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Baby names

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38 replies

NomDeClavier · 12/08/2013 21:03

DH and I have been debating names for a girl. He refuses to look in a book for names he likes so I have to fire them at him Hmm and I'm all out of ideas.

The rules are:
No ee sounds (middle names already both end in ee) or anything that would turn into ee in French, so nothing with I either
No Ts or Ths (because it has to work in French without changing too much and our surname starts T)
Can't end in -a
Ideally have some link to England/Britain (but Elizabeth and Victoria have been eliminated)
Already in use in this generation: Anne, Carole, Isabel, Mary, Rowan, Jeanne, Charlotte, Cleo

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Jolleigh · 14/08/2013 17:19

Fleur? (very French Wink maybe too french?)

LaRosaBella · 14/08/2013 17:06

Laurel

Stateofgrace · 14/08/2013 17:00

Noëlle ?

forevergreek · 13/08/2013 14:38

Vivian
Coralie
Wren
Nell
Seren
Leonore
Felicity
Penelope
Verity
Alanah
Arabelle
Iris
Elise

Yika · 12/08/2013 23:40

:)

NomDeClavier · 12/08/2013 23:33

You know I quite like Claire....Claire is growing on me.

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Yika · 12/08/2013 23:21

Leonore

Pachacuti · 12/08/2013 23:21

Megan
Brooke
Amber
Eleanor
Esme
Rose
Lauren
Seren
Annabel
Hope
Rachel
Belle
Esmee
Ellen
Jade
Hazel
Mabel
Pearl
Shannon
Nell
Roxanne
Saffron
Fleur
Adele
Frances
Mae
Honor
Rowan
Agnes
Fearne / Fern
Helen
Maeve
Elle
Coral
Leanne
Juno
Anne
Joanne
Jane
Kendall
Susan

xalyssx · 12/08/2013 23:21

Kirstin
Jewel
Summer
Jane
Annabell
Eleanor
Suzanne
Lauren
Florence

Yika · 12/08/2013 23:17

Marianne
Clara (warming to my 'Claire' theme but now with allowed 'a'
Suzanne
Ingrid (but I'm stumped for an English connection)

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 12/08/2013 23:15

Rose.

NomDeClavier · 12/08/2013 23:13

I know it's hard :( We have a name dictionary but after I get through about 50 names I just lose all hope. Also it's a French book and I just really want there to be a pretty, English name that's pronounceable in French and fits the rules.

The -a ending is apparent now negotiable.

We only have to find one....we only have to find one....

Or we change a middle name. Or we put one them first.

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Tuo · 12/08/2013 23:10

You like Hélène but you want English, so go for Ellen?
Bethan? (Has a -th- but in the middle, not at the end - is that OK?)
Likewise Esther (T sound in middle not at end)?

I agree about Claire. And maybe it's time for a 70s girl's name comeback: Deborah, Susan, Sarah, Rachel, Jane, Alison, Joanne/Joanna, Juliet...)

How do you feel about Celtic names? Morwenna? Bronwen? Morag?

Standautocorrected · 12/08/2013 23:09

Jane

HarderToKidnap · 12/08/2013 23:07

Miriam
Joy
Eloise
Beatrice/Beatrix
Caitlin
Catrin
Ellen
Eleanor
Maxine
Sian
Loveday
Lois
Julianne
Celine
Joanne

Nyla · 12/08/2013 23:04

Anais
Cadence
Michelle

Pachacuti · 12/08/2013 23:02

Grace
Florence

LottieJenkins · 12/08/2013 23:01

Bridget has a t!!!

LauraChant · 12/08/2013 22:57

Bridget

LauraChant · 12/08/2013 22:56

Frances...

Yika · 12/08/2013 22:56

Marion
Muriel

LauraChant · 12/08/2013 22:55

Jane
Clare
Darrell (scraping barrel with Malory Towers inspiration)

IKnewHouseworkWasDangerous · 12/08/2013 22:54

Ellen
Eleanor

IKnewHouseworkWasDangerous · 12/08/2013 22:53

Alexis
Alexia
Jane
Joan
Mabel
Margot

Yika · 12/08/2013 22:50

Claire

Some find it old fashioned but I find it classically beautiful.

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