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

319 replies

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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helsy · 19/02/2008 13:14

Rosie?
Harriet?
Kate?

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 13:13
justnally · 19/02/2008 13:12

Paprika!

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 13:12

Oh no she wasn't, she was descended from Lilith (possibly)

Fillyjonk · 19/02/2008 13:12

was she really?

lilith is a proper feminist name imo

it gets a lot of bad christian rap. lilith was the first wife who was rejected (and according to some, "left out" (though of course its more complex) of the bible because she would not bow to adam's will.

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 13:08

The White Witch in Narnia was called Lilith too, Filly - def feisty but perhaps not in a good way!

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 13:07

My mother was a terrible snob

Fillyjonk · 19/02/2008 13:06

but this is lilith

how on earth could that not be feisty?

belgo · 19/02/2008 13:03

at your parents' reason for the change

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 12:56

Pamela. (Neighbour's daughter was known as paaAAAaam )

belgo · 19/02/2008 12:50

that's interesting, what was your original name ww?

WendyWeber · 19/02/2008 12:49

My mother changed my name when I was 18 months (because there were some common new neighbours and their daughter had the same name )

The first syllable of each sounded similar, and I don't think it affected me.

Sycamoretree · 19/02/2008 12:48

Xenia, heh heh heh!

Cataline · 19/02/2008 12:47

Oh, I love Lexie! Alexandra is a great name!

Cataline · 19/02/2008 12:46

Was Frasier's scary ex-wife called Lillith?

VictorianSqualor · 19/02/2008 12:45

Vanilla, we are thinking Alexandra now, so Lexie will definitely be an option.

Cataline · 19/02/2008 12:45

And there's always psycho Roxie Hart in Shameless to think about!!

Hadn't realised we were talking about an 11 month old!! Good on you for being brave enough to name change if you're really not happy!
If you're going to go down the subtle change route then Libby is not a bad idea. You could call her Elizabeth then she could be Libbie and later there's Billie, Beth,Betty, Liz, Lizzie, Ellie...

VanillaPumpkin · 19/02/2008 12:41

VS - Go for Lexie instead!!
I love Martha as a name, but I saw that as gentle.....

belgo · 19/02/2008 12:41

Ivy is another strong name IMO

MamaQuim · 19/02/2008 12:41

(...and what if she grows up to have a lisp? Lilith? I don't think so)

MamaQuim · 19/02/2008 12:40

to me, Lilith conjures up an imagine of a slightly weak girl with watery eyes

sorry but it does!

Agree Martha is good n strong

noddyholder · 19/02/2008 12:40

I don't know eastenders never watched it so I still love it!

VictorianSqualor · 19/02/2008 12:38

Noddy, am currently 33wks pg, no idea what sex and I did so badly want Roxie for ages, then East-flipping-enders decided Roxy Mitchell should make an entrance.

belgo · 19/02/2008 12:38

Filly, I disagree, if they want to change their baby's name, they should do it now. I'm still wondering what your new baby's name is filly

I don't think Lilith is a particularly strong name.

Fillyjonk · 19/02/2008 12:25

Iris is a LOVELY name

but

I think if she is 11 mo already, you probably shouldn't actually change her name.

When my kids were 11 months, they did know their names.

I'd change it to Lilith, that is definetely feisty.