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Can't agree on a name!

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MustBeThursday · 02/05/2017 12:29

DH and I are expecting DD2 in August, and cannot agree on any names! the best we can get is one of us likes it and the other doesn't hate it, we went through loads of names on one of those baby name list websites. The only name we've 100% agreed on was DD1's name - Isabella.

My favourite name is Beatrice (and I loved Violet for DD1 but he wasn't keen). His are Sophia and Lyra. He also feels no desire to come up with any more suggestions at this point as "we've got ages left" plus he just wants me to give in and let him have Sophia but I'd feel better if we even had a few we were in agreement on!

Any suggestions I can offer to him?

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Thatextrainch · 02/05/2017 12:36

Sophie
Florence
Iris
Rosa

Loola24 · 02/05/2017 12:36

Oh I love Beatrice. Bella and Bea is amazing together. I'm jealous. You need to convince him it's Beatrice. But I do like sophia also so I would be happy with that.
Violet and Lyra are horrible in my opinion.

NavyandWhite · 02/05/2017 12:46

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Montsti · 02/05/2017 15:47

I would try to convince him to use Beatrice too!

I love Isabella. Also love Charlotte, Annabel (but not with Isabella), Alice & Emilia

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/05/2017 15:55

Sienna
Seraphina
Sonia
Sasha
Lydia
Luna
Leanda

Sophronia · 02/05/2017 16:04

Ha, my DH's favourites are Isabella and Sophia, and he's determined to have Sophia if we have a DD!

Anna
Annabelle
Amelia
Charlotte
Claudia
Clara
Eva
Eleanor
Emilia
Francesca
Flora
Georgina
Hannah
Juliet
Julia
Jessica
Louisa
Lydia
Lara
Matilda
Mara
Maya
Olivia
Philippa
Penelope
Rebecca
Rosa
Ramona
Susannah
Saskia
Theodora
Tessa
Vivienne
Zara

Mrsknackered · 02/05/2017 19:12

Ottilie
Alice
Marnie
Grace
Lila
Anya
Liberty
Sadie
Freya

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Sunshineandlaughter · 02/05/2017 20:54

Emelia
Meghan
Olivia
Lily
Neve

Sunshineandlaughter · 02/05/2017 20:54

Evelina
Marissa

Mummamayhem · 02/05/2017 20:57

Evelyn is my current fave. Yours and DH names are both good.

MustBeThursday · 02/05/2017 20:57

Thanks for the suggestions...sadly most of the ones I like from the suggested have already been denied by DH or are in use by other family members! Although I quite like Maya - maybe spelled Maia?

I just can't see (hear?) myself calling this one anything but Beatrice Sad I really want DH to give in! I don't much like Sophia and it will end up as Soph. I kind of wanted Thea for a bit but regional accent means it will sound like Fea!

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Sunshineandlaughter · 02/05/2017 20:58

But Beatrice Sophia as first and middle name sounds lovely

CricketRuntAndRashers · 06/05/2017 21:07

I agree, Beatrice Sophia is lovely :)

I also like Beatrice Sophie and Beatrice Sophronia...

Joeybee · 07/05/2017 01:59

Beatrice is amazing, with Bea as a nn.
Violet equally is an awesome name.
Sophia is way too popular.
Lyra....I just think of lycra tbh.

I think you should try and work him down with the names you like - they are on point names.

scottishdiem · 07/05/2017 02:37

Maia?

No. cant get that to work in my head at all.

gigi556 · 07/05/2017 03:23

Maybe buy a baby name book rather than look online? I think it's a bit easier to discover new names this way rather than continuously get the same ones thrown at you on a website.

WildCherryBlossom · 07/05/2017 05:37

As Gigi suggests. Try books. (I borrowed several from the library when I was pregnant with DC2).

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