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32 replies

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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Theoldwoman · 07/01/2024 13:56

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!

I was going to say Ella !

Lacey Rose
Charlotte Rose
Amy Rose
Lucille Rose
Melanie Rose
Felicity Rose
Saskia Rose
Frances Rose
Laura Rose
Ruby Rose
Dana Rose
Sylvie Rose
Yvette Rose
Genevieve Rose
Rhiannon Rose

villamariavintrapp · 07/01/2024 12:26

I think you can still use Emilia, Emily or Ella if you love those names. They are commonly used generally, so I wouldn't be put off by someone (especially a work colleague or neighbour) using them. You could easily choose something else you don't live as much and then still find that someone else uses it.

theduchessofspork · 07/01/2024 12:24

Crikey you have been unlucky..

How about

Esther
Anna
Ida
Flora
Stella
Sasha
Oona
Lena
Lana
Dora
Thea
Georgia
Lara
Elsa
Dorothea (Dorey, Dorrie)
Philippa (Pippa)
Elisabeth (Lissa)
Victoria (Vita)

Chloe
Phoebe
Zoe
Polly
Lucy
Carey
Rosemary
Verity
Cecily (Cece)
Josephine/Joanna (Josie, Jojo)
Katherine (Kitty)
Vivienne (Vivi)

Jocelyn
Aislinn
Jasmine
Catrin
Caitlin
Ffion
Seren
Rowan

Lois
Ines
Annis
Carys
Frances

Astrid
Laurel
Sorrel

Rosanna
Estella
Eleanor
Cassia (Cassie)
Claudia
Alicia
Adela
Lucinda
Luella
Rosaria
Alexandra (Sasha, Alix)
Cecilia

Caroline (Callie)
Marianne
Elowen
Rosamund
Clementine
Emmeline

Hope
Beatrice (Bea)
Fern

KirstenBlest · 07/01/2024 12:12

Rose as a middle name - every other little girl will have Rose, May or Grace as a middle name so I would pick a first name that is not very popular, especially if the surname is something like Smith or Jones.
Rosa as a first name is nice.

If you are using Rose as a middle name, don't use a flower/nature/adjective first name. (Scarlett Rose, Daisy Rose, Willow Rose etc)

Mia, Fiadh, Leah, Pia, /Sofia - samey
Ella, Eve/Eva, Ava, Niamh, Evelyn - overused and samey
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept) - I'd say use Rosa
Emelia - Emelia is truly awful. Looks like you couldn't decide between Amelia or Emilia so went for a mishmash.
Ayda - ugly. Ada is ok
Mara, Cara/Kara, Zara, Clara - samey
etc

You have a lot of Irish names on there and a lot of names that have been popular for a long time.

I'd ignore what names you can't use and look for a name you like. If you like Holly you might like Molly or Polly.

What about Dorothy, Jessica, Jemima or Tamsin?

Acbd · 07/01/2024 11:51

I know! Feeling a tad unlucky and dumbfounded. Especially when we had agreed on names and then the names were taken in the last 2-3months! Really appreciate all your suggestions!

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oldnorsesaga · 07/01/2024 11:38

That's lot of names

Violet
Nessa
Louise
Aoife
Elaine
Chloe
Cecily /Sile
Paola
Helena
Ida
Daphne

Onelife2024 · 07/01/2024 11:35

That’s a lot of names you can’t use! How about:

Alice
Chloe
Georgia
Harriet
Anna
Maya
Lyra
Lila
Amber
Mabel
Martha