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Can anyone suggest anymore girls names like ...

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cheekster · 07/01/2010 23:42

Evelyn
Thea
Eleanor

I really struggle with girls names, I have loads of boys names in mind which I love. But there is not one girls name I can think of that I really like - strange hey.

The above 3 I quite like, but only quite like, can anyone add any suggestions and inspire me.

Pleaeeeese

PS I already have a DS who is named Noah

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SE13Mummy · 08/01/2010 11:01

I think I like Evelyn best from your list although you may run the risk of having to correct pronounciation all the time e.g. Eve-lyn vs Ev-lyn. Also, paired with Noah if it was abbreviated to Eve your children will sound quite Biblical (not that this is a problem!).

Round here (South London) Noah is a pretty popular name and there are an increasing number of Thea/Theadora type names around too so I suppose it would depend on how popular a name you're after. There are millions of Eleanor/Ellie/Elle/Ellie-May around too, or so it seems.

Paired with Noah I like: Rachel, Rebekah (or Rebecca), Miriam, Martha, Esther, Ruth, Bethany, Judith, Anna, Tabitha, Madeleine and Lydia. It probably shows that I quite like both Biblical and 'old fashioned' names!

VoilaAnotherGimlet · 08/01/2010 10:59

Thora
Sylvia
Phyllis
Dorothea or Dorothy (Dorrie!)
Evelina

MrsNarcissist · 08/01/2010 09:51

I have a dd called Mabel, Maggie was high on my list......in fact I think Simpson before Thatcher and I grew up in the 80s!

Also love the name Posy....which would have been ds3 if he had been dd2!

kalo12 · 08/01/2010 09:49

Emily
Natasha
Liliana
Elise
Antoinette
Caitlin
Anna

GladioliBuckets · 08/01/2010 09:44

Maggie could be short for Marianne which is classy and literary...

BrigitBigKnickers · 08/01/2010 09:07

Elaine
Elena
Alanya
Anya
Elise
Elizabeth
Eliza
Eva
Evalynne(sp?)
Eloise

CruelAndUnusualParenting · 08/01/2010 09:01

Amelia
Rebecca

bellissima · 08/01/2010 08:57

Funnily enough, Evelyn and Eleanor were my grandmothers' names - and neither liked them! Evelyn always used her mn (Mary - spot the Catholic side of the family!), and Eleanor didn't like being called Nellie (twas Yorkshire). Hasten to say that I like both names and have used both! Well various great aunts ie same vintage were Alice, Emily, Annie, Rebecca, Philomena (you might want to skip that last one...)

treedelivery · 08/01/2010 00:57

I'm saving for a print or 3

Congratulations by the way.

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cheekster · 08/01/2010 00:50

Ah, thats so cute

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treedelivery · 08/01/2010 00:40

Oh Lordy

here

Magical place this. Hide your wallet.

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cheekster · 08/01/2010 00:39

What is that link again treedelivery?

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Nevergoogle · 08/01/2010 00:39

Eris pronounced like Eric i think.

treedelivery · 08/01/2010 00:36
treedelivery · 08/01/2010 00:31

Well I'm biased, but Noah and Jessie sounds timeless.

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cheekster · 08/01/2010 00:26

Hmm, Jessie - could grow on me

Jessie

Noah and Jessie

Yeah that may go ...

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cheekster · 08/01/2010 00:25

How would you pronounce Eris? Just as it looks E-RIS????

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Nevergoogle · 08/01/2010 00:24

Eris? - goddess of chaos, always thought it would suit a DD of mine.
Eartha? don't why that came to mind just putting it to you.

treedelivery · 08/01/2010 00:21

Jessie.

It seems very very old. Half of dh's ancestors seem to have been Jessie. Whereas mine were all Maisie [Mary] and Tessie [Theresa]

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cheekster · 08/01/2010 00:17

Thanks Ladies,

so far Im liking

Madeleine
Elizabeth
Josephine - prefer Josie I think
Florence

keep them coming please

still about Maggie

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GingerbreadFolk · 08/01/2010 00:06

Beatrice
Florence
Clara
Josephine
Ottilie
Maeve
Romilly
Jessamy

MamaMimi · 08/01/2010 00:05

We thought of Maggie, but it was the name of a close relative's dog - but otherwise I like it.

slummymummy36 · 08/01/2010 00:04

Eva
Evangeline
Leonora
Esme

TeamEdward · 08/01/2010 00:02

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tethersend · 08/01/2010 00:01

I love Maggie- it's brilliant!