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Help please for girls' names...

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Eledamorena · 23/06/2017 17:52

Hello all

I'm not due til September so a little early to start panicking but we are REALLY struggling for ideas for names if we have a girl. We already have a daughter, Thea. Surname is 1 syllable, not too common but is v 'normal' as a first name so easy to spell, pronounce etc.

For a boy we will easily agree on something quite traditional.

For a girl we are at a total loss. We would like to avoid anything super popular, which excludes some lovely names eg Amelia, Matilda, Isabelle/a - they might give you an idea of the kind of names I like. I also want something not overly traditional eg Elizabeth, Sophie/Sophia (I like these names too but they are either too popular/traditional for me!)

Any thoughts...? Ideas that have vaguely floated around so far include Iris, Penelope (Penny), Violet, Livia...

All ideas welcome!

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Moonshine86 · 23/06/2017 17:55

Pearl x

Amee1992x · 23/06/2017 17:56

Alice, Nora, Iris, Vivenne.

Love Penelope x

moobeana · 23/06/2017 17:57

Erin, iris, holly, Hannah, Cara, Zoe

Yika · 23/06/2017 18:00

Absolutely love Livia.

Some pretty names which are less usual:
Melinda
Callista
Georgia
Flavia
Norah
Oriana
Leona

emsyj37 · 23/06/2017 18:02

Hazel?
We also liked Astrid, Claudia, Cressida.

Yika · 23/06/2017 18:06

Jenny
Jenna
Sidonie
Lydia
Liane
Rosemarie

Eledamorena · 23/06/2017 18:10

Loving lots of these, thanks! A few I have floated but DH doesn't like eg Cara.

I like Callie as a nickname but kept coming back to Calliope as the 'real' version and felt it was a bit much, so Callista is a good alternative.

Hadn't thought of Hazel - like it.

Love Claudia, is on my list already as a maybe.

Love how many of the suggestions are Classical Greek/Roman!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/06/2017 18:14

Catherine.
Alicia
Joanna
Erin
Layla
Megan
Linnet
Alexandra
Helena

MoonHare · 23/06/2017 18:35

Imogen
Martha
Tabitha
Ramona
Libby
Esther
Lydia
Esmé

tinhead · 23/06/2017 18:38

Zara

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/06/2017 18:42

Thea and Calla
Thea and Hebe
Thea and Rosa

missyB1 · 23/06/2017 18:45

Thea and Fleur
Thea and Faye
Thea and Laura
Thea and Heather
Thea and Nancy

17caterpillars1mouse · 24/06/2017 14:43

Viola? Slightly more uncommon that Violet
Rosa
Alice
Heidi
Rachel
Lara
Imogen
Emmeline
Willa
Edith

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Thatextrainch · 24/06/2017 16:30

You could use Calantha with Callie as the shortening.

I think Ottilie Goes well with Thea.

Eledamorena · 24/06/2017 18:49

Thanks all, some lovely ideas here including some I had thought of and others that are totally new. Definitely lots to discuss!

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