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Not girly name suggestions please!

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 09:14

Being induced shortly and still don't have a name or middle name picked out!! Need some help!!

We like unisex or not too girly names and ideally not too popular. Possibly with a Welsh link, but we live in england, so needs to be very easily pronounced (not too Welsh!). Will also be double barrelled surname, so nothing too long.

I like
Romy
Maddie
Kit
Maggie

Partner likes
Holly
Fern
Joany
Maya
Robyn

Some of these names are already taken by friends / family, but putting them in as they're names we like. We like each other's choices but don't love them 😬 starting to feel the pressure! Suggestions please!!

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IsabellaMozzarella · 31/12/2020 13:58

Catrin

DacwMamYnDwad · 31/12/2020 12:35

Arwen / Awen (Not sure which is correct spelling)
Both are correct but they are different names. Arwen (Ah-wen) is from Lord of the Rings, and Awen (Aw sounds like the 'ou' in 'ouch', en rhymes with men)

janetmendoza · 31/12/2020 12:03

Harriet Esther Jane

BlueSkyAhead · 31/12/2020 11:58

Farrah

missanony · 31/12/2020 11:56

Georgie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/12/2020 11:55

Logan
Beau
Harriet (Harri)
Bobbi

missanony · 31/12/2020 11:55

Nell
Adaline
Charlie
Brooke
Paige
Quinn

DalgonaToGo · 31/12/2020 11:53

Bonnie
Billie
Mica
Morwenna
Dina
Molly
Danielle
Francesca
Georgia
Toni
Saskia
Una
Fern
Frankie
Cassie
Jeanne
Nevina
Zoe
Allie
Cleo
Lynn
Pauline
Heather
River
Jane
Leanne
Nancy
Bo
Joanne

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/12/2020 11:49

I'd say most of the names on your list are very girly.

Jaime
Dylan
Billie
Ashleigh
I met a baby Georgie once which I thought was lovely. She was just Georgie not short for anything

Fivemoreminutes1 · 31/12/2020 11:40

Alba
Lois
Erin
Dallas
Darcy
Enid
Pippa
Alexis
Della
Aster
Merle
Anouk
Hester
Blake

PoodleMoth · 31/12/2020 10:04

Romy is nice from your list

mocktail · 31/12/2020 10:03

I love Carys. Strong yet pretty.

IckleBear · 31/12/2020 10:01

I like Romy!
Heidi
Arwen
Margot
Maeve
Sylvie

Palavah · 31/12/2020 10:00

Ceri

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 10:00

@JimLaheysWhiskeyBottle I love these - so unusual!

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RainingBatsAndFrogs · 31/12/2020 09:59

Martha
Nancy
Harriet

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 09:59

@TeenPlusTwenties I do love Cerys/Carys and they'd initially been favourites. It's silly but I think I've started finding it a weird name for a baby... Even tho obviously we're naming for life and for the most part a grown up 😄

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KeeefBurtain · 31/12/2020 09:57

Taryn
Bethan
Daphne
Elspeth
Tabitha

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 09:57

@RenegadeMrs do you think Maddie on its own is too nick-namey? That's my main concern about it.
Thanks for the good luck - feeling a bit nervous!

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 09:55

@ame88 I would love Maggie too... Unfortunately partner has a friend with an overbearing mother and it puts him off. I think it's so lovely and have never met her so I think it could still contend!

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JimLaheysWhiskeyBottle · 31/12/2020 09:54

Tora
George
Frida
Ester
Tuva
Malin (pronounced Marlin)
Marit
Bodil
Maiken

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MarvEll · 31/12/2020 09:54

@bananaskinsnomnom anwen is also on the list, but taken by a best friend who had a baby a couple of months ago. We don't live near each other so I'm wondering if we might be able to sneak it in!

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ame88 · 31/12/2020 09:49

I love Maggie!! My partner has vetoed it though! Also love Robyn for a girls name.

bananaskinsnomnom · 31/12/2020 09:47

I love Romy!

Arwen / Awen (Not sure which is correct spelling)
Anwen
Branwen

I have no relation to Welsh whatsoever but like you I prefer “non typical girly names” and a lot of my choices are Welsh!

babynamelover · 31/12/2020 09:44

Enid