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I have a nameless baby - help!!

104 replies

Dogmum20 · 02/01/2022 14:21

Okay lovely Mumsnet’ers, I have a nameless baby girl, please help! We like names that are not too modern but not too traditional. Helpful I know!
Basically nothing in the top names, but also nothing that sounds made up and too American! But on the flip-side nothing too ‘old fashioned’!
Here is a list I like but for reasons listed can’t use:

Bryony - family name
Claudia - friends name
Tamsin - friends name
Cleo - DH doesn’t like it
Cali - DH doesn’t like it
Ivy - family name
Saffron - a bit of a mouthful with our surname

Heidi was top of the pile for a while but I feel like it’s suddenly very common and is putting me off slightly…

Would love some views and ideas if anyone has any.
I know you’re thinking I’m probably being too picky and overthinking it and you’re probably right but I’m now very stuck! :)

THANK YOU!

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urbanbuddha · 02/01/2022 19:22

Thea
Sorrel
Sasha
Millie
Hope
Talia

itsgettingweird · 02/01/2022 19:21

Phoebe
Felicity
Bethany
Coralie
Maisie
Paige
Harriet

Heidi isn't that popular (although I get some areas have spates of popular names!).

In fact not one child in my school has that name!

itsacovidxmasone · 02/01/2022 19:10

Cassie - Cassandra

itsacovidxmasone · 02/01/2022 19:08

Bridget?

theNumbersStation · 02/01/2022 18:32

Merle
Seren
Kaya

sellthesizzle · 02/01/2022 18:27

Phoebe
Clemmie
Maisie
Maude
Lexie
Maé
Órla

I don't know many people called Heidi though

confuseddotcom1234 · 02/01/2022 16:59

Connie could go Constance if you prefer a full name but known as Connie though was similar to Cali.

3mealsaday · 02/01/2022 16:54

Christabel
Adrianna
Lenora
Elowen
Artemis
Jean
Victoria

fluffythedragonslayer · 02/01/2022 16:50

I think she is a Florence

stupiduser · 02/01/2022 16:34

@Luredbyapomegranate Heidi Klum?

sachaf08 · 02/01/2022 16:33

Laurel was one of our alternatives to Ivy.

Hankunamatata · 02/01/2022 16:32

Esme means loved or beloved

Scirocco · 02/01/2022 16:31

Another vote for Heidi! It's a lovely name.

Notimetolive · 02/01/2022 16:26

I love Bryany.
Also really like Brianna

Koshnique · 02/01/2022 16:26

Emma Georgina
Anna Antonia

Spottyspotladybird · 02/01/2022 16:23

What about - Annie, Cora, Clara, Hallie,

CoffeeRunner · 02/01/2022 16:20

Seren
Saskia
Francesca (Fran, Frankie)

Koshnique · 02/01/2022 16:20

Zoe Elizabeth
Thea Alexandra
Adeline Henrietta

WinniePig · 02/01/2022 16:18

Heidi is lovely. So much nicer than your other names and really not that common. DD10 has a friend called Heidi but I don’t know of any others.

yoooop · 02/01/2022 16:10

Harriett (Hattie for short)

Viviennemary · 02/01/2022 16:07

I like Ivy from your list. Iris is nice too.

BowiesJumper · 02/01/2022 16:07

I like all your names! If I was going to have a girl tomorrow it would be one of these -

Cassie
Effie
Eliza
Leonora
Juno

MaternityNurse007 · 02/01/2022 16:05

I do like Heidi too ;)
Matilda
Leonie
Olivia
Eden
(And for a
non english name: Dorka which is a version of Dorothy/Dorothea)

Abcdefu · 02/01/2022 16:03

Lucie
Katie
Cassie
Carrie
Ellen
Grace

theremustonlybeone · 02/01/2022 16:00

Juno
Hannah
Georgia
Ettie
Maisie
Heather
Jemima
Louis
Poppy
Freya
Scarlett

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