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Baby girl due next month

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Gronk27 · 18/02/2019 17:06

Can I have thoughts please ? I have a feeling she won't be named until she needs to be registered!

My picks
Beth/Betsy
Imogen
Emilia
Rose (potential middle name)
Della (my Nan's name and current favourite!)

DH's picks
Matilda
Bess(ie) I don't think this will go with last name which starts with a 'sh'
Ada
Ava
Bonnie
Nell
Thea

Other options
Anna
Beatrice/Bea

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PhoenixBuchanan · 18/02/2019 18:45

I think the good news is that you have a lot of common ground. Very similar styles, even if the actual names don't overlap. I'm sure you can eventually come up with something. I like almost all the names.

Beth/Betsy/Bess/Bessie are SO similar- could you not call her Elizabeth and see what NN works best? They're all nice!

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Gronk27 · 18/02/2019 18:40

@happydinosaur as if there was a nightclub called Della haha! I like the fact that Emilia and Beatrice are Shakespearean.

@mikeuniformmike I am very hesitant about the popular names! I have also thought about Della as a middle name but then feel like I’ve missed the opportunity to use it as a first name! I didn’t know about Ada my Dad laughs hysterically when I mention it because to him it’s an old lady name. I’ve liked Betsy for a while. Betsy Della Gronk lol!

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MikeUniformMike · 18/02/2019 18:07

My picks
Beth/Betsy - yes, both are nice
Imogen - ok. Don't like Immy.
Emilia - lovely but so many Emilys, Amelias and Emilias
Rose (potential middle name) - big too popular as a middle name
Della (my Nan's name and current favourite!) - use it as a middle name.

DH's picks
Matilda - no. Far too many of them already
Bess(ie) I don't think this will go with last name which starts with a 'sh' - Betsy is much nicer
Ada - Old programming language. How about Fortran or Algol instead
Ava - yuk
Bonnie - cute but no
Nell - yes but I don't like Nellie
Thea - yuk

Other options
Anna - like it a lot
Beatrice/Bea - nice

Betsy Della Gronk.

HappyDinosaur · 18/02/2019 17:09

I like them all apart from Bonnie and Imogen. I think Emilia, Bea or Ada are my favourites, with Rose as the middle name.

I can see why people like Della, but it used to be the only nightclub where I lived as a teenager so just reminds me of that!