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!).

Catherine but not Kitty.

Wow love your name ideas - as clearly do a lot of others!

Cecily - love it but can also see why your DH might be reluctant, it's unusual and a little bit of a mouthful to say
Cecilia - Cecily is much nicer
Miranda - love it
Felicity - like this but it is a teeny bit frilly
Catherine/Kitty - sooooo popular just now
Alice - love this for a first name or middle name
Thea - I love this and would be tempted myself for DC3 but have distant relatives with a daughter named Thea (short for Alethea in her case, which I prefer to Theodora)

Not to muddy the waters but would like to stick up for Martha, gorgeous name not at all 'librariany' great on little ones and great on adults too, beautiful sound and has gravitas.

Would also like to put in a word for Elinor, if you don't call her Ellie it's not likely anyone else will, unless she wants them to and let's face it most names can be turned into a nn that parents may not like or have thought of - but if the bearer of the name likes it then I think it's up to them. I have a name with two obvious diminutive shortened versions, which my parents don't like and never used. As a result I didn't like them either and no-one has ever attempted to call me by them because I never encouraged it.

My favourite from your original list by the way is Elinor, if you haven't already guessed!

Good luck with your choices x

Congrats!
josephine?
leonora?
clemency?
lucy?
eloise?
marguerite?
camilla?

Not to muddy the waters but would like to stick up for Martha, gorgeous name not at all 'librariany' great on little ones and great on adults too, beautiful sound and has gravitas.

I love Martha; it's my favourite name and definite frontrunner for me. And, for what it's worth, when I was a library assistant as a student, the librarians had very un-librariany names: Lucy, Emma, Hazel, Sarah...

Congratulations, you are blessed to have four daughters.I think either Cecelia or Felicity would work the best with your other daughters names.

OP

Please choose one!

Jumps up and down like Tigger!

Lydia or Juliet.

martha is very bookish, nt in a great way.

I love Clementine, but dh vetoed this.

My absolute favourite name was Clemency - he also vetoed that. tbh I'm not too sure about the meaning of Clemency anyway, but I love the name iyswim. Perhaps I should just insist on this name.

I know I keep mentioning Cecily, but something seems not quite right about it for me. to me it does seem a bit soft and maybe a few too many lispy sounds. Oh I don't know! (not much sleep last night isn't helping things).

I am kind of leaning towards Cecilia this morning, but love Felicity and Miranda too.

i'm too indecisive really, but she is definitely going to have a name by the end of the weekend!

I think we've got similar taste, as all of my children's names are in your list! (well, you're missing a Hector).

My advice would be to avoid Felicity or Cecily. I knew one of each as a child, one was very shy, the other had a lisp and so both found speaking their names out loud tricky.

Love Catherine Alice, using Kitty as a nickname. Would have gone with that if I'd had another girl actually! Arabella was also on our list, but I decided it sounded a bit like 'arrogant'. Too similar to Isabella as well, which is the nicer name.

In my view Imogens are ALWAYS wide-hipped heifers with freckles (don't know why) and I would avoid Eleanor if you don't like Ellie or Nellie.

I know you didn't mention it, but I liked Lydia too, although my husband vetoed it as he said it sounded like chlamydia!

Yup, for me Kitty Alice is head and shoulders above the rest.

Will scroll to the end of the thread and see that you've already made the decision now....

'Clemency' basically means merciful (the phrase 'to sue for clemency' - i.e. asking the judge/person in power for mercy) so the meaning is lovely (as is the name).

Would Georgia / Georgette / Georgiana suit?

Cecily or Felicity for me. Beautiful names. Don't like Clemency as the Clemmie/phlegmy potential nn would annoy me!

From your initial OP, I like Alice and Martha the bestest

Also,

Florence or Flora
Clara

Miranda is a fine name. Also love Martha

Cecily- My DD2 is Cecily and I love it but I have always loved it and was thrilled when DH agreed to it (after she was born also) :) I am kind of getting the impression that you don't feel sure and I see it is a little different to your other names also which makes me wonder if it is not quite right for you.
Cecilia- lovely, also Celia
Miranda- like this a lot (my own mn)
Felicity- pretty but always sounds a little too girly/ prissy to me.
Catherine/Kitty- have always loved Catherine/ Katharine.
Alice (middle name I think)- love this too and would definitely use it as a mn particularly as it is a family name.
Thea (added - I like Theodora best I think)- pretty. Probably prefer the longer versions- Dorothea particularly.

For you, I would probably choose Cecilia, Miranda or Catherine, followed by Alice (only because of the initially sharing).
Congratulations!

Ophelia nn thea

If you like but aren't sure about Cecily and Cecilia, how about Cecile or even better Celeste?
Or maybe if you like Clemency but aren't sure what about:
Prudence - Pru
Constance - Connie

I have just had a third child and liked the name Cecily had he been a girl! I have an Alexandra and a Francesca, as a thought do you like Francesca? I won't be offended if you don't!!

Oh have Cecilia please, I adore that name and have done for years. Failing that call her Penelope, Evangeline or Clementine, Dahlia, Camellia or Daphne. All my favourites.

(sulking a bit because I haven't got 52 daughters to use up all my lovely names now)

thanks all. Loobylu what is your dd1's name?

I do like Constance actually.

Not sure about Francesca. Penelope and Clementine got vetoed. I suggested a few flower names including Dahlia, Cammelia and Zinnia and they got short shrift from the rest of the family. I love Mabel too but can't use it because of our surname, but may have it as a mn

Have gone off martha now as my children seem to pronounce it Marfa which is quite irritating.

I can't use George names because there is one in the family, and also there is a famous George with our surname. i'm also a bit unsure how to promounce Georgiana. i do like Georgie though

I think I am back to either Cecily or Cecilia!.

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Then it has to be Cecilia. Cecily is a bit too twee and cutesy - Cecilia sounds elegantly classic.

Alice is my favourite but there are a LOT of them around (I wouldn't use it for this reason). Go for Cecily, it's lovely.

hello JT

the girls all want to call her Alice too.

Cecily is my favourite name ever. DH says no sadly as he thinks its too posh. (we are not unposh to be honest but there you go)All your dd's name on on my list for dc3 so we obv have similar taste - can I ask what your boys choices would have been this time?

You are obviously a georgette heyer fan! One of my favourite books is Cotillion so Kitty gets a thumbs up from me. I also like Cecily