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Struggling for a girls name

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Mcboo5 · 22/01/2021 09:14

Due to have Dd3 this year and we are really struggling for girls names. I just can't seem to settle on anything. On our favourites list so far are Molly, Rowan and Luella. Any thoughts on these or other suggestions would be very much appreciated. Smile

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Flymetothestars · 22/01/2021 15:34

Your names are nice @Mcboo5 but very varied in terms of popularity - is popularity a factor for you or not? Because if it is, I'd avoid names that are trending like Rowan/Roman etc. They shoot up the charts each year and whilst I used to like them, now feel they've lost their appeal and shine. Roman/ Rowan/ Rory/ Ronnie/ Reuben all in the top one hundred and all rising.
Molly is falling down the top one-hundred so that would be a good choice as it's increasingly underused.
Bronte and Louella are very rare and outside the top one-thousand names in the charts, which suggests to me you're looking for a name that's a bit different? I like both of these options.

How about a name like Cressida ? Roxanna or Roxanne?

Bubbles1st · 22/01/2021 15:18

Connie
Penny

ILoveShula · 22/01/2021 15:02

Bronte is try-hard. I can see the appeal but I wouldn't use it. Use it for a pet instead.

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Mcboo5 · 22/01/2021 15:00

Ahh it's difficult is t it because I can see all the positive and negatives for them all. I forgot another one I liked was Bronte any thoughts?

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ILoveShula · 22/01/2021 14:31

I like Molly best. Rowan is more of a boy's name, even though it is unisex.

Luella is ok but there are so many L names around like Lily, Lila, Lyla, Lola, Luna, Lyra etc

birthingball · 22/01/2021 14:03

My girl choices this time round are

Thea
Mabel
Darcie
Rosalie
Mila
Espen
Caoimhe

ParisJeTAime · 22/01/2021 13:42

There is also Lorelei if you like Laurel. Or Laura.

ParisJeTAime · 22/01/2021 13:41

Another one I meant to suggest and forgot was Faye. I love it! Would consider if we ever had another girl.

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Mcboo5 · 22/01/2021 13:16

I am loving these suggestions thank you all so much. Laurel is an interesting one. Definitely some things to consider with the potential rise of popularity of Rowan. Mariella is also lovely.
I find the name picking stage so exciting.

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youvegottenminuteslynn · 22/01/2021 13:06

Holly or Lola?

AndThenTheDayBecomesTheNight · 22/01/2021 13:00

Lilian
Ellen
Mariella
Meriel

Twisique · 22/01/2021 12:55

Emma
Dorothy
Anna
Helena

PlantPotting · 22/01/2021 12:24

Laurel is really lovely @littlebillie

littlebillie · 22/01/2021 12:19

Laurel

PlantPotting · 22/01/2021 12:09

I like Molly and Louella is nice too, a bit different!

How about Eloise? Marianne?

My baby girl is called Rowan so I obviously like that name too but if I'd realised how popular it is getting, and that Roman is rising so so fast, I wouldn't have chosen the name. There's 2 Romans and my Rowan at our small nursery and I often find myself saying "Rowan with a W in the middle"......"no no not an M ....or H ....or N". People are already calling her Row and I don't like that but you might.

warriorwomanx · 22/01/2021 12:00

I love Luella it's beautiful.

Whatsyourflava · 22/01/2021 11:58

I like Molly the most. I've just checked the official statistics and the name Molly has been falling every year in the charts since 2001. So now would be good time to use the name if popularity is a concern. Currently only just inside the top 60 but Molly should be leaving the top 100 in the next few years looking at the graph of official numbers.
Rowan numbers are the opposite and name is on a big upswing so will almost certainly overtake Molly in the next year or so and continue to rise. I know so many Rowan (girl and boy), Roman, Reuben's and so on, it does get a bit repetitive and they blur into one. Definitely very trendy at the moment.
Louella is outside the top 1,000 so is extremely unusual and therefore in a different category to your other more standard names.

Suggestions:
Delilah
Felicity
Verity
Clementine
Greta
Willa
Liberty
Martha
Mabel
Pearl
Cora
Maggie

ParisJeTAime · 22/01/2021 11:54

Oh yes, you may not want Luella, although my first thought was that blogger Zoella!

Rowan is my favourite from your list.

I like Elspeth and Pheoebe, suggested^^.

Also:

Louisa
Cassia
Thea
Harriet (Harry or Hattie)
Beatrice
Marnie
Maria

Quercus3 · 22/01/2021 11:54

Rowan is gorgeous.

I also like Elowen, Polly, Willow, Martha and Lowenna.

DriftGames · 22/01/2021 11:30

How about Ella rather than Luella after your Cruella dilemma 😂

Lucy
Mia
Elodie

Luckyelephant1 · 22/01/2021 11:28

Rowan is lovely for a boy or girl, gets my vote.
Molly is very blah.
Luella just makes me think Cruella

stormelf · 22/01/2021 11:16

I love Rowan for a girl. It was on my shortlist for dd but dh didn't like it. We went for another R name instead.

MyCatShopsAtAldi · 22/01/2021 11:11

Molly is my favourite out of your names. Like a pp, I prefer Polly but Molly is cute.

Rowan sounds rather ambiguous given that it can be a boy’s name - if that’s the vibe you’re going for, great, but personally I would prefer a name where the sex of the baby is obvious.

How about Rowena?

Less keen on Luella - I much prefer Louisa. How about something like Lucinda or Lucy?

My shortlist for a girl included:

Elspeth
Gabriella
Lara
Louisa
Martha
Madeleine
Phoebe
Susannah

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Mcboo5 · 22/01/2021 11:03

@daisypond

I really, really like Rowan. Molly I’m not keen on, but Polly is better. Luella makes me shudder. Louisa? Eloise? Romilly?
😂 As pretty as I think Luella is it does rhyme with Cruella so I am slightly conscious of that.
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daisypond · 22/01/2021 10:45

I really, really like Rowan. Molly I’m not keen on, but Polly is better. Luella makes me shudder. Louisa? Eloise? Romilly?

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