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girls name help please

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ch1134 · 14/07/2015 22:46

I like

Ros
Anna
Hannah
Helen
Ada
Olivia

Do you?
Any ideas of what else I might like?

Thanks

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Oly4 · 14/07/2015 22:52

Love Ros but only as Rosalyn or Roseanna in full
Also like Hannah
I have an Alexa and an Emily (who I wanted to call Romilly)

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 14/07/2015 22:58

Love all your names aside from, Ros.
Other suggestions.
Ellie
Sophie
Jessica
Georgia
Louisa

manicinsomniac · 14/07/2015 23:12

Ros - not keen. Certainly wouldn't use it as a standalone. Rosie, Rosa, Rose, Rosemary, Rosanna and Rosalie are all nice?
Anna - like it
Hannah - love it
Helen - not keen at all. Don't know any young ones. It seems dated to me.
Ada - quite like it
Olivia - like it

I'd go for Hannah by a long way. Second choice would be Anna, then Olivia.

Your names seem to fall into two 'camps' to my ears.

Classic but fairly modern still (Hannah, Anna, Olivia) and older, less used, kind of timeless but with a slightly more dated feel (Ros, Helen, Ada)

Other ideas of the first 'type':
Amy, Alice, Bryony, Charlotte, Catherine, Emma, Emily, Erin, Elizabeth, Grace, Georgia, Georgina, Holly, Isabel, Imogen, Jessica, Joanna, Julia, Katie, Lucy, Lydia, Miriam, Madeleine, Natalie, Natasha, Rebecca, Rachel, Sophie, Sophia, Sarah, Victoria, Vanessa, Zoe

And the second type:
Angela, Alison, Amber, Anika, Annie, Betty, Claire, Caroline, Deborah, Danielle, Erica, Fiona, Gloria, Hazel, Irene, Jennifer, Julie, Kimberly, Laura, Lisa, Melanie, Melissa, Michelle, Nicole, Nicola, Ruth, Samantha, Stephanie, Susan, Tiffany, Valerie, Wendy

wigglesrock · 15/07/2015 00:51

I have 3 daughters and two of their names are on your list Smile other names I considered were :
Tess
Juliet
Nina
Sofia
Sadie
Cara
Stella
Rosa

BadHenry · 15/07/2015 06:39

My favourites are Ros (short for Roslyn), Anna and Ada.

Ellen?

ch1134 · 15/07/2015 06:46

Thanks. Ros is probably the underdog! From the suggestions I love Lucy and Natalie but can't use them. I also love Lydia but my husband doesn't.

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Cornberry · 15/07/2015 16:54

I love Hannah but dislike Anna for some reason. Bit dull.

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