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PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 18/08/2019 22:01

I've shortlisted my names list (I think). The only way I managed to do it was by actually writing them down on paper to see if I liked the way I physically wrote her name 🤔

So here we go! Rose will come into it somewhere as it was DP mums name who sadly passed a few years ago. I'm not a huge fan of double barrelled first names though, so will be a middle name at least.

  1. Rosalie
  2. Mabel Rose
  3. Aubrey Rose
  4. Minnie Rose
  5. Autumn Rose
  6. Winter Rose
  7. Dottie Rose (is hanging onto my shortlist by a thread)

Which of these didnt make you grimace?

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strawberry2017 · 19/08/2019 20:06

I have an Aubrey Grace, some people love it others not so much but I have no regrets. (Not double barrelled)
Go with your heart! 💖

Frith2013 · 19/08/2019 19:32

Rosalie makes me think of the rhyming slang for cup of tea.

So I’d probably go for Rose or Rosamund instead.

Frith2013 · 19/08/2019 19:26
  1. Rosalie - ok
  2. Mabel Rose - meh
  3. Aubrey Rose - boy’s name
  4. Minnie Rose - slang for vagina
  5. Autumn Rose - no
  6. Winter Rose - no
  7. Dottie Rose (is hanging onto my shortlist by a thread) definitely not. Slang for someone with mental health problems. Awful name.
whattodowith · 19/08/2019 17:11

I only like Rosalie and Mabel.

starkid · 19/08/2019 15:21

I like Rosalie and Mabel :)

I think some of the names, with Rose as a middle name, sound more like a flower hybrid or paint colour e.g. Winter Rose, Autumn Rose.

ShhhBeQuiet · 19/08/2019 13:01

Aubrey.

Not keen on Winter, Dottie or Minnie

Peachbubble · 19/08/2019 07:41

I like Aubrey and Rosalie.

Nearlyalmost50 · 19/08/2019 02:58

Also- if you like vintage and old=fashioned, Rose is perfect. I like Rosalie second at a push.

Rosecherry · 19/08/2019 02:57

I like these names the most from your list 😀 , yes your right do keep your other names as you may see baby and decide one of them suits your little one more.

  1. Rosalie
  2. Mabel
  3. Autumn
Nearlyalmost50 · 19/08/2019 02:57

Why not just Rose? I know only one Rose who is young, it's hardly ever chosen as a first name. Totally classy and much nicer than Aubrey/Autumn,/Winter, all the things you have chosen.

Giraffey1 · 19/08/2019 02:15

I only know Aubrey as a boy’s name.
Autumn Rose and Winter Rose sound a bit pretentious to me, sorry.
Mabel is old fashioned in my book...
Rosalie is a pretty name.
Dottie and Minnie don’t do it for me.

Shadow1234 · 19/08/2019 01:51

Autumn Rose is beautiful

Krisskrosskiss · 19/08/2019 00:15

I like Mabel Rose a lot! That ones my fave from your list.
Dont like Aubrey as it just really is a boys name in my head... and one of the more feminine boys names which sort of oddly makes me defensive for it as a boys name iyswim?
I love Winter and Autumn, especially with Rose as a middle name, it's the type of name idve loved to have had as a child!
I think Dottie is just short for Dorothy or Dorothea and that's what everyone will assume so if you dont like those names it's not a good idea.
I'm not keen on Rosalie.

Have you considered Rosalind and Rosamund?

soapona · 19/08/2019 00:00

Sorry just seen Rose is a middle name? In which case they are all quite nice, but I prefer Dorothy to Dottie.

lliy · 18/08/2019 23:59

Aubrey Rose is beautiful !

soapona · 18/08/2019 23:56

Instead of 1. rosaline. What about Rosaleen lovely name pronounced Rosa-leen, Irish like Pauleen, Kathleen etc?

It means little Rose and us a beautiful name and is the English version of Roisin.

I quite like Winter Rose, but if I'm being totally honest even though I quite like the Rose on the end of the name it is naff and will date. I can see your thinking I myself was keen in these sorts of names until I got sensible feedback.

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PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 18/08/2019 23:54

@yeahsurewhatever
That's a fair point, although I think if I met a older lady called Dottie I wouldnt pay her any less respect, but I do see what you mean. I'll cross Dottie off, as I dont like dorothy at all 🙈

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Yeahsurewhatever · 18/08/2019 23:52

I think you should think about your daughter as an adult - dotty doesn't exactly command respect in her chosen profession
But Dorothy could work - old lady name too which is popular but it's not quite as common as your Mabel and Evie's

I really like Aubrey, someone's always going to dislike whatever you pick. If that's your favourite name who cares what they think.

Fwiw I'd never heard of it as a boys name, I thought it was only for girls

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PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 18/08/2019 23:45

I thought about Rosa but me and DP watch alot of Brooklyn 99 and I cant get the character Rosa out of my head when I hear, see or say the name do I think it's off the cards for me, I do like it though.

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TwoPupsandaHamster · 18/08/2019 23:43

Iiwy I'd call her Rosa

Rosa is pretty ☺️

Harvey3 · 18/08/2019 23:42

I like Dorothy Rose nn Dottie the best. The Autumn and Winter combinations sound like candle fragrances.

NameChange30 · 18/08/2019 23:40

There seem to be loads of little Mabels but it is the least bad on the list.

Apart from Rosalie which I do really like. It's pretty but strong somehow.

CatteStreet · 18/08/2019 23:38

I'm not keen on any of them. They are all very of the moment (Rosalie seems to be having a moment much like Elsie and Evelyn). I think Mabel Rose is the best of those.

Iiwy I'd call her Rosa.

TwoPupsandaHamster · 18/08/2019 23:35

Out of your list Rosalie is the only one I like (sorry! Flowers) What about Rosanna or Rosie?

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PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 18/08/2019 23:34

I dont want cool or masculine.

I want more vintage and old fashioned, I think that's why I like Mabel, but us that becoming too popular? And Dottie.. but I dont really like dorothy Blush

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