How on earth do I name this baby girl!?

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I am so stressed right now she's 5 weeks and 2 days. We can't agree on anything. He says he doesn't like any name apart from Lily 🙄 Lily is okay but definitely not a name that I see her being. I really love April but he says that as she was born so close to April it would just be stupid and that her nickname would become 'Ape/Apes'

She doesn't even look like either name tbh so I don't really know what to do. He likes Kiera and I think it's okay if spelt Ciara but still not 100% and he doesn't like it spelt like that as he thinks people will spell and pronounce it wrong.

So lost right now.

We both quite like Mollie (he hates the y spelling 🙄) but will she be Mols (sounds like moles???)

Help!!

I think until you really start using her name, you won't feel it.
Why not try out Mollie for a day, and Kiara the next.
I've never heard of an April called Apes 😂
I do like Lily though.
Similar names ; Cara, Holly, Avril, Lyra/Lila.

Kiera and Ciara aren't really the same name at all.

The obvious thing to do is to show us a picture so that we can squeal in delight while our ovaries explode help you pick the right name for her Congratulations on your new baby!

I know it's nothing like your others, but what about Cleo?

@Sugarpiehoneyeye thank you

@bridgetreilly ??? They're both pronounced the same... It's just one is the Irish spelling and 1 is anglicised???

@OvariesBeforeBrovaries I'll get a pic 1 sec

April is lovely. No one will care what month she was born in and I'm alarmist certain no one will call her 'Apes'.

Almost.

Is there any form of nickname you're giving her at the moment?

Fwiw my close friend is a Ciara and DD middle name is too. Both have been Miss pronounced as Kee ah ra or sierra. Not a huge issue for DD but for my Irish friend it gets iratating living in the U.K.

The secret is to get your name in in those few moments after birth when he will agree to anything you want.
Lily is very common at the moment. Kiera or Ciara are both lovely.

May
Rose
Lana
Lucy
Pearl
Lilian
Daisy
Verity
Emma
Cecelia/ Celia
Poppy
Calla (it's a type of lily so your Partner might like that!?)

How about Bridie if you like names ending with "ie"?

Or Cecily... ?

I looooove mollie!

It's so hard if you both feel you're having to compromise.

Just as an idea, have you thought about Cerys. Means 'love' which is nice.

Anyway, congratulations

From the names you have suggested, my favourite is April. I don't think it matters that her birthday isn't in April. How about Avril as an alternative?

Would he go for something similar to Keira? Maybe Kara/Cara, Kyla or Cora?

We have a Mollie at school and she is Mollypops or Mollywobbles affectionately

Sorry I wasn't sure which one to post! She looks super happy in this one

Call her Mollie if you both like it. You can't get too hung up on potential nicknames (and, for the record, Molls doesn't sound like moles). Congratulations on your new baby!

So cute! Looks like a mollie to me.

My niece Molly gets called 'molls' and going against other posters I think April would be odd on a child born in May.

Cora or Cara or Carrie/Carys.