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Original poster

Please can you spare 2 minutes and post your top 5 favourite girls names?

469 replies

DisenchantedPlusBump · 17/08/2008 10:55

This name thing is really irritating me, I go through lists on the internet and they just blur into mush.

So if everyone just posts their 5 favorites here I may actually find something I like!

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dinny · 28/08/2008 19:48

Ophelia

Broodymomma · 28/08/2008 19:45

Bronwyn

Imogen

Olivia

Jessica

Ava

Had all these names for a girl but struggled for one when ds popped out!

Igotwheels · 28/08/2008 19:38

Anoushka

higgle · 28/08/2008 18:16

Lorca
Fern
Anora
Annis
Rowan

mppaw · 28/08/2008 15:05

Mabel (Love it)
Alex
Isabel
Abigail
Nieve

Idobelieveinfairies · 28/08/2008 14:58

Annabell
Evangeline
Angel
Kate
Amber

Igotwheels · 28/08/2008 14:57

Doreen
Joan
Lilian
Patricia (Peggy)
Vera

Head back in time!

Igotwheels · 28/08/2008 14:55

Florence
Emmeline
Cassandra
Dodie
Romola

BlueChampagne · 28/08/2008 13:10

Tamsin
Rosanne
Helen(a)
Corinna
Frances

TopBitch · 28/08/2008 10:51

Carmen
Jacqueline
Hillary
Heidi
Chloe

Northumberlandlass · 28/08/2008 07:47

Sorry - forgot to add

I love Betty and Nell too.
Now all I have to do is get pregnant and have a girl ! Didn't realise there were so many names I liked.
xxxx

saggers · 27/08/2008 21:41

I think Savannah Sales sounds ok. It would only be a problem if she were to have a lisp, bless her...

cazfriend · 27/08/2008 21:34

Neve
lauren
anya
hope
piper

littlepig · 27/08/2008 20:08

Iona
Ailsa
Catriona (or Katrina)
Eilidh
Elspeth.

I'm Scottish and I like Scottish names... what can I say?

mumslife · 27/08/2008 19:57

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bossykate · 27/08/2008 18:42

isabella
beatrice
helena
claudia
elizabeth

popcal · 27/08/2008 18:40

Gabrielle
Willow
Claudia
Verity
Holly

Zazacat · 27/08/2008 18:39

Elana
Thea
Bethany
Mia
Rosie

mumof3bs1more · 27/08/2008 16:51

Imogen
Mia
Maisy
Grace
Amelia

WentworthMillerMad · 27/08/2008 12:56

Ps forgot jemima !!!

WentworthMillerMad · 27/08/2008 12:55

hi teaching in an all girls secondary school for the past 10 years I found myself drawn to names that i had not heard very often (although this changes over the years), slightly less used but not too wacky!!! 3 girls called Ruby in my sons primary class at the moment:

Matilda / Mattie / Tilly
Betsy
Florence
Primrose
Maisie

Good luck!!! Its boys names that are the killer!!!

spinspinsugar · 27/08/2008 12:10

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MelissaM · 27/08/2008 11:51

Lily
Molly
Evelyn (Ev, Eve, Evie)
Grace
Caitlin (pronouced Catchleen if being authentic)
Niamh/Neve
Orla
Maewin (pronounced Mywin I think)
Milly

Oops - more than 5.

Waspie · 27/08/2008 11:51

My shortlist for baby girls before I had a boy:
Gwyneth
Isolde
Caroline
Elizabeth

As a child I loved the names Grace and Bethany, I still do love them but they are so incredibly popular at the moment that I discounted them.

Basically, I looked at the top 100 names lists for the last five years and discounted all the names which were on the up through this period or were in the top twenty five as too popular and dating. I also didn't want dc to be one of 5 Millie's or Isy's or Josh's in their class at school because I'm too lazy to write dc's family name on everything plus I guess I just like classic names.

theaevie · 27/08/2008 11:40

Here are my three suggestions, they are also the names of my three girls

Thea
Evie
Mae