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The coolest little girls names you've heard

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AprilS · 26/02/2014 12:36

Going on from the boy thread. I'm 14 weeks so don't know what I'm having yet but I have the feeling its a girl. Only problem is we have a boys list a mile long but only some ok girls names.

I love Teddy, Tyger, Wolf, Fox, Dexter etc for boys but can't seem to find any names like this for girls. Any ideas?

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Vickiyumyum · 26/02/2014 22:48

I loved
India
Bronte
Harper (pre beckhams as dd is almost 8)
But h vetoed them all. Also had Darcie, freja, grace but she has a very traditional name one that everyone will have heard and probably know one.

Vickiyumyum · 26/02/2014 22:49

Oh and Nell. Was quite peeved to find when dd was about 18 months old h's nan was called Nell and if he'd known we could have used it.

DaveMccave · 27/02/2014 00:24

We have the same name taste. I had a huge boys list. A very small girls name despite constant searching. We had a girl and Called her Antigone, nickname Tiggy and her middle name is Tiger. There is some incest in the name Antigone, but there is with most ancient greek names, it didn't put me off!

Other names on my list were Juno, Theodora (love Teddy and Theo and Tess and Tady option for nicknames) Fern, Cassiopeia (Cassie) Ottilie, Isis, Daphne, Astrid, Runa, Storm, Obelie, Clover, Tyro, Ida, Hesper, Greta, and Saffi.

angeltop · 27/02/2014 00:47

Harmony

furlinedsheepskinjacket · 27/02/2014 01:11

mary

mabel
maud

YouPutYourRightArmIn · 27/02/2014 07:20

Dusty
Margot

AngelaDaviesHair · 27/02/2014 11:29

Maev
Miriam
Ama
Fatima
Kiran
Cordelia
Salma
Aisha
Neneh

BlueChampagne · 27/02/2014 13:12

Topaz (I Capture the Castle)

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 27/02/2014 15:06

Chess? Chess is cool. Well maybe it's not, but our Chess is cool. Short for Francesca.

MacademiaNut · 27/02/2014 15:09

Heard Benedict recently and liked it.

wildstrawberryplace · 27/02/2014 15:11

Taiga (as in Siberian forest)
Zephyrine
Amber
Clementine
Satsuki
Mitsuko

NannyPeach · 27/02/2014 20:26

Nyah (means purpose - that is very cool)

Naomi

Seminyak · 27/02/2014 21:12

Tierney

Chess is v cool!!!

Martorana · 27/02/2014 22:29

Or you could just call her a nice name and let her be cool or not, depending on what sort of girl she is?

Oh, and please don't call a girl Benedict.

AprilS · 27/02/2014 23:23

Err maybe i'll call my kid whatever i want. I prefer more unusual names its just the way it is. Not trying to be 'cool'.

I'd feel worse calling my kid Dave, John, Emma or Sally than Benedict.

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TryingToBePractical · 27/02/2014 23:28

Juno
Cleo
Nell

Martorana · 27/02/2014 23:28

Benedict is a lovely name. It just happens to be a boy's name.

AprilS · 27/02/2014 23:33

why does it have to be a boys name?

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Martorana · 27/02/2014 23:37

Because it is. Would you call a boy Mary? Or Annabelle?

BikeRunSki · 27/02/2014 23:37

Esme
Tara
Nina
Biba
Gaia

MairzyDoats · 27/02/2014 23:40

I heard of someone called North recently, which I thought was pretty cool. Also like Freya, Malin, and Linnet. I don't think anything ending in 'a' or 'ie' sounds very cool. Pretty yes, but not cool. The coolest names tend to be short (or shortened).

AprilS · 27/02/2014 23:47

Mary and Annabelle are both really popular female names. Where as other than the popular Benedict I don't know any other people with that name male or female. Could be shortened to Bene which is cute.

I quite like the name Felix for a girl but that seemed to stir up some issues for some people. Funny how people get funny about some words strung together to make a sound.

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VeryStressedMum · 27/02/2014 23:50

Didn't Peaches Geldof call her son Phaedra?

Martorana · 28/02/2014 00:42

Benedict is 370th for boys -0 for girls
Mary 241th for girls -0 for boys.
I forgot to look up Annabelle' but I imagine it's in the top 100.

Benedict is a boy's name.

stinkingbishop · 28/02/2014 08:56

This thread is veering dangerously close to making me want to breed more girls so I can give them cool names but WE HAVE ENOUGH GIRLS IN THE HOUSE ALREADY! I am going to have to get some chickens instead Wink.

Forgot:

Ursula
Gorse
Viola

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