another one: Marianne

elliejjtiny · 25/05/2012 18:26

Out of your list I like Imogen and Catherine

Other suggestions:
Sophie
Lydia
Jennifer
Naomi
Charlotte

CakeBump · 25/05/2012 18:16

Cecilia is our number one if this DC ends up being a girl.

Others on the list are
Dorothea (fits with you liking the nn Thea?)
Mathilda

I love Cecily but it doesn't work in the country where we live....

youarekidding · 25/05/2012 18:15

What about Alice Daisy?

Only thing I would say would be a problem with this is if your Isabella is an Isi and you think Alice will become an Ali! If Isabella is Isabella or Bella it would work!

Shodan · 25/05/2012 18:05

Gah.

Imogen. Not Imgoen.

Although could be interesting and unique new name. Grin

Shodan · 25/05/2012 18:05

Cecily nn Cece is very pretty.

I love Imgoen too, always have.

I think there might be a rash of Catherines, for obvious reasons, if you're concerned about popularity.

In two minds about Felicity- it's a lovely name but might be forever doomed to be nn'd Flick (not sure you feel about that!)

Stellan · 25/05/2012 18:04

Your children have lovely names so I think you'll choose well for your newest arrival. I like all of the names on your list. Part of me wants to tell you to go with Cecily as you've asked about it a few times now and I think, 'Yes, it's still there, you still like it; go for it - it's the one!'

Poppy, Isabella, Phoebe, Charlie, Ned, and Cecily - it sounds right. Cecily Alice sounds lovely too.

If not Cecily, I'd go with Felicity (Fliss is a very sweet nickname) or Catherine/Kitty. I think they sound different from your other girls' names but blend in well.

Imogen, Theodora, Miranda and Cecilia are all fab but I wonder if they might be a bit clunky for day-to-day use.

1950sHousewife · 25/05/2012 18:01

They are all lovely names (except for Miranda, I just have Miranda Hart stuck in my brain)
Alice is classic and gorgeous.
Caution with Imogen, it's heavenly but getting v popular.

I don't understand why Cecily is getting bad reactions, it might be because it sounds a little wet? But it is a pretty name.

Daisy and Kitty will date. They are pretty but very 5 years ago.
Martha is gorgeous. That's my vote.

(My suggestion? The name of our DD3 if we'd had one - Cleodie. Sigh. I wish I'd had another girl just to use it!)

AmandaLF · 25/05/2012 17:53

Sorry it's spelt lieselotte

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AmandaLF · 25/05/2012 17:52

What about Lieslotte (or lottie)
Millie

get0rfm0iland · 25/05/2012 17:46

Ooh Theodora. That is lovely. That or Catherine imo (I prefer the Katharine spelling fwiw).

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