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Help - Baby Names

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Teddy2024 · 22/01/2025 12:47

I have a top 3 for baby names for baby girl but really struggling! I’d love to know opinions on the below three:

  1. Bali (pronounced bah lee)
  2. Soulie (soul Lee)
  3. Capri

i like an unusual ‘ie’ sounding name. Open to further suggestions!

thanks! :)

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Mugcake · 24/01/2025 18:56

Elodie

Sylvie

Romy

Roxie

Tallie

Aubree

Indie

Love callie and kari BTW

loropianalover · 23/01/2025 11:55

PP’s have mentioned Sunny and Romy - love those!

I also love Soleil but think you’d prefer an -ie sound, and Indie would be a bit too common for you.

Some more options although not all -ie:

Lavender
Dove
Clover
Clemmie
Jessie
Ziggy
Polly
Daphne
Indigo ? NN Indie?
Ivy
Jade
Juniper/Juno? NN Junie?
Minnie
Tansy - love this name! I knew a Tansy in school and she was such a hippie.

Pigsinblankets13 · 23/01/2025 10:34

Romy/Romie

KRP8 · 23/01/2025 10:03

Tillie
Ivy
callie
cassie
indie
rory
sunnie

shoopshoopdedoo · 23/01/2025 09:07

Teddy2024 · 23/01/2025 00:13

Ok so I’ll probably get these judgements no matter what unique name I choose?

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Possibly! I suppose this forum shows that everyone has such different taste. Like you have your opinion on Mercedes, and I’ll definitely be judged by some people for giving my children really “boring” popular names. At least now there are such a wide variety of names in use that I doubt anyone would judge anything more than fleetingly.

Pemba · 23/01/2025 03:29

Mercedes was actually a traditional Spanish girl's name long before the car was invented though..

I would prefer this to Capri (well known place, not usually used as a first name) and I am not sure what Soulie is supposed to be?

PreggersWithBaby2 · 23/01/2025 02:57

How about Tilly, Mali (I personally LOVE this), Andi, Cali....?

NewNameBridget · 23/01/2025 00:37

How about Tivoli, OP?

It's a city in Italy, sounds nice, and I've only ever met one person with the name.

AKettleOfDifferentFish · 23/01/2025 00:30

How are you planning on pronouncing Capri? If it's after the island then it should be CAPree, but a lot of people would say it like cuPREE. It's not great as a girl's name either way...

mathanxiety · 23/01/2025 00:25

Teddy2024 · 23/01/2025 00:13

Ok so I’ll probably get these judgements no matter what unique name I choose?

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Yes.

Don't try to please anyone else but yourself.

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Teddy2024 · 23/01/2025 00:13

shoopshoopdedoo · 22/01/2025 23:58

I don’t like any of them - for me, they have the same connotations that you describe with “Mercedes”. I think lots of people, probably unfairly, jump to conclusions when they hear a unique name, so these options aren’t providing the lack of pre-judgment that you say you want! Of the three, Capri is probably the least bad.

Ok so I’ll probably get these judgements no matter what unique name I choose?

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shoopshoopdedoo · 22/01/2025 23:58

I don’t like any of them - for me, they have the same connotations that you describe with “Mercedes”. I think lots of people, probably unfairly, jump to conclusions when they hear a unique name, so these options aren’t providing the lack of pre-judgment that you say you want! Of the three, Capri is probably the least bad.

MirandaBlu · 22/01/2025 23:47

I also like girls' names ending with the -ee sound. Some not so common ones (although some maybe more common than you want, depending on where you live) that I don't think have been mentioned:

Aliki (modern Greek version of Alice)
Briony/Bryony
Calanthe/Calianthe
Calliope
Cybele
Dione
Eilidh (AY-lee; Scottish Gaelic name meaning first light/dawn)
Ianthe
Ione (EYE-oh-nee)
Kailani
Lailani
Lumi (Finnish name meaning snow)
Mariamne
Rosalie
Verity
Xanthe

mathanxiety · 22/01/2025 23:31

Also

Genessee
Tennessee

mathanxiety · 22/01/2025 23:24

Capri is nice.
Not keen on the other two.

How about:
Cabrini
Kateri
Denali
McKenzie
Navy
Journey
Sydney
Bellamy
Laramie
Clancy
Mallory
Trudy
January
Kiri
Lowri
Marsaili
Tierney
Suri
Presley
Holliday
Eulalie
Hermione
Ariadne
Evadne
Thisbe
Xochitl (Mexican name pronounced Zo-shee).

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/01/2025 23:23

tightarses · 22/01/2025 22:57

If you really want an Italian town theme then maybe Romie ,Millie etc .

Florence?

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/01/2025 23:22

HugoYorway · 22/01/2025 21:52

Nova, Astra, Octavia, Estelle, Elise, Elan...

Clio

tightarses · 22/01/2025 22:57

If you really want an Italian town theme then maybe Romie ,Millie etc .

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Teddy2024 · 22/01/2025 22:44

tightarses · 22/01/2025 22:23

OP remember that your child will be an adult and the names you have chosen are going to be difficult for her to be taken seriously! Sadly people do judge someone’s name ,particularly if she is applying for a decent Uni course ,professional job in the future!
If you really want an ie name ,there are hundreds to choose from!!
Evie
Esme
Marnie ,
Darcy
Leonie
Rosie
Josie
Chloe
Annie
You really do need to consider their future and every generation has higher aspirations than their parents!!
My husband had a ridiculous choice for my first born …Mercedes,I immediately stamped that idea out ..she is now in a professional job that her clients would not have taken seriously..think of the future.X

I totally get that. Mercedes to me is an awfully ‘chavvy’ name and although we shouldn’t judge by names there are just some that you can’t help but! I wanted a name that couldn’t be linked to a person or known by a particular type of person to call their children it if that makes sense. I have an unusual name and had no problem getting into uni and landing a career in marketing, but again, my name isn’t one that gets used often, therefore, I don’t think people carry a judgement on it.

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Teddy2024 · 22/01/2025 22:40

Backhometothenorth · 22/01/2025 22:29

Kari is a beautiful Scandinavian name meaning Pure

Love this!

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villamariavintrapp · 22/01/2025 22:35

Soleil?

Nellyelephanty · 22/01/2025 22:30

First two are completely awful. Capri Sun just about tolerable

Backhometothenorth · 22/01/2025 22:29

Kari is a beautiful Scandinavian name meaning Pure

Viviennemary · 22/01/2025 22:26

Not familiar with any of them. But they are all pretty grim. Especially Capri. That's a car.

tightarses · 22/01/2025 22:23

OP remember that your child will be an adult and the names you have chosen are going to be difficult for her to be taken seriously! Sadly people do judge someone’s name ,particularly if she is applying for a decent Uni course ,professional job in the future!
If you really want an ie name ,there are hundreds to choose from!!
Evie
Esme
Marnie ,
Darcy
Leonie
Rosie
Josie
Chloe
Annie
You really do need to consider their future and every generation has higher aspirations than their parents!!
My husband had a ridiculous choice for my first born …Mercedes,I immediately stamped that idea out ..she is now in a professional job that her clients would not have taken seriously..think of the future.X