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OpalK24 · 2024-04-17T07:10:18+00:00

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 [[https://www.mumsnet.com/articles/baby-girl-names 1000 top girl names]] article may offer some ideas. [flowers] MNHQ

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HermioneHerman · 21/04/2024 11:31

I always liked Eleni which is Greek and otherwise I've only heard it when I lived in Australia.

Others may have suggested some of these already but:

Farrah
Delilah
Minna
Brontë
Hebe
Iona
Jessamine
Leila
Leonie
Mara
Tessa
Willa

littlecats · 21/04/2024 11:07

pennybournes · 21/04/2024 00:27

There are so many amazing names!
I personally am not a fan of girls names ending in a as they can sound a bit lazy/made up sometimes.
But here's a few, with and without the a thing!
Don't be too 'unique.' Those kind of names can end up sounding trashy. Imagine your daughter is a 35 year old lawyer mother-of-one. Now choose a name that isn't going to make her cringe everytime she says it.

Eloise
Hannah
Lucy
Dorothea
Florence
Reya
Astrid
Leonora
Juliet
Dahlia
Polly
Violet
Siobhan
Nina
Christina
Mabel
Freya
Sara
Serena
Constance
Cecilie
Isla
Thea
Una
Etienne
Emmeline
Rebecca
Willa
Quinn
Alexandra
Genevieve
Meredith

A number of these names end in “a” 😂

PoppyCherryDog · 21/04/2024 10:24

I like Lilah and Autumn on your list. The others I think are a bit try hard for uniqueness but that may just be because I’ve never heard of them.

I like Maeva that others have suggested.

Notmyuser · 21/04/2024 09:35

Crispsarethebestfood · 21/04/2024 09:28

As a teacher, please don’t give your child a name that is very hard to pronounce (or work out how to say from how it is spelt). I often have pupils having to explain how their name is said (I always tell them to correct me if I get it wrong because they deserve to have their name said correctly) but if I only teach the child once a week sometimes they have to do this multiple times and I just think ‘oh bless you, you are going to have to do this forever’.
(I do get there in the end by the way, I end up jotting it down phonetically to try to help!)

Exactly. Some of those names are very ambiguous in their pronunciation, and your kid might have people with a very similar name which is pronounced differently in their class. When you have teachers who see 250+ children per day, some of whom they only see for an hour at a time, it’s really hard to deal with who pronounces their name what way.

I have an unusual but not “weird” name (it’s actually quite an old fashioned name, think along the lines of Edith in terms of simplicity) which is pronounced phonetically and it was still butchered by everyone because it’s similar to a few other names. I spent my entire childhood correcting people. Even now as an adult, people get my name wrong a lot. It drives me mad.

Crispsarethebestfood · 21/04/2024 09:28

As a teacher, please don’t give your child a name that is very hard to pronounce (or work out how to say from how it is spelt). I often have pupils having to explain how their name is said (I always tell them to correct me if I get it wrong because they deserve to have their name said correctly) but if I only teach the child once a week sometimes they have to do this multiple times and I just think ‘oh bless you, you are going to have to do this forever’.
(I do get there in the end by the way, I end up jotting it down phonetically to try to help!)

shakeitoffsis · 21/04/2024 08:19

Maeva

Amumof287 · 21/04/2024 08:13

Our daughter is Cora

also love Meava, Nina and Romy

BonnyT · 21/04/2024 08:00

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

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Imisssleep2 · 21/04/2024 07:32

I like autumn, we had it on our list for our first, but he was a boy, and then a friend used it before we had our second. We went with Madison for our second and grace as a second name.

Also liked Luna

FangsForTheMemory · 21/04/2024 04:51

Mirella
Mirabelle
Nina
Maya

Ksgbfan · 21/04/2024 03:46

Ayrabella or Octavia. Not as unique but Elizabeth, Ruth, Rose, Rachel, or Sarah.

mathanxiety · 21/04/2024 02:22

Hudson and

Nola
Marlowe
Bellamy
Sydney
Lyra
Quinn
Sienna
Savannah
India
Piper

Aquamarine1029 · 21/04/2024 00:54

Hudson and Camdyn, nn Cami.

Brats4kid · 21/04/2024 00:39

My daughter is Tahlia, pronounced Tar-lee-u. It's Hebrew and means little lamb. We used to call her our little lamb before I knew what it meant.

pennybournes · 21/04/2024 00:27

There are so many amazing names!
I personally am not a fan of girls names ending in a as they can sound a bit lazy/made up sometimes.
But here's a few, with and without the a thing!
Don't be too 'unique.' Those kind of names can end up sounding trashy. Imagine your daughter is a 35 year old lawyer mother-of-one. Now choose a name that isn't going to make her cringe everytime she says it.

Eloise
Hannah
Lucy
Dorothea
Florence
Reya
Astrid
Leonora
Juliet
Dahlia
Polly
Violet
Siobhan
Nina
Christina
Mabel
Freya
Sara
Serena
Constance
Cecilie
Isla
Thea
Una
Etienne
Emmeline
Rebecca
Willa
Quinn
Alexandra
Genevieve
Meredith

RMNmama · 21/04/2024 00:00

We went with Maisie for our girl but list had -
Seren
Serena
Aida
Annabelle
Evelyn
Elenor
Elsie
Cora
I still love them all!

Theoldwoman · 17/04/2024 12:28

Melia
Amali
Amity
Mahli
Nia
Liane
Saskia
Asha
Ramona
Noni
Tahli
Tiana
Lana
Reeva
Arlia
Bree
Xanthe

DrJoanAllenby · 17/04/2024 12:05

Maya?

user1492757084 · 17/04/2024 11:50

Miranda
Lola
Millicent
Mary

BlueChampagne · 17/04/2024 11:35

Vashti
Tryphena
Clea
Bronte
Deanna
Karenza
Olwen

JLT24 · 17/04/2024 11:30

Wren
Willow
Maeve
Lily

Lilah is lovely

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/04/2024 11:25

I love Autumn. Suggestions

delilah
lula
maya
kaya
vienna
skye
nova
nola
riley
miley
ayla
callie
hallie
Nyla

MerryChristmasToYou · 17/04/2024 11:07

Milah, Maela and Mylah are unique but not in a good way, and are similar to many other popular names.
Lilah - very samey with Mila, Lila, Lyra etc, not unique
Autumn - we're well into spring

What names does your husband like?

35andThriving · 17/04/2024 10:13

Marissa
Lisa (unusual for this generation)
Sabrina
Juniper
Kaye
Estelle
Lotta
Fern
Saskia
Saffron

Littleleopardlady · 17/04/2024 10:04

Mia
Jade
Darcy
Maisy
Lily
Kira