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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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We need help!

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Acbd · 07/01/2024 11:27

Hi everyone, we are looking for some ideas/advice! We don’t know what we are having (due next month) and in the last 2 years I know loads of girls that have been born and less than 5 boys. We have settled on a boys name (after both of my grandfathers) - James/Jamie.
We are really stuck for a girls name as we feel every name we like has been taken. We were settled on one of these and within the last three months a work colleague, neighbour or friend has taken them: Emelia, Emily, Ella. We have a one syllable surname and the second name would be Rose after my mother & grandmother, so would ideally like a two syllable first name. These are the names that are ‘taken’ in the last couple of years: Mia
Fiadh
Ella
Eve/Eva
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept)
Emelia
Ayda
Mara
Erin
Ava
Cara/Kara
Clara
Grace
Katie
Naoise
Evelyn
Layla
Alana
Abi
Millie
Willow
Daisy
Isla
Ciara
Eloise
Saoirse
Aoibhinn
Orlaith
Sophie/Sofia
Robyn
Caoimhe
Cadhla
Marykate
Ellen
Shona
Lucy/ Lucia
Emma
Cora
Nancy
Isabel
Lily
Indie
Darcy
Holly
Maeve
Niamh
Clodagh
Leah
Pia
Olivia
Cliodhna/Cliona
Zara

Please help as we are all out of ideas!

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Acbd · 08/01/2024 15:13

Thanks so much to everyone for taking the time to think of suggestions - really appreciate it!
On reading back I realise I misspelt ‘Emilia’ - thinking Emilia Clarke (GOT reference).
Oh Jamie as a girls names sounds cool…gender neutral names are all the go nowadays! Didn’t think of this!
Also like the idea of Rosa/Rosanne as encompasses Rose.

Its hard because we were really set on a variation of those three but can’t imagine having our baby 2-3 months later with the same name and everyone thinking we’d copied them - plus the neighbour will likely be in the same school with our kid. The work colleague I see most days so that’s a bit of a nightmare too! Could request to move offices haha!!!

Could we get away with calling our girl baby Emie or Evie instead of the full name. That’s probably what they’ll end up going by in the long run. Otherwise I like the idea of Aoife or Eleanor maybe.
Thanks again everyone for all your helpful ideas and opinions!

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KirstenBlest · 08/01/2024 13:27

Jamima looks like a typo
Marykate looks like two names squashed together, my brain would try to read it as a word and it would sound like Marickaty or something

KirstenBlest · 08/01/2024 13:14

Don't call a girl Jamie.

Whataretheodds · 08/01/2024 12:29

Don't give a second thought to what your colleagues have called their daughters unless you are lifelong friends and your families regularly socialise together.

Ditto neighbours.

shoesday · 08/01/2024 12:27

I'd go for Jamie as a girl

NotFastButFurious · 08/01/2024 12:26

Acbd · 07/01/2024 11:27

Please help as we are all out of ideas!

Also, for anyone else struggling to work out what's already been taken, I sorted them alphabetically!
Abi
Alana
Aoibhinn
Ava
Ayda
Cadhla
Caoimhe
Cara/Kara
Ciara
Clara
Cliodhna/Cliona
Clodagh
Cora
Daisy
Darcy
Ella
Ellen
Eloise
Emelia
Emma
Erin
Eve/Eva
Evelyn
Fiadh
Grace
Holly
Indie
Isabel
Isla
Katie
Layla
Leah
Lily
Lucy/ Lucia
Maeve
Mara
Marykate
Millie
Nancy
Naoise
Niamh
Olivia
Orlaith
Pia
Robyn
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept)
Saoirse
Shona
Sophie/Sofia
Willow
Zara

NotFastButFurious · 08/01/2024 12:25

Charlotte Rose
Elizabeth Rose
Katherine Rose
Alice Rose
Matilda Rose
Margaret / Maggie Rose
Caitlin Rose
Louisa Rose
Penelope / Penny Rose
Tabitha Rose
Ada Rose
Abigail Rose
Eleanor Rose
Hannah Rose
Anna Rose
Annabel Rose
Beatrice Rose
Sadie Rose
Georgia Rose
Imogen Rose

QueeniePlumtree · 08/01/2024 12:21

I agree, Jamie for a girl is lovely too! I grew up with sisters Jamie and Billie and always liked their names. Their names felt very 'cool' and unique.

