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We can't decide on our girls name

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 21:33

I would love some Thoughts on deciding on a name for our girl, due any day. Our surname begins with an A and ends in L so we have ruled out a lot of names that simply don't work.
We like
Audrey
Daisy
Tilly
Ivy
Dorothy nn Dotty/Dolly
Nancy
Suki
We prefer more unusual names. Help please we are going round in circles.

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tummytickler · 14/07/2012 22:19

Oh no - if your cat is called Audrey you can't call your baby Audrey. Is your cat still alive and living with you?

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 22:17

DH also dislikes Ivy, I've kept it on the list to see if I can persuade him. He also doesn't like Nancy but he agreed it can stay on the list as I love it. His favourites are Dotty and Audrey I love, the only thing I question about it is that, one of our cats is called Audrey. Yes I know that would be a bit odd.Grin

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tummytickler · 14/07/2012 22:14

Love Audrey and Dorothy - both on our list.
Pearl? Grin

WhereMyMilk · 14/07/2012 22:11

Mabel
Martha
Eleanor
Leah

cece · 14/07/2012 22:09

Audrey - Love
Daisy - OK
Tilly - not keen
Ivy - not for me this one
Dorothy nn Dotty/Dolly - love
Nancy - love
Suki - not sure

My Gran's names are on your list. She was officially called Audrey but everyone called her Nancy.

BTW we had a short list of names and left the final choice till we met out baby. Well we did for DD and DS1. DS2 didn't have a name for ages as we couldn't think of another boys name we could agree on.

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 22:04

I like Edith.

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RancerDoo · 14/07/2012 21:59

I like nancy from your list. Other possibilities...
Delilah (nn dilly)
Lois
Maggie
Edith (Edie) although I think this one will become more popular soon.

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 21:55

I love Enid but DH doesn't like it.

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 21:54

I suspected this peachypips, it's what puts me off the name. Which is a shame as I've liked it forever.

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GirlsInWhiteDresses · 14/07/2012 21:53

Enid?

maples · 14/07/2012 21:53

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peachypips · 14/07/2012 21:52

We have three Tillys in our play group so if you like unusual you may want to avoid it!

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yellowledbetter · 14/07/2012 21:48

I keep telling myself this strawberry, as we knew immediately when DS was born. But at least then we had narrowed it down to two.

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amck5700 · 14/07/2012 21:41

Tamsin
Tamar/Tamara
Kerstin
Stella
Vivienne

strawberrypenguin · 14/07/2012 21:39

From your list I like Audrey best. I wouldn't worry too much about settling on one until you meet her though. We had a list of 3 names we liked for DS and chose when we saw him, he completely didn't look like one of the names was one of the first things DH and I said on seeing him! His name is one of the others we had on the list and is completely him.