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Please post your girls shortlist (current/past/potential) for inspiration?

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sedgiebaby · 07/06/2010 15:18

Would you be kind enough to share your shortlist for girl's names please?

Whether it is a current one or an old one or a 'if I ever one day have a little girl' list because I'm struggling to come up with a list of my own and time is going on.

Lists from all language/ethnic groups are really welcome.

I'm hoping that pooling ideas will help me and others - this is not for critiquing, just for inspiring!

As soon as I can tidy up my scruffy WordPad list I will post what I have. Thanks in advance

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Honeywitch · 14/06/2010 20:35

LuluF, why not tell your friend exactly that? Then you can have a laugh about it together and maybe then use it no probs?

Romily (yes, you can spell it with one 'l')
Sabella
Fiorella
Roisin
Safira
Serafina

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sedgiebaby · 14/06/2010 19:49

Pipoca, I know a lovely spanish girl called Elena and said so nicely and easily in English too, I also like Soraya I know a lovely English girl named so, and again easily said. Eloisa is great it is only the popularity of Isabel that makes me think twice, both here and the USA, DH really loves it. Thanks for posting - a great list!

Starberries; great list too I love Arden and Arya

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PipocaThePedantic · 14/06/2010 19:40

Any girl we ever have will need a name that works or can be pronounced in both English and Spanish

Isabel (the fave)
Sophia
Amalia
Alicia
Elena
Luisa
Sara (not sure, DH likes it)
Eloisa
Soraya (quite like it, DH doesn't)
Inés (Dh doesn't like it)

Starberries · 14/06/2010 19:21

Arya (both DP & my fave)
Alice (will be baby's MN if a girl)
Arden (I love, DP likes)
Arwen (I love DP really likes)
Auden (hot on the tail of Arya, fave for both)
Isla (was our original choice when we first got together)
Iris (DP loves, I am coming round)

letsblowthistacostand · 14/06/2010 18:50

Margaret
Mabel
Zoe
Esther
Edith
Henrietta
Sophie
Lucy
Linnea

cece · 14/06/2010 17:18

Verity
Anna
Una
Penelope/Penny
Thea
Alathea
Althea
Eve
Helen
Ellen
Kate
Annie
Ottilie
A nabel

emmyloo2 · 14/06/2010 17:14

Current names on my list if the baby is a girl:

Elizabeth
Rose
Eve
Eliza
Florence
Eloise

Other ones I like:

Josephine
Juliet
Marion
Henrietta
Beatrix
Isobel
Georgina

Marne · 14/06/2010 16:53

Scarlett
Devon
Willow
Rose
Saffron (dd2)
Lily
Charlie
Robyn

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sedgiebaby · 14/06/2010 16:49

ticktockclock that is a really lovely and different list, I'm making notes...any more out there? I will keep checking. Thanks in advance.

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ticktockclock · 08/06/2010 18:40

Ever
Isla
Blue
Gaia
Willow
Calixa
Aura
Kali

Greensleeves · 08/06/2010 18:13

Eileen
Iolanthe
Rainbow
Susannah
Jennet

luckily we had boys, because dh and I would NEVER have agreed

thedogwalker · 08/06/2010 18:09

Wow some of those lists aren't exactly short!!!

Before I knew I was having a DS, me and my DH couldn't make our minds up on girls' names and we got our list down to 4, so here goes:

Rose
Bethany
Scarlett
Olivia

Goood luck in your search

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sedgiebaby · 08/06/2010 17:58

suspiria That is a nice and really different list, I'm going to give some thought to that thank you
legallyblond also really like Esther and Grace is decided for middle name (family connection for us)
tummytickler you have me thinking about Thelma now

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Pfishofplight · 08/06/2010 15:03

Jeannie
Alice
Emily
Iris
Violet
Chloe

legallyblond · 08/06/2010 14:55

Decided on Matilda but our shortlist is/was:

Matilda
Clementine
Celmency
Grace
Beatrice
(Esther - vetoed by DH)
(Josephine - DH's suggestion that I wasn't keen on)

highlystrung · 08/06/2010 12:33

Hebe
Blythe
Verity

suspiria · 08/06/2010 12:18

Some of my favourites
Persephone
Luna
Calliope
Pandora
Evangeline
Cordelia
Amaryllis
Delphine
Ophelia
Desdemona
Sapphira
Coralie
Rosamund
Sakura
Dahlia

meadowlarks · 08/06/2010 11:24

Oh, if you like unisex names, Eden is my fav.

meadowlarks · 08/06/2010 11:21

Juniper/June
Evelyn (Ever-lyn, Eve-lyn is masculine)
Rose

I don't like many girl's names

janeite · 07/06/2010 21:45

If I ever have dd3 (totally not going to happen) she would be called Marianne Darcy.

DS1 (again, totally not going to happen) woud be called either Laurence, Benedict or Rowan - possibly Asher, Jude or Dylan as mn or maybe Vincent or Tobias.

jellybeans · 07/06/2010 21:41

I like

Josephine
Eva
Leona
Eloise
Briony
Hope
Skye

jellybeans · 07/06/2010 21:41

I like

Josephine
Eva
Leona
Eloise
Briony
Hope
Skye

tummytickler · 07/06/2010 21:30

My list could go on for ever, and it is always changing - at the moment I am loving

Thelma
Vera
Juniper
Hazel
Cordelia
Juliet
Miriam
Beryl
Hilda
Aphra
Dilys
Tabith a
Lydia
Mildred
Margaret
Bridget
Magnolia
Persephone
Mary
Jean
Louisa

There are loads more!

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sedgiebaby · 07/06/2010 20:01

Raahh I like Velma and Lydia, thanks for posting

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sedgiebaby · 07/06/2010 20:00

Psammead I really like Rowan but I know a couple of baby Rowans or it would be in the running - yes a lovely name.

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