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Can you suggest girls names based on DH and I's opposing lists?

26 replies

nevergoogle · 22/10/2013 17:18

I like
Iris
Polly
Artemis

DH likes
Adelaide
Nuala
Thalia

Any suggestions on what we might both like?

Thanks.

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Coupon · 22/10/2013 17:42

Aurora
Coralie
Tara
Georgia
Natasha
Holly
Isabel

pencilsharpener · 22/10/2013 18:02

I wouldn't say they are opposing lists. They are all relatively uncommon, strong-sounding names, several with a hint of a foreign country about them. I'm sure you'll find something you both like. How about:

Anastasia
Anoushka
Saskia
Ariadne
Orla
Erin
Ines
Tara
Imogen
Sienna
Nina
Cerys
Freya

nevergoogle · 22/10/2013 18:59

i like ines, but already have a nephew called innes.

Freya was on our list for DS1 had he been a girl, but now used by a friend.

Orlaith was one we liked too.

good suggestions.

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Leeds2 · 22/10/2013 19:01

Caris.

telsa · 22/10/2013 20:14

Anais
Carla
Cosima
Seraphine
Eira

Thenumberjacksareontheirway · 22/10/2013 20:20

Penelope
Cora
Ottalie
Ophelia
Iona
Francesca
Isis
Daphne
Selina
Eliza
Juno
Corrina
Maya
Vita
Vienna

I agree they're not opposing lists! :)

nevergoogle · 22/10/2013 20:45

thanks for the suggestions.

i'm going to propose orlaith when DH gets home.

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mathanxiety · 24/10/2013 06:39

Sally
Isobel
Laila
Lara
Lyra
Saskia
Finola
Nola
Nora
Linnea

Anri · 27/10/2013 02:43

Penelope could have Polly or Nella (not quite Nuala, but similar in sound) as nicknames. It's also Greek like Iris and Demeter but with the same sing-songy, vintage quality as Adelaide.

Iona
Ariadne
Ileana
Perla
Delphine
Adela
Pallas
Amandine
Calliope

squoosh · 27/10/2013 02:45

Where the hell is all this Nuala love coming from? It's freaking me out.

Dillydollydaydream · 27/10/2013 02:53

Alice
Selena
Charlotte
Olivia
Grace
Violet
Rose
Lina
Amelia
Ivy

mathanxiety · 27/10/2013 03:28

What's next Squoosh -- Deirdre?

elcranko · 27/10/2013 08:51

Aoife
Imogen
Ivy

Littlecherublegs · 27/10/2013 10:43

Thea
Octavia
Orla
Elodie
Seraphine
Cordelia
Blythe
Daphne
Saffron
Anastasia

fussychica · 27/10/2013 19:04

Laurel
Oleander

Rhubarbgarden · 27/10/2013 22:30

Nerina
Esther

joanofarchitrave · 27/10/2013 22:34

Nerissa
Roisin
Oriane

MaryZombie · 27/10/2013 22:40

Nuala - show him

Thalia - mention Percy Jackson

Orlaith - please just use Orla. The extra ith will cause all sorts of problems (from difficulty with making home-made necklaces to correcting every form). Orla is lovely - but it is Irish, so she will constantly be asked if she is Irish. btw, the correct spelling is actually Órfhlaith, which is a bit of a mouthful.

I like Delphine, Maya (or I prefer Maia) and Lyra too.

RobinVanPrissy · 30/10/2013 08:54

You both have good taste in names, although I prefer Fionnuala to Nuala.

Irish?

Aoife
Etaine
Maeve
Caoimhe
Sorcha
Una

Your other names have quite a Victorian ring to them, sp:

Tess
Nell
Nora
Esther
Pearl
Selma
Lydia
Estelle
Genevieve
Lucille
Miriam

Retroformica · 01/11/2013 06:03

Madeleine
Matilda

Retroformica · 01/11/2013 06:04

Edna
Ida

nevergoogle · 01/11/2013 10:32

lots of lovely suggestions, thanks.

i really like madeleine, esther, thea, penelope.

madaeleine already used by friends so think that's out.

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nevergoogle · 01/11/2013 10:33

another one we actually agree on is hester.

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LadyFlumpalot · 01/11/2013 10:38

Fenella
Tabitha (REALLY wanted this for DD, got vetoed by DH)
Claudine
Sashia
Ysabelle?

Frikadellen · 01/11/2013 15:21

Tansy
Karenza

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