Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
30 days only
Original poster

Help with baby girl names

36 replies

Purplefairydust · 01/09/2026 12:31

Hello, I am new to mumsnet and this is my first post, I could really do with some help please.
I had a baby girl nearly 6 weeks ago and it upsets me to say that she is still without a name. Me and my partner can not agree on a name for her, I just wondered if I could get some advice on the names that are on our list, we have eventually got it down to 8 its now gettling the perfect one for her.
Esme
Erin
Emily
Sophia
Molly
Elsie
Holly

Eden, we both really like that one, but her brother is called Noah so I wondered if it was a bit to Biblical to use it for her, and finding out it is unisex put me of it although I don't know any boys with that name. Thank you 🙂

OP posts:
HorseandHeron · 01/09/2026 12:34

I adore Sophia. It is my all-time favourite girl's name. So beautiful and elegant but also cute when she is small. And it means wisdom.

It may be popular, but some names are popular for good reason.

All the names on your list are goreous. Lots would make great middle names too: Sophia Erin is lovely.

AppleButterGutter · 01/09/2026 13:19

All of those names are lovely OP - congratulations on your new daughter.

I really don't want to be that poster and nitpick the details, but as you've said she is nearly 6 weeks old you're getting pretty close to the deadline for registering a birth. I just checked (out of pure curiosity - my kids are grown with children of their own) and you have to do it withing 42 days (6 weeks) of the birth.

Happy to be corrected on this, you may not even be in the UK...

Hope you can both agree on something that you both love.

blackhorsesxx · 01/09/2026 13:22

I vote molly

Oooonoooot · 01/09/2026 13:24

Esme pronounced me not may ,and Erin are my favourite names.Congratulations.X

DemonsandMosquitoes · 01/09/2026 13:29

Erin.

Original poster
Purplefairydust · 02/09/2026 13:50

Thank you for your replies 😊 I appreciate it. We both really like Eden, i just can not get away from the fact it is unisex, but they are all lovely names it is tricky to decide but we are sitting down to finalise it tonight 😊 thank you again.

OP posts:
Cotopaxi · 02/09/2026 14:09

Erin would be my choice.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 02/09/2026 14:39

Erin, but I also really like Eden, would never know it could be a boys name.

WeatherbyGeorgeDupris · 02/09/2026 14:40

They are all lovely. I do know both a man and a woman called Eden. My favourites there are Emily, Esme and Elsie but they are all nice!
I don't think Eden and Noah are too Biblical, one is a place and one a person and they are not usually paired. It isn't like going for Mary and Joseph or Adam and Eve.

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 02/09/2026 15:07

Eden is lovely and I definitely think of it as a girl name. Sophia and Erin are my favourites from your other names and a poster upthread suggested Sophia Erin which I think is gorgeous. 🥰 I like Esme too, I know a lovely adult woman called Esme so I associate that name with her.
Congratulations on your baby girl @Purplefairydust , whatever you choose will be lovely I'm sure.

LoudPlumDog · 02/09/2026 15:32

Love Emily and Sophia. Timeless, classic and just beautiful.💛

pilates · 02/09/2026 15:33

Esme is my favourite

7238SM · 02/09/2026 16:44

Welcome to mumsnet and congrats!

Esme- I realise its popular, but don't like that it could be Es-mee or Es-may and I still think of a very, elderly lady. I also just don't like the sound of it.
Erin- love
Emily- like
Sophia- like it and prefer it to Sophie
Molly- Its pretty, but to me it sounds like a nick name. Its also a slang name for drugs in some areas.
Elsie- Not keen as also reminds me of an elderly ladies name
Holly- like
Eden- Love. I've never heard it used for a boy. I see the connection with Noah, but it likely wouldn't put me off. If I could have had children, it was on my list x

luckylavender · 02/09/2026 16:54

Esme - like
Erin - less keen
Emily - classic
Sophia - I like
Molly - not keen
Elsie - like
Holly - not keen

WWomble · 02/09/2026 18:20

I’m not so fond of Eden, especially in combination with Noah.

Emily would be my choice.

Congratulations.

Original poster
Purplefairydust · 02/09/2026 23:53

Thank you so much for all of your help 😊 me and my partner have been talking today and tonight and we have got it down to either Emily or Eden, which would be your choice please, and again thank you for all of your help.

OP posts:
Applepieandcustard555 · 02/09/2026 23:59

Out of the two Emily would be my choice, but would you consider Emilia or Edie?

Mumoftwoteenagers · 03/09/2026 00:07

Emily. Because I wanted to name dd Emily but Dh wouldn’t let me.

It is a beautiful name.

Crazycockerpoo · 03/09/2026 00:14

Eden.
Emily feels a little dated . I know it's timeless but I think I prefer Eden.

WWomble · 03/09/2026 02:35

Emily, Emily, Emily!

mathanxiety · 03/09/2026 02:41

Eden would be perfectly lovely with Noah.

My favourite from your list is Holly. Esme would go well with Noah but it's not to my taste.

I think Molly and Elsie are too nicknamey alongside Noah.
Sophia has the same long O and A ending as Noah so a bit rhymey.

Emily is a bit dated.
Erin really doesn't go with Noah imo.

DancingOctopus · 03/09/2026 10:22

Eden is lovely. I taught a wonderful one many years ago.

2chocolateoranges · 03/09/2026 10:25

Emily for me, dd was very nearly an Emily.

its a classic name that fits any age of child and adult.

eden and Noah just sound too biblical for me.

wandawaves · 03/09/2026 10:29

Emily was my choice even out of your top 8.
Eden and Noah are a bit too biblical together in my opinion.

Zanatdy · 03/09/2026 10:39

Eden