girl due on friday & not even got a shortlist!

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There are no names I love. DP loves Erin, but I warned him if he told people and they used her name before she was here it would put me off it, & it has. Plus they all say ErUn, which bothers me!

He says "its alright" or No, to every name I suggest but is not suggesting any himself.

Names I sort of like but don't love are -
Daisy
Ava
Grace
Mia
Ella
Robyn

But don't want anything really popular, which most of those are. We have DS who is Charlie & a boring 2 syllable surname beginning with E.

Please help!

Except for Robyn, the names you listed are popular, but not in the same league as all the L names. In nursery/reception we have
Isla
Lily
Lilia x2
Lyra x2
Layla
Lila
Ella
Ellie
Iola, (which is mostly misread as Lola)

It's really confusing and we're grateful for the occasional Patty and Niamh.
Anything without an L, please .

Alice, Anna, Eleanor, Poppy, Rosalind?

Don't panic you have plenty of time. I have been uninspired for all my three and DH only made unhelpful suggestions. For our middle one I dithered so much he had no name for 6 weeks until we finally made it to the Registrar's. By which point we were no longer talking and family members had given up asking us if we had FINALLY named the baby. But of our three his is the name I like most and the name that suits our child most. It is ok to wait a little (or a lot).

Girly, less common names (generally, although I think a few are relatively popular):

Aurelia
Adrienne
Alicia
Carina
Florence
Georgia
Georgiana
Gabrielle
Hannah
Isla
Juliet (Juliette)
Leoni
Lucy
Marianne
Melissa
Natalia
Orla
Ophelia
Rosaline (Rosalind)
Selina
Sophia
Sarah
Tori
Ysabel (Ysabelle)

Ida
Ada
Zoe
Lara
Bella
Cara
Jenna
Joy
Maria
Eve
Fern
Skye

Love Robyn btw
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Wow that is a lot of L's!

Oo I do like Georgia, Natalia & love Tori, but my niece is Tori.

Bella, Cara, Fern & Skye are pretty too, but I just can't imagine them being 'us'. I love Joy because it sounds so happy, but quite an old fashioned name I think.

Thanks all. Robyn probably my favourite & was the first name we decided on, but DP now says he doesn't like it

How about Rowan if you like Robyn? Or Merryn?

Try not to panic - it'll be much easier when the baby's here and you can see which name from your list suits them. Good luck!

I like Robyn it's a lovely. If you are after an E name what about Ellie or Elidgh

Charlie and Elllie go

Eloise

I love Ava from your list.

Some other girls names I love..
Eva
Melody
Halle/Hallie
Isla
Amelie
Willow
Violet

Good luck!

What about Megan? Along the same lines as Robyn.

Some other nice ones (trying to avoid ending in A as your surname starts with E)

Juliet
Florence
Colette
Polly
Nancy
Amber
Edith

Natasha
Corinna
Ariane / Ariana
Rosanne / Roasanna
Meredith
Rhiannon

Lucy
Laura
Louisa

I was going to say Megan as a PP just suggested.

or...

Scarlett
Penelope
Martha

Grace
Hope

I think Esme has a similar feel to the names on your current list? It is also one of my all time favourites

Rosa, Eliza, Imogen

That was me Rockin - I know a Megan and Robyn who are sisters and it seems a good match

Chances are OP she'll name herself

When I was pregnant with my daughter me and her dad couldn't agree on any, so waited till I'd had her. Didn't name her straight away, was so knackered and sore so was the second day that we came up quite quick with name that we both agreed on.
My mom and stepdad had their minds set on a name all through her pregnancy for my youngest sister and then when I got the text announcing she'd been born and her name and weight, they'd changed her name once they'd seen her! Sometimes you can't always plan ahead

Some lovely names here that I hadn't even considered, will have to run them past the annoying DP. I don't mind not having a definite name, but would like a few to choose from

Seren Welsh for star.

We were going to use Seren for a girl.
Also love Megan, Meredith and Ingrid.
I quite liked Jennifer too which just isn't used any more.

Belinda with Bella or Belle for short

Merryn is good, Merry is a lovely shortening - similar feel to Joy?

Josephine is classic and gives you lots of lovely happy shortenings - Jojo, Jo, Josie, Posy. And it's not overly popular and long enough to go well with a boring surname.