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Baby girl name, Getting frustrated now!

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rubetube · 20/04/2010 17:17

Hi,

We are having a girl and had agreed on Ellie-Mai. But now DH has decided he wants a christian name, at least in the meaning.

Help! All the ones I have seen so far are so ..... average.

Thanks

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Lovethesea · 07/05/2010 21:29

Anna from new testament meaning God's grace

Sarah from old testament meaning princess

MoppingMummy · 07/05/2010 21:22

I LOVE Naomi!

Ellokitty · 06/05/2010 19:31

Why don't you have Ellie as a shortened version of either Elizabeth (from the Bible) or Saint Eloise. Both very respectable figures within the Christian faith (well, maybe St Eloise's younger days were a bit less respectable!)

Mickie1989 · 04/05/2010 22:22

You could use Aquilla (I think thats how it's spelt) LOL Its a very unusual name from the Christian Greek scriptures... Definitely not a favorite though!

harley85 · 04/05/2010 22:06

My DD1 is Faith and DD2 will be Elizabeth (35+3 PG) love Mary and Miriam too. I also loved Elsie but DH thought it was too old lady but i love traditional names

SE13Mummy · 04/05/2010 21:50

Miriam is a lovely name (I have an 11-month-old Miriam). Others we liked included Bethany, Keziah, Lydia, Martha, Mary (DD1's middle name), Madeleine, Phoebe and Rachel.

If you went for Elizabeth Mary you could use Ellie May as a pet name.

baby2isoverdue · 04/05/2010 15:16

Absolutely love Mary-Jane.
Search on Spotify for a song called Mary-Jane by Rick James.
It's on my list but I still have a bit of persuading to do with my DH (his current fave is Pearl which I'm not keen on)

tillywee · 03/05/2010 21:10

Delilah or Elizabeth....both very nice

mathanxiety · 21/04/2010 14:47

Mariam/Maryam is lovely too, imo.

bellissima · 21/04/2010 09:41

Agree with Magaly (despite having an Eleanor myself!) that the combination of Ellie and Rose/Grace/May/Mae will look very dated.

Whereas Mary Jane is lovely. I know of one Mary and it's a lovely sounding name and far more unusual than the similar May/Maya/Mia. And Mary certainly biblical!

mistressploppy · 21/04/2010 09:39

I'm a Miriam (I'm in my early 30s) and my big sister is Ruth!

Good solid names, IMO

Magaly · 21/04/2010 09:24

Ruth is a hundred times more distinguished than Ellie-Mai.

No offense to mums of Ellies, and I like it if it is say short for Eloise or Eliza. But the combo of Ellie and Mai/Mae is a little tired.

Ruth is beautiful. I also like Naomi, Lydia, Susannah
and Rachel.

Christabel with Christa for short is beautiful too and I don't think Christabel would be chosen outside of Christian communities so in that respect I guess it's a Christian name. Christian as opposed to bible.

PandaEis · 20/04/2010 22:48

how about elouise with ellie for short and you could have mai as a middle name. call her elouise mai for the birth certificate and ellie mai for normal use

GladioliBuckets · 20/04/2010 22:43

Maybe Kaekae has an unhealthy obsession with herbs.

SillyTillyBilly · 20/04/2010 22:18

I think Miriam is a gorgeous name - classic, underused with cute nns

padraig · 20/04/2010 22:06

Miriam is a rather unpleasant name tbh.

hairymelons · 20/04/2010 21:25

Jeez, Kaekae. We need a [sharp intake of breath] emoticon for that one! FWIW, I think it's lovely.
Have just discovered am having a boy so you can have my most beloved biblical name- Miriam. It's so pretty and unusual too.
There are a million versions of Elizabeth or Mary if you want something more classic. I think Mary by itself is really sweet- shame it's been adopted as a pet name for female genitals!

MartinlovesDebi · 20/04/2010 21:20

Ugh, Kaekae - that's a new low on baby name threads.

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rubetube · 20/04/2010 21:15

I quite like mary-jane. Its sweet

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dizzydixies · 20/04/2010 20:42

really KaeKae?

polite to laugh your arse off at someone's DD's name

nice

KAEKAE · 20/04/2010 20:38

Mary Jane? Oh dear! lmao.

dizzydixies · 20/04/2010 20:28

MJValentine - I know one

mathanxiety · 20/04/2010 19:43

Also Beatrice, meaning blessed voyager.

Whelk · 20/04/2010 19:43

I love Rachel, Leah and Martha of the Biblical names

mathanxiety · 20/04/2010 19:41

I love Dinah, Ruth, Tabitha, Elizabeth, Keziah or Cassia, and Eva or Aoife.