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Desperately need your help! Girls name

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 13:53

Hello everyone I've only six weeks to go and we really need to find a girls name. If you could help and give suggestions of others you like similar to this it would be great. Our names are:
Genevieve
Tessa
Sasha
Thanks for helping.

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PallasCat · 11/06/2015 15:25

Love Genevieve, could also be shortened to Viva. Tessa's great as a middle name - if using it as the first name I'd make Tessa a nn for a longer name on the bc. Tessa - Tess - Elizabeth? I love lots of the nns from Elizabeth, but really don't like the full name itself! Tessa short for Elspeth? Or Thespie?

BeautifulStars93 · 11/06/2015 08:11

tessa is lovely byt I hear it alot.
sasha is beautiful ivw only ever met 1 amd shes 22.
not keen on the other sorry x

SylvaniansAtEase · 09/06/2015 20:13

'Genny' and Gennie' look all wrong though - to me written down they look as though they should be pronounced with a hard G like in garden. Jenny should have a J!

MitzyLeFrouf · 09/06/2015 17:01

The two Genevieves I know pronounce it as jenna-veev but I suspect it should be more like jenna-vee-ev?

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 09/06/2015 16:58

What other way is there for pronouncing Genevieve? Confused
I like it but think it would be shortened to Gennie.

yummymango · 09/06/2015 16:47

My name is Sacha and I'm a girl and I love it, I like that it's unusual and don't really care if in some countries it's a boys name. There are lots of unisex names. It's great that I have barely met any other Sacha's during my life. I feel like it suits any age and it's never really in or out of style so doesn't really date.

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sunshinemummy2012 · 09/06/2015 12:04

Wafer in my coffee friends already have an Alicia, Saskia and anoushka :-) also Eva is too popular where I live. Thanks for all input

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WaferInMyCoffee · 09/06/2015 10:13

Sasha is definitely a boys name. I love Tessa! Genevieve is lovely too but Tessa is my favourite, gorgeous name. What about Tamsin (Tammy) or Eva? Or.. Alicia, Sandra, Saskia, Anoushka.

timelyreminder · 09/06/2015 10:09

Tessa is quite nice but I'd want to use a longer version too and am not keen on Theresa. Genevieve with Eve or Evie for short is nice. Not keen on Sasha.

CakeRattleandRoll · 09/06/2015 09:28

Love Genevieve, nn Genny.

Josephine nn Josie
Saskia
Cassia (pronounced KA-sha)
Vanessa

DampAndRotten · 08/06/2015 21:57

Tessa Genevieve would be my pick.

Do you like Gennie? Of not then I wouldn't use Genevieve as a first name (personally I think Gennie/Jenny is great)

Rose58 · 08/06/2015 21:43

Sasha is beautiful!
Lucy
Sophia
Esme

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 20:28

Mrsseanbean I like Cecelia ??

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MrsSeanBean · 08/06/2015 19:39

Ophelia
Cecilia
Tara
Guinevere

PontyGirl · 08/06/2015 19:36

Tessa is lovely

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 19:34

I think you are all possibly right with Sacha - it was on our boys list and but removed as we feared too girly. Either way I think it takes one out of the equation.

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mrstweefromtweesville · 08/06/2015 19:17

Genevieve, nice-ish.

How about Tabitha, or Alicia, as you like the 'a' sounds?

sweetpeame · 08/06/2015 19:16

Genevieve or Tessa, not crazy about Sasha and it definitely sounds more like a nn than a full name. Also in many countries Sasha is a mans name so that slightly puts me off it also.

fionadal · 08/06/2015 19:12

Both Tessa and Genevieve are lovely. Don't think you'd go wrong with either.

However, most 3-syllable names seem to get shortened in the playground, so you may have to accept that Genevieve would not always be called by her full name and think of a shortening you like.

FatSwan · 08/06/2015 17:42

I love Tessa Genevieve!

Zzzsnatcher · 08/06/2015 17:29

Sasha's great!

SylvaniansAtEase · 08/06/2015 17:18

Verity
Melissa
Vanessa

I've never heard anyone have a problem with pronouncing Genevieve! I know two and they are both Vivi for short, which is lovely.

Tessa also lovely too, how about Theresa for the full name?

Sasha I'd avoid, it's a boy's name which seemed to have a spurt of popularity as a girl's name in the 70s-80s. Nice, but says boy to me!

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sunshinemummy2012 · 08/06/2015 16:49

Blue champagne - Francesca is a lovely name but a friend has just named her baby that.

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MrsHathaway · 08/06/2015 16:47

How do mispronounce Genevieve Confused ?

BlueChampagne · 08/06/2015 16:24

Francesca?