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Classic, "normal" girl's names...

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raininginbaltimore · 26/05/2012 18:16

So we are having a girl. Already have a ds with a classic name. Dh doesn't like anything that isn't "normal" but I don't want anything too popular (my name was top in the year I was born and I hated being one of five in my class)

So names I like:

Alice
Imogen
Phoebe
Evelyn (but worry that Eve/Evie is too popular)

Dh likes:
Charlotte
Hazel

Names ending in a or ee sounds don't go very well with our surname.

Any extra ideas? I don't feel like I've found "the one"

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raininginbaltimore · 27/05/2012 19:28

I love Isobel, but too popular and too many spelling. Poor girl will have to spell our surname most of the time.

I love Amber, but it is a very high possibility that she will be ginger, so not sure about that.

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WantAnOrange · 27/05/2012 20:01

Abigail
Emma
Laura
Leah

GnocchiNineDoors · 28/05/2012 09:36

Rose
Iris
Esme

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raininginbaltimore · 30/05/2012 09:28

SO many nice names. I am going to sound a bit bonkers now. Hazel is my husband's favourite. There is nothing wrong with it. It fits our criteria, it is a lovely name. But I don't feel like it is "the name" or that it is her name. See I sound mad.

The name I come back to again and again is Isobel. But she will be one of hundreds of Isobel's, no one will ever spell it right and she will probably hate me for it. Sigh.

There are lots on here I like. But I love Isobel.

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GnocchiNineDoors · 30/05/2012 09:32

What about Hazel Isobel Surname?

My first name is what my Dad wanted, and it is a VERY common name of the generation I was born, with a few different spellings and my middle name is the almost unique (around these parts) name that my DMum wanted to give me.

I wish it were the other way around, but know if I had wanted to that much, I could have chosen either of the two.

By using both names, your DD has the choice and her name is half you and half your DH (just like her!)

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raininginbaltimore · 30/05/2012 09:37

Yes I suppose. The other name I really like is Lucy. But we had a cat called Lucy (she died two years ago) so seems a bit weird. People might think we named her after the cat!

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Longdistance · 30/05/2012 09:39

My daughters are Eleanor Lilly, and Alice Elizabeth
We were gonna have Charlotte, but I wasn't as keen as dh.
We also had Florence, and Francsesca.
Met a lovely lady today and her dd's name was Sophia, she's currently pg, and loved dd1's name of Eleanor, and has put it on her list Grin

GoPoldark · 30/05/2012 09:48

Beatrice

Juliette

CPtart · 30/05/2012 09:57

Louisa.

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raininginbaltimore · 30/05/2012 15:41

Gnocchi I could, but that is what happened with ds. He has DH's choice as first name and my choice as middle name. And no one ever uses their middle name do they.

Maybe Hazel will grow on me. I don't dislike it. But it doesn't feel like the "one"

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scarlettsmummy2 · 30/05/2012 16:26

Like all your names. We have two girls and went for Scarlett Grace and Florence Ottilie. I wanted to call my second daughter Ottilie but hubby wouldn't let me!

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raininginbaltimore · 30/05/2012 16:32

I love scarlett too, but Dh thinks it would wrong seeing as she will most likely me a red head!

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Annie1612 · 04/09/2016 11:43

Stephanie
Sephora
Eilneen
Smile

Horseshoe1 · 04/09/2016 14:15

How about Annabel?

Or for other nice 'I' names (which I alwags love for some reason)

India
Isla
Iona
Imogen

How about Edith nickname Edie?

ABCFamily · 05/09/2016 06:28

Anne
Beatrix
Caitlin
Cecile
Clarice
Constance
Deborah
Josephine
Judith
June
Lillian
Lucille
Madeline
Marianne
Meredith
Nicole
Noelle
Rosalind
Vivian

TitaniasTits · 05/09/2016 06:38

You hear on here a lot that Eve is "too popular" - it's not in the top 100, nor has it been for some time. Evie is very popular, yes, but not Eve.

Anyway, I love Imogen. If I had a DD2, she'd be Imogen.

GoldenWorld · 05/09/2016 07:39

How about these? I think of them as modern classic names but they're not hugely popular currently.

Naomi
Natasha
Amy
Bethany
Georgia
Jennifer
Madeline
Victoria
Laura/Lauren
Megan

GoldenWorld · 05/09/2016 07:40

Oh and Lydia, forgot to add that one!

BikeRunSki · 05/09/2016 07:50

Phoebe, Imogen and Evie are all quite popular, I wouldn't be surprised to find more than 1 in a group of dd's (4) peers.

Josephine
Juliet
Jessica
Anna
Emma
Jane
Suzanne
Isobel
Harriet
Beatrice
Isla
Eleanor
Helen
Caroline
Catriona /Katrina
Elizabeth

ArmyInRed · 05/09/2016 07:52

Ella..its usually said its too popular but i have an ella, shes 12, we've not met or heard of another one locally in all that time.

Artandco · 05/09/2016 07:52

Estelle
Heidi
Adeline

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/09/2016 08:08

Amber Hazel
Amber Charlotte
Lucy Hazel
Hazel Isobel

CrazyCatLady71 · 25/01/2018 12:05

We’ve been talking about names and we narrowed down our girls’ names list to:-
Alice (our provisional choice at the moment)
Clara
Bethan
Lola

We’re the same. I don’t want anything extravagant and neither does my husband :) good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

TatianaLarina · 25/01/2018 12:30

Love Imogen and Phoebe, you’re right that Evie is everywhere.

Hazel is a porn star name imo.

effieandastar · 25/01/2018 12:31

My daughter is an Evelyn-called Effie. She has never been an Evie and it would never occur to any of our family or friends to call her that now. She is either Evelyn or Effie. I think Evelyn is quite popular but mainly as a ‘longer name’ for Evie.
I also love Hazel! I like Charlotte too but not too keen on Charlie or Lottie as diminutives.