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Girls name to go with George and Peter

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ProfessorPickles · 17/03/2016 10:38

I've always struggled with girls names and can never seem to find one I love, where George and Peter came to me easily and I never changed my mind again.

Girls names I like are:
-Anna
-Rosie
-Matilda
-Emily

Emily is the winner so far, it used to feel like a plain name when I was younger but now it feels pretty for some reason.
Anna is a very close second.

Any other suggestions? Boys names seem to come so easily to me where I never have a doubt but girls names are a nightmare for me!

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Doilooklikeatourist · 18/03/2016 22:16

Anna
Rosie
Matilda
Emily

Well I like all of these l

Angela ( retro )
Rosalind , Rosamund ( Rosie for NN ) though I love Romany
Matilda .. Can't beat it ... Marianne ?
Emily .. Emma ? Amelia ?

Florrie21 · 19/03/2016 14:53

Anya, Harriet, Daisy, Hannah, Florence, Olivia, Kit, Eliza,...so many traditional names that would go. Good luck!

AStreetcarNamedBob · 19/03/2016 14:57

I came on to say emily

Biscuitsneeded · 19/03/2016 15:27

Mary. Your taste in names is like mine - you can't beat a nice, simple, traditional name!

Or Katherine? Eleanor? Helen?

Narp · 19/03/2016 19:32

Julia

Somanyillustrations · 19/03/2016 19:36

My DS had the same name as one of yours, and I love Madeline, Elizabeth, Harriet, Hannah, Emily. I hear a little girl called Jenny recently, and really quite liked that too.

Somanyillustrations · 19/03/2016 19:37

Also Anna, Alice and Julia.

BrieAndChilli · 19/03/2016 19:38

I have a George and my other sons middle name is Peter, my DD is Matilda.

FurryDogMother · 19/03/2016 19:38

Meriel

BorisJohnsonsHair · 19/03/2016 21:56

Anna
Lucy
Alice
Ruth

Ratatattat · 19/03/2016 22:07

Does it have to 'go'? Tbh I wouldn't put George and Peter together. Both nice names but different in style IMO.
I think all your girl names would be fine.

joyfulworld · 21/03/2016 13:44

Elaine
Sophia
Daniella

JudgeJudySheindlin · 21/03/2016 22:12

Out of your choices, Emily is my favourite

Other suggestions: Carrie, Lucy, Kitty, Katie, Georgia, Naomi, Harriet/Hattie/Hettie

ProfessorPickles · 21/03/2016 22:30

Ratatattat - I'm curious to know why you feel George and Peter are different styles? My dad said the same, I always thought they were very similar in style!

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ProfessorPickles · 21/03/2016 22:32

Thank you for all the responses also!
Some lovely suggestions, I particularly like Julia but can't use it unfortunately.

Emily is beginning to stand out to me which is good! I think it might be the name I go with Smile

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Ratatattat · 23/03/2016 20:38

George to me is a classic and fits alongside James, William, Thomas etc . It's v popular now.
Peter totally different to me. Not popular now. More 70's. I would imagine it with more Robert, Christopher, Paul.
Like I said both lovely but in my mind completely different and therefore impossible to match a name to. I think Emily closest you are going to get. It's a popular classic but might bridge the gap!

StrumpersPlunkett · 23/03/2016 20:41

Love Alice or Mary

ProfessorPickles · 23/03/2016 20:47

Ah, that is quite interesting!
I see them both as old man/traditional names that are both classless. I don't know many Georges so it doesn't feel like a popular name to me, although I realise Peter is rarely used now.
They're both from Greek origins too, Peter from Petra and George from Georgios.

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foreverandalways · 23/03/2016 21:49

Annabelle

SevenOhTwo · 23/03/2016 22:02

I was going to say Emily - it's lovely and for me it goes with your boys, in the sense it's easy to say all three together.

But - having seen the Greek connection (I didn't know Peter was from Greek origin) how about another classic name with Greek roots - Lydia? Melissa? Alexa? (from Alexandra, which I think is too long to go with the shorter boys names).

AuldYow · 23/03/2016 22:11

Martha, is my suggestion.

ProfessorPickles · 23/03/2016 22:50

I think a Greek connection may be nice, I like the suggestions! Alexa is nice and Helen is Greek I do believe? Going to have a good look at Greek girls names tomorrow Smile
I like Lydia but brings back bad memories with an old friend, shame!

I feel like George, Peter and Emily are three good, short, traditional English-sounding names.
Emily is a Latin name a quick Google search tells me, I like to look at name origins and meanings.

George means farmer/land worker and Peter means rock. Maybe I need a girls name within the land theme Grin

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ProfessorPickles · 23/03/2016 22:51

Martha is very nice!

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mrsmeerkat · 23/03/2016 22:57

I would have gone for Emily also

Hazel is springing to mind to go with you boys names.

Juliet is gorgeous as mentioned above

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