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Help us choose a name for our first daughter

38 replies

BeKindBeYou · 12/09/2021 18:52

Gosh, we are finding it very tough to choose a name for our first daughter! We would like to hear your ideas on our thoughts:

Tilly
Callie
Indie
Poppy
Dottie
Lillia
Lottie

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Enko · 13/09/2021 18:41

Lillia or Callie

Himawarigirl · 13/09/2021 18:23

Don’t like any I’m afraid, most sound like nicknames.

Quercus3 · 13/09/2021 09:53

Callie and Poppy are lovely.

I wouldn't worry about names being too cutesy or be concerned about job interviews. Every other baby is called Albie/Teddy/Lily/Evie at the moment, cute names will be the norm when these little ones are having job interviews! Quite a dated view I think.

CaitlinEJ · 13/09/2021 08:09

Tilly - Don’t like this, don’t think it ages we’ll unless you full name Matilda
Callie - Love this but I’m biased as I have one, her full name is Calliope though
Indie - absolutely love this
Poppy - lovely name
Dottie - same as Tillie, would he tempted to use Dorothy
Lillia - Love this
Lottie - Love this, and contrary to Poppy and Tillie find it works good for adults and children.

yikesanotherbooboo · 12/09/2021 23:01

I know a Caroline nn Callie .

yikesanotherbooboo · 12/09/2021 23:00

Dorothy , Matilda or Charlotte .

ivykaty44 · 12/09/2021 21:27

Not keen on any of the names, they seem to all be nick names

DramaAlpaca · 12/09/2021 21:24

@Warmduscher

Didn’t Lillia used to be a brand of sanitary towels in the 1970s?
Yes, it did. Lilia Whites they were called.

I'm sorry, OP, all your names are too cutesy for me. I don't mind Tilly, Dottie and Lottie as diminutives for Matilda, Dorothy and Charlotte, but not as standalone names.

The rest are a hard no. Especially Poppy, which sounds like a noise, not a name.

xprincessxjanetx · 12/09/2021 21:19

Poppy or Indie are my favourites from your list. Personally I wouldn't use a name like Lottie or Tilly as full first names but rather Charlotte and Matilda so there are options as they get older.

staffieslobber · 12/09/2021 21:02

Dorothy NN Dot is great

meadowbleu · 12/09/2021 20:58

I'd register her as Elizabeth or Elspeth and always call her and refer to her as Lillia if that's your preference.

SnitchyBitch · 12/09/2021 20:58

Tilly- ok
Callie- love
Indie- love
Poppy- Poppy Pants
Dottie- dog name
Lillia- too many Ls
Lottie- ok, bit cutesy

Warmduscher · 12/09/2021 20:58

Didn’t Lillia used to be a brand of sanitary towels in the 1970s?

SE13Mummy · 12/09/2021 20:55

Of your list, I like Poppy the best. Most of the others are shortenings of longer names and by pre-choosing the shortening, I feel your future daughter is missing out on the opportunity to use a more formal name should she ever wish to.

Tilly - could be short for Matilda but so could Mattie or Tilda. I know of an Ottilie and Talitha who go by Tilly.
Callie - short for Callista, Calliope, Caroline...
Dottie - I love Dorothy as a full name. Dot, Dora and Dolly are other nicknames.
Lottie - I think Charlotte is a much more flexible name. Lotte is an alternative.

RuthW · 12/09/2021 20:52

Lillia and Poppy are the only ones that are proper names. The rest are shortened versions.

honeygriff · 12/09/2021 20:51

Lillia

NatKat2 · 12/09/2021 20:51

In order of preference x

Lottie
Callie
Tilly
Poppy
Indie
Dottie

user1493494961 · 12/09/2021 20:42

Most are shortenings, I'd choose the longer name so your DD would have a choice.

MondeoFan · 12/09/2021 20:35

I like Indie

Wole · 12/09/2021 20:20

Cally is ok

The rest are far to babyish

WaitinginVain · 12/09/2021 20:04

Lillia is beautiful and a bit different - I would definitely go with that.

I do like Poppy but know quite a lot of them.

Don't really like any of your other names.

TheRabbitStoleMyHat · 12/09/2021 20:03

Dottie is awful.

They all just sound a bit cutesy and twee.

I do like Callie.

Lulu1919 · 12/09/2021 20:00

Lottie is lovely

miltonj · 12/09/2021 19:28

Callie.

Definitely not Dottie

carolinesbaby · 12/09/2021 19:20

They're all very pretty, but I'd test how they sound on a person at various stages of life.
They would all be fine on a baby or a small child. Less so a teenager, and by the time she's trying to get a serious job being called Dottie might be a problem! They all sound a diminutive of something else. She'd go through life explaining that yes, that was her full name and no, it's not short for anything.
I'd give her the full names and give the options growing up.

Matilda - Tilly
Dorothy - Dottie
Charlotte - Lottie