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If we liked Jemima...

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 15:00

Dd is Jemima. We are now expecting dc2 and I'm struggling with girls' names. (We struggled last time too but she came out holding a sign!)

We don't have millions of Jemimas in our neck of the woods, and when people ask what dd is called we've always had really positive responses, like it was a name they'd forgotten about but are pleased to be reminded of.

I like Florence but she'd be one of several in her class as far as I can see.

Quite like Felicity. Also Cecily, maybe...

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Sundaedelight · 17/11/2014 19:18

Jemima and Cecilia

Jemima and Cecily

Jemima and Frances

Jemima and Henrietta

pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 19:27

Ooh lots of ideas now :)

What would nns for Miriam be do you think?

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BikeRunSki · 17/11/2014 19:31

If you are worried about Florence being too popular, I'd avoid Matilda too.

Celia
Georgina
Jacinth

Jennys2108 · 17/11/2014 19:35

Suzannah or nancy. Or Nell

westsussexmummy · 17/11/2014 20:57

How about Ottilie (Tilly / Ottie for short) - a bit of a mixture between the suggestions Olive and Cecily? I also like Tabitha and Kitty...

westsussexmummy · 17/11/2014 20:59

Cecilia also lovely

BeattieBow · 17/11/2014 21:04

Cecily Parsley

Jemima Puddleduck

Perfect!

BeattieBow · 17/11/2014 21:06

Cecily Parsley lived in a pen....

pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 21:18

I'd totally forgotten Cecily Parsley!! Loved those rhymes when I was little :)

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pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 17/11/2014 21:20

Think I preferred Apply Dapply though.

Jemima and Apply? Wink

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ChickenMe · 17/11/2014 23:30

I love Jemima and Marianne too.
Was going to suggest Verity or Rosalie.

Riverland · 17/11/2014 23:59

Unfortunately, nn for Miriam is mims or mimsy!

Elinor, then, pas!

Riverland · 17/11/2014 23:59

Or Marianne Elinor!

Sophronia · 18/11/2014 01:16

Nicknames for Miriam could be Miri, Mirrie, Mira, Mim, Mimi, maybe Mitzi / Mitzy.

Riverland · 18/11/2014 01:46

Mitzy is a nn for Miriam, is it? I never knew that. Have known a few Miriam's, always nn 'mims'.

Actually Maisie is a lovely name too, and suitably literary!

TsukuruTazaki · 18/11/2014 01:53

Cecily was the first one I thought of to go with Jemima before I opened thread!

Also love Marianne suggestion

Others...

Thea
Imogen
Rowena
Phoebe
Harriet
Naomi
Lucinda
Evelyn
Abigail
Frances
Philippa/Pippa

Sorry if any repeats, haven't read whole thread

elephants01 · 18/11/2014 02:22

Verity

Camilla

Aurora

AllonsyAlonso · 18/11/2014 02:25

Iris
Ivy
Tabitha

minipie · 19/11/2014 22:46

Marianne and Cecily are on my shortlist too OP!

Other names I like (including DD) in case any of these grab you:

Madeleine
Romilly
Eloise
Sylvia/Sylvie
Bryony

closetoyou · 19/11/2014 22:56

Isobel

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