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Why are girls names so hard?!

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noahsmum2016 · 01/09/2019 16:01

I instantly loved my son's name Noah but really struggling this time around!
I don't want matchy names.
This is my list so far but I'm just not sure..... What do you think of these names? Suggestions also welcome.

Matilda - Girls name from when I was expecting Noah, but not sure whether to use.
Sofia
Evie
Darcey
Georgia - Heard on a baby recently and really liked.
Elsie
Frankie - Unisex but seems to have a lovely appeal about it
Connie - Had a dream before I found out I was expecting that I'd have a girl called Connie. Worried my family will think its too old fashioned.

Your help would be immensely appreciated!

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WhyBirdStop · 05/09/2019 15:07

I like Matilda, but it is more common now, I know a couple under five. Constance NN Connie I like a lot, I think it's unusual without being out there. I would use Francesca NN Frankie and I'm not really a fan of any of the others. If DS was a girl he would've been Tabitha, I had really vivid pregnancy dreams about a tabby cat.

Heh1991 · 05/09/2019 12:07

Matilda - Really like and think Tilly as a nickname is nice!
Sofia- Gorgeous and sophisticated
Evie- Quite look but super popular and possibly to girly for my taste
Darcey- Dislike brings to mind precocious girls
Georgia - Love- really pretty and could be "George" if a tom boy
Elsie- Love- really like old fashioned pretty names
Frankie - Like- unisex names but would never become PM with this sort of name!
Connie - Dislike- sounds like a posh girl at boarding school type name

AMidsummersNightsNightmare · 04/09/2019 23:46

My little girl is Evie so I love it! I’m guessing with Noah you aren’t too bothered about popularity. My other DD is Freya and I love that too

Grandmi · 04/09/2019 23:45

I love the name Tilly...am trying to persuade my daughter if her baby is a girlie!!

Tiptopj · 04/09/2019 22:52

Georgia is my favourite but I dont think it sounds right having two names that end in an ah sound, so as lovely as Georgia and Sofia are they dont sound right to me

Sophie and noah
Madeline/maddy and noah
Isabell and noah
Evelyn and noah
Gracie and noah

Bubbletrouble43 · 04/09/2019 22:38

Also Delilah
Lydia
Hannah
Ruth
Phoebe
Abigail
Mariam
Esther
Claudia

Bubbletrouble43 · 04/09/2019 22:35

Another biblical name to go with noah would be good.... maybe Elizabeth, which I think can be shortened to Elsie? Also Leah, Rebecca, Rachel etc

NationMcKinley · 04/09/2019 22:35

Naomi
Leah
Tabitha
Alice

Bubbletrouble43 · 04/09/2019 22:32

Paloma is fantastic!! X

MissHenty · 04/09/2019 22:15

Also like Sofia Evie and Elsie

MissHenty · 04/09/2019 22:15

Love Matilda

Really hate Paloma.

Noah is such a lovely gentle kind name. Paloma is too harsh sounding in comparison

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 02/09/2019 16:35

I think Connie matilda is a gorgeous name!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Sophronia · 02/09/2019 08:45

I like Marina best but Matilda, Connie and Paloma are nice too.

KronksSpinachPuffs · 01/09/2019 23:19

Matilda - really like
Sofia - love but think I prefer the spelling Sophia
Evie - not keen
Darcey - not keen
Georgia - love
Elsie - dislike
Frankie - like
Connie - I like it! It's less old fashioned than Elsie in my opinion
Marina - pretty!
Paloma - not 100% sure on this but I think I like it!

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noahsmum2016 · 01/09/2019 21:41

Something keeps drawing me back to Matilda and Connie. I had a dream about Connie before I found out I was pregnant.. And Matilda I had when I had my son. Is this a sign I should use them?

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AnneKipanki · 01/09/2019 21:40

I thought Connie was short for Constance.

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noahsmum2016 · 01/09/2019 21:37

MakeUpNArmy Thank you. Im being hard on myself because with my son he had a name at 20 week scan, he was that person and completely suited his name even when he arrived. I feel a huge pang of guilt I can't find the name.

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MakeUpNArmy · 01/09/2019 21:34

So for my daughter, I wanted something that no one else would have but had a magnetism to it, as in people would hopefully be drawn to it, and so after much deliberation, we went with Ophelia, and now almost 8 years later, there's not about name in existence that fits her there way here does... I always, I'll know as soon as I see her, and so out she came and I knew then it was meant to be... I think you'll find the same thing, you'll know as soon as you see her EXACTLY who she is... I'm addition though a friend of mine just named her daughter Lundynn(London)... To which I told her, what a fantastic name it is, but that she could've passed on the janky spelling and it still would have had the impact it does... Just do what feels right, it'll all fall into place 😏

MarshaBradyo · 01/09/2019 21:22

Francesca and nn is nice

Paloma I find interesting and nice but yet to meet one

Not Evie - too many too cutsey

CatalogueUniverse · 01/09/2019 21:19

Robin, Wren, Astrid.

Pol16 · 01/09/2019 21:19

Do you have a single syllable surname? It’s just that if your name was something like ‘Gray’ for example, then I think Matilda sounds brilliant. I suppose I like it anyway regardless, but a friend of mine who has a surname like ‘Gray’ has named her daughter Matilda and it sounds great.

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noahsmum2016 · 01/09/2019 21:09

Thats what I'm finding so hard, picking a strong but feminine name that would see her through life and compliments Noah. Arghhhhh!!

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Kuponut · 01/09/2019 20:15

Evie/Darcey of the various spellings/Sofia in its various Sophie-related guidelines and Matilda are very common around our neck of the woods.

I found the hardest bit with girls names being picking something that suits a cute little girl but will also suit an awkward teen and a mature arse-kickingly-awesome young woman too.

Rose220 · 01/09/2019 20:05

My little girl is called dalanie, so far she's the only one I have come across. Not many people now how to say it but if you go onto Google translate and type it in under the English language it will pronounce it for you. I think it's really pretty name and so glad I called her dalanie and alot of people have said how lovely the name is and how unusual xx

17caterpillars1mouse · 01/09/2019 19:52

I really like Connie and Georgia. I like Frankie as a nn for Francesca

Matilda's are everywhere in my local area to the point that I find it dull and I used to love it

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