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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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GrouchyKiwi · 26/10/2014 19:14

I did this too. We'd decided if DC2 was a girl she'd be Katherine but in the end settled on Sophia.

What about Leia? Star Wars rules.

knowler · 26/10/2014 19:13

How about something similar to Leah, like

Leonie
Leonora
Leo

I really like Leah though!!

Anjou · 26/10/2014 19:11

I found during both my pregnancies that I would go on and off names, so I'd say there's a lot to be said for waiting to meet them and seeing if it 'fits'. Your reasons for going off of the name make sense, but I wonder if the spelling rather than the name itself is more of an issue? For what it's worth, if I saw Leah, I'd think it was pronounced 'Lee'. If you like the sound of 'Lee-a' why not go for Lea or Lia? Looking at them written down I'm not sure of the correct spelling tbh - none of them look right!

How about
Lara
Lyra
Laila
Mila
Chloe
Anya
Holly
Tara
Cara
Cora
Laurel/Lauren

YourBloodToBeSuckedByMe · 26/10/2014 19:00

DC4 would have been a Lucy
if he had been a girl!

I love the name Lucy

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