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Fed up of not having a baby name.

70 replies

Catsandkittens638297 · 07/04/2021 21:04

Baby girl is due in about 4 weeks, we originally was going to call her Avery but everyone hated it which made us hate it so we've gone back to find a new, there's a few I love but just feel weird to say? Like to use the name feels weird?
We already have a George and a Violet.

So far the names iv got are;
Winnie/Winter
Maelie
Daisy
Aura

Iv scoured all pinterest boards, tiktoks, instagram pages but I just can't find anything else I like. DH has just given up at this point and has never given any input 😂

Can any one suggest some names that are abit different? Or give their opinions on the names iv already got please x

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user64325 · 08/04/2021 16:26

Avery is lovely. Don't pick something to suit family and friends, it's your baby. Do you approve of the names of all your relatives? One day you'll meet a little Avery and feel regret you didn't chose the name you wanted because you cared to much about what others thought.

Edenember · 08/04/2021 10:22

Your MIL has had her chance to name children. Use the name you and your partner like, and don’t involve other people beyond your democracy of two, it’s not a group endeavor.

ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 08/04/2021 09:41

Avery and Winter are fab names.

Don’t like Daisy, soo boring.

PIL didn’t like our choice of name for one our DCs either. Told them the name and they text back ‘what about ...... instead?’

Don’t give a fuck what they think.

Lemonlemon88 · 08/04/2021 09:00

I quite like Avery!

Aurelia
Clementine
Matilda
Jemima

OliverBabish · 08/04/2021 08:58

Avery is lovely. There’s also Aveline.

Piccalily19 · 08/04/2021 08:55

Oh and meant to add you’ll regret not going with Avery if you let your MIL get to you, especially as you have no back up names.
Plus you can’t have her thinking she can boss you around 😉

Piccalily19 · 08/04/2021 08:54

Avery is lovely, your mother in law can do one. If she says anything else perhaps reply with “yeh well I’m not keen on the name “insert your partners name here” but each to their own” and smile 😊
Don’t involve them again

GlencoraP · 08/04/2021 08:03

If you like Avery then you should go with it but actually I think Ava goes slightly better with George and Violet .

FelicityPike · 08/04/2021 07:57

Avery!
My family didn’t like my choice of boys name (we had a girl), but I would still have used it...still would actually. It’s not their choice.

CloudFormations · 08/04/2021 07:52

Daisy is lovely, really don’t like any of the others.

If you liked Avery, how about Eva or Evelyn?

RonSwansonsChair · 07/04/2021 23:14

Seren is a lovely name. Don't tell anyone names you are considering until after baby is here and she already named.

lavenderlove · 07/04/2021 23:11

Zara
Lena
Verity
Imogen
Evanna
Orla
Ida
Heather
Evelyn
Felicity

weebarra · 07/04/2021 23:11

I like Avery too.

spaceghetto · 07/04/2021 23:10

I really like Avery

HedgeSparrows · 07/04/2021 23:02

Tulah
Joy
Isolde
Olive
Enela
Mercy
Constance
Verity

ArtemisiaGentle · 07/04/2021 22:59

Husband chose DD's name. My mum said she loved it. I was meh. I had to have her under a GA (long story) and when I woke up Husband and nurses were already referring to her by the name he and Mum had chosen. I would have gone for something way more flowery and out there. They both said, we can change it! But I was tired and dopey and in pain and didn't have the strength to argue.

So resist your MiL! Choose the name you want. I love Avery.

ThunderR0ad78 · 07/04/2021 22:52

Grace?

Mummyme87 · 07/04/2021 22:48

You say Maelie which I’m not sure about, what about Maeliss?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/04/2021 22:44

Stick with Avery its gorgeous. Its just tough shit on your MIL if she doesn't like it. She's,had her day naming her own kids.

Tryingtryingandtrying · 07/04/2021 22:19

Everly is nice as someone mentioned above. Also Elsie, Annabel, Autumn, Elodie, Aurora, Estelle? But if you do still actually like Avery, tell noone and just announce it when she's born.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/04/2021 22:18

George and Violet are quite classic sounding so maybe that's why MIL is not keen on your more unusual/contemporary choices for DD2? (although it's not really her business!).Daisy fits the classic mold, but is a bit too floral with Violet imo. How about these (none in the top 100/very popular but all are a bit more classic/traditional):
Caroline
Serena
Freda
Diana
Adeline
Emmeline
Josephine
Lydia
Claudia
Sylvia
Sybil
Cecily
Celia/Cecilia

finallychangedmyusername · 07/04/2021 21:58

George, Violet and...

Tabitha
Mabel
Mary
Flora
Beatrix
Adelaide
Bethany
Polly
Imogen
Emily
Christabel
Alexandra
Alice
Amelia

sarah13xx · 07/04/2021 21:37

Who is ‘everyone’ that hated it? People on here or family? Don’t choose a different name if that’s the one you had your heart set on! I’ve just gone round in circles for weeks struggling to find any boy names I like because I’d convinced myself not to use the name we had originally picked because it had become too popular. I’ve now decided if that’s the one I want I should just use it rather than hear the name for the rest of my life and regret it!

I love Daisy though!

Aquamarine1029 · 07/04/2021 21:32

Farrah

Nogardenersworld · 07/04/2021 21:32

Avery is lovely
Don’t worry about MIL
She’ll get over it, and if she doesn’t - you don’t have to deal with her
Don’t tell her any others you come up with

Emery
Devin
Avalynne
Davina
Beverly
Clover
Evelyn
Ivy
Jovie
Aubrey
Ivory
Mallory