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Help! 41 weeks & STILL can’t decide girl names

34 replies

Itsme85 · 10/11/2022 00:13

It’s in the title! 😀

Opinions and thoughts really appreciated (be kind please…)

Thank you!

Frieda
Thea
Freya / Freja
Maeva
Amelie
Reya
Cassia
Cayla / Kyla

Tora
Juni
Runa
Inga / Inge
Thora
Sigrid
Ingrid

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Smallonesaremorejuicy · 10/11/2022 01:30

I think Ingrid sounds lovely & certainly isn’t boring or common . Best wishes for your daughter’s birth .

HerReputationMadeItDifficultToProceed · 10/11/2022 01:21

Apologies for the weird bullet point and bold fails there. I'm on the app and clearly it's messing with me!

HerReputationMadeItDifficultToProceed · 10/11/2022 01:20

Okay, so I am a teacher and tend to think of names in terms of both what they sound like and if I like them, as well as their potential for problems in school, especially pronunciation and whether there's a clear avenue for piss-taking by some little twat when they're 14. Therefore I'm coming at it from that angle and apologise if I'm trashing something that you really love. Excuse my bluntness but it's 1am and I'm awake with a filthy cold so my opinions here are unfiltered!

Caveat: as PP said, at this point it may well be worth waiting until she's born entirely or having a shortlist of three or four that you decide on once she's here. With both of ours my DH and I had a couple of names we had agreed were goers and once they were born we both said simultaneously "oh she looks like a..." in the delivery room. It just felt obvious immediately.

So, with all that said, from your list:

Love
** Frieda
Thora

Don't Mind
Thea
Freya (but not Freja, poor kid will spend her life with teachers asking her how it's pronounced and other kids calling her Fridge)
Reya
Ingrid

Hate
** Maeva (nightmare to pronounce, only anyone Irish or who knows one will ever get it right first time)
Reya (made me think of radiators and if I've made that association so has some wag in year 9)
Cassia (makes me think of Cassius Clay, not very feminine)
Cayla
Tora (makes me think of Tory, which is an unfortunate association for a child born under such a crap Tory government. Also The Torah which will make RE lessons a pain for her. Only worth considering if you're Jewish and actively trying to make that link)
Juni (sounds like two names stuck together)
Runa (makes me think of tuna, sorry)
Sigrid (immediately thought of Sigmund Freud and then Seigfried Sassoon. Both fine gentlemen but this is for a girl, so no).

Boring
*** Amelie (also the cutesy reference to the annoying character in the film).

Other names that I think you might like based on that list
Carla
Ria
Esther
Juno
Joanie
Edith
Luca
Hazel
Cora
Rosa
Stella
Leah
Sadie
Edith
Talia
Lyla*
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Whatever name you choose, good luck with everything and if you remember please come back and tell us what you choose (and maybe drop a cute little newborn pic!) Thinking of you; savour every minute. It's the most amazing experience.

toomuchlaundry · 10/11/2022 00:44

DS was named in the delivery room with a name that wasn’t on our list, a name that we hadn’t even thought of before!

20viona · 10/11/2022 00:41

Maeva is my fave

imnotwhoyouthinkiam · 10/11/2022 00:30

I honestly wouldn't worry too much. I had a shortlist of girls names and a shortlist of boys names. 3 on each.

When DS2 was born (at 41+3) he ended up with one that had never been on the list, let alone the shortlist!

But from your list I like Thea, Freyja and Ingrid best.

Good luck. Going over due is rubbish.

Itsme85 · 10/11/2022 00:24

Thank you for the comforting words. Any help in narrowing it down to two would be appreciated 😂

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Cherryblossoms85 · 10/11/2022 00:24

Just pick 2 or 3 and then see which one fits. that's what we did and it's a name on your list 🙂

Pixiedust1234 · 10/11/2022 00:21

If you haven't decided by now then wait until she is born. I couldnt decide between two names even when in hospital at 42 weeks. Once they put her in my arms I knew which one. She looked like the name belonged to her, the other didn't. You really do have time Smile