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We need a girl's name beginning with D ...

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Upsidedowncake · 15/03/2008 19:55

because our names begin with A and B - and then entirely unintentionally, we called DS a name beginning with C.

Front runners are Dorothy and Dorothea at the moment.

What do you think?

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hippipotami · 07/04/2008 12:08

I would pronounce it doro-thea.

I still love Delphine and Dahlia the best though

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Upsidedowncake · 07/04/2008 08:31

Thank you all so much for your suggestions.

We have narrowed it down to Dorothy / Dorothea and Chloe (which would make us ABCC). What do you think?

Does anyone know anyone actually called 'Dorothea'. How is it pronounced?

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hippipotami · 06/04/2008 17:11

I love Daisy, Dahlia or Delphine.

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CoteDAzur · 06/04/2008 16:58

There is also 'Devica' - Sanskrit for 'derived from God', I think.

deegward · 06/04/2008 16:37

See I knew it no one has suggested Deirdre!! My name! hated it as a child & adult now just Dee, but when I am acting grown up do the Deirdre think again

MindingMun · 06/04/2008 16:29

My DD1 is called Danica and i absolutely love it!!

CoteDAzur · 06/04/2008 16:16

Daniela
Darlene
Daisy (?)
Dina
Derya

horsemadgal · 06/04/2008 16:16

I like Daisy.

MrsMattie · 06/04/2008 15:58

'D' names are actually really nice for girls. I hadn't realised until I read this thread. I love the name Dorothy, by the way.

eileeni · 06/04/2008 15:06

I like Dilly

Meandmyjoe · 05/04/2008 13:01

Davina- my sister is called davina and I was always wishing I had been born first so I could have got a cool name like that!

I also like Daisy but it kind of reminds me of that chubby lady married to Onslo in Keeping up Appearences!

loler · 03/04/2008 11:26

Daphne reminds me of scooby doo.

SauerKraut · 03/04/2008 10:43

Diandra

cyteen · 03/04/2008 10:39

mybabysinthegarden - I didn't know that. I thought the same as you, and yes, that has put me off a little bit!

misdee · 03/04/2008 00:12

Dixie

Dixie Dixie

did i mention dixie?

mybabysinthegarden · 03/04/2008 00:08

I also once knew a Dafna, it is the Hebrew version of Daphne, I think.

mybabysinthegarden · 03/04/2008 00:06

Dorian
Drew
Darby

cyteen, I always liked Demeter because I thought it was pronounced DEM-et-er, but I just heard it on Radio 4 (the source of all correct pronunciation, obv) the other day and it seems it is De-MEE-ter. I've gone right off it!

BexieID · 02/04/2008 23:57

Some names here

jkklpu · 02/04/2008 20:54

Demelza - Cornish name

cyteen · 29/03/2008 17:15

Dorinda
Demeter
Daria

I like Daphne actually, to me it suggests an elegant brunette.

AHLH · 26/03/2008 12:05

Maybe not Dora whilst The Explorer is so popular!

Delia

My siblings and I aren't quite a, b,c but we begin with A and end in Z.

BINAH · 24/03/2008 20:16

deenah.
dorotheia

robinpud · 23/03/2008 16:28

Danica and Danuta are lovely polish names

Nbg · 23/03/2008 16:10

I was going to suggest Delilah too.

Some others which have probably been covered

Darcy/Darcie
Dolly
Dana
Dot

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