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Help! DD due in under a week. Which of these are likes, maybe or bin?

109 replies

Insearchofnames · 08/11/2023 23:54

Hi,

desperetely need help my brain has completed overloaded with names now having gone through the top 1000. Husband has vetoed all of my top 30 😭so left with these back up ones. However, have now spent so long debating names that I just don’t feel anything for any of them anymore and dd due in 3 days.

Possible names that we have not both vetoed are

Maeve
Flora
Cecily
Tessa
Clementine
Faye
Arabella
Anna
Melody
Imogen
Oriana
Meredith
Serena
Allanah
Allegra
Camilla
Alice

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Irritatedandfedup · 09/11/2023 00:00

Tessa and Arrabella
Quite like Imogen and Serena

SisterMichaelsHabit · 09/11/2023 00:00

Imogen, Faye, Alice, Anna.

I'd bin anything "clunky" like Allegra or Oriana because you're going to be saying your baby's name a lot so it should be easy to say quickly when you need her to listen.

thecatinthetwat · 09/11/2023 00:00

Love:
maeve
meredith
clementine

WeDidntHaveWaterBottlesInThe80s · 08/11/2023 23:59

Of those, I would nix:

Arabella (too horsey, harsh sound)
Allegra (ditto)
Maeve (ugly sound)
Melody (try-hard)
Oriana (ditto)
Allanah (stripper vibe)

Does that help narrow it down?

Ryanstartedthefire2 · 08/11/2023 23:59

They're all nice! Tessa is my favourite. I've never met a Tessa.

RomeoMcFlourish · 08/11/2023 23:59

Tessa. The Tessa’s I’ve known have been sweet, kind, artistic types, I have a soft spot for this name. If it had worked better with our surname I would have used it.

suntannedsnowballs · 08/11/2023 23:58

Allegra 😍

AmyandPhilipfan · 08/11/2023 23:57

What's your number 1 choice? Whether husband agrees or not. After watching me give birth (and I had a relatively easy birth) my husband just said 'so shall we call her (my favourite name that he had always said no to) then?' And so I got my first choice! So don't necessarily assume that he'll veto it once he's seen you go through the trauma of birth!

smilesup · 08/11/2023 23:57

My favourites of your list are Anna, Oriana & Tessa. I dislike none of them which is impressive!