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Baby girl is here... she needs a name! Edie? Thea?

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MamaCrazy · 09/02/2019 22:53

Last night I started a thread about needing a name for my baby as I was 36 weeks pregnant. In the space of 24 hours, I've had my baby! She decided to arrive at 36+4, at 14:32 after just 4 hours of labour!

The names I had thought of for her just aren't suited to her at all.

Her middle names are Frances Bluebell. Both names are incredibly important to me. My mum is Frances and her dad was Frank (just Frank, not Francis). I have started loving Thea for her and then my mum suggested Edie, which I love also, and Edwina was my mum's mum so would honour her. So now I think it's between these two...

Thea Frances Bluebell
Edie Frances Bluebell

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IVflytrap · 10/02/2019 00:50

Congratulations! Lovely names. I think Edie flows better with Frances than Thea does, so I would go with that. Even though Thea is also lovely.

Tavannach · 10/02/2019 00:16

Edie.
She's lovely. Congratulations! Flowers

Fiddie · 10/02/2019 00:13

I think Edie sounds like someone with a cold is saying Evie.

Would Thea be Tea Ah or Th ee ah

1poppy1 · 10/02/2019 00:09

I like both names. I'd go for Thea though, only as we know an Edie (short for Edith in her case) and she gets called Evie a lot. In fact my husband didn't believe me that her name was actually Edie rather than Evie, until I told him I'd seen a family tree on their wall and it was Edith written on there.

Longhairmightcare · 10/02/2019 00:09

Edie is lovely imo
Congratulations :)

LegalEaglesNeeded · 10/02/2019 00:04

Definitely Edie. Congratulations!

ketchupormayo · 09/02/2019 23:54

Aw how lovely congratulations! Edie is my fave out of those 2. Lovely name

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/02/2019 23:45

Congratulations. She's a beauty.
Shes got the name Edie written all over her.
How's she doing with being a bit early.

3in4years · 09/02/2019 23:42

Congratulations! Edie.

Shadow1234 · 09/02/2019 23:34

Congratulations 💐 Another vote for Edie - lovely name

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MamaCrazy · 09/02/2019 23:31

I won't be using Edwina - I really don't like it! She will be just Edie.

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Bubastes · 09/02/2019 23:17

I much prefer Edie without the Edwina!

Lovingbenidorm · 09/02/2019 23:16

Now I’ve seen pic
Definitely Edie!

AntiHop · 09/02/2019 23:12

Edwina shortened to edie is good. Not just edie on it's own.

Longdistance · 09/02/2019 23:10

Edina?
Teodora?

Sophronia · 09/02/2019 23:09

Edie

MelinaM · 09/02/2019 23:06

How wonderfulFlowers Congratulations, your little girl is beautiful, Edie I think Smile

BriocheBriocheBrioche · 09/02/2019 23:06

Oh congrats! I commented on your post yesterday! I vote Edie too but agree with pp Edwina on the birth certificate xx

whymewhyme · 09/02/2019 23:04

Full name edwina - edie for short

TooTragicToBeFunny · 09/02/2019 23:02

She’s beautiful!!

Bubastes · 09/02/2019 23:02

She's a beaut! Looks like an Edie to me.

Congrats Flowers

itbemay1 · 09/02/2019 23:01

Cute! I love edie. But I also love frances as a first name. Congrats Smile

TrixieFranklin · 09/02/2019 23:01

She's lovely Thanks

TooTragicToBeFunny · 09/02/2019 23:01

Hello baby Edie!!! 👋🏻

thisismadness77 · 09/02/2019 23:01

Both lovely, I think I’d worry that Thea might get called fear if someone struggled to pronounce th.

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