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***URGENT***Name for a feisty /firey girl please.

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justnotsure · 19/02/2008 09:32

Please no chav.

No Blaze,Courtney-May, Minky-Rae etc.

My daughter already does not suit her name it is far to gentle for her even dh agrees (I am amazed by this) but I am flummoxed as to what we could call her instead as we had Nell, Annie, Constance and Dolly on our lists and neither of them fit either.

Any suggestions would be very welcomed, I really want to get the ball rolling sooner rather than later I think we have 5 weeks before we can't change it officially.

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serenity · 19/02/2008 10:09

We had this with DD - from the 20 week scan onwards she was going to be called Sofia, but once she was born it just didn't suit her. Even to me that sounds weird, that a name didn't suit a 5 minute old baby, but me and DH both agreed that it didn't 'fit' (same reasons too, it seemed quite a sweet name and DD was definitely feistier) We ended up calling her Lydia

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justnotsure · 19/02/2008 10:08

Oh Iris is fantastic and still a flower. (gets all excited)

Is Clementine soft too?Yes it is.

(really confuddled now)

Greensleeves I love the cakes too.

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PotPourri · 19/02/2008 10:08

Just thinking, if no middle name currently, maybe you could just give her a middle name (no real need to change it by deedpole or whatever), and then us a combination of the two. e.g. Lily Jemima (LJ), Lily Charlotte (Lu-lottie) Might be moving towards the chav that you mentioned in OP though! LOL

Greensleeves · 19/02/2008 10:06

You could just change it to Lilith. That's very fiery!

piratecat · 19/02/2008 10:05

Yeah my nan was a Lily, from 'up north' and was a strong woman. Raised my dad on her own, worked round the clock, was this tiny little woman, but had a gravely voice and fed us brown sauce sandwiches.!!!!

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justnotsure · 19/02/2008 10:04

Bink actually I think Irene/Reenie is lovely. maybe too "soft"

Lily is a bruiser, she's gutsy, outgoing and well, very unlike my other children and they really do suit their names. I cannot put my finger on why. It just seems too whimsical.

Thanks for the advice re the Antigone name, meaning does matter to us.

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Greensleeves · 19/02/2008 10:03

lol at my cakes being 'mad', they are the product of a creative mind in a state of advanced psychosis

my sister is English but has lived in various countries.

sorry for hijack!

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AdamAnt · 19/02/2008 10:02

Cataline - Billie/Elizabeth = lovely

piratecat · 19/02/2008 10:02

greensleeves depends on what nationality she is/was!!

btw just nosed at your profile, those cakes are mad!!!!

Sixer · 19/02/2008 10:01

Mary

PotPourri · 19/02/2008 10:01

Olivia (Ollie), Victoria (vicky), Christina (Chris/chrissie, tina, Christie), Rebecca (Becky, Bec), Melanie (Mel, Lana) dorothy (Dot), Megan (Meg), Gwendolyn (Gwen), Gwynyth (as in Paltrow!), Geraldine (Geri)

AdamAnt · 19/02/2008 10:01

Iris

Cataline · 19/02/2008 10:00

Thalia is great. I like Thea too (pronounced tay-a)
We have an Elizabeth who has always been a Billie. She is as fiery as you can get with wonderful wild, curly red hair too!

Sixer · 19/02/2008 10:00

Analaa "goddess of fire"

dontwanttogetoutofbed · 19/02/2008 09:59

how old is she? what is so fiesty about her?
sometimes children's name end up suiting their character not the other way round
i have an emma (soft classic name) and she is quite strong and individual and her name still suits her
sometimes its great to have a name that 'sounds' opposite to your character

piratecat · 19/02/2008 09:59

Leona--lioness??

my dd5's name

marina · 19/02/2008 09:59

Petra = rock. Very feisty

Edith
Odette
Amy
Florence
Joan

Greensleeves · 19/02/2008 09:59

piratecat I wonder if you knew my sister?

Bink · 19/02/2008 09:59

Do watch out with Antigone - it's got a grim backstory, if you mind about things like that.

The name I was thinking of was Irene, not quite sure why now, as it means peace ... I was thinking of it pronounced in the old-fashioned proper-Greek way as Ireen-y. But it's probably a weird suggestion anyway.

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piratecat · 19/02/2008 09:58

I knew a similar Petra lol!!

Greensleeves · 19/02/2008 09:58

Vita (life)
Verity (truth)

marina · 19/02/2008 09:58

Athena
Minerva
Andrea
Gaia
Hera
Simone
Emmeline
Milicent
Ethel
Betty
Vita
Mary

All of these are either Greek/Roman goddess names or women who marched to the beat of their own drum, IYSWIM