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Help with baby girl names!

29 replies

emma342 · 11/11/2021 02:47

I have five daughters and another due in just under a month. Don't really know how I've managed to have six girls and no boys but anyway. I still don't know what to call my sixth. Here are the names of my other daughters:

Arya Jade (15)
Callie Skye (12)
Cara Jasmine (12)
Sylvia Rose (6)
Lily-May (3)

I want a name that goes with my other daughters' names. We've got a shortlist:

Maya (pronounced Mye-ah)
Summer
Esme (pronounced Esmay)
Leah (pronounced Lee-ah)
Lizzie

Could I get opinions on the shortlist, or other name suggestions? Also help with a middle name?

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Ikeameatballs · 13/11/2021 22:31

I love Leah and I like Lizzie but only as a nickname for Elizabeth.

Pearl
Emerald
Ocean
Dahlia
Ianthe
Seren
Gigi
Cora
Nancy

MerryMarigold · 13/11/2021 22:24

I forgot about Stella. I love this name and think it guess with your others very well!

Aria999 · 13/11/2021 01:58

With esme you are bound to get it pronounced es-mee. Until this thread I thought that was the only way to say it.

Aria999 · 13/11/2021 01:55

If you want to avoid May-a you could try the Greek spelling Maia (pronounced Mye-a)

People will still be confused but they will generally ask 🙂

Aquamarine1029 · 13/11/2021 01:31

Farrah Robyn

MerryMarigold · 13/11/2021 01:21

I think Minnie would go with your other names or Maggie, or Freya or Josie. How about Eleanor?

Jocelyn Faith
Maya Faith

I think Lizzie and Leah don't sound good with Lily.

Fwiw I always pronounce Maya, 'Mye ah'

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/11/2021 01:00

Esme Willow
Esme Frances
Esme Natalia
Esme Nicole

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/11/2021 00:58

Ayra Jade
Callie Skye
Cara Jasmine
Sylvia Rose
Lily May and

Esme Lucile
Esme Louise
Daisy Elise
Poppy Grace
Molly Grace
Nancy Grace
Leah Beth
Gracie Maud.

SageRosemary · 13/11/2021 00:30

Unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere, I would avoid Summer for a baby due in December! Maybe Noelle would work for a middle name.

Maya is lovely - pronounced as above like the nurse in the NZ hospital drama. Maya Noelle. Maya Star. Maya Louise

Poppy might work

mathanxiety · 13/11/2021 00:05

I like Summer and Leah from your list. Esme too.

Summer Eloise
Leah Hope
Esme Lowenna

Suggestions:
India Faye
Stella Naomi
Noelle Emilia
Zoe Emmeline
Eden Primrose
Willow Grace
Romy Estelle

Swizzles1 · 12/11/2021 18:50

Willow Leah

cowburp · 12/11/2021 18:46

Leah Jane

MomoMojito · 12/11/2021 18:44

I love Leah and Lizzie but they are both a bit too similar to Lily I think. I'd say Esme would be the nicest with the other names. How about

Esme Joanna
Esme Marie
Esme Rose

LozMarieFielder · 12/11/2021 18:35

Summer is gorgeous and goes okay with the other names.

Esme and Maya are both lovely and go amazingly with the other names.

Leah is nice but is a little too close to Lily.

Lizzie feels incomplete.

Suggestions:
Juno
Indie
Lavender
Bellamy
Iris
Winter
Sienna
Nina
Elodie
Meredith
Lucie
Winifred
Eliza

Lucyinthesky07 · 12/11/2021 18:09

I really like Maya and Esme, but they are all lovely names.

On a side note did it bother you when Arya became popular, as it must have been really rare when you named your 15 year old?
I always wonder about that when picking a name that is unusual at the time - how I would feel if it suddenly became popular due to a character.

ValentineC · 12/11/2021 17:56

IMO, Maya is usually pronounced May-a but
Maïa spelling is pronounced My-a
Lizzie and Leah are too close to Lily
The ‘may’ sound in Esme is too similar to Lily’s middle name May
Summer doesn’t really go with go with your other girls names

Pawprints2017 · 12/11/2021 16:48

Esme is on my list too. It really goes with your other littke girls names.

omfgimgettingmarried · 11/11/2021 19:42

Leah Willow
Leah Wren
Leah Iris
Leah Ivy
Leah Elizabeth

Augustbaby21 · 11/11/2021 19:01

Maya is my fav from your list but I would also pronounce May A. I like Esme and Summer too

Twizbe · 11/11/2021 17:27

Not Lizzie. If you like that name use Elizabeth and shorten it as a nick name.

I'm an Elizabeth who was always known as Lizzie as a child. Only my parents call me that now. I'd never introduce myself as it as it's too babyish for the grown up me.

BlueFlavour · 11/11/2021 17:21

April

Hazel

Wren

BlueFlavour · 11/11/2021 17:20

What beautiful names your daughters have Smile.
I like Maya the best. Maya Joy would be pretty.
What about

Elsa

Iris

Dora

Posy

Petal

Dulcie

India

Immaculatemisconception · 11/11/2021 08:37

We know a Maya and they call her May a.

raintropics · 11/11/2021 04:44

I love Maya, but unfortunately people often think it's pronounced May-ah. Also love Summer and Leah.

For middle name ideas Eve, Belle, Ivy, Ruth, Quinn, Holly, Arielle, Harlow, Hazel.

garlictwist · 11/11/2021 04:28

I really dislike the name Esme. I think it's ugly. The others are nice though.

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