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Need a girl's name

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DamnitCharlie · 15/09/2019 03:58

Pregnant with daughter no. 2, had my heart set on Phoebe, partner agreed, started referring to baby as that until . . . a quite close friend had a baby called Phoebe! We see them all the time so Phoebe is out! Already have an Ivy, I like old fashioned names like Pearl, Sylvia, Iris but partner likes 'boring' older names like Elizabeth and Catherine. Also like modern names and other nature names. I want something short, easy to spell, hard to nickname and pretty but not too cutesy. Please help, I am absolutely gutted to miss out on our favourite name so far.

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MeganTheVegan · 15/09/2019 07:08

Ivy & Pearl go lovely together.

TheoriginalLEM · 15/09/2019 07:04

Lucy
Eve
Esme
Jane
Bess
Emily
Mabel
Rose

DandyLyon · 15/09/2019 06:56

Penelope
Eliza
Aurora
Lois
Cora

(Phoebe is also my favourite name but these were the others on our list)

Ricekrispie22 · 15/09/2019 06:46

Heather
Margot
Maude
Ada
Elsie
Olive
Skye
Ethel
Esther
Cora
Delia
Edith
Hazel
Stella

QuinoaWest · 15/09/2019 06:45

Though as you want "easy to spell", perhaps you'd better go with Talia or Neve spellings!

QuinoaWest · 15/09/2019 06:42

Freya

Niamh/ Neve

Thalia

joystir59 · 15/09/2019 06:31

Joy
Iris
Ruth
Nora
Dita
Anna
Rose

RunForTheHillock · 15/09/2019 06:28

Lois

Astronica · 15/09/2019 05:55

Tess
Greta
Nancy
Eda
Tilda
Bonnie

PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 15/09/2019 05:34

Mabel
Audrey... or in our case Aubrey as it's now a unisex name that is mostly used for girls.

Mavis
Cora
Maggie
Vada/Veda
Alice/Alyce.
Vivienne
Primrose
Rosemary
Rosalie
Bette/Betty

Whoops75 · 15/09/2019 05:17

I didn’t use a name for a similar reason and we never see them now.

Continue to look but if you find nothing you love as much then use Phoebe.

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DamnitCharlie · 15/09/2019 04:37

She has already said she doesn't mind a second Phoebe but I think it would be strange to have a baby a couple of months later and use the same name. We see each other several times a week and know all the same people but eventually they will be in different schools. I don't know - I didn't use a name last time because I worked with a girl with the same name then she left a few weeks later so you never know how long you will know people for!

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AverageMummy · 15/09/2019 04:27

Juliet
Cecilia
Jemima

Also maybe consider speaking to your friend - she might not mind a second Phoebe

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