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Baby girl names

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OpalK24 · 17/04/2024 08:10

I am really struggling with baby girl names. Our boy name is Hudson and he would be named after someone whereas a girl wouldn't.
I like:
Milah- our friends used it 😢
Maela
Mylah
Lilah
Autumn

Hubby doesn't like any. Please suggest other slight unique names I might be able to get him to agree to ❤️

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srkho3 · 24/12/2024 23:24

delilah (similar to lilah)
libby
Alliette
sienna
nina
Leana
janette
misha
lyra
leila
kaia
Aurelia
Lorelai
lilou
ophelia

Ellyanne · 12/10/2024 14:51

pennybournes · 12/10/2024 14:17

A girl called Adorabella is getting bullied the shit out of, and then getting a zero hours contract job in the adult entertainment industry. Absurd.

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Ooops! I thought you posted this on my thread, as I am looking for baby names too + put down the ones I like on mine. It’s for someone else, my partner came up with Adorabella. The ones I like are: Emmeline, Neveah, Saskia, Ettie and Elinor for girls.

Ellyanne · 12/10/2024 14:33

pennybournes · 12/10/2024 14:17

A girl called Adorabella is getting bullied the shit out of, and then getting a zero hours contract job in the adult entertainment industry. Absurd.

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My partner decided on Adorabella, but nothing is set in stone we do change the names regularly. The names we do like, seem disliked by many so we are trying to find unique but likeable to avoid the bullying.
We both like Emmeline and Neveah as well, so we have added that to the list.

Thanks for your honest opinion.

pennybournes · 12/10/2024 14:17

Ellyanne · 10/10/2024 23:58

Amabelia, Izelle, Adorabella, Velia, Anetta, Venetia, Minerva, Prisca, Mirabella, Rosina, Saskia, Odette, Elinor, Varinia and Ettie.

A girl called Adorabella is getting bullied the shit out of, and then getting a zero hours contract job in the adult entertainment industry. Absurd.

Ellyanne · 10/10/2024 23:58

Amabelia, Izelle, Adorabella, Velia, Anetta, Venetia, Minerva, Prisca, Mirabella, Rosina, Saskia, Odette, Elinor, Varinia and Ettie.

resm · 24/04/2024 21:59

I know of a Kyra (pronounced Ky-ra, not Keer-a as in Ciara/Kiera). Might be to your taste.

Rollinroller · 24/04/2024 08:56

Layla

RoaringTwentys · 22/04/2024 23:10

miah?

sciencemama · 22/04/2024 20:22

Malia
Maliyah
Monica

MerryChristmasToYou · 22/04/2024 17:51

@ElvinBoys , Stevie and Billie have been used as girls names for a while and make me think of Stevie Nicks, Stevie Smith, Billie Holiday and Billie Piper.
Hudson makes me think of the butler in Upstairs Downstairs, Rock Hudson and River Hudson.

Riverlee · 22/04/2024 17:38

Blythe
Paige
Darcy
Remi
Tansy
Tara
Faye
Posy

ElvinBoys · 22/04/2024 17:35

Emsbutterfly · 21/04/2024 12:01

I think Hudson could be a unisex name I’d probably use that if you both liked and agreed on it :) my little girl is called Marley and would also have been Marley if she was a boy x

I totally agree. I love typical “boys” names for girls. My favourite is Stevie.

ElvinBoys · 22/04/2024 17:33

What’s wrong with Hudson for a girl? I like typical “boy” names for girls. I think Hudson sounds cool for a girl. I also like Billie & Stevie.

Btwmum23 · 22/04/2024 13:18

BonnyT · 21/04/2024 08:00

Unique names that I can guarantee noone else in her school year will have...

Chlamydia
Syphilis
Hepatitis
Herpes

Second these! Very unique!
better than some crazy names in the lists above that sound so trash!

SurreyisSunny · 22/04/2024 08:38

Whatever you choose make sure the spelling is the same as it sounds or she will be forever be correcting people (I’ve done this my whole life for my surname)

autumn is lovely but I wouldn’t use for a summer born baby

Milah and Mylah are the same so I wouldn’t use those

Going with your M and Ls
I love May.
Also Mabel
Lyra
Lilia

Squiggle13 · 21/04/2024 20:42

These were the names on our list if we had a girl, I wanted something a little unique but not crazy. My name was unique in the 80s but not out there, so I wanted similar.

Juno
Olive
Cecelia
Sloan
Aster
Briar
Persephone
Astrid
Stella
Imogen
Effie/Ethel
Noor/Nori
Vida
Alba

pennybournes · 21/04/2024 16:35

@littlecats In response to your comment on my post, I said in the post that my suggestions had some names with an a at the end...
It's literally right there if you'd actually read it properly. 🙄

StarLight201 · 21/04/2024 14:33

Names like Mila/Myla/Lila are very popular where I am.

Adelaide, Alora, Avaya, Bronte, Callie, Cleo, Elena, Elodie, Eloise, Gia, Ida, Laia, Leni, Maeve, Nia, Nola, Odette, Raya, Reeva, Romi, Talia

BeckiBoBecki · 21/04/2024 13:23

OpalK24 · 17/04/2024 08:10

I am really struggling with baby girl names. Our boy name is Hudson and he would be named after someone whereas a girl wouldn't.
I like:
Milah- our friends used it 😢
Maela
Mylah
Lilah
Autumn

Hubby doesn't like any. Please suggest other slight unique names I might be able to get him to agree to ❤️

We can see this thread is quite old now but if you’ve landed here looking for baby naming inspo, our recently updated 1000 top girl names article may offer some ideas. Flowers
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These names are all really pretentious, I'm with your other half.

MerryChristmasToYou · 21/04/2024 13:17

Is it 1965?

Tirzah · 21/04/2024 13:00

Here are some lovely Welsh names
Carys
Cariad
Nerys
Rhiannon
Seren
Gwen
Bethan
Angharad
Bronwen
Catrin
Ceri
Mali
Sian

PopandFizz · 21/04/2024 12:43

Just so you know Lilah / Lyla are both SUPER popular names now. We know 3 and hear it at soft play etc all the time.

We also know 2 Autumn, 3 Summers (seen that's been recommended a lot).

Don't focus on finding a unique name because you're just going to be disappointed when it's not unique. Names are getting more obscure you're more likely to have her be the only one with a name you perceive to be common!

Also grandparent names are more common now too.

MerryChristmasToYou · 21/04/2024 12:40

@Emsbutterfly , Hudson means 'son of Hugh'. It's about as unisex as Harrison or Jackson.

@OpalK24 , If you like Hudson, how about Harriet, Harper, Manon or Alison?

villamariavintrapp · 21/04/2024 12:05

Hudson is not a unisex name, it's a boy's name, -son means 'son'.

Emsbutterfly · 21/04/2024 12:01

I think Hudson could be a unisex name I’d probably use that if you both liked and agreed on it :) my little girl is called Marley and would also have been Marley if she was a boy x

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