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Girls name help!

9 replies

OhTheDrama · 28/11/2014 22:09

I am 28 weeks with DC3. We have a boys name picked but have absolutely no clue for a girls name. We want something that is ideally not in the top 100 or pretty low down if it is. We have a shortlist but I'm not loving anything if I'm honest! Here is what we like and agree on so far-

Eloise
Elodie
Corinne
Carla
Genevieve
Meabh
Aoife

Any opinions? Any other ideas?

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MrsHathaway · 28/11/2014 22:18

Guinevere nn Jenny
Susannah nn Sukey
Eithne

rembrandtsrockchick · 28/11/2014 22:23

Dorothea.
leonora.
Melissa.
Melisandre.
Theodora.
Tabitha.
Gabriella...my favorite!
Helena.
Juliette
Marianne
Naomi
Phillida
Rosemary
Suzannah
Vivienne

manicinsomniac · 28/11/2014 23:58

Eloise - quite like it
Elodie - like it
Corinne - not keen
Carla - it's ok. Much prefer Clara and Cara
Genevieve - love it
Meabh - is this said like Maeve? Quite like it if so
Aoife - really like it

From your list I'd go with Genevieve

Other ideas:
Avril, Ava, Arianne, Antoinette, Aimee, Aisling, Ailsa, Angharad, Angelina, Aurora, Bronte, Brodie, Bronwen, Bridget, Bryony, Caoimhe, Caitlyn, Cora, Coralie, Constance, Ciara, Demi, Delphine, Emilia, Emmeline, Elina, Elianne, Effie, Eilidh, Elowen, Elise, Esme, Fleur, Francine, Ffion, Fionnhuala, Giselle, Geraldine, Georgette, Halle, Isabelle, Jacqueline, Kayleigh, Lillian, Lucille, Laurel, Loretta, Leonie, Lorelai, Larissa, Marie, Madeleine, Mabel, Marianne, Nicole, Niamh, Nesta, Orlaith, Ottilie, Peronelle, Rhiannon, Rhiannyd, Rosa, Rowena, Romilly, Seren, Sabine, Serena, Selina, Shannon, Saffron, Therese, Tegan, Vivienne

babyblabber · 29/11/2014 08:21

Love elodie & Eloise, we had them on our list but think they'd get shortened to Elle or Ellie which I don't like.

I know sisters called Maeve & Aoife! Much prefer this spelling of maeve.

bluewisteria · 29/11/2014 20:38

Macushla? Gallic origins too. A beautiful song sung by tenor John McCormac (Rufus Wainwright version terrible).

florascotia · 29/11/2014 21:12

Macushla isn't usually used as a name, it's an English version of a Gaelic endearment, combining the words for 'my' and 'pulse'. Poetically, it means 'my dearest' or 'my darling'.

More here: stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/acushla-machree-pulse-of-my-heart/

The original song is lovely.

bluewisteria · 29/11/2014 21:27

Oh I'm pretty sure it is used quite commonly in Ireland. And it is our eldest daughter's name! Although we live in England. We generally call her 'Mac' though.

florascotia · 29/11/2014 22:08

Very, very romantic to be named after a love song!

BlueChampagne · 29/11/2014 22:52

Like Eloise. How about Corinna instead of Corinne?

How about Kerenza, Demelza or Tamara?

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