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Struggling to name our baby girl

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Nameforbaby2025 · 17/09/2025 10:23

I’ve name changed because the details are outing.

The two names I love are Maeve and Daisy. However, DH is called Dave and I have a baby niece named Darcy.

I can’t find any other names that I really gel with, grateful for any ideas.

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SallySummerPop · 25/09/2025 19:25

How about Maeva?

KayEmAy · 24/09/2025 19:59

I like Maeve but I LOVE Daisy :)

PanderBare · 24/09/2025 18:00

Oh right. I remember thinking that she seemed to have deliberately looked for a girl's name to make a boy's name from it ('try-hard' ). I knew a Georgina but she was always Gina. EB's name puzzled me and I had no idea it was Ee-nid Bligh-tun until someone said it.

We didn't do phonics, and I learnt pronunciation from the dictionary. I used to get laughed at by other children for getting words wrong so I used to suss out the IPA from words I already knew.

Butterflybum · 24/09/2025 16:56

Dave and Maeve would make me smile.

Daisy is nice and fine with Darcy (it’s not like it’s siblings).

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 16:51

@PanderBare English native born and bred 😂
Who knows where I got that pronunciation from. Were we taught to read with phonics back in the early 80s ?? I can't remember.
Darrell was weird for a girl - that was Enid's husbands name.
Wilhelmina was so she could have that "I want to be called a boys name" character of Bill.
(I remember a character in Sweet Valley Twins that was Billie but it was short for Belinda)

PanderBare · 24/09/2025 16:44

@Needmorelego ,There are at least two ways of saying it. Al-iss-y-a or Aleesha.
Many of her character's names were unusual. Darrell for a start, and Wilhelmina in a book written just after the war.

I still can't see why you thought it was Al-eh-ca, I thought you might not have English as a first language.

Maeve is from an irish name and is an anglicisation. Ae is usually 'ay', but there are exceptions like paean.

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 16:22

@PanderBare it was 40 odd years ago that I didn't know how to pronounce Alicia.
I am in a Enid Blyton fan group on Facebook and apparently I'm not the only one who didn't know the correct way to say it.
It's a rather fancy name for the Enid era. I wonder if she knew one in real life.

PanderBare · 24/09/2025 15:38

Just look up the names by entering 'Maeve pronunciation' or 'Alicia pronunciation'.

I don't know how you got Al-eh-ca from Alicia, because the ci would be 'ssi' or 'sh'. In English, an E, I or Y after a C usually changes the sound to a SS sound.
The 'eh' doesn't make much sense.

I was confused by Alicia and Patricia. (Why don't they rhyme?) The internet wasn't around when I was reading Enid Blyton.

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 15:16

PanderBare · 24/09/2025 15:11

@Needmorelego ,i'm take it you are not from the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Maeve rhymes with Dave. It's like May with a v on the end.

As I said I've only ever seen it written down. I've never known anyone with the name.
I now know so if I meet a real life Maeve I won't be embarrassing myself 🙂
(as a child when I read Enid Blyton's Malory Towers I thought Alicia was pronounced "Al-eh-ca" as I didn't know any real life Alicia's)

PanderBare · 24/09/2025 15:11

@Needmorelego ,i'm take it you are not from the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Maeve rhymes with Dave. It's like May with a v on the end.

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 15:03

So yes....
Dave and Maeve.
Maybe not the best 🙂

Plastictreees · 24/09/2025 15:02

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 14:34

I've always thought Maeve was pronounced "Meeve".
Is it not?
I don't think I have actually known someone with the name so only ever seen it written.
Apologies to any Maeve's out there if I have always got it wrong.

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It’s pronounced Mave. The name became more well known as Maeve was one of the main characters in Sex Education.

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 15:02

MiddleAgedDread · 24/09/2025 14:37

@Needmorelego it's May-ve not Mee-ve

Ooops.
Apologies again to all the Maeve's out there for getting your name wrong for my entire life 😬

MiddleAgedDread · 24/09/2025 14:37

@Needmorelego it's May-ve not Mee-ve

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 14:34

MiddleAgedDread · 24/09/2025 14:32

I know a Dave with a Maeve and tbh it's never really occurred to me that they rhyme!

MiddleAgedDread · 24/09/2025 14:32

I know a Dave with a Maeve and tbh it's never really occurred to me that they rhyme!

miniaturepixieonacid · 23/09/2025 23:27

I don't see a problem with Darcey and Daisy either.

I would avoid Dave and Maeve.

But agree that Maisie is the perfect combo name between the two and I like it better than either Maeve or Daisy, personally.

Plastictreees · 23/09/2025 09:24

Maeva and Daisy are lovely.

Calliopespa · 22/09/2025 21:08

Firsttimebabymummy · 22/09/2025 21:04

Love this suggestion!

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So do I! Best of both worlds.

It's a little softer than Maeve and more unusual than Daisy.

Best of all, it sounds nothing like Dave or Darcy!

Firsttimebabymummy · 22/09/2025 21:04

Alltheusefulitems · 17/09/2025 16:55

Maisie combines both the names you love

Love this suggestion!

CraftyNavySeal · 17/09/2025 22:12

I like Maeve and I don’t think it’s a big issue.

I have a similar sounding name to my mum and aunt and it was fine unless grandma was trying to remember my name, more of a running joke than a hindrance!

mum1345 · 17/09/2025 22:07

My husband is Joe and we have a Beau who is 12..
it really hasn’t caused us any problems!!
if you love it go for it xx

LivingTheDreamish · 17/09/2025 20:36

I know what you mean about the rhyming Dave and Maeve being best avoided, but I see no issues with a Darcy, Dave and Daisy combo. I love the name Daisy.

You could use Maeve or Maeva as a middle name with Daisy.

KayEmAy · 17/09/2025 19:51

Love Daisy! And Daisy and Darcy are totally fine for cousins, siblings would be too close but cousins are fine!

clarrylove · 17/09/2025 17:06

Stick with Maeve. Rename your husband David. Lol

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