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Baby girl please help

29 replies

Kamalena · 05/03/2016 19:50

I'm due in 3 weeks and oh decided he doesn't like any of the names we had for our baby girl.
I really like classic, vintage names like Vivienne, Helena, Clara, Eleonor. He said he would like a name starting with L or A. Anything starting with El should be fine as well (but he doesn't like "nor" in eleonor). If anyone has any suggestions would be great as I'm going mad here.
My oh is Muslim, it doesn't have to be Arabic name but it would be advantage.
My nieces name is Lily so can't be too similar.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you x

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joyfulworld · 08/03/2016 08:54

Liza
Lizzy
Lea
Laura
Luna
Lindsey
Abby
Ava
Annabelle
Amelia
Amara
Ashley

manicinsomniac · 08/03/2016 00:23

Elianne
Elianna
Elizaveta
Aaliyah

TheCaptainsCat · 07/03/2016 23:37

I have an Eleanor. My husband is Muslim too, and his family like the fact that the 'nor' sounds like the Arabic word 'noor', meaning light. They say her name sounds like God's light because the 'Ella' part is a bit like 'Allah'. Maybe convince your DH this way Grin

Jessiejane123 · 07/03/2016 19:50

What about Olivia? Quite traditional. You could call her Liv/Livy for short.

nellyflora · 06/03/2016 16:14

Ellen no nor sound and can be Nell?

LionWings · 06/03/2016 06:52

I'm surprised Ava hasn't been mentioned

CakeRattleandRoll · 06/03/2016 06:15

Elsa
Elspeth
Eleni
Elowen
Larissa
Annalise
Astrid

Or these are Arabic:
Aida/Ayda
Aisha
Anisa
Layla

Quodlibet · 06/03/2016 05:21

Lucille
Ella

Horseshoe1 · 05/03/2016 23:04

Lila
Leila
Leah
Anya

Solobo · 05/03/2016 22:37

Alana

sky1010 · 05/03/2016 22:35

Anoushka/Anouska nn Annie?

EllenTheEgret · 05/03/2016 21:50

What about Nell from Ellen? (Great name, haha)

HainaultViaNewburyPark · 05/03/2016 21:28

Audrey
Ailsa
Amanda (too 1970s)
Elaine (a bit too 1960s)?
Lisa
Leonie

Sophronia · 05/03/2016 21:19

Louisa
Lucinda
Leonie
Leona
Leonora
Luciana
Letitia
Leah
Amalia
Adelaide
Alix
Alice
Abigail
Agnes
Adela
Ada
Alba
Alma
Alexandra
Anna
Anya
Eliza
Eliana
Elena
Elissa

smartyclogs · 05/03/2016 21:18

Leah

ShinyShinyShiny · 05/03/2016 20:37

Lyra
Lucy
Lucille
Annabel
Arabella
Anastasia

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Kamalena · 05/03/2016 20:33

All of the names are great. It just me I just really liked the idea of calling my daughter vivi (vivienne) or nell (Helena or Eleonor).
So far I like Abigail, Adele, Adaline, Lavinia, Ellena, Lydia.
I literally feel my brain scramble ; (

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KP86 · 05/03/2016 20:33

Ayla is very pretty!

VerBot · 05/03/2016 20:31

Layla
Lara
Anya
Amber

iaintgettingonnoplane · 05/03/2016 20:29

What about Ayla? It's a Turkish name. I think it's beautiful!

Pronounced the same way as the Scottish name Isla

JudgeJudySheindlin · 05/03/2016 20:28

Alana/h
Elena
Leona
Leoni

Tallulahoola · 05/03/2016 20:27

Lana (as in Lana Turner)

kittentits · 05/03/2016 20:26

I was going to suggest Elena, I think it looks nicer than Eleanor but sounds the same!

EllenTheEgret · 05/03/2016 20:21

Laura
Ellen
Lena

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 05/03/2016 20:12

Lydia
Abigail
Ada
Alana
Lucy
Perhaps Linda is due a revival