Especially compared to my name, of which there were 6 in my class and we all ended up with a nickname with a slightly different spelling to differentiate.

Beautifulsunflowers · 07/01/2024 23:09

Caroline
Rachel
Joanna

PurpleBrocadePeacock · 07/01/2024 22:00

Madeleine
Annabel
Zoe
Matilda/Tilly
Nora
Edith/Edie
Adeline
Milly

Lesina · 07/01/2024 21:39

Katie
Maria
ursula
Rebecca
Niamh
Olivia
Bethany
Anna
Danu

Forgotmylogindetails · 07/01/2024 21:18

I love Mya Rose

that would of been my last if he wasn’t a surprise boy ! X

singswithitsfingers · 07/01/2024 21:11

Hi given you seem to have loads of friends and family that have had babies recently, does it matter if there's a bit of duplication? Obviously it's not great to have 6 with the same name, but just a couple is ok isn't it? It's going to happen in school anyway. Just choose a name you like. Classic ones are often best and never go in or out or fashion.

HoHoHoliday · 07/01/2024 21:10

Just pick the name you like the most and use it. It truly doesn't matter if your work colleague, neighbour, anyone else, has used the same name. What is this new silly fuss over having exclusive use of a name? A name cannot be "taken", it's allowed for more than one person to use it! As you go through life you will have different colleagues, different friends, different neighbours, your child will always remain your child. Choose the name you love the most and use it.
FWIW, all of the names you listed are completely fine and nice, except Marykate, as the poor girl will spend her entire life correcting people who assume her name is Mary Kate.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 07/01/2024 21:08

I have a Sofia Rose. Couldn't you just have Rose? My DD often says she would have been happy with Rose although she does like her name

Stentor7 · 07/01/2024 21:03

Aisling Rose. xx

Falkenburg · 07/01/2024 21:03

Piper.
Ellie.
Penny.
Connie.
Amy.

user1492757084 · 07/01/2024 21:02

Also
Jamima
Bridget
Margot
Vida
Lorna
Dulcie
Carrie
Lindsey

user1492757084 · 07/01/2024 20:58

You could still use the same name as a colleague used.

Unless a close friend or relative I would use the same name if I loved it.

Some suggestions..
Carla
Claire
Camilla
Cosima
Catriona
Leonor
Eleanor
Mary
Maisie
Polly
Louella
Catherine - Cate
Charlotte
Alanna
Allegra

DesertSnow · 07/01/2024 20:56

Esme
Nora
Bryony

JMPB · 07/01/2024 20:49

I agree with a PP, if you like Jamie use it for a boy or a girl. Jamie Rose is lovely!
I wouldn’t be put off using a name if it was a neighbour or co-worked only a very close friend or family. Go with the one you love xx

AnneKipankitoo · 07/01/2024 20:48

Mary

NachosAndCheese · 07/01/2024 20:44

Agree with the pp who said that every other girl will have Rose as a middle name (along with Grace and May), it’s become the absolute filler middle name. The equivalent of Louise or Jane.

So give her a not as common first name as every Eva/Poppy/Isla/Ella/Emily/Lily/Mia will have Rose as a middle name. She will just be another ‘something’ Rose. Or use two middle names to break it up.

AnneKipankitoo · 07/01/2024 20:42

Sybil
Dido
Dora
Enid
Esme
Janie

Squirma · 07/01/2024 20:38

Jamie Rose sounds pretty good to me. Why not use Jamie as your girl name?

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