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Help with girls' names... moon on a stick needed!

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MamaSchmama · 26/03/2017 18:39

I am pregnant with my second child and know it is going to be a girl. I already used my all-time favourite girl's name on DD1, though! (She's Maya Grace).

I don't really have my heart set on anything, but everything I do like, DP dislikes. And I don't really like anything he suggests, either. The first name needs to:

  • go well with a last name that starts with a vowel
  • be ok in Hebrew
  • be ok in English (obviously! but worth stating because there are some lovely Hebrew names that I just don't think translate well. And I'm a non-Hebrew-speaker so nothing I can't pronounce!)
  • it would be fantastic if it was also Sanskrit in origin, but I realise this is unlikely along with other constraints
  • a little bit bohemian or unusual is good

I quite like Joy as a middle name, but if we end up choosing a non-Hebrew name for the first name then would be happy with a Hebrew middle name.

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NewPantsforaNewYear · 27/03/2017 13:09

Netta

MamaSchmama · 27/03/2017 12:33

I really love the name Miriam but it's the name of another close relative (with the same last name) unfortunately. And so is Zoe. Both would otherwise be very much on the list though!

Anna/Hannah is the Hebrew equivalent of Grace, which is already DD1's middle name, so won't go there although it's pretty.

I will definitely add Juliet and Eden to the list to run past DP, along with Asha and Dalia from earlier. Amaris is good too.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far, I really appreciate it!

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MamaSchmama · 27/03/2017 11:51

Sugarpiehoneyeye, we have such similar taste in names!

Heteronormative, thanks. I love the name Damaris but DP vetoed it last time around. Unfortunately he's also decided that Talia is a no (although he suggested Tal so I thought it might be ok!).

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DaisyBlameless · 27/03/2017 11:50

Kezia and Maya don't rhyme do they?

HeteronormativeHaybales · 27/03/2017 11:43

I knew a Damaris once, which I think is just unutterably sophisticated and cool.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 27/03/2017 11:38

Another vote for Talia. Ticks all your boxes IMO. Also really like Kezia(h) (except it rhymes with Maya, surely? so no good) and Amaris.

Zoe means dawn.

Susannah?

BlueChampagne · 27/03/2017 11:32

Zoe
Juliet
Vashti (OT)

Amarys/Amaris is gorgeous!

flumpybear · 27/03/2017 07:11

Ianthe
Ileana

Usernamegone · 26/03/2017 23:39

Hannah Joy?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/03/2017 22:40

Keziah (Kizzy).

Mrsknackered · 26/03/2017 22:03

Aaliyah is gorgeous

Mrsknackered · 26/03/2017 22:02

Mika
Esra
Galiya
Raya

Dontrocktheboat · 26/03/2017 21:06

Ila - means Earth in Sanskrit and also works in Hebrew I think (like Ilana too which is similar).

CocoLoco87 · 26/03/2017 21:00

Esther Joy
Miriam Joy
Aaliyah Joy (Aaliyah is top of my girls list!)
Abigail
Eden
Keziah
Hannah
Naaz

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/03/2017 20:52

Love Marianne, Iris Joy, and Ruth.
Miriam is another favourite.

DeathByMascara · 26/03/2017 20:37

I know a little girl called Boudicca - it's a fabulous name!

Sunshineandlaughter · 26/03/2017 20:37

Kaela
Carmen
Orianna (ori nn)

BikeRunSki · 26/03/2017 20:37

Anna

SE13Mummy · 26/03/2017 20:35

Aria
Bethia
Dinah
Eliora
Eliza
Jemima
Judith
Keziah
Leah
Mary
Miriam
Nancy
Naomi
Rachel
Rebekah
Susannah
Talitha
Zara

Sunshineandlaughter · 26/03/2017 20:24

Abigail
Arwen
Elsie
Naomi
Nora
Bethany

Sophronia · 26/03/2017 19:43

Maya and...

Aphra
Adara
Adina
Aviva
Ayla
Ayala
Eden
Eliana
Eliora
Galia
Lia
Liora
Nava
Noa
Rina
Shani
Shifra
Talia
Tova
Zahara
Ziva
Shira
Tamar
Rivka
Noya
Ilana
Livna
Libi
Lila
Lina
Roni
Sara

RedMetamorphosis · 26/03/2017 19:27

What about Talitha nn Tal?

Or is he adamant it must be the name and not nn?

WankersHacksandThieves · 26/03/2017 19:23

Zara

WankersHacksandThieves · 26/03/2017 19:22

Carmen
Josie
Galina
Kezia
Gabrielle
Lilith

MackerelOfFact · 26/03/2017 19:21

Lila works in Hebrew, Sanskrit and English - Lila Joy is lovely IMO!

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