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Girls names - what do you prefer?

29 replies

megseleven · 26/01/2010 15:42

Hi everyone

Am 38+2 and having a bit of a dilemma with girls' names. We had settled on Ivy if we have a girl but I have just seen a discussion on mn where most have said they are not keen on it or made the link with Poison Ivy!

Very new to mn and don't know how to create a poll so if you could just give me your thoughts on the following combinations I would be very grateful. We already have a son, Elliot. I also like Rowan, but not sure about using it because it is unisex and don't want her to be addressed as Mr!

Thanks! xxx

Ivy Rowan
Rowan Olivia
Olivia Rowan

Or any others you would like to suggest - still open to new names!

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Hulababy · 28/02/2011 21:45

I like Olivia best.

Notnowcato · 27/02/2011 19:58

There you see, now I don't need to have DC number 4: Alice Kate (well, Katherine) is the name I wanted to use for my second daughter, who ended up being a son!! Fantastic choice. Congratulations.

Kaite · 27/02/2011 17:00

Just add her other daughter is called Rowan and they have ended up calling her Rosie because she got fed up with everyone calling her a boy. I think it's a gorgeous name though.

Kaite · 27/02/2011 16:57

Hi I'm a Kaite (short for Katharine) and I've always liked both my names and have enjoyed having the choice. A very good friend of mine has just called her baby Ivy and I think that's lovely and still manages to seem a bit unusual. However maybe it is becoming more popular? I have just named my youngest Amelie and the only one I'd ever met was my little sisters half French best friend at school. Now apparently there's been some film and it's everywhere. Sigh.

Just wanting to issue a word to the wise...
NEVER TELL ANYONE THE BABY NAMES YOU ARE THINKING OF WHILST STILL PREGNANT. I made this mistake when pregnant with dd1 and everone had an opinion, some of which put me off some great names. For the following two I insisted my partner and I kept suggestions to ourselves. This worked much better.

Rachybabes · 04/02/2010 13:27

Beautiful name!!! xxxxxx

zozzle · 01/02/2010 14:21

Sorry - Congrats - didn't read that you've had Alice Kate. Nice name.

zozzle · 01/02/2010 14:19

I like Ivy. Olivia is too popular and middle class for me - prefer names that are used across the classes.

CantSleepWontSleep · 01/02/2010 14:02

Congratulations!

pointydog · 31/01/2010 18:50

congratsa! Nice choice

blametheparents · 31/01/2010 18:40

lovely names, congratulations

butadream · 31/01/2010 18:38

Congratulations, lovely name!

breadboard · 31/01/2010 18:24

Congratulations on the arrival of Alice Kate.Lovely names

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megseleven · 31/01/2010 17:53

Hi everyone

Thanks for all your comments. I would have replied earlier but I have been busy giving birth! Am so glad I posted my doubts on here, as completely went off Ivy after seeing the responses. We did have a girl and actually in the end we went for something completely different, ha ha! Alice Kate arrived on Friday. She was nearly Olivia, but Alice is one that my husband thought of last week and we liked it. Kate is my middle name.

Thanks again everyone xx

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KAEKAE · 28/01/2010 21:22

I know a few people that have named their little ones Ivy..I think it is okay, but I don't think it is a name I would use.

CantSleepWontSleep · 27/01/2010 12:41

Philippa (Pippa) Rowan

cakeandwine · 27/01/2010 12:27

Ivy is a lovely name, and so is Ivy Rowan. I love Olivia too. But Ivy more unusual! Good luck!

Hulababy · 27/01/2010 11:29

I like Olivia Rowan best

sweetkitty · 26/01/2010 21:39

I'm not keen on Ivy sorry

Rowan sounds male to me

Let me think
Olivia is lovely
Iris
Erin
Poppy
Daisy

thisisyesterday · 26/01/2010 21:09

I love Ivy

Pingpong · 26/01/2010 20:50

I prefer Rowan to Ivy and I prefer it as a girls name to being used for a boy.
I think Ivy Rowan is too planty when used together but think that Rowan Olivia is lovely

compo · 26/01/2010 20:02

Olivia can be Livvy which is nice

Heated · 26/01/2010 20:01

Know more boys named Rowan and having a brother with a unisex names I know how much it used to irk when ppl made assumptions.

I'm not overwhelmed by Ivy either tbh, I suppose because it's such a clingy and destructive plant! I regularly battle ivy from next door's garden so am probably never going to be kindly disposed to it.

I like other natural names much more e.g Iris, Laurel, Poppy, Camille, Fern, Lilac, Posey, Tansy much more

janeite · 26/01/2010 19:57

Generally I see Rowan as a male name though (we wanted it for dd2, had she been ds).

janeite · 26/01/2010 19:56

I like Olivia Rowan best. Don't much like Ivy, sorry.

loobylu3 · 26/01/2010 19:54

I really like the name Ivy. If you love it, I don't think you should be put off.
I don't think the combo Ivy Rowan sounds great because, as someone else says, they are both nature names.

Ivy Katherine, Ivy Sophia, Ivy Susanna, Ivy Louise, Ivy Genevieve.

Olivia is v pretty but is very popular if that bothers you.

I'm not keen on Rowan myself as I don't usually like unisex names.

Good luck!