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Everley and...

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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 22:36

Name changed for this as obviously outing.

We have just found out that baby 2 is a girl! We already have a 2 year old DD called Everley. She has two middle names and our surname is double barrelled. Would quite like a name that fits well with this but I would prefer to avoid other “ee” names so not eg Everley and Darcey. I quite like names ending with an “uh” eg Anna. However I’m conscious that Everley is fairly unusual and we partly picked it because we didn’t want her to have a really popular name (both me and my DH were known as “Emma S” or “Adam J” etc at school and hated it). Therefore it would be a bit weird to have a very popular name for DD2, feels like we need to have something else unusual to match. There are a few names that I like that fit the brief:

Vita
Winter
Ada
Frieda
Fritha

However my husband doesn’t like any of them. It feels like any slightly unusual name that I suggest he says is ‘too weird’ so maybe him liking Everley was a bit random (it was number 800+ in the baby name list ranked by popularity the year she was born!) and he actually prefers much more traditional names. I think he’d be happy with something more popular like Freya or Ava despite what he’s said before about wanting an unusual name but I wouldn’t really. I want them both to have a slightly unusual name. Any ideas? We’d also give 2 middle names, I don’t mind these being more popular as Everley’s are too.

Ps. I know Everley is a bit of a marmite name on MN, please no negative comments about her name, we have already named her! Thank you.

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Hoowhoowho · 14/12/2020 23:28

Avalon
Rumer
Lorna
Ayla
Ina/Inna
Wyatt
Sarah
Wren
Ottillie
Haven

Random selection there

ThisTooShallPassHopefully · 14/12/2020 23:28

I was just going to suggest Yvonne too!

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:27

I think Inara is quite lovely and interesting but would bet my house that DH writes it off as ‘weird’ Angry

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MachineBee · 14/12/2020 23:27

How about Velia? Marianna? Clara?

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:26

Should have mentioned that our surname starts with an L. Does that rule out Lara and Lillian?

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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:26

Also like Lydia, Willow and Eden

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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:24

Oooh lots more names very exciting! Thanks all

I like Lara, Lillian, Annabel and Maeve a lot. Matilda was vetoed by DH with DD1 but I love it and also really like Tilda as a nn.

Vivienne is my sister Grin and have a good friend Robyn.

Not overly keen on the American sounding ones and neither is DH (we actually agree there for once!)

@YoniAndGuy I’m pissing myself at “pen-el-ope” Grin

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pinkandstripey · 14/12/2020 23:24

Astrid
Lara
Eden
Lydia
Juliet
Georgina

seething1234 · 14/12/2020 23:23

Yvonne

Enough4me · 14/12/2020 23:22

Clara
Arabella

SirVixofVixHall · 14/12/2020 23:22

I have only heard Everley as a surname, so to me you need to think about names that are more commonly second names, or names that are pretty unisex. Piper, Davida, Peta. Tree names like Acer, Rowan, Ash/Ashley, Briar. Nature names like Willow, Autumn, Brook.

DontWalkPastTheCastle · 14/12/2020 23:21

How about Inara? It means ray of light I think.

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:21

I agree with the pp, btw, that he is being really annoying. However, I should confess that, when we were expecting dd, my DH laughed at one of my suggestions and I was so cross. Later I looked back and realised it was quite inappropriate. (The name was ISIS and I was pregnant while that was a famous name for all the wrong reasons Xmas Blush). I honestly didn't realise for ages. Think I had reached the end of my tether with baby names by the time DH laughed at it and I snapped at him, so he didn't have the chance to tell me why he was laughing.

Jabba2020 · 14/12/2020 23:21

Everly and Isla

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:18

I do like names beginning with an I but not sure I could have Ingrid as our NDN growing up was called Ingrid; we have known her all my life (still send Xmas cards etc now) so to me Ingrid is a 75 year old woman with 3 dogs Grin

I always loved Imogen but it is obviously much more popular than Everley. I would probably go for Indigo but DH will definitely say it’s too weird and maybe he’d have a point. I’m not keen on India. But maybe I names should be explored further!

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DramaAlpaca · 14/12/2020 23:18

Everley is a surname with a feminine feel, so I'd be inclined to pick something along similar lines.

The names which came to mind without thinking too much are Brooke and Morgan. Taylor is used as a girls' first name too.

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:18

Ottolie?

YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 23:18

I mean, claiming people won't know how to say Margot? Does he have the faintest idea that it's back in, and is getting ever more popular? No? Then he needs to sharpen himself up. Laughing at your ideas? Perhaps it's time to get a bit upset next time he does that...

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:18

Has Matilda already been suggested?

Dreamymcdreamer · 14/12/2020 23:17

Lara
Alba
Alva
Veda (pronounced vayda)
Anya as suggested by a pp is lovely

You could go for something a bit more american sounding too like Madison

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:17

Penelope (Penny) is a good shout imo. Think it goes with Everly and surely he wouldn't say "pen-eh-loap" Xmas Grin?!

NeonSparkle · 14/12/2020 23:17

Everley and Winter
Everley and Cordelia
Everley and Autumn
Everley and Sadie
Everley and Lara
Everley and Maeve

YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 23:17

Well he needs to give his head a wobble or this is going to get bogged down. I suggest that you tell him very clearly that the result of stonewalling is not going to be that you give in and call her Olivia, it will be tears and shouting and you registering her alone...

Laplanddreams · 14/12/2020 23:16

Vivienne or Marion or Lillian

IRememberMySpaceBabe · 14/12/2020 23:16

Everley and Lyla
Everley and Robyn
Everley and Bella
Everley and Annabel
Everley and Penny

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