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DH says he hates all girls names ending in -a

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 10:27

Apart from Sarah. Which ends in an "h".

Damn, our tastes do not converge. I started a thread a while ago - Claudia Vivienne or Cecilia Maud - and he thinks both are poncy.

So I suggested Louisa - but he only likes Louise. He also suggested Jane and Alice (Alice is okay).

How can this be a sensible stance? Most girls names end in -a, including mine.

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 11:15

Cailleach - both are lovely but I don't think he'll go for anything Gallic. He said Claudia was Italian (it's bloody Roman - weeps).

Last night I suggested Hilda (there is an -a but it is required for the name to be a name) and he said it was too unusual.

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Cailleach · 03/03/2013 11:01

Muiread (Murr-aid) is my Irish granny's name: when she came to England in the 1940's she went by Maud, as no-one knew how to pronounce Muiread over here.

It means "pearl" in Gaelic.

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 10:57

That is a good idea Tolliver.

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 10:55

I like Elizabeth a lot, shortened to Lizzie.

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TolliverGroat · 03/03/2013 10:55

So basically he likes plain, simple, no-frills names and, by the sound of things, more timeless/modern names rather than the grandparent chic that's quite in at the moment, while you like quite feminine names. That doesn't mean you can't find some middle ground (Alice is a good start).

What about something like

Sophie
Rose
Grace
Evelyn
Eleanor
Isabel
Catherine?

Or, at least, what Does he think of those sorts of names?

I think yours might be a case where each of you going through a baby names book and making a list of all the names that you might be prepared to vaguely consider, then comparing lists, might be a good idea. You may fibd you end up with four or five names in common.

CheddarGorgeous · 03/03/2013 10:53

Henry and...

Cicely?
Charlotte?
Claudine?
Florence?

SecretNutellaFix · 03/03/2013 10:51

Cecily is a nice variant if he loathed names ending in A.

Natalie
Marianne
Rachel
Ruth
Juliet
Sophie
Verity
Phoebe
Annabel
Chloe
Suzanne
Elisabeth

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 10:50

Eleanor is a nice name. I would shorten it to Nell.

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outtolunchagain · 03/03/2013 10:50

Notquite , great minds and all that!

outtolunchagain · 03/03/2013 10:50

What about Eleanor , not an overt 'a' but still a soft sound at the end.

Notquite · 03/03/2013 10:49

Could you get away with Eleanor?

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CruCru · 03/03/2013 10:46

I love Harriet but we have a Henry already so that might be a bit odd. I suppose with names like Louise, I just feel they are missing an -a. Same with Helen.

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JackieTheFart · 03/03/2013 10:46

I agree with him (on your current choices)

I don't not like the names per se, but unless they are after someone they sound so try-hard. However I'm not a fan of Louisa or Louise!

Just my opinion of course!

CheddarGorgeous · 03/03/2013 10:32

Louise is lovely.

I always think names ending in -ette are lovely and feminine without being too flowery.

Juliette
Claudette
Georgette
Harriet

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