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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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Whatsyourflava · 04/07/2020 14:55

Love your boy name

Daisy
Nola
Betsy

Are all gorgeous. You might also like:

Nina
Greta
Martha
Sadie
Edith /Edie
Margaret /Maggie/Peggy
Clementine/Clemmie
Pearl
Delilah
Roxanne/Roxanna/Roseanne nn Roxy
Ottilie /Ottie
Cora
Eliza
Liberty
Jemima
Cleo
Mabel
Margot
Wren

userabcname · 04/07/2020 14:36

Penelope
Victoria
Celeste

PastramiNoRye · 04/07/2020 14:32

Flora

lifestoooshort · 04/07/2020 14:31

Melissa

Literaryseed · 04/07/2020 14:29

Isabel/Isabelle - I think it's timeless and gorgeous

Normandy144 · 04/07/2020 14:27

Claudia
Lydia
Valentina
Avery

TattyByeTattyHead · 04/07/2020 14:27

Taya. Rhymes with 'layer' - still love it 21 years after giving it to my daughter and - most importantly - she loves it too.

RedRec · 04/07/2020 14:25

Katherine.

cptartapp · 04/07/2020 14:24

Natalie, Alicia, Louisa, Meredith, Zara, Erica.

ByGrabtharsHammerWhatASavings · 04/07/2020 14:23

Lowena, Lyra, and Thea are my favourites

OohKittens · 04/07/2020 14:20

Thomasina

Spied · 04/07/2020 14:19

I love Alice and Heidi.

CaffiSaliMali · 04/07/2020 14:17

My top names are Alys, Eira, Mari, Morwenna and Tesni.

If I couldn't use a Welsh name my favourite girls names are Juliet, Lyra and Rosa. I also love Isabel, but there's already a child Issy in the family.

OptimisticSix · 04/07/2020 14:05

Niamh
Hannah

bridgetreilly · 04/07/2020 14:03

Dorothea.

I also love Winifred nn Freddie, and from your list I like Betsy.

sweetnosugar · 04/07/2020 13:57

Winnie
Marnie
Mabel

I’d say are my favourites right now! ☺️

nettytree · 04/07/2020 12:46

My daughters name, Lydia. It's was part of my nans name.

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Nuttybea · 04/07/2020 12:34

Some lovely names there. Nothing yet jumping out at me. I do like matilda but oh isnt keen.

@Whatsyourflava my boy name is Ronnie . We both love it and its just stuck.

Girls names that me and oh dont mind (but dont love) are:
Daisy
Nola
Betsy

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GracieLane · 04/07/2020 12:32

I like the virtue names like Grace, Hope, Faith, Joy.
Also nature names like Lily, Daisy, Rose, Willow, Skye, Ivy, Pearl.
Biblical names like Naomi, Eve, Lydia, Esther.
I love the names Eleanor/Elinor, Eliana, Elsie, but don't like Ella.
Love the names Beth, Libby, Nell and Nora.

Whatsyourflava · 04/07/2020 12:25

What's your boy name out of interest @Nuttybea

riotlady · 04/07/2020 12:22

Waverly, Josephine or Juniper

daisychain1620 · 04/07/2020 12:15

Clara (from the Nutcracker, obsessed from reading it as a child!) and Clementine

Sarahbeans · 04/07/2020 12:13

Apart from the ones I used for my children, I love

Elizabeth (Libby)
Harriet (Hattie)

I like names with shortened versions, so they can change their names if they do not like them. I hate my name, and my daughter hates hers. We both use nicknames that we are known by. This was really important to me.

theproblemwitheyes · 04/07/2020 12:10

Scarlett. I love it. But it's a bit of a stripper name, so unfortunately won't be using it.

CeibaTree · 04/07/2020 12:09

I love Cordelia and Iris :)