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Please help with my baby name shortlist

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 08/02/2025 17:02

I have shortlisted the following and would like thoughts please;

Asher - DH thinks it sounds girly but I like that is classic (biblical)

Aston - reminds me of Aston in Birmingham one of the roughest towns! Don’t know if this is silly?

Ashton - both quite like but is it a bit of a mouthful?

For girls;

Sienna- lovely name just worry it’s a bit popular and overused

Dhillon - we both love but worry she’d resent us if constantly mistaken for a boy?!

We also don’t want a chav name!! I don’t think any of these are chavvy but if they are please be honest?!!

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CameronLasora · 09/02/2025 17:39

pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 08/02/2025 17:26

@MrsSamR sadly no: he hardly even gives me opinions on these.

all he has done is suggest stupid names from fantasy books he reads so I have to come up with them myself.

do you or anyone else have suggestions?

Just like every mama, you must be looking for a unique name for her. Have a look at these 'K' starting names:

Kozue
Keina
Kiyora
Kairi

you can use these names as first or surname as well, you know what makes them so unique? because these are the Japanese 'K' names!!

EcruCardigan · 09/02/2025 16:56

@Words Obviously I know that.Archie is even worse - and as for the girl, words fail me, but I didn't want to go down that route.
I don't like Archie or Harrison. Lilibet is a sweet pet name but awful otherwise.
Did they deliberately pick them to annoy his grandmother?

@pleaseguveadvicenotattack , isla has been done to saturation point and Lila is very popular too.
Thea is lispy and nothingy and because Theo is over-popular it seems boring.

Dylan for a girl seems the c word, plus it's quite popular for boys, so she'd get comments like why have you got a boy's name?

Demi is awful.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 09/02/2025 16:52

Words · 09/02/2025 15:10

Demi Demi, oh with your eyes so blue... Demi Demi I am soooo in loooove with you hoo.

Go for it OP!

You know it’s “Denis, Denis oh with your eyes so blue…”, right? I may have missed a joke though 😅

AvonCallingBarksdale · 09/02/2025 16:49

pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 14:32

Can I please have your opinions on Isla and Thea for a girl?

Much, much nicer! Both are lovely names.

Crunchymum · 09/02/2025 16:00

Dylan for a girl isn't the worst. I prefer this spelling to Dillon.

Dhillon for a girl (or boy) just looks like a typo / try to hard.

I am not a fan of Sienna.

Definitely Ashton from your boys list (it's not to my taste but the nicer of your boys names)

Words · 09/02/2025 15:39

Ashton under Lyne.

Just no.

rach7979 · 09/02/2025 15:35

Nothing stopping you having Dylan for a girl! Blake lively is a male name and she has a daughter called James

I personally like Ashton, much better than Asher and Aston. I only know one.

Sienna is over used they are everywhere along with Isla's and Thea's. I know so many of them. I actually see them as 'chavvy'

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 15:29

@Pemba i like Lucia, thank you.

the other names seem too sparkly and girly for me or boring

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 15:21

What’s the joke with Demi?!!! Did I miss something!!!

Probably because it peaked 90s/00s and is hardly ever used now. So it's a name that has dated fast. A bit like if you were thinking of using Sharon for a baby born in the 90s. It's also far from a posh/classic name.

Remi would be a similar more modern option.

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 15:28

@BootballJoy yes but they were so silly I can’t even remember them 😭

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Pemba · 09/02/2025 15:24

Demi - noo! And people won't know how to pronounce it, I am not even sure about Demi Moore, I thought it was D'Mee, emphasis on the 'mee' part, but I've also heard people say it as Demmy. It's just not that classy and sounds like a nickname really.

What is wrong with a pretty, traditional name, eg Anna, Rosa, Zoe, Lucy, Emma, Charlotte ? Or something a little bit more unusual like Lucia or Eloise?

BootballJoy · 09/02/2025 15:22

I'd go Thea for a girl and Dylan for a boy. Were any more fantasy names suggested?

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 15:21

What’s the joke with Demi?!!! Did I miss something!!!

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Pemba · 09/02/2025 15:15

pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 14:32

Can I please have your opinions on Isla and Thea for a girl?

Not another Isla! Over the last 10 years (or more?) it has gone from a Scottish name, quite rarely used in the rest of the UK to the point where practically every third baby girl is named Isla. I mean I don't mind it, it's perfectly inoffensive but just so BORING. It lacks personality somehow.

Thea - again inoffensive but a bit dull although less popular than Isla. And the other thing with Thea is that in a lot of accents (particularly from the South East), it can come out sounding like 'fear'.

Sienna is more interesting than either of those, although I still don't absolutely love it. And not chavvy - how is it chavvy? It first became popular when it was the very unusual name of an actress who was quite classy. I think the people saying chavvy just mean it's been popular across all sections of society for a few years now. Shockingly, some of those people will be less posh!

I mean, going by it's current popularity I fully expect that people will be calling Isla 'chavvy' in 10 years or less.

Words · 09/02/2025 15:10

Demi Demi, oh with your eyes so blue... Demi Demi I am soooo in loooove with you hoo.

Go for it OP!

JimHalpertsWife · 09/02/2025 15:08

Demi is hideous

Words · 09/02/2025 15:00

You are trolling us now, OP. Xmas Grin

Words · 09/02/2025 14:59

Correction: Theodora. Which is rather grand

She could then be ' Dora' too, if there turned out to be too many children called 'Thea' in her playgroup or whatever.

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pleaseguveadvicenotattack · 09/02/2025 14:59

I’ve also added Demi to the list of girls names

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JimHalpertsWife · 09/02/2025 14:56

Words · 09/02/2025 14:52

Obviously as a diminutive of Theadora

Why obviously? Thea is lovely as a stand alone name if OP likes it.

GoldMoon · 09/02/2025 14:53

Asher - DH thinks it sounds girly but I like that is classic (biblical) Nice name

Aston - reminds me of Aston in Birmingham one of the roughest towns! Don’t know if this is silly? Another good one
Ashton - both quite like but is it a bit of a mouthful? No

For girls;
Sienna- lovely name just worry it’s a bit popular and overused Nice name not overused here.

Dhillon - we both love but worry she’d resent us if constantly mistaken for a boy? Don't like boy or girl

Words · 09/02/2025 14:52

Obviously as a diminutive of Theadora

Words · 09/02/2025 14:51

Thea is a bit better.

Boardingschoolmumoftwo · 09/02/2025 14:49

Thea is lovely, what about Theodora, nn Thea/Teddie

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 09/02/2025 14:48

I don't like any on your original list but Isla and Thea are both lovely names.