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Baby girl name - impossible

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Indigolds · 23/03/2024 00:10

DH and I are expecting our first baby, a little girl, next month. We are finding picking a name impossible.

We don't mind but also don't really want to use these names

  • Ruby
  • Amber
  • Summer
  • Anna
  • Leah
  • Maya
  • Elena (Eh-lay-nah)

I think we want a name that evokes a feeling of warmth and adventure. Basically we have a concept for a name but not a name!!
We don't want anything too out there but nothing too popular either. Just an established well known name that's ideally not top 30-50.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!!

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Sorrelia · 23/08/2024 18:10

Zombie thread

GeorgesMarvelousCalpol · 22/08/2024 10:55

roshi42 · 22/08/2024 02:48

Oops! Zombie thread. I'd love to know what they went for in the end!

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Me too! @Indigolds please come back and tell us 🙏 😁

user1492757084 · 22/08/2024 08:09

How about:

Catherine - Cate, Kitty
Lois
Alanna
Anneke
Cressida
Lola
Zena
Alison
Nancy
Mary
Eloise
Ellen

mathanxiety · 22/08/2024 03:54

Stella
Nancy
Daphne
Sienna
Vita
Leonie
Lara
Carly
Josephine
Mirabel
Alanna
Tessa

roshi42 · 22/08/2024 02:48

KirstenBlest · 21/08/2024 22:34

@roshi42 , OP's baby was due in April.

@Teacupsandrollups , yes. DN didn't look anything like any of the names on the shortlist. The baby was given a vintage name that was unusual at the time but is far more popular now.

Oops! Zombie thread. I'd love to know what they went for in the end!

HarpyBirthday · 21/08/2024 22:46

Pippa
Matilda
Joan
Dora
Alison

KirstenBlest · 21/08/2024 22:34

@roshi42 , OP's baby was due in April.

@Teacupsandrollups , yes. DN didn't look anything like any of the names on the shortlist. The baby was given a vintage name that was unusual at the time but is far more popular now.

Riverlee · 21/08/2024 22:00

Teacupsandrollups · 23/03/2024 16:04

Most people pick a name in advance, don’t they?
Has anyone ever actually looked at their newborn and said “Oh God, we can’t call him David now, he looks like a Gregory. What a shame”?!

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Yes, we did with dc2. I remember seeing him and thinking he doesn’t look like an x . Dh agreed so we ended up reversing his intended first and middle name, so instead of xy Smith, he became yx Smith.

roshi42 · 21/08/2024 21:30

Gosh, I love the vibe you're going for - warmth and adventure is a gorgeous concept. Amber, Ruby and Summer all really work for it. But I LOVE previous poster's suggestion of Ember. And someone said Sienna which fits. I can't think of any more immediately but I wonder if lists of paint names (e.g. burnt umber, saffron yellow, sienna etc) might be a good place to look. Or warm colour jewels and precious stones like amber and ruby... jasper, for a boy would be a good one. Spices? Or places? India, maybe? The Indias I've known have been warm, hippy, adventurer types.

sel2223 · 14/08/2024 09:04

KirstenBlest · 14/08/2024 08:37

@sel2223 , what you did was outrageous. Has she called Childline about it?

We were expecting a baby. We should have spent 9 months thinking, 'We'll just wait until the baby turns up then we'll start thinking what name she or he looks like."

I feel totally outrageous 🤣🤣

It took us that long to agree on a name, if we waited she'd have been nameless for months poor thing

fruitbrewhaha · 14/08/2024 08:45

Has Liberty been suggested yet? That has a sense of freedom.

KirstenBlest · 14/08/2024 08:37

@sel2223 , what you did was outrageous. Has she called Childline about it?

We were expecting a baby. We should have spent 9 months thinking, 'We'll just wait until the baby turns up then we'll start thinking what name she or he looks like."

sel2223 · 14/08/2024 08:31

Wow, didn't realise until reading this thread how absolutely wild we were choosing a name for our daughter before she was born!

GoldenLegend · 14/08/2024 07:50

Sacha
Cecily
Phoebe
Francesca
Charis
Juliette
Oriana

ZiggyZowie · 13/08/2024 13:29

Pandora
Clementine
Phoebe
Imogen
Clarissa
Persephone
Hermione
Tabitha
Morganna

charlottelovesnames3 · 24/03/2024 09:30

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Here are some names I thought have a similar feel to the ones you mentioned/

Sienna
Rosa
Palmer
Kaia
Cara
Emilia
Sofia
Lillian

I love the name Alma too and I think it’s perfect for all stages of life, so cute for a baby and child, unique but cool for a teenage, respectable but not boring or bland for an adult. I think your daughter will grow into her name so if you love Alma, go for it!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 23/03/2024 21:58

Indigolds · 23/03/2024 16:16

I absolutely adore Alma, I'm just struggling to imagine a teen/early 20s called Alma if you know what I mean?

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Alma is popular internationally ( its top 100 in at least a dozen countries) but relatively underused in the UK at the moment-as well and short and sweet and easy to say and spell. Its not my personal cup of tea ( it sounds a bit retro to me) but I think it fits your brief very well. A teen/ early 20’s who doesn’t like it or wants a nn will just call herself Allie I would think?

Gaggley · 23/03/2024 20:15

Miranda
Medusa
Athena
Rosalind
Magenta

AnAwfulPerson · 23/03/2024 20:11

Paloma feels warm to me. Nina was my immediate thought. Rosa is nice too.

Backhometothenorth · 23/03/2024 20:11

Allegra meaning lively
Xanthe meaning golden
Esther meaning star

KirstenBlest · 23/03/2024 19:59

Opal, Lois, Hannah, Sanna, Rosa

theduchessofspork · 23/03/2024 19:49

Indigolds · 23/03/2024 16:16

I absolutely adore Alma, I'm just struggling to imagine a teen/early 20s called Alma if you know what I mean?

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It’s fashionable right now, so will be lots of them

These feel potentially adventurous..

Alba
Astra
Aster
Stella
Oona
Ida
Vita
Hera
Sacha
Tara
Zara
Zelda
Xenia

Allegra
Fernanda
Adela
Saskia
Ramona
Keziah
Lowenna
Yolanda
Erica

Meredith
Vivienne
Cecile

Lois
Annis
Carys

Jocelyn
Ffion
Arran
Catrin

Astrid
Clio
Juno

Zoe
Circe
Nancy

Jean
Fen
Liv

sciencemama · 23/03/2024 19:39

Amelia
Emelie
Isla
Jade
Millie
Natalie
Rochelle
Saskia
Trudy

AngelQuartz · 23/03/2024 19:34

Clia, Xanthe, Hali, Anya, Etta, Opal, Aida, Lillia, Rosa, Margot, Phia, Elle, Dina, Roma, Cally

pumpkinpiee · 23/03/2024 19:29

Haf is Welsh for Summer 🌞