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Please help I'm totally stuck on names

37 replies

GriphookTheGoblin · 31/07/2019 18:32

Due DC2 soonish and it's a girl. Already have a 3 year old boy.

COMPLETELY stuck on girl's names, I feel like there are none I like.

I don't like:

Old fashioned old lady type names (Martha, Edith, Dorothy, Iris etc)

"Classic" traditional names (Alice, Catherine, Helen etc)

"Flowery" names (Daisy, Lily, Maisie etc)

Nor do I like many of your standard white middle class child names (not slamming anyone btw because I fall firmly into that category myself, but I don't know how else to describe that category), which round here are Olivia, Florence, Ottilie, Delilah, Isabella

I like Luna and quite like Ruby but my DH hates them both. I also like girls' names that sound like boys' names (Billie, Bobbie, Georgie etc), mainly because I have a name like that myself and I love it, but DH won't hear of that either.

Please help! I feel like I don't like any bloody girls' names!!!

My son's name is Max. Not Maximillian etc, just Max.

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Militantmartha · 31/07/2019 20:35

Agree both Luna and Ruby are lovely names, OP.

How about one of the below? All feminine but without being too girly. They are quirky enough to stand out amongst all the Isabella's and Olivia's.

Lois
Romy
Skye
Wren
Hattie

Peachbubble · 31/07/2019 19:56

Harper
Alba
Lorna
Lydia
Briony
Marcella
Noa
Dana

Shadow1234 · 31/07/2019 19:03

Only ever met one Franca (pronounced Franka) which I thought was a really nice name.

Soraya
Harley
Lori
Romy
Kendra
Lois
Darcey
Anya
Carly
Merryn
Lacey

Soonsoonsoon · 31/07/2019 19:02

I love Cleo and Jessica but my dh vetoed it them. I get you OP, girls names are hard!

Notmydalek · 31/07/2019 18:59

How about a feminine sounding name that can be shortened to a more boyish one:
Francesca (Frankie/Chesca)
Antonia

Or are they too traditional?

Or perhaps:
Raya
Raphaela
Gabriella
Nia
Leah/Laia
Nadia
Milena
Thalia
Deia
Laila
Yolande
Tamsin
Anya
Asta
Darian
Io
Naomi
Thea
Nina

Colourfulest · 31/07/2019 18:44

Cleo
Raya
Maia
Saskia
Marley
Aubrey

imsorryiasked · 31/07/2019 18:41

Myra
Carla
Toni
Blythe
Pippa
Paige
Bonnie
Dawn
Peta

Chocolatecake12 · 31/07/2019 18:41

Anna
Kate
Heidi
Pippa
Rose
Emma
Faye

Aquamarine1029 · 31/07/2019 18:40

I worked with a woman many years ago who I adored. She was in her 50's at the time and just a joy. Her name was Exie and I've loved the name ever since. I asked her once about her name, if it was short for anything, and it wasn't. She was named after a woman her mother knew and loved as a child.

Hayls17 · 31/07/2019 18:37

I like Luna and Ruby too!
Here are the girls names we have on our list
Sienna
Scarlett
Zara
India
Amber
Willow
Lola
Orla
Faith
Anya
Sasha
Nina

GriphookTheGoblin · 31/07/2019 18:36

I love Zoe but sadly my fecking DH does not.

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OldAndWornOut · 31/07/2019 18:35

I'm going to suggest Zoe, because everyone in a thread a week or so ago loved it, including me.

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