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Baby Girl Names: Short List

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matthe1 · 02/07/2014 21:59

Looking for help with a girls name. I've got a pretty common last name so definitiely looking for something a little less common in the first. We are avid travelers so drawn a bit towards geographic based names (but not exclusively).

Intersted in getting feedback on our current short-list..

Berlin Matthews
Emery Matthews
Alexandra Matthews
Brooklyn Matthews
Vienna Matthews
Leah Matthews
London Matthews
Aria Matthews
Xianne Matthews
Alisa Matthews
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Only1scoop · 03/07/2014 17:26

No partial op....

My friend has a Vienna....where said child was conceived....

Also Rigsbys cat in rising damp....showing my years Confused

BreeVDKamp · 03/07/2014 17:26

Vienna is awesome! Do it.

Only1scoop · 03/07/2014 17:27

Sorry should say not partial to any of them ....

Aria the nicest ....

matthe1 · 03/07/2014 18:06

Really helpful feedback, thanks everybody!

My wife really loves Vienna and Berlin. I like them both quite a bit as well, but not quite to the point yet i consider either slam dunks. Good thing we still have another four months!

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matthe1 · 03/07/2014 18:08

Btw, going to be a sibling to "Drake". Anybody have thoughts on which of these sounds best as a sibling name?

Drake and Vienna
Drake and Aria
Drake and Berlin
..etc

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beccajoh · 03/07/2014 18:09

I like Aria. I think of 'wall' when I read Berlin.

Alexa
Alexia
Sienna

BreeVDKamp · 03/07/2014 18:25

Drake and Berlin sounds brilliant. But as they are their own people I'd still go with Vienna as I think it's nicer than Berlin.

BreeVDKamp · 03/07/2014 18:25

Berlin is a bit clunky on the page. Vienna v pretty.

Bowlersarm · 03/07/2014 18:29

Vienna!

Really lovely.

Not Berlin and absolutely not London.

burgatroyd · 03/07/2014 18:36

Sidney, Adelaide, Tzaneen, Milan?

Belinda, gedit?

Xianne sounds nice but it doesn't scan. You could use true phonetics for ease. Plenty of chinese peeps do that. How about Ocean, Blossom, Jade, Queenie, good English/Chinese names?

Or Bo which means precious?
Or Meileen, which is close to Mui lien, which means beautiful lotus?

burgatroyd · 03/07/2014 21:12

Also other travel/journey inspired names:
Hermione - messenger
Gaia - earth
Rosenda - famed path
Beatrix - voyager
Odessa
Journey
Birdie

SideOfFoot · 03/07/2014 21:45

Leah and Alexandra are really nice. Emery sounds like something you'd use to file your nail. Brooklyn is fine but you're naming a girl and the most well known Brooklyn is Brooklyn Beckham who is a boy so I think your Brooklyn might be perceived as a boy.

Alexandra30 · 13/07/2014 17:23

Vienna. I know one - it's a pretty name that everyone knows how to pronounce - and it's definitely a girl.

Theonlyoneiknow · 13/07/2014 17:58

Love Aria, was on my shortlist.

Also Skye which was suggested above.

RabbitSaysWoof · 13/07/2014 20:27

Emery

myotherusernameisbetter · 13/07/2014 20:43

Vienna or Alisa for me. What about Avery or Ainsley instead or Emery?(Emery sounds like a boys name to me)

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