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Girl name impasse - thoughts or suggestions please

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namechanger4097 · 19/11/2012 22:15

I like all of the names below (although I'm sickening myself with them at the moment and DH is visibly bored of the conversation) and I don't want to ask people in RL their opinions as I've made that mistake before! What do you think of these and can you suggest anything along the same lines? Older DD is called Josephine. Thank you!

Eleanor
Martha
Meredith
Anna
Emma
Charlotte
Madeline

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namechanger4097 · 19/11/2012 23:09

Ha ha Szeli - what middle name goes with Impasse?! Thank you. DH also vetoed Matilda. In fact, I see why he's sick of me.

Thanks Rhubarbgarden but I had a boss called Lorna once who was a bit, well, psychopathic.

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HoratiaWinwood · 19/11/2012 23:09

Catherine, Elizabeth or Susanna(h)?

I very much like Charlotte, also like Anna although prefer Annabel.

Caladria · 19/11/2012 23:08

Love Meredith

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namechanger4097 · 19/11/2012 23:07

Thank you! I do like Frances and Juliet too. Claudia, Connie and Miranda were dismissed by DH before he got sick of saying names out loud and saw that Hitler programme was on the telly.

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Rhubarbgarden · 19/11/2012 23:05

Lorna

Szeli · 19/11/2012 23:04

I thought you were suggesting Impasse as a name at first!

Meredith and Madeline are lovely.

I also like Matilda and Maeve xx

Rhubarbgarden · 19/11/2012 22:58

My favourite is Anna. I can't abide Emma, it's just so bland.

Other suggestions:

Thea
Connie
Naomi

borisjohnsonshair · 19/11/2012 22:54

I like Meredith and Anna best.

Other suggestions:

Harriet
Matilda
Rachael
Claudia
Juliet

baskingseals · 19/11/2012 22:52

ok i'll try Grin

Miranda

Marianne

Louisa

Constance

Frances

Alexandra

Clara

Elsa

Juliet - not sure with Josephine though

Honor

Harriet

Diana

Penelope

IceNoSlice · 19/11/2012 22:48

My LO is a boy, but our girl names were Anna and Emma. As well as being classic and not overly popular, I think they are classless too- Emma could come from a northern council estate or a Surrey mansion. (That's a good thing in my book)

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namechanger4097 · 19/11/2012 22:36

Thank you! Some suggestions would be fab - my head is already done in, too late, so if there's a name like these I haven't thought of then I'd be v grateful. Something classic, not too girly and not too popular is the brief Smile

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baskingseals · 19/11/2012 22:24

you've got some lovely names there.

my favourite is Anna. elegant and underused, i only know one adult Anna.
i also like Emma, again pretty and underused.

Martha and Meredith aren't really my cup of tea. Eleanor i like, but she will be Ellie, which is sweet but incredibly popular. I quite like Charlotte, and don't really like Madeline. sounds too much like Madam to me.

would some more suggestions be helpful or just do your head in? Grin

3b1g · 19/11/2012 22:19

The first six are all fine. With Madeline you might get difficulties with alternative spellings. I feel that Eleanor is the best fit with Josephine.

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