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If you’d had a girl/another girl, what name would you have used?

156 replies

Iloveyou3x · 31/05/2021 13:22

Just found out we are having a baby girl after two boys and I’m all into pretty girl names!! If you’d had a girl what would you have called her? Or what’s your favourite ever girl name?

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Monkeytennis97 · 31/05/2021 21:34

Have 2 DSs.

A girl was always going to be Ella after Ella Fitzgerald - decided that as a teenager.

xXOXOx · 31/05/2021 21:33

My little girl is called Orla, if I wasn't calling her Orla it was going to be Aria

MuchTooTired · 31/05/2021 21:14

I love the name Emerald but I don’t think I’d have ever been brave enough (or cool enough) to use it!

MozzarellaMonster · 31/05/2021 21:11

Robin

partyatthepalace · 31/05/2021 21:09

Think Lois really underused

Also like Cassia, Serena, Claudia, Adela, Frances, Ines. Linos, Oona, Robin

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 31/05/2021 20:49

Nora or Eleanor

KingPong · 31/05/2021 20:34

@Awwlookatmybabyspider Two of my DDs are on your list Grin

For another daughter, I’d use:

Juno
Winter
Morgan

Waterfallgirl · 31/05/2021 20:33

Two boys here now young adults I love Libby (my DS 2 would have been if a girl - still like it even after many years DS1 would have been Imogen) and I love Celeste, Cicely and Faith. My god daughters are Eve and Scarlett and I love both of those too

user1471604848 · 31/05/2021 20:24

The other top contenders (that I didn't use) when naming my daughter were : Arabella, Valentina, Serena, Estelle.

Flymetothestars · 31/05/2021 20:21

Jemima
Verity
Clementine
Delilah

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 31/05/2021 20:20

Imogen or Hope.

LongPauseNoAnswer · 31/05/2021 20:16

Arwen or Valentina

The4ks · 31/05/2021 20:09

2 boys here and definitely no more on the cards but I love Erin and Iris.

beggingforsleep · 31/05/2021 20:00

Ah you lucky thing!

If I was to have another girl I'd call her Marianne or Camille

RooMama · 31/05/2021 19:57

If I had another girl I'd call her Nina.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 31/05/2021 19:57

Miriam

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 31/05/2021 19:56

I would have Penny or Zoey.

SavageBeauty73 · 31/05/2021 19:56

Isla or Skye

Lotsoflaughs87 · 31/05/2021 19:54

Indigo, Raven, Piper, Wren, Robin, Scarlett

tiredanddangerous · 31/05/2021 19:36

Marianne or Leonie.

17caterpillars1mouse · 31/05/2021 19:30

I have two daughters but a third would of been either Jocelyn, Olive or Hebe. Though I have a soft spot for Roberta and Rafaella too

Camandmitch · 31/05/2021 19:22

Erica

RosieRoww · 31/05/2021 19:16

Josephine

TheOnlyKoiInAPondOfGoldfish · 31/05/2021 19:13

I have a really short name that you really can't do much with - in terms of nicknames or affectionate shortenings. Think "Sharon" that can only be shortened to Shaz or Shar.

We gave our DDs longer, more traditional names (mine is definitely a 50's name!) so that they can swap and change if they want to. So something like Margaret that can be Mags, Maggie, Meg, Peggy.

Charlotte,
Elizabeth
Victoria
Catherine
etc
Names with lots of options!

We had shortened versions for all of ours, but they and their friends came up with totally different versions once they hit secondary school. It's the friend's versions that have lasted into adulthood. Of course !

Csx99 · 31/05/2021 19:05

I'm pregnant with #2 and my top two favourites are Sophia (or Sophia-Grace) and Mabel. I also love
• Willow
• Arabella
• Isla
• Aria
• Isabella
• Maeve