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Help, I can't find a single girls name I like

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Wanderer1 · 01/05/2020 11:21

I'm 30 weeks with first, don't know what we are having but I've been convinced it's a boy. Because if that I've put little effort into thinking about girls names until now. And I can't find any I like, or any we both like.

I'd love some suggestions - I'll post my criteria

I would like something a bit rarer but not made up. I have ruled out pretty much every name in top 100. Don't like names that are too "girly".

I loved Ivy but it's become very popular.

I like Isabelle as I had a lovely book about an Isabelle when I was little but we've an Annabelle in the family.

We like Aurelia but my OH worries it's too unusual in the uk (we have a German friend of that name)

I like Raven but OH vetoed as too out there/ 'hippy'

I quite like names to have a unisex nick name but not a must.

Can I please have some suggestions? Anything, hit me with them! TIA

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Edenember · 06/05/2020 17:17

My Current List -
Agnes
Alyse

Arrietty
Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Erika
Eve
Flora
Florence
Francesca
Freyja
Harriet
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Ingrid
Iona
Isla / Eila
Isolde
Isotta
Louisa
Lucinda
Luna
Mary
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia
Pippa
Poppy
Romilly
Rowena / Rowenna
Sarah
Theia
Tilda
Xanthie

Names knocked off the list that I liked - Eleonora, Eseld, Norah, Aphra, Evelyne, Ivy, Iris, Orlagh, Elspeth, Astrid, Opal, Orpah, Tabitha. Liked Phoebe as well but it was given to our cat.

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/05/2020 20:26

Rowan
Madeline /Madeleine
Astrid
Harper
Rachel
Laurel
Liesel
Petra
Tamsin
Samara
Danica
Roberta
Nella
Natasha

BeyondMyWits · 05/05/2020 19:48

Sage? - haha and very apt at the moment - do you think we will get a flush of Sages (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies)

Juno231 · 04/05/2020 11:48

Sage? That's unisex and I've always loved it :)

Changedname81 · 03/05/2020 20:34

Hadley?

If you desperately needed a unisex nn - Lee

Hadley Hemingway / Richardson - fab namesake 😊

autumnkate · 02/05/2020 17:50

Maeve
Merryn
Hero
Willa

Also really like Lark and Wren

SylvanianFrenemies · 02/05/2020 14:56

Really @maria53? I know 2 Raes, and I've always liked it.

Maria53 · 02/05/2020 13:56

@Carouselfish I am so pleased you like Rae! It is my middle name ans I have felt ashamed of it my whole life. I pretend I dont have a middle name!

turnthebiglightoff · 02/05/2020 13:43

Robin

FizzyGreenWater · 02/05/2020 13:37

Sigrid

Anouk

Hero, Hebe

Josephine, for the Jo nn.

Sabrina/Sabina

Aster

SylvanianFrenemies · 02/05/2020 13:36

Cora
Etta
Aurora
Hope
Mary
Erica
Coral
Adeline

Marimari93 · 02/05/2020 13:33

Louisa, Marisol, Lisa, Dahlia, Saskia,
Sylvie, Victoria, Christina, Laurel, Lucy, Rihanna, Celestine, Polly, Meryl, Jodie, Marigold, Lindsay, Angelina, Marie, Annette, Uma, Carmen, Virginia, Ava, Barbara, Rose, Suraya, Susanna, Elizabeth, Lorraine, Athena, Willow, Willa, Ellen, Angela.

SE13Mummy · 02/05/2020 13:15

Constance (Stan)
Darcey
Echo
Eden
Francesca/Frances (Frank/ie)
Harriet (Harry)
Hero
Jude
Noa
Philippa (Pip)
Reese
Robyn (Bob/Bobbie)
Roma/Romy
Sally

Daysofpearlyspencer · 02/05/2020 13:05

Henrietta, Harry for short
Norah
Paige
Piper
Robyn

Noble89 · 02/05/2020 13:04

@Wanderer1 love Atley! Like you I'm not keen on girly names so me and my OH have settled on Blake for a girl. My list is below.

Boys:
Avery
Isaac
Louis
Lincoln
Kasper
Parker
Elijah
Arlo
Maverick
Theo
Henry
Oakley
Luca
Elias
Ellison
Zachary
Indie
Hugo
Marley
Kit
Jesse
Frazer
Milo
Flynn
Jax
Leyland

Girls:
Rumer
Blake
Harper
Quinn
Mallory
Wren
Gracie
Harlow
Esme
Heidi
Parker
Willow
James
Oakley
Layne
Kinley
Eden
Spencer
Rae
Grey
Hallie
Georgie
Piper
Rouge
River
Scout
Everley

87Callista · 02/05/2020 12:56

If it gets that bad and you really can't find one that speaks to you you could always search back in the family history for name.

Sparklingplasters · 02/05/2020 11:51

Violet

Wanderer1 · 02/05/2020 11:49

There are so many fantastic suggestions on here, thank you so much. I'm going to go through and write down all the ones I like (lots of them). Certainly added tones to my list 😄

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KindnessCrusader · 02/05/2020 10:00

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clpsmum · 02/05/2020 08:11

Matilda
Iris
Alexander
Francesca
Wren

SodaSodaBanana · 02/05/2020 07:44

@daisypond must be the Scouse accent Grin

babynamelover · 02/05/2020 05:25

From hubby and I list for our daughters

Fiona
Genevieve
Isadora
Lillian
Seraphine
Willa
Nola
Ramona
Gaia
Naia
Hermione
Gwyneth
Tallulah
Zora
Alanis
Athena
Winnie
Opaline
Violetta
Beatrix
Winona
Una

Some of my faves

Polly
Edie
Thea
Hazel
Orla
Marlowe
Ngaio (nigh-o)
Rumi
Elula
Finola
Tova
Nella
Bay
Kiyo

Good luck I hope you find one you love .

AlliKaneSon · 02/05/2020 00:14

Annelise
Annalisa
Hera

headlock · 01/05/2020 23:52

Rosie
Lois

Room101isWhereIUsedtoLive · 01/05/2020 23:43

Tamarisk/Tamarix NN Tam.
It's a spring flowering shrub/tree and does really well on the coast, strong winds don't bother it.
So it is beautiful but also strong and resistant to the winds of change.
Aviandha NN Avi, character from the Wheel of Time and she is one strong person.

Or Loretta, NN Lo or Lore.

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