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Have gone off name...

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Pantstootight · 26/10/2014 18:55

Dd2 is due around Christmas time and all through pregnancy we were decided on the name... Leah.
I really loved it but have gone off it in a big way.
Leah, sounds like 'leer' I think of something a pervy old man would do.
Sounds too much like Mia, which is too popular for my liking.
Bible tells of Leah, down trodden and weary sister of the more beautiful Rachel...Quite sad really.
Looks like 'Yeah'..

So, I have got a problem.

I don't like any of the top 10 names, nothing too frilly or flowery, none of the old names making a come back... Help!!!!!!
Names that we considered bt don't love are,
Zoe
Megan
Lucy

Any suggestions would be really welcome,
Thanks.

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SurfsUp1 · 27/10/2014 08:36

Holly would be nice for a Christmas baby!

Chloe?

Lucinda?

Gabrielle?

Clara?

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Pantstootight · 27/10/2014 07:44

I like Lara too, but it rhymes with my name.
We have actually given Nina as a nn to bump ( I didn't like using 'it' or 'the baby')and I love it!! Dh uses it at the moment but has said that it's just a fun name for now, definately won't be her name.
However, I have a feeling that it might stick for a while once she's born!!
I don't want to start using real name until Dd2 is actually here! (which is just as well, as we haven't got a name atm!)

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bouncingbelle · 27/10/2014 01:31

I love all 4 of your names - they would all be in my top ten. I also like

Natalie/Natalia
Hope
Rachel
Ruby
Kate
Saoirse
Shona
Lara

Inkspellme · 26/10/2014 22:46

How about Leanna?

39steppesmum · 26/10/2014 21:00

we have a Lucy, but her full name is a dutch name, and Lucy is an abbreviation (can't give name on here as it is unusual and would out her)

I felt the full name was better for an adult. Could you go for Lucille/Lucinda/Lucia and then use Lucy for every day?

Kantha · 26/10/2014 20:55

My son has a Leah and a Mia in his class who are good friends. I do think the two names sound quite comic next to each other. I do think Leah is a nice name though.

What about Naomi? Also Old Testament but not as cute or overly popular.

PrintScreen · 26/10/2014 20:29

Me thought of Leah too. We also liked:
Nina
Alice
Juno
Mila
Clara

dancemom · 26/10/2014 20:27

Lyla?

Wishfulmakeupping · 26/10/2014 20:25

I do really like Lia think the spelling that way is very pretty.
Lucy is nice too.

What about
Sophia
Charlotte
Abigail
Zara
Anna
Elizabeth

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Pantstootight · 26/10/2014 20:21

oooh, I really like Lark, but am not brave enough, or hippyish enough!Smile

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Pantstootight · 26/10/2014 20:20

Thanks for all your opinions,
I have thought about alternative spellings, Lia or Lea...
Lia is far too similiar to Mia and I'm not keen on that. I do like Lea minus the 'h'...
I have loved this name for so long but am now put off by the bible significance and meaning of 'tired and weary', so does that really matter?

Dh and Dd1 (12years old) aren't sold on Zoe, I like it.
Dh likes Grace, but it's my best friends's dog's name
Dd1 likes Ashleigh

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burgatroyd · 26/10/2014 20:14

Laney?

maggiethemagpie · 26/10/2014 20:04

FWIW I love Leah and would it would have been my DD's middle name had it not been for her first name Faye (say it together quickly - you'll see what I mean)

Lyra is also lovely. I know of a Lilia, doesn't float my boat personally but it's a more original alternative to all the Lilys out there.

BlueSix · 26/10/2014 19:48

I used to know a Leah pronounced lay a if you prefere that pronunciation. Then it doesn't sound like Mia

thatsn0tmyname · 26/10/2014 19:45

Lucille, Juliet, Julienne, Rachel.

Cuppy84 · 26/10/2014 19:42

bluesummer it can be for a boy or a girl.

littlejohnnydory · 26/10/2014 19:36

Lena is pronounced "Lay-na" to me but I do love it.

Bluesummer20 · 26/10/2014 19:34

Lea was our second choice if DS had been a DD, love Anya, Lydia, Alice.
Cuppy, Eilir is a boys name in Welsh.

Asleeponasunbeam · 26/10/2014 19:22

Do you like Rachel?

I also like Zoe and considered Rachel, Kate, Megan, Hannah.

Went with Julia.

redhatnoknickers · 26/10/2014 19:21

Thea
Keziah
Layla

Cuppy84 · 26/10/2014 19:21

How about Eilir
Pronounced Aa-lee-ah, it's welsh with the name meaning butterfly.

IHeartLockhart · 26/10/2014 19:17

What about Natalie? It means Christmas so would be apt!

Nocturne123 · 26/10/2014 19:16

I think Zoe is a great name , not overused either

pippinleaf · 26/10/2014 19:15

How about Lena - pronounced Len - a. (Not leena)

3pigsinblanketsandasausagerole · 26/10/2014 19:14

Lila?
Lyra?
Lia?

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