I need a name for dd4 - she is 2 weeks old! Suggestions welcome

[JudithTaverner]

I am going round in circles.

If I list my current shortlist and my other dcs names please can you give me your views on the list, and also any other ideas are really welcome.

Current Shortlist: (changes daily though!)

Cecilia
Cecily
Alice
Elinor (but don't like Ellie)
Arabella (but see other dds names)
Catherine (Kitty?)
Felicity
Imogen
Miranda
Martha

Other dds are

Alexandra - but known by her middle name of Poppy
Isabella
Phoebe

ds's are

Charles (Charlie)
Edward (Ned).

I am probably overthinking this now but she is 2 weeks old and i am getting fed up with being asked by everyone if "I've named that baby yet". I got called a cruel mother yesterday for not naming her!.

I had thought to stick with Cecily, but reactions from people haven't been very good and dh isn't very keen on it although he is willing to go along with it. also the other dds all have a view on the name, as does DH. I can't find one that seems to the one. Would like to avoid top 10 names - when we named Isabella it was in the 40s in the list and now it has shot up and I slightly regret using it now.

(I realise that I have completely outed myself to those people who know me in RL, so hello if you know me!).

I think Imogen and Miranda fit perfectly. Beautiful names.
Cecelia and Cecily are also beautiful and fit the sibset too.
Stick to Cecily if it is the one you love the best - sod everyone else! Everyone hated ds's name too, but they get used to it - even love it eventually.

I love your childrens names and all your shortlisted ones are lovely,Cecily is lovely and also like Elinor,what about Alys or Beatrix

Sorry over use of lovely !

I love Alice - it was my #1 name choice if I had a girl (but I didn't). Or how about Cicely (pron. Sicily)?

I love Kitty and Miranda from your list. What about:

Lydia
Anna
Ellen
Francesca

Elizabeth - with the Jubilee and all...

I love Cecily and Kitty and equally like your other DCs names.
Genevieve or Ellen Lydia or Anna are also nice.

Catherine Alice (Kitty)

Beautiful.

I would scrap Elinor (it's nice but she will be called Ellie) and then put the rest of the list to a family vote.

Ella rose was what ds2 would have been if he was a she.

Tallulah
Honey
Iris
Bethsheba

(I realise I am being totally self indulgent!)

Your names are all lovely

I like Miranda and Catherine of your choices, and I will raise you:

Josephine (Posy or Jojo)

Melissa (Lissie, Lissa)

Romilly (Millie, Romy)

or a fave of mine:

Linnet!

Cecily is lovely! Beatrix goes well too.

Congratulations too!

I like Ceilia, Felicity and Imogen very much.

Sylvia/Sylvie
Harriet/Hattie
Henrietta/Hettie
Frieda
Anya
Clara
Rosa
Ida
Esther
Thelma
Cordelia
Ursula
Mila
Otillie
Emilia
Josephine
Greta
Thea

Or Elinora nn Nora or Elin instead of Ellie. Very pretty names and not over used at all

Miriam nn Miri/Mirri - also v pretty name

Daisy

Emmaline

Emilia

Emily

Rosamund nn Rosa/Rosy/Rosie

Rosabelle/a nn Rosa/Belle/Rosie

Rosalind - see above - do you get the impression I like Rose names ??

Alicia pr Al-iss-ee-ya nn Lissy/Allie/Ali/Ally

Felicity, Cecily, or Catherine (Kitty) have my vote.
Alice would be my favourite for a middle name!

Do you like the alternative spelling to Cecily - Cicely? It changes it quite nicely I think.

Others which stand out are Carmen, Ottilie (Tilly), Ophelia, Aurelie.

I love linnet!

(remembers favourite pony).

Sigh.

I had Felicity on my list too, but we ended up going with Verity. I also love Miranda.

Martha love this name, seems Im the only one though!

thanks everyone.

I can't have some names because of relatives/friends daughters - so Harriet and Cordelia are out and I love those names. i can't have Beatrice as i call my dd3 (Phoebe) Bee and she has already said that the baby can't be called Bea too. Rose is a middle name of one of the other dds. I love Anna, but my mum is Anne and we have used that name already as a middle name too.

I love Ottilie, but dh thinks it's a silly name (utterly butterly he says). his favourite name is Hermione.

I really like Thea and might add that to the mix!

the dds are split, one has voted for Alice, another has suggested Daisy - Im thinking of this for a middle name too.

I cant work out whether Martha is pretty or a librarian type name. (no offence to librarians)

Martha is a really beautiful name. I like that, Catherine and Cicely.

All of your names are lovely apart from Elinor (because of the Ellie thing).

I agree - put it to a public vote or draw the names out of a hat, so to speak.

What a lovely large family all with great names.

Martha is a really beautiful name. I like that, Catherine and Cicely.

All of your names are lovely apart from Elinor (because of the Ellie thing).

I agree - put it to a public vote or draw the names out of a hat, so to speak.

What a lovely large family all with great names.