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11 replies

sailinggirlie · 18/02/2016 03:31

Hi! Have been reading this forum all through my pregnancy and am now posting for help! Husband and I cannot agree on names - we have such different tastes! He likes safe, reasonably common names, I prefer more unusual ones but am also willing to consider ones with a bit of history (a good novel - not those with sad stories tho - or historic character - think science rather than royal tho!)
Sooooo... I'm currently 40 weeks pregnant and we still can't even decide on a proper shortlist...
Dd is called Josephine, dd2 expected anytime. Surname is hyphenated, so long.
Currently we think the following are potentials, but nothing really grabbing us:

Elodie (poss a didi but that's a bit twee..)
Eleanor (Nora/Nell)

Any other suggestions? Ideas on our maybes?

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NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 18/02/2016 03:48

Elodie is lovely. I'd think Elle/Ellie as a nn.

Ada?

Evelyn?

Molly?

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ABitAsleep · 18/02/2016 09:59

I love Elodie, but not keep on Eleanor or Didi.

Eloise/Eloisa
Emmeline/Emmy (My favourite! Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the most famous British suffragettes, not science, but still a good namesake)
Erin
Eliza
Annie
Adelaide/Adeline
Alivia
Serena
Stephanie
Seraphina
Tattiana
Gabrielle/Gabriella
Posy/Posie

manicinsomniac · 18/02/2016 10:21

I like Elodie and Eleanor but they're both likely to turn into Ellie at school and, if you want to avoid common, Ellie is not the way to go!

I do know a Lena who I only recently realised is actually an Eleanor. And one Eleanor that is never shortened. Other than that though, they're all Ellie; never met a Nel/Nora. I don't know any Elodies at all.

Other ideas:
Astrid (Lindgren)
Aurora (Princess)
Aphra (Behn)
Adeline (Yen Mah)
Bronte (sisters)
Billie (Jean King)
Dorothy (Hodgkin)
Emilie (du Chatelet)
Eva (Peron)
Florence (Nightingale)
Harriet (Beecher-Stowe)
Ida (Noddack)
Mary (Wollstonecroft)
Millicent (Fawcett)
Rosa (Parkes)

thebiscuitindustry · 18/02/2016 13:40

I like your maybes and the nickname Nell rather than Nora.

Alexandra
Beatrice
Cassia
Susannah
Louisa
Rowena
Marina
Anneliese
Olivia

KatieT12 · 18/02/2016 13:47

I like both of them! I think I prefer Elodie Smile

I'll add some e names:
Elise
Ella
Ellen
Eloise
Eva

GoldPlatedBacon · 18/02/2016 14:00

Ruth
Scarlett
Laetitita
Georgina

imsorryiasked · 18/02/2016 15:04

Melody
Bryonny
Miriam

sailinggirlie · 18/02/2016 20:05

Some nice suggestions, thanks! Lots that hubby has bypassed - I adore emmeline and Sylvia but he refused!
Will take some of the new suggestions to him... Keep them coming though!
We both seem to prefer longer names...

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thebiscuitindustry · 18/02/2016 21:51

Abigail
Lydia
Isobel
Emily
Penelope
Georgiana
Christabel
Jennifer
Imogen
Willow
Sophia
Elsie
Charlotte
Jessica
Genevieve
Philippa
Violet

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 18/02/2016 21:59

Amélie - Empress Josephine's GD I think?

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