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Can't decide on a name for baby girl

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KLRJ · 16/11/2025 10:47

My second daughter is nearly two weeks old now and she doesn't have a name yet. I'm struggling to commit to one because I really regret my first daughters name and don't want to find myself in the same situation again. Please help me decide! Siblings names are Elysia (Lissy) and Harvey and our options are:

  • Faye (husbands top choice, I love this too but wish it wasn't single syllable, although I can't explain why that bothers me)
  • Lucia (c pronounced as chee)
  • Vienna
  • Selena
  • Felicity (would be my absolute top choice but it's too close to Lissy)
  • Madeleine
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MyAcornWood · 20/11/2025 07:30

Unfortunately I do agree with you that Elysia and Felicity are just too similar. Funnily enough, Felicity was my number one girls name that we couldn’t use as it was too similar to our first child’s name! We went with Charlotte in the end but Freya, Harriet, Norah, Caroline nn Carrie and Vivienne nn Vivi were all on our list.
Have you considered Serena instead of Selena? Personally I prefer it.
I do like Faye, very underused these days. I knew a Faye once, the now-ex of a family member, who was so bright, beautiful, funny and kind she may as well have been a Disney princess. It’s made me terribly fond of the name.

Needmorelego · 20/11/2025 07:23

Peternell · 20/11/2025 06:58

I think Madeleine, Lucia and Felicity are all lovely names. With sister Lissy (Elysia) I'd go with Madeleine. (nn Maisie?)

Why use Maisie for a completely different name though?

Peternell · 20/11/2025 06:58

I think Madeleine, Lucia and Felicity are all lovely names. With sister Lissy (Elysia) I'd go with Madeleine. (nn Maisie?)

BaronessBomburst · 19/11/2025 16:16

Fenella (nn Faye?) is a great suggestion!
I like Madeleine too.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 19/11/2025 16:00

@Calliopespa , sometimes names pop up because the same user started several threads under different names. I've noticed a couple of unusual names cropping up several times for a while.

Both Iris and Violet fit in the 'nature/flower names' and 'granny names' trends.

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 15:11

DuchessOfNarcissex · 19/11/2025 14:17

@BasilandTom , Madeleine is the least popular of the names. Florence is the most popular (no.6 girl's name in 2024).

I like them both, but together with Violet (which I also love) and Iris they seem to be popping up on every name thread lately.

They all had a bit more cache when my dc were babies a few years back.

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 15:09

littlemousebigcheese · 19/11/2025 14:22

Feyre?? Like Fay but two syllables ‘Fay - ruh’

Are you thinking Farah ( as in Fawcett?)

Melsy88 · 19/11/2025 15:00

How about Sienna rather than Vienna? Or Serena? Seren?

Of the names, I like Faye the best. It's a pretty name.

I like Lucia but prefer Lu-see-a pronunciation.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 19/11/2025 14:37

Awful. Did you get it from a book or something?

littlemousebigcheese · 19/11/2025 14:22

Feyre?? Like Fay but two syllables ‘Fay - ruh’

DuchessOfNarcissex · 19/11/2025 14:17

@BasilandTom , Madeleine is the least popular of the names. Florence is the most popular (no.6 girl's name in 2024).

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 14:09

CheeseIsMyIdol · 19/11/2025 14:06

Well,the baby will be a 40-something woman longer than she will be a cute toddler. Names must take the future into account, not just what is twee on a little kid.

I think maybe we are all meaning that it is a name that belongs to an era - not that a child in this era will grow into it.

CheeseIsMyIdol · 19/11/2025 14:06

Well,the baby will be a 40-something woman longer than she will be a cute toddler. Names must take the future into account, not just what is twee on a little kid.

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 13:23

BasilandTom · 16/11/2025 11:54

Not keen on Faye. It’s says 40 something woman to me.
Not keen on Vienna either. It’s too close to Vienetta to me and is a place name.
Lucia is beautiful, as is Selena and Felicity. Madeline is nice but very popular and are likely to go through school with several.
I like another person’s suggestion of Romily nn. Romi or Mily.

Faye says 40-something woman to me too.

I love Lucia with the "chee" pronunciation.

I also like Felicity and have only ever known Felicitys who were fun and vivacious.

Vienna I would say absolutely not. Its like Paris and Brooklyn but with the added complication of reminding me of a Viennetta. The only place name I think works is Florence - and maybe for me that's only because I learned about Florence Nightingale before I learned about the city.

user1492757084 · 19/11/2025 13:00

Faye is best.
Faye Lucia would be a beautiful full name.

KarriTreeSullivan · 17/11/2025 11:14

Faye is lovely, but I get where you are coming from with the single syllable thing.

Madeleine is absolutely beautiful.

To me Selena and Felicity sound like friends and mean girls in the 90's. In fact I knew a mean girl called Felicity and she was known as Flick.

Sparklesandspandexgallore · 16/11/2025 20:51

Felicity

Sparklesandspandexgallore · 16/11/2025 20:50

I like Faye and Felucity.

LivingTheDreamish · 16/11/2025 20:47

Don't regret Elysia OP - it's really pretty and unusual. I understand why you didn't use Alicia as I never know how to pronounce it (and don't like the Aleesha pronunciation). So try to set aside your name regret as there is truly no need.

Felicity - phonetically very close to Elysia and you could easily end up with two Lissys.
Faye - feels a bit plain next to Elysia.
Vienna - makes me think of the ice cream dessert.
Lucia - nice but same pronunciation issues as with Alicia surely, and danger of very similar nicknames to Lissy.
Madeleine - nice
Selena- okay but I find Serena prettier

Fenella?

Floam6 · 16/11/2025 20:11

what about Selena with nickname Leni…I think Lissy and Leni sound really lovely together.

Needmorelego · 16/11/2025 20:08

@DuchessOfNarcissex ok the Michael to Spike is a bit random and I could imagine is family specific.
Yes I know there is a difference between nicknames and diminutives.
I don't understand why someone would name a child Felicity but give the "nickname" of Faye because Faye is an actual name 🤔

DuchessOfNarcissex · 16/11/2025 19:53

Nicknames don't have to come from the name. @Needmorelego . Spike from Michael is fairly obvious, Michael - Mike - Spike.

Nicknames are usually things like Twiggy or Lurch (The Royle Family), not Jim or Tony, which are diminutives.

Needmorelego · 16/11/2025 19:39

DuchessOfNarcissex · 16/11/2025 18:52

Why not? It's not a diminutive, but it could be used, just as Poppy could be used as a nickname for Penelope or Spike for Michael.

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Ok....how does Spike come from Michael?

DuchessOfNarcissex · 16/11/2025 18:52

Hotdoughnut · 16/11/2025 18:47

Faye really isn't a nickname for Felicity

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Why not? It's not a diminutive, but it could be used, just as Poppy could be used as a nickname for Penelope or Spike for Michael.

Hotdoughnut · 16/11/2025 18:47

KLRJ · 16/11/2025 13:38

Felicity nn Faye would be my ultimate dream but it's just how close Felicity is to Lissy that is holding me back! Watch my daughter turn around and say she wants a different nn 6 months after deciding not to use Felicity again!

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Faye really isn't a nickname for Felicity