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If we liked Jemima...

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:00

Dd is Jemima. We are now expecting dc2 and I'm struggling with girls' names. (We struggled last time too but she came out holding a sign!)

We don't have millions of Jemimas in our neck of the woods, and when people ask what dd is called we've always had really positive responses, like it was a name they'd forgotten about but are pleased to be reminded of.

I like Florence but she'd be one of several in her class as far as I can see.

Quite like Felicity. Also Cecily, maybe...

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BlueberryWafer · 17/11/2014 16:19

Tabitha or Olive

speedbird17 · 17/11/2014 15:49

Don't blame you Pas! Enjoy your lazy day - I would say mulling over names counts as quite a productive afternoon Wink

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:47

Rumbled, speedbird Wink

Can you tell I'm having a lazy afternoon?!

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lentilpot · 17/11/2014 15:46

Hermione?

speedbird17 · 17/11/2014 15:42

Also think Matilda is a lovely sibling for a Jemima!

speedbird17 · 17/11/2014 15:41

I do love the name Jemima, (think we are both June 12 mums!) and I also think Felicity is fab. It's the nicknames that get me a bit with Felicity, I'm not keen on Flick or Fliss, but it's quite long not to be shortened!

We are also struggling with another girl name if DC2 is a DD!!

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:33

That's why I like it, riverland Smile
That said, she's not a great role model....

Neither is the aforesaid Duck

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IvyMay · 17/11/2014 15:33

Rebecca? Rosalind? Alicia?

Felicity is lovely - was on our list for DD.

Riverland · 17/11/2014 15:31

Marianne is fab! Immediately I think of Sense and Sensibility.

Goes very well with Jemima, I think.

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:29

I like Harriet but one of dd's little NCT friends is this so I feel it's too close a connection.

Bizarrely I like Marianne - bizarre because I was bullied by one at school, I wonder whether it would always be slightly tainted.

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Riverland · 17/11/2014 15:27

Harriet is lovely.

Bowlersarm · 17/11/2014 15:25

I was going to suggest Matilda. Or Tabitha or Harriet.

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:24

Fair point re the Duck. Mine actually believes her surname to be Puddleduck too Grin

I do like Matilda/ Tilly as well.

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freelancegirl · 17/11/2014 15:23

I don't know but am watching as I had jemima as my number one choice for dc1, who turned out to be a boy and is Sebastian. Still love both of these names. Got a boys one lined up but struggling with girls. Still might be jemima though! One of my others on the list is Natalia but I think I like Jemima better. Naming a second child is hard!

IHaveBrilloHair · 17/11/2014 15:16

Matilda?

VanGogh · 17/11/2014 15:15

Mrs Tiggywinkle?

misses point of thread entirely

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 17/11/2014 15:14

Felicity is lovely, I have a 12 month old one and we have a similar reaction to you have described to Jemima. People always seem pleasantly surprised to hear it! Also like Cecily.

Riverland · 17/11/2014 15:12

Well..isn't jemima a duck? Grin

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:11

Isn't that one of Thomas's carriages?!

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Riverland · 17/11/2014 15:08

Claribel.