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Girl version of Richard help!

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LoveAlwaysx · 15/09/2018 21:19

Hi there so I had my first we girl 2017 and named her after my granda his name was George so my daughter is called Georgia.

I’m now pregnant with my 2nd girl and I would like a female version of Richard as my dad is Richard.

Any ideas?? Thanks 😀

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CassandraCross · 16/09/2018 12:01

I quite like Richelle and Richendra.

Batteriesallgone · 16/09/2018 09:54

Joan / Joanna would be an easy one, for John. I imagine Dawn would be quite an uncommon name for babies now - I’ve got three young children and not come across a baby Dawn. So it would be a bit ‘different’ if that appeals to you.

gigi556 · 16/09/2018 09:09

I have an aunt called Richelle. She goes by Ricky but it's a beautiful name :)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 16/09/2018 09:07

Richelle
Richie
Rachel
Richmael

MerryMarigold · 16/09/2018 08:31

You could honour your Dad in a different way. Why don't you ask him/ your parents to give a middle name?

noego · 16/09/2018 08:23

Richendra

I think its pronounced RISHENDRA

PassportBridgetPants · 16/09/2018 08:19

Georgia and Erica sound good together

floffel · 16/09/2018 08:08

Richilde en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde,_Countess_of_Hainaut

LadyDuplo · 16/09/2018 08:01

Richella

rosy71 · 16/09/2018 07:56

Joanne/Joanna are female forms of John.

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LoveAlwaysx · 16/09/2018 07:54

Dad’s middle names is John. And his mother is Margaret but me and my granny don’t really get along so that isn’t an option.

My middle name is Dawn. It’s okay I’m not going to go for the Richard theme!

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TwoBlueShoes · 16/09/2018 07:46

Is there something else associated with your dad that you could use? Something he liked, a place, a flower, a song?

RomyAndJulio · 16/09/2018 07:44

What’s his middle name? What was his mother’s name?

borntobequiet · 16/09/2018 07:42

Ricarda is nice, without the harsh sounding in the middle.

ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 16/09/2018 07:41

Richildis
Erica

mathanxiety · 16/09/2018 07:35

Nina (as in Ricci).

Snoopychildminder · 16/09/2018 07:33

I’m personally not fond of Ricky/ricki

Does your dad have a middle name?

Littlelambpeep · 16/09/2018 07:32

Dawn would be lovely middle name.
I don't really like any of the names above.

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 16/09/2018 07:31

None of my business whatsoever, but I'm a bit perplexed as to why you'd name two girls after their granddads instead of their grandmas? Probably am BU for even asking, though.*
Why do they have to be named after their grandmothers just cos their female?

I'm named after my grandfather, well actally i'm named after both my moms parents just my her dads name comes first in my name. So my name is something like joanna Fay grandad being Joseph and grandma being Faith. (Not my real name) it was just something my parents wanted to do and why not. My grandad was awesome kept the family together, mum had a much closer bond with him than she did her mum.

Funnily enough the grandad i was named after was known by his middle name Richard/Dick in the uk but known by his first name in ireland where was from and i was given the female version of his first name. So i cant help with a name, although looking at suggestions here prehaos thats why they didnt use his middke name the name he was known as in this country.

Actually OP, could you do sonething similar whats your dads middle name is that easier to feminise?

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LoveAlwaysx · 16/09/2018 07:26

Do u think rikki is ricki would be an inappropriate middle name for a girl?

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LoveAlwaysx · 16/09/2018 07:25

My daughter Georgia has Patricia as her middle name who was my mums mum so haven’t forgotten about the women lol

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BlancheM · 16/09/2018 07:23

It's French and and 'e' on the end makes it the feminine version.
Richarde is quite dated though and probably doesn't sound much different to an English ear unless you pronounce it properly.
I'd go for a 'char' sounds so Charlotte or a name you can shorten to Riri

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LoveAlwaysx · 16/09/2018 07:23

My partners mum is Margaret and his dad was Thomas.

There no urge to name her after anyone I was just playing around with the name Richard to see what use could come up with but I agree it isn’t very girly

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glasshalfsomething · 16/09/2018 07:21

Erica feels like a good option.

TwoBlueShoes · 16/09/2018 07:18

How about Rachel? It has the R and the ch.