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need help - baby coming

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readerholic · 27/05/2012 20:08

DH is French and we have quite different ideas re names for DD. she is coming tmr and so need all the help we can get. I love unusual names and have an arabic background - he wants something long that has a short version.
Agnes, Ines, Amalia, Leila, Lola or Josephine are the only ones we both don't hate but we are not really sure on any...

Thoughts welcome...

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winkle2 · 29/05/2012 23:02

What about Anya?

winkle2 · 29/05/2012 23:02

Anyes is a better pronounciation than Agnes.
Congratulations!

freerangeeggs · 29/05/2012 22:00

I like both :D Inessa is a bit more unusual/feminine. Congratulations!

Vijac · 29/05/2012 21:47

Well vowel names I mean!

Vijac · 29/05/2012 21:47

Congratulations!! I like both names. Ester and Orla are other similar names.

MagdalenaAlec · 29/05/2012 20:27

Congratulations!
Agnes is a very pretty name both in English and French: definitely a good choice!
I am from a French/Polish background and my sister is called Agnieszka, nickname Aga (regular nn in Poland), if you are still looking for an alternative nn. I like Aggie too even though I can confirm we are not big fans of nicknames. Nessie I agree makes me think of the Loch Ness monster.

MrsTrellisOfSouthWales · 29/05/2012 20:15

Letitia or Tamara.

ViolaCrayola · 29/05/2012 19:51

Oh, and Congratulations :) :)

ViolaCrayola · 29/05/2012 19:51

I like Agnes. Or Ines, but I think Inessa sounds a bit made up somehow. Although I'm sure it's not.

Does either suit her better? Do you prefer the meaning of one over the other? This is probably how I would decide. Try both out - calling her the names, singing them (!), imagine shouting them up the stairs/across the playground...

PestoPenguin · 29/05/2012 19:49

Congratulations Grin!!

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readerholic · 29/05/2012 19:31

Baby here, very cute. Agnes or inessa...last chance for help. Saw lots of previous posts saying Agnes was ugly but in French you say an-yes not ag-nes. Though in uk she would be Agnes for sure.
Thanks for the comments

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MagdalenaAlec · 28/05/2012 17:02

lol, exact opposite here: DH British, I am French..!
Some suggestions:
Myriam/Maryam: not too common, I really like it
Sarah: a little too popular maybe
Yasmine/Yasmina: 3 syllables + Arabic

choppychopster · 28/05/2012 16:52

Love Ines and Agnes. They were at the top of my list for 7wk old DD2. We settled on Anna in the end. Good luck with your new baby.

fi51 · 28/05/2012 16:48

Arabella
Camilla
Willow
Rosamund/rose/rosa/mandy/rosie
minerva/minnie/mimi/
Scarlette

cheekydino · 28/05/2012 07:22

Coralie, Coraline, Miriam, Genevieve?
Leonie, Manon?

Sorry - have gone for French ones!

Don't rush in - my husband made me decide between our shortlist as I was coming round from my GA, and I still wish we'd waited as I now prefer the other one!

RillaBlythe · 28/05/2012 06:33

Good luck - v jealous you will soon be snuggling a wee newborn! It's okay not to have a name, it gives you something to talk about as you stare adoringly at her Smile

Incapinka · 28/05/2012 06:30

Amelie? Good luck today! Smile

Vijac · 28/05/2012 06:28

Kalila is really cute. How about Malika too?

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readerholic · 28/05/2012 06:05

He thinks Nessie is only for the loch ness monster... He was quite outspoken about that one! I think it's sweet.

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DharmaBumpkin · 28/05/2012 05:25

I like Agnes too.... You could always call her Nessie?

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readerholic · 28/05/2012 04:03

I have also decided that I love Agnes, but this is the point where he has now decided he is not sure - too short and no nickname, he refuses to acknowledge that Aggie is a nn. Must be a French thing!

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readerholic · 28/05/2012 04:02

It's 5 am and am going in for the c-section in a few hours. Can't sleep and still going round in circles with names.
Am trying for some Arabic ones, Amara or Amira, Kalila, Lamia, Dilara and not Arabic but could be shortened to Leila- Leilani- which is Hawaiian apparently...
Am trying to stick to DH's apparent desire for three syllables. Which he could have told me was important many months ago. Arghhh! Plus am nervous.
Am appreciating the help though.

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winkle2 · 27/05/2012 22:55

Leila

lovemygirlivy · 27/05/2012 21:37

LOVE LOVE Agnes & Ines - has to be one of those - love Aggie as a nn for agnes

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readerholic · 27/05/2012 20:43

I like Lucile. DH says no...

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