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Original poster

OH likes boring names!! Help us meet in the middle!

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babyunicornvomit · 27/02/2017 00:06

I always liked weird names. Not Jamie Oliver's kids weird, just unusual. Partner likes VERY usual names. Isabella, Emily, Olivia are his favourites - all SUPER common and popular.

I was one of 3 Rebecca's in a class. I don't want a common name! I love the names Sapphire, Dottie and Merida. He isnt keen.

The ONLY name we've both been able to agree on liking so far is Florence, it's exhausting but we have to decide!

Please help! Any middle of the road, less common but also pretty girls names, please?!

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KnitFastDieWarm · 27/02/2017 12:25

i always like names you can make more or less formal using nicknames, like:

cassandra (cassie)
persephone (sephy)
marianne
elizabeth but with a cute nickname i.e. bess, betsy, eliza
elinor
constance (connie)
grace (gracie)
henrietta (hetty or ettie)
rosamund (rosie)
katherine (katie, kate, kitty)
flora
theadora (thea)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/02/2017 09:17

Love Dottie !
Clementine
Victoria
Abigail
Emmeline
Kristina
Josephine
Caroline

Sistafromanuthamista · 27/02/2017 08:31

Tabitha
Angelica
Miriam (could shorten to Mimi)
Faye
Anastasia
Robyn

Rockaby · 27/02/2017 07:33

Also, just reading back over your OP. You said you like 'weird' names, but what exactly is it you like? Is the criteria that they be not well used or is there something else? If you said you love nature names or Ancient Greek names or something then it might be easier to find a middle ground.

Plunkette · 27/02/2017 07:29

What about Susan and John?

Classic, but it's unlikely your child will be in a class with either a Susan or a John.

BikeRunSki · 27/02/2017 07:25

Darcy
Kiera
Ellen
Louisa (Lulu)
Hannah
Henrietta (Hetty, Ettie)

Rockaby · 27/02/2017 07:19

I had this with DH. I think he just likes names he's used to. I didn't want something which is overused where we live (I would class Olivia, Amelia and Isabella as a bit overused here really), so we ended up going for something that was popular when we were born, but not so much now. I've never met another baby with DD's name!

How about:

Laura
Katherine
Rachel
Elizabeth
Alison
Emma
Margaret
Sarah

Weebleswobbles · 27/02/2017 07:10

Clemency
Dulcie
Helena
Dorothy
Linda
Lucia
Juno
Honoria
Martha
Jerusha
Fenella
Amy
Kathleen
Margot

BikeRunSki · 27/02/2017 06:12

Hebe
Hermia
Pandora
Cleo
Zoe
Aurora
Leonora
Zillah
Thomasin
Moravian
Marla
Sylvie

JonesyAndTheSalad · 27/02/2017 06:11

I think you'll do best looking at the more unusual classics...o

Beatrice
Cecily
Guinevere
Rose

ABCFamily · 27/02/2017 06:04

Antonia
Aurora
Cecilia
Cordelia
Daisy
Delilah
Emmeline
Esme
Eve
Francesca
Hazel
Helena
Jasmine
Juliana
Juliet
Lorna
Mara
Marcella
Mona
Naomi
Rosalind
Thalia
Vanessa
Veronica
Viola
Willow

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 27/02/2017 00:45

If youre looking for something a bit different. Id ditch Florence. Im tripping over them.
Vivienne
Felicity.
Fiona
Miranda

StormZelda · 27/02/2017 00:10

This was me and my X

How about Elizabeth with Eliza for short?
Margaret with Maggie for short
What about Marianne - Unusual but classic for him?

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