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

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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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Lucked · 31/05/2021 17:26

Tess

JamieFrasersLover · 31/05/2021 17:25

Demelza

LynetteScavo · 31/05/2021 17:21

I had a girl and went for a top ten name because DH and I just couldn't agree,followed by two frilly names.

If I had another girl I'd go for Phoebe, Margo or Genevieve

ChimpyChops · 31/05/2021 17:09

Rebecca
Kate
Evelyn
Eve

Arrierttyclock · 31/05/2021 17:05

I'm currently pregnant and we're not finding out the sex. The only name I love is Olive for a girl. I think it's so lovely

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Iloveyou3x · 31/05/2021 17:04

Evelyn means longed for child which makes me really love it SadSmile

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BiBabbles · 31/05/2021 17:03

I prefer Evelyn to Avalyn, but prefer Avaline/Aveline which can be said either as -lyn or -line.

BiBabbles · 31/05/2021 17:00

With my youngest, before we learned he was a DS2, I was strongly considering Leanora. It's still one of those names I've a fondness for that just never got used.

There was also Amery, Annora, Bethia, Celia, Chryssa(nthi), Halina, Reina, Reverie, Rhoda, Rosalie, Sonora, Valora to varying degrees of seriousness though I still like them. I clearly had a bit of an 'ora' thing going on Grin

xprincessxjanetx · 31/05/2021 16:58

I have an Amelie Grace and a Violet Elizabeth Amanda (Amanda after my DM).

If Baby #6 is a girl I like Charlotte, Elsie, Jessica, Emma, Natalie, Madeleine among others.

BasiliskStare · 31/05/2021 16:55

Evelyn

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Iloveyou3x · 31/05/2021 16:44

Thank you for all the lovely suggestions and sharing your names, and for the congratulations. I am SO excited. I have two boys who have quite classic but not ‘common’ if that makes sense? Can’t say as everyone knows them as a little duo.

There is a name I have been seeing everywhere- in films, books, randomly as we are shopping etc.

Do you guys prefer Evelyn or Avalyn as a middle name? It’s very important that I use it Smile

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OurChristmasMiracle · 31/05/2021 16:35

Aaliyah Grace, Mia Grace, Eloise.

Starlight39 · 31/05/2021 16:31

Lara
Rosa
Serena

BasiliskStare · 31/05/2021 16:23

Stella or Celia or Serena , Margaret nn Margot Jennifer ( Jenny was a friend of mine - the Killers) or Joanna or Josephine , or Theresa ( Tessa as a nn ) or indeed Anne or Anna - Juliet is lovely .

AuntieStella · 31/05/2021 16:20

The names I didn't use ....

Allegra, Artemis, Ariadne, Persephone, Saskia, Jemima, Kezia, Imogen

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 31/05/2021 16:19

I meant to also add Ariana

mynameisbrian · 31/05/2021 16:16

Heather or Grace

Sexnotgender · 31/05/2021 16:16

I just had a girl and my final 2 names were Joy and Julia.

I picked Joy so if I had another girl she’d probably be Julia.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 31/05/2021 16:12

If I'd had another daughter she would have been called Alia or Alix

Emmy93 · 31/05/2021 16:09

I also like the name callie but my partner is called callum and his nan used to call him callie 🤣 I'm 6 weeks pregnant and loving the name Ava atm but I do have a son called Alfie so not sure if it's to much 🤣

Hufflepuffsunite · 31/05/2021 16:09

I really like Serena, Celeste and Esther but DH doesn't. We have danced around names like Penelope, Celeste and Luna but have had 2 boys so far!

AiryFairyMum · 31/05/2021 16:08

Emma.

RickiTarr · 31/05/2021 16:07

Bathsheba, Marina, Aurora or Alexandra.

Cleverpolly3 · 31/05/2021 16:06

Some other girls names ( I think Grin are great are:

Kitty
Penelope
Starla
Nerissa
Coco
Fleur
Suzette
Dahlia
Genevieve
Calypso
Polly
Nanette
Sadie
Ramona
Trudy
Faith
Paloma
Lark
Juliette
Juliana
Cece
Heather
Nova

DrDresaid · 31/05/2021 16:03

My DS's are teenagers now but on my list was
Abigail
Maisie
Matilda