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First attempt at a girl’s name list

28 replies

MKWarrier · 12/02/2024 13:12

Hi everyone,

We have recently found out baby #2 is a girl and have started thinking about names. What are your thoughts on?:

Alice
Laura
Lara
Jessica
Katherine/Catherine (Kate)

One of my best friends is called Jessica, which makes me a little unsure about using it, but as she lives in New Zealand we will rarely actually see each other in person.

We also like the following but have some reservations:

Felicity (don’t like the nicknames)
Abigail (Abby doesn’t go too well with our surname)
Isabelle / Isabella (popularity, and we disagree on which version)
Sophie / Sophia (popularity)

Anything else we might like?

Middle name has already been decided after a family member and pretty much does with all the options above.

Baby’s sister is called Matilda.

Thank you!

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notknowledgeable · 12/02/2024 13:39

Katherine! and kate - beautiful

heldinadream · 12/02/2024 13:37

There are so many nicknames for Felicity, do you dislike them all?
My younger is Felicity (so I'm biased obviously!😍) She gets called Feli, Fels, Flick, Fliss, Flickster. A couple more I can't think of. It's a lovely name and means happiness and bliss and blessings.

oldnorsesaga · 12/02/2024 13:31

I like Katherine and Matilda or Alice and Matilda

other ideas:
Hannah
Cecily
Juliet
Frances
Beatrice

I dislike Lara - seems faddy and it's usually nickname for Laura, while Laura is somehow dated. Jessica is fine.