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Names for blondies

32 replies

flowerbum · 11/11/2014 20:17

This may sound a bit silly but I would love some opinions on my list of girls names as to whether they would suit a blonde haired or dark haired baby. I have a little girl already who was going to be called jasmine but when she was born with fluffy blonde hair it just didn't suit and we changed her name to paige.
So I like the names Lily, Megan, Katie, Sarah, Harriet and Elizabeth. Please can you say which would suit a blonde girl.
Also any ideas for boys?

Thank you peeps x

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Spoonme · 19/11/2014 06:41

Kristin, Bridget, Emma?

Cyclopsbee · 19/11/2014 06:26

All sarahs I know are blonde.
all my DC's were born with different colour hair, one dark, one blonde,one bald!
They are all now very blonde, exactly the same shade!

Wishfulmakeupping · 18/11/2014 20:32

I know what you mean OP I had Georgia chosen as when I was expecting my dd and thought in my mind she would have masses of long dark hair like me and dark like my oh but she's a really little blondie too. I'm so glad I stuck with the name now as I love it and it does suit her funnily enough I've met a couple of older Georgia's since mines been born and there always been blonde so not sure where I got that from.

minipie · 17/11/2014 18:00

Honestly, any of your names would suit a blonde or a dark child.

Jasmine is slightly different to my mind and does have a dark haired feel to me, because of its Eastern associations, but the ones you list are all long established British names.

iamdivergent · 17/11/2014 17:33

Cara and Alice strike me for blondies.

Both my dds born with jet black hair - DD2 is white blonde now at 6

HansKristoffAnnaSven · 16/11/2014 23:16

DD was born with very dark brown hair and blue eyes.

She is now blond with hazel eyes.

deste · 16/11/2014 23:00

Sophie is definitely a blonde.

morethanacondiment · 16/11/2014 14:14

We had two names picked - one for a dark and one for a fair-haired child. Looked at our tiny baby with dark brown hair and gave her the dark-haired name...I look at her blonde curls now and roll my eyes Grin

MarshaBrady · 16/11/2014 14:08

Harriet - dark blonde
Elizabeth - brunette
Lily -red
Sarah - blonde
Alice - blonde

boys
Sam - blonde
Joseph - brown

MyCrazyLife · 16/11/2014 14:05

Hmm interesting actually.

Dd1 was born with very pink skin and very blonde hair.

I fully expected DD2, born 18.5 months later, to look exactly the same. So I was going to call her Melissa, Nancy or Alice.

She was really dark and had dark hair!! She soon became Willow... (And is v blonde now, oops!)

Spanielpuppy · 16/11/2014 14:01

Completely agree thought I was the only one.

Had Theo or Grayson for a boy, but when a little blonde came out the only option was Theo. Grayson seemed to strong harsh for him. He is now Theo Grayson

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 14/11/2014 08:37

Lucia is a blonde name Smile

LondonMummy2013 · 14/11/2014 08:18

Alexandra is a blonde name to me

NinjaLeprechaun · 13/11/2014 23:15

I have a Megan and she was vaguely a redhead bald as a very small baby, then her hair went white blonde, darkened to 'strawberry-blonde' around puberty and kept getting darker until her hair now (at 18) is a medium auburn brown. I suspect it will continue to darken.
So I'd say that Megan is all of the above. Wink I'd also say that you have no way of knowing what colour their hair will end up.

lollydollydrop1 · 13/11/2014 22:22

Lily-Blonde
Megan-Blonde
Katie- hmm. Maybe both, mainly brown though.
Sarah- dull as dishwater brown
Harriet- brunette or redhead
and Elizabeth- classic brunette

BlueChampagne · 13/11/2014 21:55

Debbie, of course!

ZingOfSeven · 13/11/2014 19:01

Alis

my only blonde child is called Samuel!Smile

Leeds2 · 13/11/2014 18:59

I think Lily and Katie are the most "blonde" names.

For boys, I think Leo would be blonde. And Samuel.

mrsnec · 13/11/2014 18:51

Xanthe is Greek for blonde. When dd was born staff all called her that as a nickname and I almost changed my mind as I quite liked it. I think Melissa is a good blonde name with the honey part of it. Also, Lucy meaning light and Aurelia meaning golden.

I'm blonde and my middle name is on your shortlist.

Sleepyhoglet · 13/11/2014 18:38

I'd love Kaitlin if I was having a little white blonde girl baby

Belazu84 · 11/11/2014 21:50

Ha! Blondest...

Belazu84 · 11/11/2014 21:50

Lily and Megan are blindest to me. I would always think of Finn and Sam as blondes.

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flowerbum · 11/11/2014 21:20

Thank you all. I know it's a but silly and that hair colour shouldn't affect name choice but after having my daughter it did seem to make a difference. I think I had jasmine in mind thinking of princess jasmine!

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enriquetheringbearinglizard · 11/11/2014 20:48

Lily, Katie and Sarah all form an instant darker haired association for me.
Boys I tend not to have any preconception.

It's all to no avail though because one of mine was born with black hair which turned flaxen around 18 months later, very odd. Hair's now dark blonde.

I live in hope that names are more suited to character rather than appearance really.

TheFowlAndThePussycat · 11/11/2014 20:45

Xanthe means 'blonde haired'.