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We don't like any girls' names. Help!

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 18/08/2011 09:29

So after the effort involved in choosing a boys' name, we're actually having a girl. Problem is, we don't like any names. DD was easy, we had a name we both loved and it was sorted at about 6 weeks! Our situation is thus...

I love Verity. DH detests it, won't hear of it, won't consider it.
DH loves Lydia. I used to love it, was second choice for DD but I'm now sick of the sound of it.
We both like Susannah but it's a "yeah that's ok" name rather than we both love it name. Plus we have a niece that we see lots and lots of called Anna, is it a bit too similar?

Other than that we have no ideas. We went through the entire National Stats list, right down to Zynah at 5707th! Didn't find anything we agreed on. If we can't decide from nearly 6000 names, what hope is there for us?

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 19/08/2011 21:12

:o I've heard that said on here before. I don't know if I want to put him off it, I just want to love it again .

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Jemma1111 · 19/08/2011 21:21

How about Mia, Isabella, Flynn, Ella, Lexie, Megan

washngo · 19/08/2011 22:39

With the Lydia thing - my name is Lydia and I have always loved it. When people ask me my name I'm happy telling them because I like it and like how it sounds. Most people don't shorten it but a couple of people (incl my dh) call me lyddie. Some friends call me lyd or lyds. I definitely never got called "Lydia chlamydia"! But my history teacher used to call me Lydia teapot (hilariously). Anyway, if you want a name which is (imo) easy to live with, and suits a person of any age then I could recommend it.

diamondcastle · 20/08/2011 11:19

What about Darryl, Sally, Patricia, Isabel and Alicia?

GwendolineMaryLacey · 20/08/2011 11:31

:o I was considering Carlotta, Bill, Prudence and Mavis though!

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MockingbirdsNotForSale · 20/08/2011 12:18

Actually Alicia is lovely if pronounced like that and not Aleesha.

diamondcastle · 20/08/2011 12:32

God bless Enid. OOH, how abou that? Grin Come on, Gwen, at least one of the fore-mentioned as a middle name, actually one of them is my name, so not that bad!! Midnight feast by the pool tonight? I'll bring the ginger beer.

californiaburrito · 20/08/2011 12:33

I quite like Diana, goddess of the hunt and moon.

But it might be too much like Susannah/Anna and, um, I can see why it might be a bit difficult to use in the UK. But I would have considered it if our last name didn't also begin with a D.

Our girls name for number 2 was Ingrid, but as it's a boy we won't be using it...

What's your boys name? We still haven't decided and we've only got a few weeks to go so I need a name to steal

anon2011 · 20/08/2011 12:36

Saskia
Poppy
Ruby
Scarlett
Alexandra
Eleanor
Ella

Unlurked · 20/08/2011 12:43

I have a Lydia, others on our lists were:

Stella
Beatrice
Katya
Hermione
Phoebe
Saskia
Anastacia

But I would recommend Lydia Grin

plinkplonk · 21/08/2011 21:18

I adore Verity (vetoed by DH), Lydia (vetoed by DH) and Susannah (vetoed by DH who now says he loves the name for a dc3!). My other favourite names were Helena, Kezia and Alexandra.

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