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Your favourite girls names?

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strawberrry · 02/08/2018 18:21

Please share a short list of your favourite girls names with me - I am expecting a baby girl and finding it difficult to pick a pretty name that would suit a baby girl, teenager and an adult. I love names that are a bit different but not daft.

Have Spanish and Indian background however too far back to use a name relating to either, so a name that would suit an English girl would be lovely thank you! (I have mentioned this as I realise some people give their lo's lovely names from other cultures but don't want to give a name which will result in questions over the years)

Thank you for any input!

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Mollie85 · 04/08/2018 01:51

Lucy
Phoebe
Orlaith
Honor
Lola
Molly
Ava
Lilia
Cadence
Maeve
Isobel
Isla
Lumen
Rosa
Madeleine (mad uh lane)
Thea

SAMlady · 03/08/2018 21:23

Agatha
Penelope
Lizzie (Elizabeth)
Lucy
Lottie (Charlotte)

Lynne1Cat · 03/08/2018 21:07

Alexia
Elyza
Chloe
Cleo
Dawn
Jade
Wren
Leonie
Layla
Lola
Sinead (pronounce Shinade)
Siobahn (pronounced Shivorn)
Ruby
Roisin (pronounced Rosh een)
Leah

TeacupTattoo · 03/08/2018 20:57

I have 5 girls 😍. Here are my favourites.
Cassia
Anise
Autumn
Esme
Paige
Liberty
Storm
Minerva
Tallulah
Jemima
Alice
Eliza
Rosalind
Briony

AlliKaneErikson · 03/08/2018 19:52

Lara
Kate
Leia
Annelise
Anastasia

restingbf · 03/08/2018 13:55

Chloe
Imogen
Lexi
Willow
Lola
Lila
Ella
Freya
Evelyn (Evie for short)
Holly

Mumstepmum · 03/08/2018 13:51

Evie, Phoebe, Everly, Luna, Matilda and Orla x

Icklepup · 03/08/2018 13:49

Eliza

StrawberryCat · 03/08/2018 07:55

Kate
Maeve
Sarah
Abigail
Miriam
Maryanne
Laura
Jasmine
Ruby
Tamsin
Erena
Florence
Eve

sidonie1 · 03/08/2018 07:20

Current favourite: Clementine (Clemmie)

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strawberrry · 03/08/2018 06:30

Thank you so much for all of your brilliant suggestions!

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Twelve8Ts · 03/08/2018 00:07

Eva
Cicely
Perla
Ianthe
Valentina
Naomi
Fiorella
Alora
Elyse
Lucia

StylishDuck · 02/08/2018 23:55

Leah
Eilidh
Eve
Grace
Abigail

This was our short list. DD ended up being Leah. DC2 was a boy but would have been Eilidh if a girl. (We're Scottish and it's not a hugely unusual name up here.)

GreenMeerkat · 02/08/2018 23:50

I have two DDs so won't say their names but currently pregnant with a boy and this was the girl shortlist before we found out:

Emma
Sophie
Amy
Chloe
Alice
Ivy

KateMcD451 · 02/08/2018 23:47

Scarlett, Emmeline, Evangeline, Alys, Poppy, Sian, Sophie, Tess

manicinsomniac · 02/08/2018 23:43

I have a ridiculous number of 'favourite' names. Including:

Arabella, Avery, Amberley, Alexis, Abigail, Astrid, Aphra, Aria, Averil, Bronte, Cerys, Cassidy, Delphi, Eden, Francesca, Felicity, Fallon, Georgina, Giselle, Genesis, Hannah, Isabelle, Jessica, Juliette, Kiki, Kayleigh, Lara, Livia, Miranda, Matilda, Mika, Mala, Natasha, Naomi, Rhiannyd, Robyn, Rebecca, Rosina, Romilly, Savannah, Saffron, Taryn, Tansy, Verity, Vanessa, Xanthe, Zara, Zeryn, Zuleika

haribosmarties · 02/08/2018 23:37

Celeste
Artemis
Ariadne
Fuchsia
Cecily
Sylvia
Aphra
Dorothea
Anoushka
Saskia
Anouk
Suki
Anais
Astrid
Audrey
Luna
Edith
Ondine
Maeve
Rosalind
Magdalena
Merryn
Dorcus

LoveInTokyo · 02/08/2018 23:31

Names like Anna, Isabel and Maria would be a nice nod to your Spanish heritage without sounding too obvious.

SnowyAlps · 02/08/2018 22:51

Esme
Isobel
Annabelle
Daisy
Savannah
Seren
Melody
Aria
Joelle
Rae
Matilda
Tabitha
Indie
Dolcie
Jasmine
Kennedy
Avery
Leigh
Ophelia
Star
Addison
Blake
Hadley
Harper
Riley
Piper
Kyle
Reese

OhSandyBaby · 02/08/2018 22:51

My current list..

Natalie
Tahlia
Margot
Katharine
Beatrice
Anna
Penelope (Nell)
Claudia
Georgia

BevBrook · 02/08/2018 22:45

I have only had boys. The girls names I would have used would have been: Rose, Anna, Emily, Sophie, Sarah, Lara, Amy.

Mammysin · 02/08/2018 22:43

Oh yes Tess 😍

Mammysin · 02/08/2018 22:42

Lola
Stella
Anna
Mariam
Iris
Rani
Honor
Indira
Velven

lechhy · 02/08/2018 22:37

To find names that suit different ages, I like longer names with a variety of nicknames, so the child can find a name that suits them. Both my DDs chose their nick names, which they are now known by. With this in mind I like:

Elizabeth (Libby, Beth, Eliza...)
Catherine (Kitty, Kate, Kathy...)
Charlotte (Lottie, Charlie)
Francesca (Chessie, Frankie, Fran)
Harriet (Hettie/ Hattie)
Helena (Lennie, not very many nicknames for this one, but I love it!)

The nicknames are names I've genuinely known for children / adults with these names, but I've tried to include one more childish, one more cool teen and a more grown up adult one!

SabineUndine · 02/08/2018 22:25

Cecily
Charlotte
Aude
Matilda
Eugenie
Yann
Oriana

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