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I have named 3 boys... so why can't I decide on a girls name and be happy with it for more than 2 weeks? :0/ Am not enjoying this at all....

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 16/03/2010 11:53

With my boys I had 2 or 3 names we liked and managed to settle on one from about 36 weeks onwards - was nice toname the baby, get used to using the name, sort of giving the bump an identity.

Now I am 36 weeks preg with a girl and I just can't settle on anything for long. I think 'Yes! That's the name' then the more I think about it I end p thinking it's a bit boring and now the baby is un-named again - last 2 weeks she has been called Lydia.

Others include: Elle, Livia, Alexa/Alexis, Lily, Violet and DH threw Avril into the mix last night...

Why can't I do this when I have done it just fine 3 time sin the past?

I feel like I am 'unprepared'.

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 16/03/2010 12:04

I do really like Lydia and I don't think it is overly popular at the moment.

Can't think of a very good middle name though - single syllable ones seem to go best, we have an 'S' surname with 2 syllables.

I love Grace and Rose but those are 'the' middle names aren't they? Can't think of much else though to go with it.

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MamaG · 16/03/2010 12:01

but don't you think that can happen with most names? If someone's going to tease your kid, they willfind something

We have a v unusual surname and I braced myself for teasing, but they haven't had any

LadyOfTheFlowers · 16/03/2010 12:00

Can't say it sprung into my mind either but it sort of planted a seed of doubt.

Just think if she DID get called it, I would feel absolutely terrible for her suffering a school life of misery when it had been pointed out to me as a possibility.

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MamaG · 16/03/2010 11:58

I wouldn't have thoguht that TBH

LadyOfTheFlowers · 16/03/2010 11:56

I always loved Lydia, until someone on here told me she will be called Lydia Chlamydia and I think that is what is holding me back.

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MamaG · 16/03/2010 11:54

Lydia is lovely
I also love Alice