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If you were to have a girl tomorrow...

380 replies

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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africanantelope · 15/12/2020 00:04

Either Seraphina or Athena. My girls are Aria and Thea. Still love both names even if Aria has become a lot more popular in recent years. She's 11 now so fortunately hasn't met anyone who shares her name. I'm really not a fan of common names.

Crankley · 14/12/2020 23:38

I like Charlotte and Alexandria.

blitzen · 14/12/2020 23:22

@Sauvignonblanket yay! That's amazing 🙌

SilverOtter · 14/12/2020 23:09

Lavinia after my beloved grandmother

littlemisslozza · 14/12/2020 22:48

Ariadne or Martha

chunkyrun · 14/12/2020 22:45

Marley

StylishMummy · 14/12/2020 22:44

Anabel

wellingtonsandwaffles · 14/12/2020 22:41

Lana / Alana - this name has never crossed my radar with DC but just popped into my head when you asked the question and now I think it would be quite a contender!

Not Brave enough (as it sort of rhymes with surname!) - Fenella (nn Nelly, Nel)

lottiegarbanzo · 14/12/2020 22:41

Mirabel Phoenicia

Changednamesorry · 14/12/2020 22:32

Pearl is also nice (seen above)

babyguffingtonstrikesagain · 14/12/2020 22:32

Alba or Rosalie

Springersprung · 14/12/2020 22:29

Bearing in mind that I am very much English, with only some distant Welsh roots, I'm not sure how many of my names I could get away with (given I already have one dd named Erin), but top (if brave) would be Nerys or Eira. Niamh/Nieve also on the list.

AndThenTheDayBecomesTheNight · 14/12/2020 22:29

I think Luminita is a lovely name - guess that's my 'brave' one.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 14/12/2020 22:27

I'd call her Claudia (underused because of the meaning, but hopefully most people wouldn't know/care about that)

Guinevere or Cassiopeia if I was brave (but I guess Cassia could be a useable compromise).

IdblowJonSnow · 14/12/2020 22:26

@LemonBreeland

One of my distant ancestors was a Clementina! And there was an Adelaide too. They seem like very exotic names compared to their backgrounds and circumstances! Very interesting. Smile

Nutrigrainygoodness · 14/12/2020 22:25

Helena (hel-ay-na)

MayMiracle · 14/12/2020 22:25

Ophelia nn. Fifi

AndThenTheDayBecomesTheNight · 14/12/2020 22:22

Miranda or Thalia

CuddlyDudley71 · 14/12/2020 22:20

Fenella or Polly.

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 22:19

Exactly @Chocoholicmumma. If anyone from younger generations even knows the song, it definitely won't be the first thing they think of.

yellow25 · 14/12/2020 22:19

Stella. I just love it.

DH absolutely will never though, so in the highly unlikely event we find ourselves with a daughter tomorrow she'd likely be Delilah, Ivy or Eden.

Chocoholicmumma · 14/12/2020 22:15

@TheQueensGambit aww thank you. Yes it’s definitely the song but the one time it was mentioned to my dd she pulled this fa e 🤨 and walked away, her generation don’t even know the song.
More than once I’ve had “oh Roxie like from Eastenders?” 🙄(Dd was born around the time Roxy made her debut)

BuzzingTheBee · 14/12/2020 22:15

Frankie

missmouse101 · 14/12/2020 22:13

Cassia. Didn't have a brave enough name, although I loved Fenella at the time!

shivbo2014 · 14/12/2020 22:05

Cecily

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