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Girls names - Lara, Elsie, Phoebe

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SaltySeaBird · 29/06/2014 07:25

Really stuck thinking of girls names. I'd ideally like a short two syllable name as we have a one syllable surname.

I like, in order:

Elsie
Phoebe
Lara

What other similar names might I be overlooking?

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Yorkshirelassreturns · 03/07/2014 21:08

Like Elsie but would you consider Elspeth and use Elsie as a nn.

Other two syllable names I like are:

Martha
Esme
Rosa- recently met a lovely Rosa so that's a winner for me.

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WhatAHooHa · 02/07/2014 20:11

I love Elsie! But lots of them around here, along with Eve, Evie, Elsa and so on

Heartsandspades · 01/07/2014 21:57

I love Elsie! It was my name if we were to have a girl

Delphiniumsblue · 01/07/2014 21:57

Lara or Phoebe.
I really dislike Elsie- so do the elderly ladies I know who unfortunately got stuck with it when fashionable last time around.
Zoe
Anna
Faye
Lucy
Sarah
Amy
Eliza
Mary
Ellen

Trooperslane · 01/07/2014 21:49

We also had

Cara
Tara

And

Olivia

On our short list.

Jemimapuddlemuck · 01/07/2014 21:48

I love them all but a friend with a Phoebe says it drives her nuts everyone spelling it wrong all the time! My favourite of the 3 is Lara I think.

Trooperslane · 01/07/2014 21:48

I love Lara (have one)

And I was just thinking about Phoebe for imaginary dd2

Grin
NewtRipley · 01/07/2014 21:46

My first choice of your names would be Lara, then Elsie

I don't like Phoebe (sorry, it makes me think of feeby, an imaginary adjective)

NewtRipley · 01/07/2014 21:45

Lana
Leah
Lyra

Betty
Maggie
Pearl

Stella
Bonnie
Verity

HKat · 01/07/2014 16:18

Love Lara. I desperately wanted it for dd but our surname begins with an L and so it was vetoed on grounds it sounded like something out of Superman

Mintyy · 29/06/2014 23:29

Love all three of those names. If pushed I would say Lara then Elsie then Phoebe.

Nancery · 29/06/2014 23:28

There are lots of Elsie's where I am. It's either a name for someone over 85 or under 5.

Lara and Phoebe are lovely

BikeRunSki · 29/06/2014 23:26

Gaia
Anna
Biba
Esme

Nereida · 29/06/2014 23:25

I like Lara the best, very pretty.

Icedfinger · 29/06/2014 22:33

I have a Phoebe!!

I also liked:
Martha
Matilda (Tilly)
Kate
Maisie
Lillian
Emma

DramaAlpaca · 29/06/2014 21:07

Of the three, I think Lara is beautiful & underused.

Phoebe is OK.

Elsie is an old lady name to me, & not to my taste at all.

skinnyamericano · 29/06/2014 21:07

Lara Lara Lara!!!!

Love it.... big regret of mine, not using it.

Fedupofplaystation · 29/06/2014 21:04

Love Lara - it's classy and yet kick-ass at the same time, great name for a little girl or a woman.

Elsie is nice, prefer Elsa but both may date.

Pheobe is OK.

How about Anya or Margo?

PintOfWine · 29/06/2014 16:24

I love Elsa but it was vetoed by DH who was reminded of some woman and a lioness from the 1960s.

bouncingbelle · 29/06/2014 15:08

Rachel
Ruby
Mirrin
Bella

bouncingbelle · 29/06/2014 15:07

I love Lara and Phoebe is ok. Elsie is just like all the other granny names of the moment and not that nice.

Sadie
Anna
Maya

Nospringflower · 29/06/2014 09:57

Not keen on Elsie but think Elsa is nice. Lara then Phoebe.

weatherall · 29/06/2014 09:35

Oh I love Lara, you never hear it.

I also like Tara and Larissa.

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SaltySeaBird · 29/06/2014 09:29

Also like Elsa

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SaltySeaBird · 29/06/2014 09:19

Out if the others suggested I quite like Martha but none of the others really appeal (well I like Lucy and Amy but have very close relatives with those names so couldn't use them).

PunkAssMoFo I think we have very different tastes in names, sorry!

I do particularly want a short two syllable name as this sounds best with our surname.

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