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If I love Ivy and Iris but can't use them....

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DorotheaHomeAlone · 18/04/2016 04:57

Baby is due in a week and we're all set for boys names but still not in love with a girls option.

My name is short, punchy, easy to spell and pronounce and classic but relatively rare. I never meet name buddies in real life but name gets a lot of mn love! I want something similar for possible dd2!

I love the name Ivy as it's classic but simple and not overused. But it just won't work with DH surname. Our dd1 is Iris which I adored throughout last pregnancy.

What else should I be considering? I like Seren but just not convinced like I was with Iris.

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LucyMouse · 18/04/2016 05:45

Ada?

oleoleoleole · 18/04/2016 06:00

Sylvie
Olive
Margot
Winnie
Bertha
Ruth
Inca
Orla
Judy

annandale · 18/04/2016 06:00

Hero
Maxine
Tess

I personally think Karen, Tracy and Sharon are beautiful strong names but I'm too old to know whether they have 'recovered' yet.

Heavenscent86 · 18/04/2016 06:32

Lydia.

IdaShaggim · 18/04/2016 06:35

Hazel
Margot
Violet

Notthecarwashagain · 18/04/2016 06:47

Amy

Cremo · 18/04/2016 06:56

Clover
Primrose
Rowan
Ida
Edie
Isolde

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TheUltimate · 18/04/2016 06:59

Isla?

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DropYourSword · 18/04/2016 07:04

If you really love Ivy are you absolutely sure it wouldn't work with your surname??

Bellyrub1980 · 18/04/2016 07:07

I think Hazel, and it's a botanical name like Iris and Ivy. Works well for a baby and an adult woman.

HippyPottyMouth · 18/04/2016 07:09

I love Hazel, for the reasons PP gave, plus everyone's heard it and knows how to spell it but it's not mega-popular. We've had nothing but compliments on our Hazel's name.

Wishfulmakeupping · 18/04/2016 07:10

Ada, Ida, Betsy, Betty, Dotty, Elsie

Wishfulmakeupping · 18/04/2016 07:11

Botanical- short and punchy- Hebe?
Fab nane

Thewolfsjustapuppy · 18/04/2016 07:16

Rose
Poppy
Daisy
Polly
Belle
Edith
Hazel

EffieIsATrinket · 18/04/2016 07:23

Myrtle

katienana · 18/04/2016 07:25

Edie
Norah
Elsie

Spottyladybird · 18/04/2016 07:26

Olive
Pearl
Seren
Edie

Dontrocktheboat · 18/04/2016 07:29

Iona
Esther
Alba
Stella
Nina

Sophronia · 18/04/2016 07:30

Cora
Ada
Iona
Nancy
Ida
Mabel
Kitty
Vera
Inez
Alma
Dinah
Clara
Adela
Viola
Jemima
Clarice
Marian
Rosa
Delilah
Frida
Dorothy
Lila
Flora
Greta
Esther
Irene
Gloria
Keziah
Mary
Norah
Ruth
Theda
Susannah
Tess
Vivien
Willa
Audra
Louisa
Edith
Stella
Daphne
Annie

RoseDeGambrinus · 18/04/2016 07:33

Rose
Holly
Rowan
Ada

calzone · 18/04/2016 07:35

Opal

Pearl

Oriele

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