Help with baby names for a girl!

35 replies

upsidedown1987 · 02/10/2020 12:15

Morning, thoughts on my shortlist for a baby girl. I'd like something not too common and not too pretty pretty.

Vera
Alma
Thalia
Esme pr Ez-me
Carys
Beth
Fern

Thanks!

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JanewaysBun · 02/10/2020 14:19

Gosh I love Maggie, my DD would actually really suit that name had I thought of it a couple of years ago! Could be short for Magdalena?

ODFOx · 02/10/2020 13:57

Natalie
Jennifer
Tina

DisgruntledGuineaPig · 02/10/2020 13:04

If you go for Beth, are you in part of the country where it'll be pronounced Beff? I know someone who didn't think about that and is constantly annoyed by people where she lives not saying the TH properly.

From your list, I like Alma. Every Alma I've met has been lovely and terribly practical.

copperoliver · 02/10/2020 13:01

I like: Matilda. Ada. Elsie. Mable. Ruby. Florence. Talulha. X. .

ButterflyOfFreedom · 02/10/2020 12:59

I like Beth (prefer Bethan)
I like Carys too, or Cerys.

Greta
Carla
Nicole
Flora
Scarlett
Lois
Rowan
Eden
Anya

OhTheRoses · 02/10/2020 12:55

Xanthe
Clara
Hebe

MikeUniformMike · 02/10/2020 12:53

Vera - Duckworth
Alma - Sedgwick
Thalia - Too complicated
Esme pr Ez-me - not keen
Carys - frumpy
Beth - fine
Fern - fine

Flymetothestars · 02/10/2020 12:49

Greta
Margaret Maggie

I like Vera

Chocolatecake12 · 02/10/2020 12:35

Love Vera
Or
Kate
Faye
Ursula
Sarah

TempsPerdu · 02/10/2020 12:31

‘Uncommon, strong and not too frilly’ were our criteria too OP. Personally I see Vera and Alma taking this beyond ‘not pretty’ into ‘downright ugly’ territory - but then we went with Greta, which plenty of people see as being harsh, so it’s all subjective!

Thalia is nice enough but does feel quite frilly to me and may have pronunciation issues (I’ve heard ‘Tallia’, ‘Taylia’ and ‘Tahlia’) Esme is sweet but also quite girly and it’s super popular in its various forms at the moment - lots at DD’s nursery.

Beth on its own just feels too plain and dowdy for me. But I really like Carys and Fern, which both feel fresh and unfussy - those two would definitely be my picks!

Hazel
Frida
Iris
Vita
Maeve
Astrid
Anya
Cleo
Rowan
Marin
Merryn
Tallis (bit left field but similar to Thalia and I quite like it as a first name!)

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