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Help with names for baby girl #1

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LittleFilly · 21/11/2016 16:57

Ladies – need your help!! Confused

We're due in 7 and a half weeks with a little girl. We have these names on our shortlist:

Alice
Charlotte
Evelyn
Georgina
Mathilda

All work with our last name, which is short and fairly traditional. We're struggling a bit as the name needs to work in the UK, Australia and the US (combination of family and where we live!). Trying to avoid anything insanely popular, but it's proving difficult.

Would love your opinions (honest but not brutally unkind please!). Open to fresh suggestions too.

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LittleFilly · 21/11/2016 17:22

Thanks Bellaposy! I love Helena too – that was on our slightly longer list as it's a family name. Beautiful choice.

Had similar worries about Evelyn (even though I love it). And pronunciation issues (different in UK from Oz and US).

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Bellaposy · 21/11/2016 17:08

Love your choice of names! I would personally avoid Evelyn (lots of Eve, Evie, Eva etc around) and I prefer Matilda without the 'h'. You would probably end up having to correct people a lot. I know a newborn Alice Elizabeth which I thought was beautiful and classic. We went for Helena for our 6 month old.

Good luck with your little one!

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