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It's a girl! Just need to think of a name now ...

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aufaniae · 26/11/2012 15:40

Just found out it's a girl today :)

Really struggled with names for DS. Finally agreed one when he was a day old! (Which we love) Trying to get one chose a bit earlier this time!

I'm keen on unusual names, and also Celtic names (DD will have Welsh & Scottish grandparents), although it doesn't have to be Celtic.

Here's a list of names I like but which aren't quite the one, or which I can't use for one reason or another. (For those of you with de ja vu, yes, we've been here before!)

Estelle
Otillie
Etta
Marianne
Arianwen
Ceridwen
Carys
Nia
Mari
Siân
Sioned
Aoife
Sinead
Siobhan
Cerys
Seren
Matilda
Esme
Anouk
Edie

Any ideas along these lines would be gratefully received! :)

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ditzydrawers · 28/11/2012 18:59

A vote for Marianne...beautiful! I may be slightly biased.....

Or how about Sylvie?

amck5700 · 27/11/2012 22:10

Lorna

Gwennan · 27/11/2012 12:40

Celtic choices:
Alys, Aoife, Bethan, Bonnie, Branwen, Bridget, Delyth, Eleri, Elowen, Elspeth, Fenella, Fiona, Gwen, Gwyneth, Iona, Kerensa, Lowri, Maelys, Manon, Maura, Meleri, Rhian, Tegwen

Names like Estelle, Ottilie, Etta, Marianne, Matilda, Esme, Anouk & Edie:
Ada, Augusta, Beatrice, Cecily, Clémence, Clio, Colette, Delphine, Dinah, Elodie, Elsa, Hebe, Henrietta, Ivy, Jemima, Leonie or Léonie, Lillian, Louisa, Nancy, Rosa, Sadie, Tabitha, Verity, Willa

A few others just in case they take your fancy:
Annora, Felicity, Hester, Honora, Pippa, Saskia, Verena

mumnosbest · 27/11/2012 11:58

Theres a little girl at toddlers with a name that sounds like Arwyn. Only ever heard it not seen it written but think it sounds lovely.

SminkoPinko · 27/11/2012 06:23

You should really choose Marianne as the first name as it's the best girls name in the world ever. And despite everyone having heard of it, most people being v positive about it and few people ever actively disliking it (or at least being rude enough to say so to anyone with a Marianne in tow!) it's way, way, way down the list of popular names with only about 50 girl babies a year given the name at the moment so you are unlikely to have more that 1 Marianne in a nursery/school class. Plus you have both Jane Austen and Leonard Cohen as lovely connections to the name and any fule can see that a Jane/Leonard mix is a truly wonderful bizarre and ace mix.

But if for some reason you can't go there I also love Anouk and Carys from your list.

Or how about Nancy, Sorrel, Astrid, Eliza, Serena?

NorksAreTinselly · 27/11/2012 05:44

goralka yes.

goralka · 27/11/2012 00:52

isn't Arwyn a boy's name?
Aine is lovely...

goralka · 27/11/2012 00:51

was marianne dreams the one where she had been ill perhaps and was drawing, and when she fell asleep she woke up in the drawing? and she had drawn a house with a boy in it who she meets...then they have a fight and she draws one eyed monsters around the house???

ItLooksLikeRainDear · 27/11/2012 00:41

Aine is a lovely name - similar to Anya

Alannah, Ailish (ay-lish), Emer, Mairead, Una, orlagh, Saoirse (Sir-sha)

mumnosbest · 27/11/2012 00:41

Elodie
Arwyn
Merryn

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aufaniae · 27/11/2012 00:25

Hmm, Inez ... maybe, i'll think about that one too.

Love Siani (and Siân) but can't have it Sad

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aufaniae · 27/11/2012 00:15

Eleri's lovely, think I'll mull on that one ...

Anya's nice too. (Maybe a middle name?)

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aufaniae · 27/11/2012 00:09

NorksAreTinselly Marianne Dreams is great isn't it? It's always stayed with me, I loved it as a child :)

I'm thinking possibly Marianne as a middle name, as DS's middle name honors someone on DP's side of the family. Marianne would be a combination of two relatives on my side (well, near enough, anyway!) so that might be a nice thing to do.

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aufaniae · 27/11/2012 00:07

thanks for all the suggestions everyone, I'll have a look ...

Love Eira, but too close to a good friend's DS's name.

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wafflingworrier · 26/11/2012 20:37

i like Agnes. ok i LOVE agnes, but my husband absolutely refuses.
.....so you can have it if you like....i THINK it's celtic??

NorksAreTinselly · 26/11/2012 20:35

You HAVE to call her Marianne. What a gorgeous name and 'Marianne Dreams' remains one of my all time favorite books. I have never met anyone else who has ever read it
Wish I had thought of Marianne for DD :(
But please don't ever give her roast chicken and peas for her birthday dinner...it might not end well :)

EverlongLovesHerChristmasRobin · 26/11/2012 20:31

Sorry just read that your dh isn't keen on Anouk.
I like Mirabelle.

EverlongLovesHerChristmasRobin · 26/11/2012 20:29

Anouk.

Gorgeous name.

toobreathless · 26/11/2012 19:09

I LOVE baby name threads aufaniae particularly when they belong to other people on the April thread :) Can you pm me DS's name too?

What about:
Anwen
Arwen
Anya
Aurora
Isolde
Celyn
Eleri
Ellen/Elin
Erin
Esther
Miriam
Kirsten
Verity

From those listed above LOVE Eira (welsh for snow) and Nina.

We are expecting DD2 and looking for a nature/earthy name, we are probably going to go for Celeste and had been thinking of using the NN Etta for that. Well I had, DH definately not so sure!

coldcupoftea · 26/11/2012 18:18

Meredith, NN Edie?

NotInMyDay · 26/11/2012 17:49

Caoimhe? (Kee-vah)

telsa · 26/11/2012 17:44

Inez, Anais, Mfanwy, Eira, Madlen, Siani, Arabella,

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 26/11/2012 16:32

What about Anouska (sp? Anoushka?) if Anouk doesnt quite do it...

Or Innes.

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 26/11/2012 16:31

Haha no, you have to live with this decision forever Grin

Love Nia on your list too, very pretty.

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aufaniae · 26/11/2012 16:25

I like both Ariadne and Aurelia, especially Aurelia actually, but neither is the one IYKWIM. (Sorry I'm difficult aren't I?!)

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