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What's your favourite girl's name at the moment.

193 replies

Mearabade · 05/12/2024 15:02

Mine is

Angelica!

It's one of my colleague's names, and I think it's very pretty.

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AddictedToBooks · 05/12/2024 17:16

I know that this will be unpopular but my current favourite girls name is "Euphemia" - I've discovered it used a lot in my genealogy and it's really grown on me, along with the variant "Eupheme".
My DH is glad that I'm menopausal and unlikely to have another baby, especially as I said I really liked "Enoch" for a boy.

That was the name of one of my relatives, she used to say she would have been better with a number! She was only ever known as Effie. I kind of love it as I loved her, but didn’t inflict it on my daughters.

poppingcorno · 06/12/2024 13:15

I love Grace but I also think Evie is very pretty.

Words · 06/12/2024 11:59

Francesca
Catherine
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Philippa
Louise/Louisa

I like the traditional ones!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/12/2024 11:37

It’d be impossible for me to pick just one. I don’t even have a particular naming style that I like my taste varies massively. My list is about 100 miles long.

Hannah.
Jessica
Lucy
Megan
Elise
Katie
Emily
Faye
Helena
Cara
Elsa
Rachel
Abbie
Natalia
Eden
Paige
Anastasia
Izabelle
Kayleigh
Shannon
Tiffany
Melody
Nicola
Ashleigh
Cynthia
Virginia
Triana.
Morgan
Farrah
Kellie
Amity
Summer
Delaney
Melissa
Violet
Naomi
Kiera
Martha
Saskia
Pearl
Nevaeh
Teresa
Ruby
Alicia
Mabel
Romany
Deborah
Michelle
Lindsey
Christina
Vanessa
Willow
Robin

I said it was long. 🤣

TempsPerdu · 06/12/2024 09:55

Other than DD's name:

Nancy
Frida
Camille
Aster
Helena
Tabitha
Miranda

I tend to like names that are underused but not too 'out there', and feminine but strong rather than cutesy.

Lickityspit · 06/12/2024 09:45

hiddenselkie · 05/12/2024 15:19

Cecily (for girl) and Clarence (for boy)

Edited

Cecily was my grandmothers name and I’ve always adored it. I had boys but if I’d had a daughter I would have named her Cecily

Firsttimegran · 06/12/2024 07:27

Mine are
Olive
Betsy
Willow
Rose
just such pretty names

NewMrsF · 06/12/2024 07:16

Remy (my daughters name)
Valentina (her middle name)
Nina

Jellycoconut · 06/12/2024 00:00

also Serin

thepinkcow · 05/12/2024 23:50

Sabela, Eden and Lucia

Headingtowardsdivorce · 05/12/2024 23:30

Georgina

Crispymandm · 05/12/2024 23:26

Mallory, just beautiful

MissyPants · 05/12/2024 23:21

Bonnie

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 05/12/2024 23:20

At the moment it’s Claudia - timeless, elegant, international but strangely underused in the UK. Based on this baby name board people can’t seem to get past the “meaning”, although that doesn’t seem to matter for James, Emily etc and not that many people read Latin anymore.

Mugcake · 05/12/2024 23:20

Eve
Luna
June
Cassia
Cali
Sky
Sage
Fiona (fee)
Faye

Soscold · 05/12/2024 23:12

Also love Estelle. And Stella. A pp has mentioned Kelly, which is a cool name. I also like it for a boy.

if I’d had a girl she’d have been Elfie (n European heritage). I remember telling a 19yo work colleague (now a mum of 3 girls) and she said “ooh that’s a name Paula Yates would have given her kid”! It did give me pause. But I had a boy anyway.

SugarIsHardtoAvoid · 05/12/2024 23:11

Loads of great names on this thread. Manon and Shirin are both lovely.

Bounty9 · 05/12/2024 23:06

DD is an Isla which is still my favourite ❤️

But I would’ve loved Evelyn, Aurora, Olivia, Sophia

Whatisityoucantface · 05/12/2024 23:06

I caught some of In Our Time on the radio and they were discussing a Persian poet who wrote about a Princess named Shirin which I thought lovely and I’d never heard before.
Agree with previous posters mentioning Manon. A gorgeous name!

RaspberryBeretxx · 05/12/2024 22:51

Serena or Eleni.

Jellycoconut · 05/12/2024 22:49

Shona

SlieveMiskish · 05/12/2024 22:48

Leonie

CatJ21 · 05/12/2024 22:48

Claudie

I just think it’s the cutest

SophiaSW1 · 05/12/2024 22:46

Georgeva

Mimi987 · 05/12/2024 22:42

Fern. I find it so simple and classy and love the plant element