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Names for a girl - what do you think of...?

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pluto · 21/01/2009 22:20

Have been snooping on Pgwithno3's thread. We too are stuck on names for a girl. Have picked out some of my favourites from her thread and added a couple that I've been thinking of. Middle name will definitely be Marie (it's a family thing) and I may put Claire in as well).

So - reactions to...(listed in no particular order)

Florence / Flora
Frieda
Juliet(te)
Nancy
Valerie
Christina
Ellen
Elsa

Wouldn't be averse to something a bit more Scandinavian as I'm half Swedish and DS has a Swedish name - but I have decided that's not going to be the primary focus of our quest for a name, although suggestions are welcome.

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MsBrandybuck · 19/02/2009 23:57

I think the only ones on your list I'm not so keen on are Elsa and Frieda, so we must have quite similar taste

I really like the NNs Annie and Nel so was considering Annelie.

Timeisablindguide · 19/02/2009 23:45

Ingrid?

lunamoon2 · 19/02/2009 23:42

Like Christina and Juliet best.

nappyaddict · 19/02/2009 22:58

I like all of them.

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pluto · 23/01/2009 11:09

I like Josephine and Eloise but I think I'm still most keen on Ellen with nn Nell. Anyway, I've just come back from a 36 week scan, and even though we didn't see anything to confirm our suspicions I am increasingly convinced we're having a boy! At 36 weeks it's already judged to be 8lbs 5oz - surely girls don't come in that sort of size?!

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MarchNowFebMum · 23/01/2009 06:35

Elena/Eleni?

BumblBeee · 22/01/2009 23:27

Josephine Malone (Josie is cute)

Frances Malone

BumblBeee · 22/01/2009 20:15

Eloise
Lois
Erin

more Ellen style names

bangandthedirtisgone · 22/01/2009 20:15

Amalia? My swedish friend has a sister with that name.

BumblBeee · 22/01/2009 20:12

Violet Malone
Julianna Malone
Nell Malone
Christa Malone

like all of these

Nell Malone could be short for Annabell or Annalise or Nancy even

Lotster · 22/01/2009 10:44

I like Elsa best.

Goodasgold - lovely post, makes me more confident about my Lo's chosen name!

dizzydixies · 22/01/2009 10:33

pluto couldn't agree more with goodasgolds lovely post, we gave our DD3 a name more commonly used for a boy and everyone was very but she is a wee cracker and it suits her right down to the ground

good luck with whatever you decide

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pluto · 22/01/2009 10:26

Thank you goodasgold - you are right I could sense people looking a bit sniffy when we announced DS's arrival and his nordic name - but it's absolutely right for him and whatever flavour this next baby turns out to be in a few weeks time I know the name connumdrum will unlock itself.

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RIAchforthestars · 22/01/2009 00:36

lovely post goodasgold

goodasgold · 22/01/2009 00:28

The names are all lovely. Your little dd will take one and make it her own.
One of my friends gave her dd a name that I really didn't like, until I met her dd and now it's one of my favourite girls' names.
Have faith in your dd to make any name you give her beautiful.

samsaysohboy · 22/01/2009 00:19

how about selma? it's a bit like elsa. i also think vera is nice and a bit nordic.

and for some names that really do not work in english: Siren, Randi, Wenche, Gunn, all good scandinavian names..

wrongsideof40 · 21/01/2009 23:39

We have a lovely girl called Siri at school whose mum is Swedish

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pluto · 21/01/2009 23:31

I can't have Marie and Claire as middle names in that order can I? I might as well throw in Cosmo for good measure too then

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combustiblelemon · 21/01/2009 23:21

I like Florence, Juliet, Valerie and Christina.

How about:
Alice?
Erica?
Julia?
Viola?

unavailable · 21/01/2009 23:16

Ellen!! .... every time ( I maybe a little biased as that was my grandma's name and I havent had the chance to use it, but she was very classy and so is the name.)

dizzydixies · 21/01/2009 23:11

Hailsk get back to your own thread

pluto its such a huge decision its easy to feel pressurised into something you're not 100% happy with, even now I'm not sure I've done the right thing by my girls but at least I'll be able to tell them I agonised over them for weeks

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pluto · 21/01/2009 23:09

I know this is good advice Dizzydixies - we could just wait until the baby arrives - it just feels weird to do this - I am a like to be prepared and ready sort of person

Of course we could getting a DS - and I've still got time to change my mind on the name we've sorted for him!

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Hailsk · 21/01/2009 23:07

Florence is my favourite - very pretty yet smart and classic

christiana · 21/01/2009 23:06

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Fimbo · 21/01/2009 23:05

I know a Juliet her nn is Jet

I like Elsa, considered it but had a ds. Also like Ailsa,Erin and Elena and Elinor.

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