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What is your all time favourite girls name?

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Nuttybea · 04/07/2020 11:54

Im currently 30 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby. We dont know the gender but have settled on a boys name. However we are really struggling with girls names. So i thought i would ask whats your all time favourite girls name to see if i could get any ideas?xx

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SallyWD · 10/07/2020 15:18

Maria. Beautiful, classic and extremely underused.

laura0390 · 10/07/2020 14:32

Nina
Phoebe
Emilia

SassyMoodyNastyImASavage · 10/07/2020 14:19

Love Nola and also Nuala.
Friend at school had a sister called Nyree which I really like too.

Betsy is cute. Daisy is a cow name. Emma is ok, bit safe.

MonsteraDeliciosa · 10/07/2020 13:51

Alexandra, Rose, Jasmine, Violet, Ruby, Marianne

zingally · 10/07/2020 13:12

I've never really had an all-time fave...

I loved Phoebe for a LONG time though.
Elizabeth was another fave.
Also liked Katherine.

In end we ended up with Ivy Claire and Connor James.

monkeyonthetable · 08/07/2020 12:39

Sophia. I love the sound, the look, the meaning. I know it's popular now but don't care. It's stunning.

schafernaker · 08/07/2020 12:26

My list including both my DDs names is:

Connie
Orlaith
Tessa
Lucy
Niamh
Phoebe
Aoife
Matilda
Harriet (Hattie)

IndieRo · 08/07/2020 10:30

Apart from my own daughters names I love

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Nuttybea · 08/07/2020 10:19

Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. There is a few here I want to discuss with my partner. Who knew choosing a name could be soo hard Blush. We will find the perfect girls name Star

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Peccary · 07/07/2020 19:27

Lara and Carmen, couldn't use either but dd has a name that has appeared a couple of times here which is nice

I'm Emma and I always disliked it as it's so common but I spent some time in the US and got loads of compliments on it. I liked it better then

happyjack12 · 07/07/2020 12:22

Imogen
Rowan
Verity

stonecoasters · 07/07/2020 12:19

Levi

foxtiger · 07/07/2020 12:09

Sarah

Runners-up: Elizabeth, Charlotte, Rachel, Julia, Lucy

Edenember · 07/07/2020 11:22

Eve is my all time favourite, although there are loads of names I love. Eliza is a close second.

Smileandtheworldsmileswithyou · 07/07/2020 02:18

I love the name Lucia

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NC4Now · 07/07/2020 01:32

Joanie which could also work as a tribute to your mum.

I also love Eliza, Iris and Rosalind.

PapercraftNinja · 07/07/2020 01:30

Sorry just seen you have a shortlist! Nova similar to Nola though I wasn’t far off Smile

PapercraftNinja · 07/07/2020 01:27

Nova, Caitlin, Ivy, Olive, Iris

Some lovely unusual ones mentioned in this thread too!

Sienna9522 · 07/07/2020 01:05

Delilah

Deliqueen · 07/07/2020 01:00

Zara,
Seren,
Alys,
Halle
Tessie
All work with Joanne. Love Nola and Betsy from your choices.

drigon · 07/07/2020 00:56

I love : Rhiannon, Seren, Eleri ( Welsh), also Elodie (French), quite like Billie too.

Bettysprocker · 07/07/2020 00:51

Eve
Kathryn
Marnie
Edie
Esty

Poetryinaction · 06/07/2020 23:43

Emma is by far the best of those.

My all time favourite girls names are
Anna
Lucy
Olivia
Jasmine
Natalie
Judith
Helen

I find them all so fresh, sensible and pretty sounding. Also international. My daughter's name is not on that list! It didn't work with sibling/ surname combinations.

ExtremelyBoldSquirrels · 05/07/2020 13:22

My favourite girls name is Eilidh.

If we were having a girl, I think DH would veto it on spelling grounds (we’re not in Scotland) so I’d try for Ailis instead (because it’s not hard to spell).

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