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Name my baby girl please!

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Zebraa · 05/01/2009 13:05

I just cannot decide on a name! Names I like today I tend to go off tomorrow!!

I like:

Emma
Bethany
Holly

DP doesn't like any of these as he thinks they are too boring.

She is due in March and at this rate she will be Baby Barton! Not good!

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MadameCastafiore · 05/01/2009 15:24

Harriet

Esme

Matilda

They are my fave names for girls.

Helsbels4 · 05/01/2009 15:21

How about....

Ciara

Emilia

Amy

Oh I don't know!!!

glaskhamhasoneintheoven · 05/01/2009 15:18

my DD is a Bethany so i think thats a lovely name!!

Also like mellisa which has been mentioned, and like your last suggestion of Amy...

with an odd sounding surname the only girls names we found that will go with it are names ending with a 'y' so DD2 (due april 09) will be a Ruby...

travellingwilbury · 05/01/2009 15:18

I like Amy , but I also really like Jennifer or Lara

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Zebraa · 05/01/2009 15:17

We just take the piss out of each others name list to the point where we're just laughing at each other instead of actually picking a name!

My DS says cara, his first mumble of a word (we think he means car!) so DP is determined we're calling her something cara. I don't like it, it's getting silly now! His Mum is called Elsie, and I love that name but I haven't suggested it because he would want to and think my Mum would feel a bit disheartened but in my defence, her name is rubbish!

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ForeverOptimistic · 05/01/2009 15:14

I like Emma and Beth but not Bethany. Holly is okay but there are so many of them. Beth is a favourite of mine at the moment.

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Zebraa · 05/01/2009 15:13

My name is Zoe so can't name her that, but it is obviously the coolest name on the list so far

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Zebraa · 05/01/2009 15:12

His latest is Clare!

Who wants to come round and slap my DP? I'm too tired and lazy to bother!

I love Emma, I always wanted to name my daughter Emma but DP and I have a couple of Emma's in our social groups and they're not exactly the kinda gals we want our darling daughter turning into so he says he just can't.

I quite like Emily which he likes but again, it just isn't very me.

What about Amy?

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shootfromthehip · 05/01/2009 14:53

Clara, Elizabeth (Lizzie or Beth- not too keen on Bethany), Imogen, Aimee?

LiffeyAnnaLivia · 05/01/2009 14:52

Melissa is yuck but if you cross Melissa with Bethany you get Melanie which is much prettier.

FairLadyRantALot · 05/01/2009 14:51

Emma- not so keen
Holly- kinda cute
Bethany- pretty
Melissa- really quite like

How about:
Shana
Anoushka
Tatyana
Tara
Lara
Mia
Eleanor

LiffeyAnnaLivia · 05/01/2009 14:51

Emma 0k but prefer Gemma or Jemma Barton. Jemima Barton.
Bethany Barton doesn't sound great. Maybe Elizabeth Annie with NN Bethany?
Holly - ok but a bit blah. Polly is nicer imo.

OrmIrian · 05/01/2009 14:51

Idony
Alethea
Miranda
Martha
Phyllis

Just random names I like

bronze · 05/01/2009 14:48

Melissa Barton makes me think of Mischa Barton which I personally wouldn't like though your dh might

thumbwitch · 05/01/2009 14:48

Daisy
Belinda
Rosalie
Rosanna
Lucinda

Maddie is quite popular, more for Maddison than Madeleine at the mo I think, but Madeleine is still up there. Agree, I don't like nicknames as their full name.

27 · 05/01/2009 14:46

Xanthe ends with an "ee" sound like Holly and Bethany, but is a little more unusual.

blinks · 05/01/2009 14:40

Polly

Carrie

Erin

Esme

Lucy

Clara

Beatrice

Katie

Iris

Alice

CatchaStar · 05/01/2009 14:39

Oooo, someone suggested Laurie on another thread which I think is luuuuuverly.

CatchaStar · 05/01/2009 14:38

Charlie and Rosy would be pretty cute.

Harriett (Hatty for short?)
Ellie/Ella
May
Ruby
Lucy
Connie
Evie
Beth
Clara
Lissy (If you don't like Melissa?)
Ava/Eva
Amber
Robyn
Alice

Lola? Not helping, right?!

Plonker · 05/01/2009 14:33

IMO Emma is a classically beautiful name, as is Ella. Bethany I don't like. Not sure why. Holly is very pretty.
Rose is beautiful and very under-used as a first name.
Madeleine (Maddie) I like, but I'm not crazy about.

I'm not keen on Melissa, but Alissa (Alyssa) is very pretty and in a similar vein.
Really don't like Tilly.
Lauren is lovely.

Good luck and happy choosing

BlueChampagne · 05/01/2009 14:26

Rosanne (Rose/Rosy/Rosie as NN)
Tamsin
Marissa
Meryl

Really like Rhiannon but gather there is a famous one at the moment which may put you off.

choosyfloosy · 05/01/2009 14:19

Maddie? As in Madeleine? It's getting more popular, but I certainly have only encountered 2, one of whom is over 10 now and lives in another country, and another who spells and pronounces it differently (wouldn't recommend the latter tbh).

I have always thought Madeleine was extremely pretty - Maddie as a nickname is fine, though wouldn't choose the nicknname myself as a 'main' name.

duchesse · 05/01/2009 14:15

Emmeline? Unusual and a bit spicier than yours, yet similar, which your DP may prefer.