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Baby girl names shortlist?!

55 replies

enorton · 02/12/2021 11:23

Hi everyone 👋

First baby due in less than 8 weeks and we cannot decide on a name! We prefer traditional, nothing too 'out there'. We thought we had decided on Amelia but that seems to have gone out of the window now as we've had too long to think about it!

Middle name is going to be Grace

Surname is similar to Heston (was advised against posting actual surname)

Potential names:
-Amelia Grace

  • Emilia Grace (I much prefer this but worry it will just get pronounced as Amelia)
  • Charlotte Grace
  • Erin Grace
  • Ivy Grace
  • Evie Grace
  • Edie Grace
  • Elsie Grace
  • Mabel Grace
  • Martha Grace

Any thoughts on these names please? Or any suggestions with a nice name to go with surname similar to Heston?

It seems we tend to prefer names beginning with a vowel 😂

I feel like I'm losing my mind looking at baby name lists now 😭

Thanks!

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DukkaDukka · 02/12/2021 11:59

Amelia Grace - Amelia is really really popular, I know loads so it doesn’t wow me as a name. Especially with Grace as a middle name

  • Emilia Grace (I much prefer this but worry it will just get pronounced as Amelia) - similar to Amelia, I also can’t stand Millie as a shortening
  • Charlotte Grace - I know so many grown up Charlottes!
  • Erin Grace - I like Erin
  • Ivy Grace / I don’t like Ivy, and again it’s popular
  • Evie Grace - boring, literally hundreds of them. She’ll be lost in the sea of Evie’s at school. Especially with Grace as a middle name.
  • Edie Grace - love Edie
  • Elsie Grace - don’t like Elsie, not a big fan of ‘vintage’ names personally
  • Mabel Grace - I quite like Mabel
  • Martha Grace - have never liked Martha, know quite a few though

I have to be honest Grace is just a filler middle name these days with Rose and May. It’s one of the default middle names for girls and to me is the Louise of the 80s or Jane. It’s massively overused.

Marvellousmadness · 02/12/2021 11:54

Emelia will become amelia and it will drive you nuts trying to correct for the next 10 years. So dont go there.

Mostly focus and what you love as a first name. Not how it sounds with the middle name. You only use your kid's first name And the middle name only comes out when the kid is in trouble or some legal documents really 😅

GlitteryFlaps · 02/12/2021 11:47

Martha is my favourite I think.

What about Meredith, Madeleine or Francesca?

Soontobegrandma · 02/12/2021 11:44

How exciting. They’re all gorgeous. Why don’t you wait until she’s here and then decide.

Elisemum · 02/12/2021 11:41

Amelia and Emilia go very nice with Grace “Heston”
I also really like Ivy, Evie and Erin from your list and they all go very well!
Not a fan of the rest, but each to their own :) good luck with the baby

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