What is your favourite girls' name?

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I'm really struggling... She's 2 weeks old 😢

My DD is called Ruby.

I really struggled too - hope you find something that feels right soon x

Constance
Helen
Imogen
Faith
Emily
Jemima
Nancy
Melissa

Isla Dh hated it i have no Isla's

I like ;
Harriet
Rosalie
Miranda
Josephine
Kathryn/Catherine
Elspeth
Xanthe
Zoe
Matilda
Roxie
Scarlett
To name, but a few ...

Also love Anna, and Frances.

Gabrielle
Constance
Naomi

Lucia
Anna
Alicia
Louisa
Dana

I have a Margaret Anne and if ds2 had been a girl he would have been miriam Alice.

Felicity
Imogen
Francesca
Annabelle
Harriet

(My 2 DD's are 2 names off that list!)

Verity
Noelle
Allegra
Saffron

I think girls names are so much harder than boys names. I could name 20 boys, really struggle with girls. My favourites at the moment are;

Olivia
Robyn
Elizabeth
Cora
Coralie
April
Marnie
Leah/Lia

Having read your post, I think you should try out Louisa Rose. Louisa is such a beautiful name and really a SIL is not that close as names go - you could always find a nickname for your dd as well.

Bethany, Anna and Miranda all come to mind as well. I hope you find a name you really love.

On my list was Charlotte (Lottie). Harriet (Harry) and Georgia which was my favourite.

I'll not have any more babies but if I had another dd now I would have called her Thea or Hannah

Susannah
Miriam
Jemima
Keziah/Kezia
Martha
Aphra
Caroline
Esther
Georgina
Julia
Josephine
Joanna
Matilda
Marianne
Rosamund
Ramona
Sarah
Jennifer
Genevieve
Willa

Claudia
Freya
Clementine
Sophia
Athena (although I don't think I'd be brace enough to use it, but I think it's lovely)

Also Faye

Hephzibah!

In answer to your question. My dd is known as Mol. She hates Molly. Never Mols though.

Love Keziah and Hephzi.
Time for Caroline and Frieda, to make a comeback.

Amity
Seren
Autumn

I love Esme

Two that nobody else seems to have suggested:

Araminta (Minty for short)

Mireille ('Ray for short - it's a French name that is very occasionally used in the English-speaking world. I met only one Mireille in 35 years of teaching).

Congratulations on your baby girl!

I love. ...
Beth
Maeve
Jennifer
Norah
Sarah
Sylvie
Tessa
Cora
Phoebe
Laura
Miriam
Kiara
Elizabeth
Leah
Evelyn

I hope you don't take this the wrong way, and Im saying it as someone who has the same tendencies, but I wonder if you're overthinking names? Understandably as you're probably feeling the pressure with everyone wanting to know her name and exhaustion from the birth etc!

But maybe you shouldn't rule out names on possible nicknames. Most children will be given bizarre nicknames that are only vaguely related to their name, or not at all! Ruling out Liza (Lie-za), for example, in case she gets called 'Lie' seems a bit of a shame. It would be so unlikely!

Also, i really don't think you should rule out S names because your surname starts with S. My surname starts with E and if my baby is a girl, she will have a name starting with E. I know several people who have names like that, and lots of celebrities do too, and it really doesn't matter!

I guess no name is ever going to be perfect. All you can do is follow your heart and choose a name that you both love.

Good luck! PLEASE come back and tell us what you chose!

Nina
Natalia
Neveah
Cora
Cara
Lena
Delia
Amy
Jasmine
Vivienne
Luna
Sian
Rachel
Maria
Nadine
Maxine
Monet