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Help with girls names ?

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charltonred · 22/10/2024 10:04

Been going back and forth on girls names for months, we had a short list and managed to discount most of them. Looking for more suggestions as starting to think we’re never going to find a name. Have put the old shortlist below for reference.

Matilda - discounted as I can’t stand Tilly as a nn
Delilah - Husband doesn’t like Lilah as a nn
India - I did like this but a lot of negative comments about naming daughter after the country
Maya - just not sure
Madeline - we don’t like Maddy
Alana - I like this but husband doesn’t

We agreed on our sons name (Henry) so quickly and still love it but we seem to be on quite different pages with girls names.

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user1492757084 · 30/10/2024 10:51

Rebecca
Catriona
Camilla

Soitis83 · 30/10/2024 10:37

JumpstartMondays · 24/10/2024 23:32

I had no idea it was a boy's name? Only ever met little girl Marley's: 2 in my little one's nursery and I've taught one too.

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It's unisex technically but like you, I have mainly heard it on girls. Although I've known of two boy Marleys too and just loved it. I love the name for either sex

wizzler · 30/10/2024 07:59

Miranda or Miriam

CourtneyDesjarlais · 30/10/2024 07:18

How about :
Alice
Bella
Elizabeth

Winter20245 · 29/10/2024 22:41

Hi
I have a 10 yr old Delilah
I used to shorten it to Dee Dee or Lile, not sure how it's spelt but pronounced Lie lee when she was a baby/ toddler. (I also dont like Lilah)
She prefers us to call her by her full name and I much prefer this.
We get a lot of compliments about her name

RedOnyx · 25/10/2024 10:43

Alma feels similar to Maya and Alana.
Eliana or Liliana instead of Alana.
Marina
Miranda
Imelda
Elvira

JumpstartMondays · 24/10/2024 23:32

Soitis83 · 23/10/2024 21:38

Marleys my sons name 😅

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I had no idea it was a boy's name? Only ever met little girl Marley's: 2 in my little one's nursery and I've taught one too.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 24/10/2024 21:57

Really like India 🤷‍♀️It was used as a girls name before the country was named afaik (although it is likely the girls name also derived from the River Indus). It’s a shame that it’s been spoiled for some people because of colonialism but only you know if you can get past that.

Similar “ia” names might be Claudia, Lydia, Celia, Antonia, Julia.

Magdelene instead of Madeline? Same root but has the nicer nn of Maggie rather than Maddy. Josephine, Selene, Helene, Adeline or Emmeline might be other ideas.

I think Maya is lovely too - although I understand there are pronunciation issues (I personally prefer the rarer “May-ah”). You might like similar Gaia? Less pronunciation issues with than one. Thalia is another possibility.

10Pontipines · 24/10/2024 21:10

Just wanted to say that my daughter is called Matilda and she has never been called Tilly. She refers to herself as Tilda, but every adult we know calls her Matilda.

Also have a Jemima. Henry and Jemima sounds 👌🏻

RogueFemale · 24/10/2024 13:54

Venetia
Sibylla
Pandora

user1492757084 · 24/10/2024 13:52

I like Matilda.

Do you like ..
Indigo
Louisa
Louella
Eloise
Sarah

KirstenBlest · 24/10/2024 10:40

Matilda - I'm not keen on Tilly or Tilda
Delilah - Lilah as a nn - both awful
India - negative comment
Maya - meh and will date badly. I like Mary
Madeline - I like Madeleine, not keen on Maddie
Alana - seems dated. I work with one and she gets called Al-AR-na and Al-ANNa

Suggestions: Anna, Susanna, Lydia, Zelda, Zoe, Melissa
Bit of a random one: Indeg

LoudPlumDog · 24/10/2024 09:44

Lana
Amali
Melia
Amity
Anna
Nina
Elodie
Layla
Lena
Erin
Saskia
Freya
Taya
Cora
Bethany
Alice

Soitis83 · 23/10/2024 21:38

JumpstartMondays · 22/10/2024 10:11

Adeline
Emmeline
Meredith
Margot
Eleonora
Elowen
Marley

Marleys my sons name 😅

MostlyGhostly · 23/10/2024 21:30

Bryony
Claudia
Rosa
Erica
Loretta
Evangeline

I think all go with Henry

Kierparma · 23/10/2024 19:44

Dulcie
Stella
Madison
Chloe
Ruth

sesquipedalian · 23/10/2024 10:22

Each to their own, but I would not be naming my daughter after a Hebrew seductress (Delilah). I think Florence and Flora are both pretty - or you could call her Fleur if you wanted a name that can’t be abbreviated.

Carouselfish · 23/10/2024 10:18

I really like Mattie as nn for Mathilda.
Indigo is another good suggestion. Or Indira.

Monsterstep · 22/10/2024 15:56

All of those names were on our list.

We also liked Florence, Harriet, Eloise and Eliana.

MiddleAgedDread · 22/10/2024 11:58

If you don't like potential nicknames then I definitely wouldn't go with the full name as even if you don't shorten it, inevitably someone will eventually. I'm afraid I don't like Alana, it's very dated IMO and I don't think it's as classic as Henry.
Henry and Alice
Henry and Charlotte
Henry and Isabelle
Henry and Beatrice
Henry and Zara
Henry and Zoe
Henry and Olivia
Henry and Clara
Henry and Florence
Henry and Lucy
Henry and Martha

Mumofgirls2017 · 22/10/2024 11:50

Well I love Matilda and Delilah but I hear you a bit on the nn’s! Matilda could be Mattie, tilda or possibly mila/ Mia at a stretch but suppose Tilly may be used by others…

how about- Henry and

clara
eloise
edith
margot
alice
eleanor
eliza
florence
dorothy
tallulah
tabitha
juliet
annabelle
beatrice
ottilie
emmeline
jemima

Moreteaandchocolate · 22/10/2024 11:45

Ideas

Eliza
Lorelei
Elodie
Alora
Alara
Amara
Amaya
Mila
Elaina
Romilly
Alessia
Dorothy
Tabitha
Beatrice
Harriet
Georgia
Indira nn Indie
Martha
Adeline
Louisa
Heidi
Adelaide
Lydia

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 22/10/2024 10:39

Christina.
Isabella.
Alexandra.
Victoria
Rebecca
Catherine
Helena
Sofia

NeckolasCage · 22/10/2024 10:13

Yes Meredith nn Merry is good.

Melissa? Underused, bit retro.

Alana - I’m with your DH, how depressing! Take Alan and add yet another A! - Anna however is lovely.

Sabina
Rowena
Tamsin
Marianne

JumpstartMondays · 22/10/2024 10:11

Adeline
Emmeline
Meredith
Margot
Eleonora
Elowen
Marley