Help us narrow down our girls names pleeease!!

31 replies

Spanishomelette · 27/01/2014 18:36

Hi there

I have posted before but only have 2 weeks to go and our 'shortlist' seems to be getting longer not shorter. I am struggling to get clarity over which names are lovely and which names aren't quite so lovely (but are still lovely)!

So, the list is as follows:

Evelyn (pronounced Ev-lin)
Tessa
Anya (anne-ya)
Thea (thee-ah)
Esme (es-may)
Natasha
Elyn (a new one I came across the other day and thought it looked nice!)

Big brother has an Old Testament name and we have an 'exotic' sounding surname.

Thanks in advance! x

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ErrolTheDragon · 27/01/2014 19:08

Anya, Thea or Natasha.
Elyn is nice but likely to be misheard as Helen with a dropped h or Ellen.

curiousgeorgie · 27/01/2014 19:07

I love Anya... Beautiful name!

notes for future imaginary DD3!

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 27/01/2014 19:06

Anya, head and shoulders above the rest for me. Lovely lovely name.

deelite72 · 27/01/2014 19:04

Thea is short for the female name Theodora, a beautiful name meaning God's gift in Greek. Our son is named Theo. :-)
I love Anya, but this is also the Eastern European in me. Anya hails from Anna/Anastasia.
Tessa is the shortened form of Teresa. Teresa or Terese in Christianity was a saint known as the little flower... one of the loveliest saints and a wonderful name.
So I guess I'd go with those three, but it's a terribly personal choice, isn't it? It's got to go with your surname and you have to like the sound of the name and the meaning behind it.

Saminthemiddle · 27/01/2014 18:56

Thea and Tessa, perhaps Esme but don't like the rest.

paperdress · 27/01/2014 18:46

i like esme & thea, in that order.
if you go with evelyn, im not sure you will get the pronunciation you want for much of the time...

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