Help baby girl name!

Givemethesun · 2025-06-11T21:56:36+00:00

Annalise (Anna) Charlotte (Lottie) Aurelia Adalia (Ada) Lily Intend to use the names in brackets for day to day

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deeahgwitch · 15/06/2025 09:36

Annalise

user1492757084 · 15/06/2025 09:14

My faves, from your list ..
Anna
Charlotte
Lisa

NewLifter · 15/06/2025 08:10

The only one I like is Anna. Charlotte is nice but I really don't like Lottie so that rules it out for me since you want a shorter name.

You've plenty of time to choose!

Congratulations on the pregnancy!

Empress13 · 15/06/2025 06:19

I like Annalise and Anna
Charlotte OK - Lottie is very common in dog names
Aurelia too pretentious
Ada reminds me of an old lady
Lily nice but very common see lots of girls with that name

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Givemethesun · 15/06/2025 03:38

Calliopespa · 15/06/2025 00:15

Could lily be a Nn for Aurelia?

DH and I discussed that actually. But decided the only name that we feel on our list actually needs a formal long name is Lottie as to me that is a nn type name. Although looking on baby names data Lottie itself is commonly used just as a first formal name now, but not something we’d feel comfortable with
thank you

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Givemethesun · 15/06/2025 03:34

Thank you.
and sorry agree with your comment on dc1. Where I’ve said on this thread I’ve avoided names that don’t go with dc1 I actually mean some names are too similar to dc1 and i want to avoid that as dc2 is a distinct seperate person so I want the name to feel distinctly seperate and not similar at all in vowels or pronounciations.
Appreciate what I’ve written on this thread so far doesn’t articulate that @Aria999

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Aria999 · 15/06/2025 03:29

never liked Anna but like Ana
dislike Aurelia (bit Disney)
don't mind Annalise
Lily - ok but a bit old fashioned (though maybe not any more!)
don't like Adalia but quite like Ada, though there are a lot of them
don't like Charlotte, don't mind Lottie though it's a bit cutesy

Aria999 · 15/06/2025 03:22

Marianne
Lillian
Liana

I wouldn't get too stressed about it 'going with' DC1 name, you probably don't want them too similar but otherwise does it really matter that much?

to be fair I avoided names for DC2 that started with the same letter as DC1 as I didn't want people to think I matched them on purpose 😁

Jollyjollyjollygoodie · 15/06/2025 03:17

Anna as a name is lovely and classy. Lily is very pretty. Don’t give her a name that’s hard to pronounce correctly and don’t give her a name that she will have to spell for everyone. It’s a right royal pain, I can tell you.

bobbyitboo · 15/06/2025 03:05

Annalise is beautiful, it’s been on my list since I was 13 😆 I actually went with Annabelle, which I obviously also love

Snowyymum · 15/06/2025 00:48

I like Anna/ Annalise
I actually think it would be lovely to have the option of two names and thought of something similar for my wee one
You have ages yet to decide.

mathanxiety · 15/06/2025 00:21

If it's between Aurelia and Lily, Aurelia would be my pick.

How would you pronounce it?

mathanxiety · 15/06/2025 00:20

I like Anna and Ada, and if those are the names you'd use, then put them on the BC. There's no need at all to complicate your child's life with official and everyday versions of their name.

Calliopespa · 15/06/2025 00:15

Could lily be a Nn for Aurelia?

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Givemethesun · 14/06/2025 21:21

Thanks all. We have another 20 weeks to decide but DH and I narrowed it down to Aurelia and Lily over the weekend. I expect in 2 weeks time I’ll have gone off both and will prefer another 2 on my list.

it’s either 1) doesn’t go with dc1
name 2) like the name but it’s very common 3) like the nn (lottie) but not blown away by full name and want a full name or 4) worried others won’t be able to pronounce.

Grrrr It’s so hard I wish we had a stand out name that we just loved!

typing this out I’ve actually gone back to Anna as a preference 😂

@AdaColeman Adelaide I’m not that keen on. Adeline I really like but doesn’t go with dc1 name. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Fantasticfrollics · 14/06/2025 20:56

Aurelia is beautiful. Ada and Lily are everywhere!

Hazelmaybe · 14/06/2025 20:19

My favourite is Charlotte.

AdaColeman · 14/06/2025 20:13

I love Anna, but I'm not keen on Annalise at all.
Charlotte and Lottie are nice, if a little staid.

I can see some pronunciation problems with Adalia, it's not a name I like, though I do like Ada. Have you considered Adelaide?
Lily is already hugely popular, so I wouldn't use it.

CharlieBoo · 14/06/2025 19:53

Charlotte is by far the nicest. Ada is also nice but popular. No Lily I know is a Lil, but known
by her surname. Ridiculously popular and overused.

aquadog · 14/06/2025 19:36

I love Anna as a name! I would probably drop the longer version and go with that. A strong, confident classic,

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 13/06/2025 00:39

Or Adela?

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 13/06/2025 00:38

Annelise - lovely

don’t like the rest

Ida perhaps?

KayEmAy · 12/06/2025 14:23

My favorite from your list is Annalise, followed by Lily :)

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Givemethesun · 12/06/2025 11:39

LeopardsANeutral · 12/06/2025 11:33

I love just Lottie, but appreciate that mumsnet hate people using a "nickname" as a full birth certificate name. Anna is lovely too. I like Aurelia, it's very pretty written down, but I always struggle pronouncing it - it might be my accent though.

I agree with all these comments which is making it hard to decide 🙈 nothing is quite 100% right

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LeopardsANeutral · 12/06/2025 11:33

I love just Lottie, but appreciate that mumsnet hate people using a "nickname" as a full birth certificate name. Anna is lovely too. I like Aurelia, it's very pretty written down, but I always struggle pronouncing it - it might be my accent though.