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Aaah - feel like I am back to the drawing board - girl's name to go with George

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emmyloo2 · 06/02/2013 09:06

Hi, this naming thing is so difficult. I always think I have settled on a name but then I change my mind. Nothing seems right.

Our current list for DD due in May is Elizabeth, Rose, Margaret, Alice, Victoria.

I had my heart set in Rose and this is what my DH wants, but I just think it might be a bit overdone with every middle name being Rose. I really want a name which is not "now" if that makes sense. So then I moved to Elizabeth as a more "classic" name but that doesn't feel right. I like Alice but DH is not as keen. I also like Margaret but is that too "old lady". I like classic, royal names. Victoria is an outlier because I hate Vicky and I think it will inevitably become Vicky.

Any other suggestions? I want it to "match" George. So that they sit nicely together. Should I stick with Rose or are my concerns valid? Is it really "now"? I was at a nursery today settling in my son and every name seemed so "now" and it just made me want for something a little more underused. So no cutesy names, no Rubys, Lilys, Charlottes, Avas, Lilas, Lolas, Evas, Evies etc. I like these names but I want something a little less common, if you know what I mean.

Thanks!

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badtime · 06/02/2013 10:45

More royal names:
Alexandra
Eleanor
Mary
Jane
Anne
Matilda
Isabella
Adela

(a couple of those are going quite far back)

annach · 06/02/2013 09:45

Hannah and George
Rosalind (Rosie for short?) and George
George and Sophia (v popular but what a great name anyway!)
Lucy and George
Matilda and George
Martha and George

KnitterInTheNW · 06/02/2013 09:41

DS1 & DS2...

jkklpu · 06/02/2013 09:41

I know a Rosa whose nn is Rosie, which is slightly different
Violet
Iris
Margaret - still has Thatcher associations for me so very divisive
and I really like Nina

KnitterInTheNW · 06/02/2013 09:40

My SAme is George If SAme had been a girl, he'd have been Rosie. So I say stick to your first choice! Smile

HobKnob · 06/02/2013 09:38

Mary is underused but lovely and classic.

HobKnob · 06/02/2013 09:37

Sorry OP, couldn't resist- Peppa Pig's brother is called George.

amck5700 · 06/02/2013 09:36

Rachel
Rebecca - hate Becky tho
Catherine

TheWoollybacksWife · 06/02/2013 09:35

What about a longer name that could be shortened to Rose?

Rosalind
Rosanna
Rosemarie

Or completely different - Emily or Helena.

Looking at the names of the consorts of the King Georges for inspiration you could choose

Sophia
Caroline (x2)
Charlotte
Mary
Elizabeth

amck5700 · 06/02/2013 09:34

How about Rosamund, Rosalee or Roseanne? Then you could still have Rose or Rosie for short but wouldn't have the "popular" Rose thing. However, I think the popularity seems to be as a middle name which only a handful of people ever even know after the baby is a couple of months old so it probably is not used that much.

As for other you other list - Elizabeth is lovely or you could have just Eliza or use Beth as a nn.

I Like Alice and Alison as well for what its worth.

Margaret or Meg is lovely

Victoria is ok if you can encourage Tori as nn - I don't like Vicky either.

Other thoughts:

Susanna
Celeste
Emma
Marianne
Clara
Roberta

emmyloo2 · 06/02/2013 09:31

Emma is lovely but tis my name!

Caroline was also floating around in my head......

What is the reference to Peppa? Confused

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WorkingtoohardMama · 06/02/2013 09:31

How about Margaret with nn Peggy?

Or Lucy?

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2013 09:26

Peppa!!!

Strawbezza · 06/02/2013 09:26

Mildred

HobKnob · 06/02/2013 09:25

Please call her Peppa. Grin

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2013 09:25

Caroline, Emma....

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2013 09:22

Beatrix is sweet too, I was about to come back and suggest Louise but perhaps the 's' problem rears its head again?!

emmyloo2 · 06/02/2013 09:21

Thanks Donkey - I love Maggie and also like Meg. I really like Margaret but I think DH will take some convincing. He is dead set on Rose.

Beatrice is gorgeous. I had that on my list for my son (when I didn't know it was a boy obviously). I don't think it goes particularly well with our last name which is similar to Simpson or Samson. Lots of "s's". Might be a bit of a mouthful. Perhaps Beatrix?

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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2013 09:15

Margaret is one of those names I'd have called 'quaint' (politer than 'old-fashioned') about 10 years' ago but I think those names are returning, how do you feel about Maggie or Mags?

Beatrice is another royal name, any good?