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Baby girl name

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:08

What do people think of the name Jemima ??

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MrsBensonXO · 24/11/2017 01:47

Thanks girls xxx

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ButterflyForest · 23/11/2017 14:03

Lovely.

Erica891 · 23/11/2017 10:46

Depends on how you pronounce it. Je-my-ma or Jemima. Either way I think it's still cute. :)

MammieBear · 23/11/2017 10:08

If that's what you like go for it

mumof2sarah · 23/11/2017 09:43

I LOVE IT ❤️❤️😍😍

userabcname · 23/11/2017 09:42

Love Jemima!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/11/2017 09:40

❤️ Jemima

IVflytrap · 22/11/2017 23:48

How about Jemima Leigh?

buttercup54321 · 22/11/2017 23:25

Jemima Puddleduck.
Jemma/Gemma?

Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 22/11/2017 23:15

If I was going for a name like Jemima or NovaLeigh I would go for a one syllable middle name too, I do really like Jemima Jade

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 23:08

I like jade too but that's my middle name haha

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NineFortySixPM · 22/11/2017 22:55

How about a simple middle name. I think one syllable names like Pearl or Jade or Fleur or Belle would all work. Jemyma Jade sounds lovely to me.

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:51

No I can't think of middle names! I don't know if to have Novaleigh as a middle name? What do u think?

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Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 22/11/2017 22:48

I like novaleigh too, have you got middle names yet?

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:45

Jemyma!! Love it ❤❤

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Ropsleybunny · 22/11/2017 22:43

I like it.

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:43

I like the name Novaleigh too. But I feel I've connected more to Jemimah 😏😏

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Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 22/11/2017 22:42

Would be so lovely in my opnion to do her nursery in peter rabbit/ Jemima puddleduck theme if you chose this name for her

NineFortySixPM · 22/11/2017 22:42

Lovely name and sounds beautiful with jazzmin. But...since you went for an unusual spelling for your 1st DD I wonder if Jemima looks a bit odd alongside it. Does Jemyma work for you? I’m not a big one for adapting traditional spellings but it’s a personal thing and I wonder if this might suit your family better. I’m imagining it written in Christmas cards. Jazzmin & Jemyma. I’ll happily be godmum if you go for it Grin

Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 22/11/2017 22:40

Jemima puddleduck isn't from harry potter its a story book written by beautrix potter from the peter rabbit collection, I have never thought about it rhyming with vagina so I wouldn't know

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:39

And just realised it's a book potter puddle duck.. I don't know about that book so that doesn't put me off, I thought you ment harry potter 🙈😂

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MrsBensonXO · 22/11/2017 22:35

Thanks guys I am 30 weeks and have loved the name pretty much all my pregnancy.. ive already got a daughter named Jazzmin and i though Jemima/h sounds lovely with her name. I cant decide with or without a H though yet. I don't mind that it's the little girl in chitty bang bang, as it is an older traditional name. I'm not a harry potter fan so that's no problem. I've just thought would she get ridiculed at school cause it rhymes with Vagina ? 😂 or am I being silly???

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Alisvolatpropiis · 22/11/2017 22:29

Puddle Duck is my first thought upon hearing the name.

The name also has strongly negative connotations re racism in North America. In our increasingly small world, that would put me off.

Elmo303 · 22/11/2017 22:26

I really liked it during my first trimester and considered it seriously if the baby was a girl, which she is, but I suffered from really bad morning sickness til 18 weeks and now hearing the name just makes me feel so queasy Confused. Such a shame as it’s a beautiful name. I like it with and without an H at the end.

MikeUniformMike · 22/11/2017 22:24

I like it.