OK, final name thread! One of us will be disappointed, who should it be?

[GuillotinedMaryLacey]

We have two name choices. Neither one of us is happy about the other's choice. We have been through every name we can think of and, without a word of a lie, there is not one single name in the entire world that we agree on, believe me, we've tried and it's beginning to grind us down. We've just got totally different taste in names. So we've accepted that one of us will have to get used to a name we're not wild about.

Anyone else in the same position, what did you do? Is it possible to live with a name that's just ok and not The Name?

I've always liked

Marnie

Have you looked at names in other languages? Or really unusual names? I found my daughter's name 3 days before she was born and it was absolutely perfect, so there's always hope. It's Imara-on the very small off chance it's perfect for you too!

Oooh - Imara is beautiful

Thankyou! It means 'strong' in Swahili and something else in Arabic. My name's Swahili too and means 'woman is strong', so our names match.

DD1 is Harriet.

Our list over the months has included Lydia, Susannah, Tessa, Clara, Georgia and Eliza. All lovely, but not lovely enough

I know sisters called Harriet and naomi and Harriet and Livy (Olivia)

Louise.

Peppa and Dipdap?

So why not combine them - Pippa? Daphne? :)

Well, I went to school with a Veryann. It's similar to Verity but a bit more girly. Or you could go for other names in the same vein, Patience, Hope, Charity. Or put an Ann on the end Verity Ann....

Agree that Verity doesn't bring up a lot of nicknames, but 'V' could work. Had a friend called Vanessa who went by V frequently.

Do either of you have other backups?

If Verity is too battery-ish...Maybe...Clarity? Claire for short for him? I know it's not a common name choice but could be appropriate in this situation

How about Josephine? A strong name for you & DH could call her Posy .

Similarly Lilian with Lily as a nickname.

I suppose DD1 being Harriet would mean Juliet is out.

I agree with your DH about Verity. Makes me think 'Verytwee' tbh.

Madeleine isn't a frilly name imo, and if it were my choice I would go with this. Better than Amelie, Flora (I agree with you on frilly names, bleugh)

How about heading in another direction altogether -- would Astrid or Brigitte or any other Scandinavian/Euro names appeal to either of you? Would he like Magdalena? Could be Magda or Lena for short.

Or names like Keziah, that are both feminine and OT tough.
Maybe these would work:
Beulah
Dinah
Miriam
Leah

There are also names like
Louisa
Laetitia
Lara
Laurel
Charis (Greek 'grace')
that have a soft enough sound but are not dripping with fripperiness.

Ines?

Ruth?

We had this problem, I now have a 5 week old dd2 who's name I am not crazy about... I'm not sure I've come to terms with it yet, I can't decide how bad it is... I'm waffling sorry

What I mean is I don't know how I feel about her name, I certainly wouldn't have chosen it but it's not that bad.

Problem is, one of us had to give in and I let him have his moment...

I'm no help whatsoever am I? Sorry.

All I can say is don't stop looking, we actually found a couple of names in the last few days before dd was born that I think I should have pushed more for.
Before then I would have said we had been through every name also but I found two more that I really liked the day before she was born.

minipie, I love nymbler, going to be up all night now!!!! It's given me

Zinnia (I knew a Zinnia, really like that name)
Marina
Cassia
Sienna
Piper
Harper (so that's where VB got it from...)

That's where I'm at MrsRetching. I'm worried about looking at my child and thinking hmmm, what did I agree to that for?

He's rejected all recent suggestions and, frighteningly, has resurrected Clarabelle again this morning. Eek! He's really not getting the no frills thing is he?! :o

Sophie? Sophia?
What about Elizabeth?
Lucinda (Lulu for short)
Alice
Emma
Katherine (Kitty)
Camilla (Millie)
Sybilla (Billy)
Tomasina - spl?

Could you have a Clara and he could call her Clarabelle as a nn?
I know an Emma who's Dad and brother call her Emmy-lu.

What is DD1 called?

This is the single advantage of H having left before DD was born... I got to choose her name all by myself. I did a damn fine job of it too :o