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Last ditch desperate attempt to name my 2 week old daughter. Please help...

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stillunwritten · 21/03/2013 15:37

I cannot decide my daughters name, and you would not believe the pressure this is putting me under! Nothing seems to fit her and I am scared I'm going to have to just go with something I'm not entirely happy with just for the sake of choosing. I seem to find fault in every name I come up with- too popular, too bland, not good with surname, a friend has already used it etc.

To give some examples of the types of names I like:
Ellis- doesn't really suit her
Ruby- pretty popular, bit bland?
Ava- v v popular, don't want her to be one of five in get class
Honor- is this cool or frumpy?? Is it an attractive name or hard to live up to?
Reese?

I also like a name my friends daughter is called but am afraid it will piss her off if I use it and it feels like her name if you see what I mean.

I don't want too cute and girly but I do want cool, attractive and maybe a wee bit different.

Any suggestions??

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RooneyMara · 21/03/2013 16:36

what's your favourite book? piece of music...childhood story...

think back to the nmaes of characters, authors, composers.

something must stand out.

CheeseStrawWars · 21/03/2013 16:42

Hate Honor - sounds like "on her". Also honour killing associations. Honour is over-rated.

Constance, Grace, Felicity, Verity, Hope, Blythe, Faith are much nicer 'virtue' names, imo.

PrincessOfChina · 21/03/2013 16:47

Are you American? Why would you spell it Honor and not Honour? I quite like it otherwise.

Elliot
Harper
Seren
Romilly
Aurelia
Hope

Mockingcurl · 21/03/2013 16:47

Clemency ( Clemmie).
I love Honor though.

stillunwritten · 21/03/2013 16:47

Wow, what a lot of replies in a short space of time! thank you. A couple of things- yes am starting to get a bit stressed about this as I get constant messages from people wanting to know her name, people in every shop I go into asking me, midwives, health visitors, family, friends and folk referring to her as "baby no name" which in my post natal over sensitive hormonal state is not nice to hear.

One of her middle names will be Iris, so that is already used. I actually really like boyish names for girls and I know Ellis is used as a girls name- I had no idea Elliot was though, I'm not so keen on that though. The more feminine alternative to Ellis I thought of is Elise but dp not keen on this... I love Taylor, but dp thinks its tacky. Also like Lola, dp doesn't- notice a theme emerging here? Both like Sofia but I reall dont like Sophie and feel it would inevitably be shortened to this- no offence to anyone called sophie btw (sorry).

I cant decide if i think Honor is pretty and stylish or too old fashioned.

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chocoflump · 21/03/2013 16:48

Harper is gorgeous

NightLark · 21/03/2013 16:51

Honor is lovely.
My 2 spares were Lara and Tamar...

BlueChampagne · 21/03/2013 16:53

Vashti
Tamsin
Meryl
Rhiannon
Meredith
Rosanne
Corinna

CheeseStrawWars · 21/03/2013 16:53

Take "Baby no-name" and turn it into a name/story to tell her when she's older about how she was named - Noelle? Or other "no" name?

ATouchOfStuffing · 21/03/2013 16:53

Theo as a girls name?

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 21/03/2013 16:56

There are some really gorgeous names on here. Rosa, Honor, Ramona and Margot are all slightly wild and unusual.

I like Roxana/Roseanna and LOVE Ada as well (much better than Ava!) and reminds me of the great female scholar Ada Lovelace who invented computer programming. Speaking of which Aphra is a pretty cool name too.

almostanotherday · 21/03/2013 16:56

Ellise or Ellissa

Smile
ElephantsAndMiasmas · 21/03/2013 16:57

Honor is def the good side of old-lady. Just be careful in case your surname is Plate or similar...

recall · 21/03/2013 16:59

Elspeth

RooneyMara · 21/03/2013 16:59

Deanna

dopeysheep · 21/03/2013 17:04

Piper?

MackerelOfFact · 21/03/2013 17:06

Honor is quite nice and unusual. Unless your surname is Oak or Killing or something.

How about Nora? Darcy? Logan? Rowan?

dopeysheep · 21/03/2013 17:07

I know a girl called Jamie which I like but not sure what it's short for.

TheRedQueen · 21/03/2013 17:08

Ruth?
Miriam?

Also like Juliet and Estelle as mentioned somewhere above.

yawningbear · 21/03/2013 17:08

Scout?

wedontplaywithelectrics · 21/03/2013 17:09

Honor
Honor
Honor
All the way! :-)

dopeysheep · 21/03/2013 17:13

Jessica Alba's daughter is called Honor. The other one is Haven.

TiggerWearsATriteSmile · 21/03/2013 17:24

Honor is beautiful.

mum47 · 21/03/2013 17:28

Ellis is more commonly a boy's name - not that this should put you off but might bother you if it causes confusion.

Honor is lovely, and a bit unusual. Ava and Ruby are lovely too, think they are both quite popular at the mo if tht would bother you.

Ikeameatballs has given you a lovely list. I really like Polly and Harriet.

mum47 · 21/03/2013 17:30

Oops meant to highlight Ikeameatballs, not stike her out!

What about Thea?