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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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If you were to have a girl tomorrow...

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HansGruber · 14/12/2020 14:03

What would you call her?

Also, is the name your ‘if I was brave enough’ name? If not please tell me them both Grin

I’m hoping to find inspiration because we’ve come up with 3 names and none feel ‘right’.

Thank you Xmas Smile

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Shmithecat2 · 14/12/2020 19:55

Lois or Finola

blondie87 · 14/12/2020 19:52

Esther

Csx99 · 14/12/2020 19:52

I loved Isla I think that's what I would have gone for if my little boy was a girl!

I actually love the name Dorothy nn Dotty but would never use it but definitely is a name I wouldn't be brave enough to use

jessstan1 · 14/12/2020 19:51

Sarah

Marmite27 · 14/12/2020 19:51

Rebecca Rowan Ellen

MondeoFan · 14/12/2020 19:50

I love Violet, Margot and Edith

If I was feeling brave Stevie, Claudine or Jamie

Sauvignonblanket · 14/12/2020 19:45

@blitzen I came on with just these names in mind too - Felicity or Liberty. Clemency, Sylvie, Cicely or Eleanor would also be lovely.

MrsMyreton · 14/12/2020 19:42

I already have two girls (and that's me finished!! Smile) but if I were to have more they'd be:
Murron
Constance
Ailsa
Merida

I shouldn't participate in these threads they make me broody!!

mackerella · 14/12/2020 19:35

Rowan is my absolute favourite, although I also seriously considered Mariam or Nina (I have a Forrin Background, so these would be appropriate). I also like Verity and Sylvia as suggested by others here.

Weirdly, I've seen my own name suggested on this thread Shock. It's a perfectly normal name - somewhere in the 600s last year but not unusual, and common in lots of other countries albeit with different spellings - but it NEVER gets suggested on here!

Appuskidu · 14/12/2020 19:27

Harriet
Nancy
Clara

shamus2020 · 14/12/2020 19:25

Nicole

purplecorkheart · 14/12/2020 19:24

Kate or Leah would be my choice.

WalkingAfterMidnight · 14/12/2020 19:22

Gwenllian or Gwawr were my girls names. I had boys!

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HansGruber · 14/12/2020 19:19

Fab thanks for responses. Going to have a proper read through with DH after dinner. But some standing out already (to me... I’m sure DH and his Hmm face will be along in no time!)

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Blackcountryexile · 14/12/2020 19:11

Verity, Clemency,Sylvia. Sylvia was a contender for DD but I wrote my dissertation on Sylvia Plath and DH wasn't up for naming our daughter after a dead poet.
Brave names would be Portia, Cordelia , Viola.
You can see I have a theme...

squirrelnutkins1 · 14/12/2020 19:07

Silver, Briar, Penelope, Tabitha

doublecheeseburgermediumfries · 14/12/2020 19:07

If my partner had his way Imogen or Harriett. If it was up to me Bebhinn

MrsRogerLima · 14/12/2020 19:05

I'd name her Elsbeth

Roxanne if I were feeling brave 😂

Sleepdeprived42long · 14/12/2020 19:04

Willow or Robin

If I were feeling brave Felicity or February (or any month or season).

PinGwyn · 14/12/2020 19:02

Francesca

Fozzleyplum · 14/12/2020 19:02

Perhaps I should add that we chose similarly well-known, but not much-used names for our boys and, 19 and 17 years on, they have stood the test of time!

AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 14/12/2020 19:00

Astrid

Fozzleyplum · 14/12/2020 18:59

I had boys, but my favourite name for a girl was Honor.

Margo34 · 14/12/2020 18:59

Sula if I was brave enough. It means "peace little she-bear"

DSsnmum · 14/12/2020 18:55

Ada or Edith. I really wanted these for my DD but my DH doesn’t like them!