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Well damn, it's a girl. HELP

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CassandrasCastle · 09/12/2019 13:20

I have just found out I'm having a girl at my 20 (ish) wk scan. For some reason I had it very firmly in my head that it would be a boy, and had my very favourite name ready, which DP and I both love - handily. (I am being ridiculously over prepared I realise. But I just like names...)
Anyway, girl - lovely news, but I can't do girls names v well :/

This is the shortlist made with DP, we have quite different tastes:

Juliana (poss shortened to Nia. NOT JULIE)
Evangeline (I like long version)
Lilias
Laurel
Iris

Have at me...

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CassandrasCastle · 10/12/2019 21:39

Seraphine/Seraphina pretty nice...

I really do think I'm stuck between Lilias and Laurel though. Out of those 2 DP prefers Lilias, but I just don't feel wholly on bored/sad for little non-existent Laurel somehow...
Aaaargh

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CassandrasCastle · 10/12/2019 21:37

I know a Lilian and a Kirsty very well, dear friends, but both would find it quite odd if I named my baby after them. Leila does nothing for me oddly.
Evangeline is dropping down my list...

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5BlueHydrangea · 10/12/2019 21:24

Josephina
Aurelia
Harmony

NemophilistRebel · 10/12/2019 21:15

I love laurel an Lilias but how about Leila or Lilian ?

BergamotMouse · 10/12/2019 21:12

Harriet nn Hattie?

Whoops75 · 10/12/2019 21:11

Kirsty is pretty

CheeseyBeano · 10/12/2019 21:11

Evangeline just says vag to me.

Nina
Morven
Seraphina

HotSince82 · 10/12/2019 21:10

Efloressa

Poppins2016 · 10/12/2019 21:08

Claudia

TatianaLarina · 10/12/2019 21:06

Not forgetting Vage.

ChristmasSpirtsOnTheRocksPleas · 10/12/2019 20:44

Evangeline can be shorted to lots of things:
Evie
Eve
Eva
Anne
Annie
Ange
Angie
Angeline
Lina

I would also dispute the can’t cobtrol nick names thing. Everyone who know that has used a nickname into adulthood had one imposed by their parents at the outset.

If I had a girl my top name would be:
Evalina
Cecilia
Cybele
Moira
Tabitha
Fern
Isolde
Gwendolyn
Morwhenna

BHouse19 · 10/12/2019 20:38

Iris Smile

LeithWalk · 10/12/2019 20:37

Listening to the radio - a birthday celebration for a 100 year old named Ida - i love that!

SantasLittleHelper2019 · 10/12/2019 20:30

How about Violet with Vivi as her nickname?

MikeUniformMike · 10/12/2019 20:28

EmbarrassingMama, I think you mean Aneira, and that is not the Welsh pronunciation

EmbarrassingMama · 10/12/2019 20:05

If you like Nia, how about Aniera (pronounced A-nye-ra)? We have an Aniera in the family and call her 'Ny' or 'Nyra'.

daisypond · 10/12/2019 19:45

Lilias is super. I known an adult one. It’s not cutesy, which is a big plus.

Sammy867 · 10/12/2019 19:18

I love the name Beatrix and you never really see it anywhere.

We have a Tabitha so if we had another girl they would have been tabby and bee or my tabbycat and bumblebee 😍

(In reality Tabitha goes by Tabitha or Tibs so this is all in my imagination anyway)

Unfortunately when I hear Evangeline I think of the princess and the frog (blame my dd obsession with Disney princess for that one)

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CassandrasCastle · 10/12/2019 19:05

I've just heard someone describe Evangeline as 'slightly porn star' 🤔

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Sherrybabyy · 10/12/2019 15:37

I love Evangeline

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CassandrasCastle · 10/12/2019 15:35

Lilias or Laurel, Lilias or Laurel...

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CassandrasCastle · 10/12/2019 15:34

I think Lilias sounds feminine enough for me :)

I have a name which OFTEN gets an e at the end instead of the correct a - making it a totally different flipping name. It annoys me a bit, but I can deal with it - and hopefully a little Laurel or Lilias would too...

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alwaysonadiet1 · 10/12/2019 15:06

Do you like Lillia? It sounds more feminine...

Krazynights34 · 10/12/2019 14:47

Julianne?
Angelene/Angeline
Ariadne
Flora
Florence
Josephine
Niamh

CruCru · 10/12/2019 14:43

I like Juliana and Iris.

How much will it annoy you if Laurel is heard / changed in autocorrect to Lauren? It would annoy me but you may be more tolerant.

Evangeline is lovely but weirdly popular in my part of north London. The parents are usually quite put out to meet parents of another one too. So if you want a really unique name, this might not be it.