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Final girl names, how is it so hard?

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NordicNell · 12/07/2021 08:00

I love this community so please help me choose our daughter's name from our finalists. You would not believe how difficult it has been to find names that we both like and that work promounciation wise in our three languages (English,French,Finnish).

Please be kind as these are our finalists and I'm already having a lot of anxiety for this. Middle names are Ida and Aurelia that are in our family.

Freya Ida Aurelia - I know this is popular but Freya is a cool nudge to our nordic background. Nn Frey Frey or Ray is nice

Amélie Ida Aurelia - love nn Millie, Mimi, Lili and that also all grandparents can pronounce

Léa Ida Aurelia - popular in France and Finland. The accent might make it a bit confusing but we wouldn't mind both pronounciations Lee-a and Ley-ah.

Other names we loved but didn't work for different reasons: Iris, Frida, Thea, Ella, Vivian, Sylvia, Edith, Lucy

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letitgogogo · 12/07/2021 08:12

@Challengerice

When my daughter asks "How did you choose my name mummy?"

"Dunno just liked it"

Yes that's much more thoughtful 😂

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NordicNell · 12/07/2021 08:09

@Challengerice

“How did you decide my name mummy?”

“I asked mumsnet, an anonymous chat forum”

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Challengerice · 12/07/2021 08:05

“How did you decide my name mummy?”

“I asked mumsnet, an anonymous chat forum”

irresistibleoverwhelm · 12/07/2021 08:04

I think Amelie is a bit dated now - it was very popular in the early millennium - so I’d tend to go for one of the other two. Freya is nice but Lea with the accent is gorgeous - simple but also unusual and pretty. (I massively prefer it to the spelling Leah.)

If you wanted something longer, I know a small Linnea with Nordic heritage, and that’s a gorgeous name that can also be shortened to Lea too.

Yaty · 12/07/2021 08:04

I think they're all lovely names but I'd go with Lea as it's less popular than Freya or Amelie.

namechangefornaming1 · 12/07/2021 08:03

They are all lovely. If pushed I'd go for Lea, sorry can't find the accent on my phone, simply as it's less popular. But they are all lovely, you have great taste. Congratulations.