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Name help For baby girl

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berus44 · 14/02/2026 21:54

I am stuck on two names (they both have middle name listed) Please tell me what sounds most stand out and memorable..and what name will be the least regrettable.

Calista Skye Or Lexie Rose

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Elisirdamour · 18/02/2026 21:57

Calista Skye is the best. Lexie isn’t special at all and people will assume it’s short for something else. Rose as a middle name is overdone.

Hazelmaybe · 18/02/2026 20:51

Skye as a first name?

KayEmAy · 18/02/2026 14:55

I vote Calista Skye, even though I would love Skye as a first name as well :)

Calliopespa · 17/02/2026 17:21

user2848502016 · 15/02/2026 11:19

Changed my mind - I agree with this

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Yup I'm fine with Alexandra Rose. I really don't like Lexie much at all. Worse still if she ends up dyslexic.

Calliopespa · 17/02/2026 17:20

Kindnesscostsnothingtryit · 14/02/2026 21:58

I love Skye and Rose, not keen on the others, Calista sounds like a cystitis medication to me.

Calista sounds like a cystitis medication to me.

It's an very old name, meaning beautiful nymph - which actually suited Calista Flockhart down to the ground.

Calliopespa · 17/02/2026 17:18

user2848502016 · 14/02/2026 22:09

Calista Skye
But Calista Rose is better

Came to say exactly the same.

mathanxiety · 17/02/2026 01:24

Calista Skye is lovely.

Lexie Rose is extremely regrettable.

Crispynoodle · 16/02/2026 22:33

Lexie is short for Alexandra which is lovely am not going to lie I love both names!

Firebird83 · 16/02/2026 22:14

Callista nn Callie

alexdgr8 · 16/02/2026 14:42

My theory as to why MN people on these threads big up flakey names.
So that later in life they can look down on parents who chose those names. Secretly despising them for their lack of taste while being ever so naice to their face.

CurlewKate · 16/02/2026 14:25

LOVE Rose!

I’d go with Alexandra Rose, shortened to Lexi.

Rockyhorrors · 16/02/2026 13:45

both are absolutely dreadful.

HugoThatway · 16/02/2026 11:07

Athena is quite similar in English and Greek. One is Ath-EEN-a, the other more like Ath-INN-a.

The ones that are different are ones like Penelope, Irene, Eleni and Olympia.

I think the Greek tend to stress the next -to-last syllable unless there's an accent on the letter but don't take my word for it.

TheClangyClunk · 16/02/2026 10:58

HugoThatway · 16/02/2026 10:24

@TheClangyClunk , the middle syllable. Ca-LIS-ta not CAL-is-ta.

Thanks, I wondered if it was one of those names like Athena, where Brits pronounce it in a way that doesn't match the Greek.

HugoThatway · 16/02/2026 10:56

@SlenderRations , Because on MN the middle name has to be one syllable, preferably Rose (or James for a boy), and most names with a filler middle name are 'gorgeous'.

The first name must be a few syllables and have multiple diminutives or nicknames, and these can be ones that are quite a stretch.

The emphasis is to find a name that fits these criteria. The OP's baby girl gets named Alexandriana Rose Kimber and poor Lexi goes through life with jokes about Legs Akimbo.

And due to there being such diversity in names, absolutely no children will poke fun at another child's name will they.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 16/02/2026 10:29

HugoThatway · 15/02/2026 11:24

Sounds like a cheap body spray aimed at tweens.

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Fair Grin

SlenderRations · 16/02/2026 10:29

middle names don’t really matter. No one says them so I don’t really understand why there is so much focus on them on Mn.

Tonissister · 16/02/2026 10:27

Alexandra Rose is gorgeous. Lexi is a nn. I'd always give a child the option of the more classic full name.

I don't like Callista. It sounds like calliper to me - a metal brace for a lame leg.

Skye is pretty.

HugoThatway · 16/02/2026 10:24

@TheClangyClunk , the middle syllable. Ca-LIS-ta not CAL-is-ta.

TheClangyClunk · 16/02/2026 06:56

Is the emphasis on the first syllable in Callista?

roshi42 · 16/02/2026 05:34

Once again, mumsnet is so hide bound and boring when it comes to names. People saying give her a ‘classic’ name… Callista is Greek, she was a nymph - how much more classic can you get?

user1492757084 · 16/02/2026 03:01

Skye Calista 9/10
Skye Alexandra 9/10
Alexandra Rose 8/10
Rose Alexandra 8/10
Rose Calista 8/10

Myoldbear · 15/02/2026 14:45

Another vote for Alexandra, then there are many options later which could include Lexie or not.

BigFishLittleFishCardboardBoxes · 15/02/2026 14:38

Lexie Rose is awful, every girl is a ‘something’ Rose (or May or Grace). Lexie is often thought of on mn as chavvy.

I like Calista.

CeciliaMars · 15/02/2026 13:50

Calista much nicer than Lexie