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Original poster

Name for rainbow baby? 🌈

52 replies

Smilesunshines · 14/02/2018 11:39

I'm 33 weeks pregnant with a girl after suffering from recurrent miscarriage.

Can I have some meaningful name suggestions?

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MyKingdomForBrie · 14/02/2018 11:53

Iris? I believe that is rainbow in Greek.

GRW · 14/02/2018 11:55

Abigail- means father's joy.
Faith
Joy
Hope- might be good middle names.
Congratulations, I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well.

Chienrouge · 14/02/2018 11:56

What names do you like?

NoSquirrels · 14/02/2018 11:56

Iris - Greek goddess of the rainbow

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 14/02/2018 12:01

Mabel, meaning, 'my beautiful one'.
Warm congratulations OP. 🌸

JumpingFrogs · 14/02/2018 12:03

Hope...or if you prefer more exotic names I believe Esperanza means hope.

Anasnake · 14/02/2018 12:05

Violet

ChocolateCrunch · 14/02/2018 12:08

Beatrix means blessed, as does Gwen
Joanna means God is gracious
Theodora means gift of God
Amy means beloved
Helena means bright light
Nadia means hope

KnitFastDieWarm · 14/02/2018 12:11

Another vote for iris here - congratulations OP Flowers

bridgetreilly · 14/02/2018 12:13

Dorothea
Joy
Hannah
Grace
Felicity

Ummmmgogo · 14/02/2018 12:16

rainbow, joy, miracle, marvellous, blessing, precious

ShowOfHands · 14/02/2018 12:17

My friend's rainbow baby is Beatrice which means "bringer of blessings/joy".

MagicFajita · 14/02/2018 12:20

Congratulations!

We loved the name Iris for ours if we'd had a girl.

StealthPolarBear · 14/02/2018 12:21

I think joy is a beautiful name and underused

FozzieBear123 · 14/02/2018 12:26

My little girl is a rainbow baby. Her name is Iris. I'd always liked it and when I found out what it meant, I just knew I had to have it. Luckily my DP agreed!

clairethewitch70 · 14/02/2018 12:26

Aurora is lovely

TulipsInABlueVase · 14/02/2018 12:58

Faith, Hope

Buxbaum · 14/02/2018 13:06

YY Iris, the personification of the rainbow.

Jemimapuddleduk · 14/02/2018 14:01

My rainbow baby is an Iris. She also has Joy alongside another middle name. She loves that her name means goddess of rainbows!

TakeMe2Insanity · 14/02/2018 14:02

No useful names to add but congratulations

Smoliver · 14/02/2018 16:30

Congratulations! Flowers

Evelyn/Evelina - "wished for child"
Miriam - "wished for child"
Beatrice/Beatrix - "she who brings happiness"
Felicity - "good fortune, happiness"
Evangeline - "bearer of good news"
Audrey/Audra - "noble strength"
Bridget - "strength or exalted one"
Valerie - "strength, health"
Matilda - "battle-mighty"
Eloise - "healthy"

1sttimeunicorn · 14/02/2018 16:42

Oh congratulations OP. DS is a rainbow too. It’s tough isn’t it. I love Iris too - great name. Sending love.

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Smilesunshines · 14/02/2018 19:29

Thank you everyone.

My favourite names before this thread were:
Harriet
Matilda
Beatrice
Florence
Delilah

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1sttimeunicorn · 14/02/2018 19:41

Ooh those are lovely. Hesitancy over Delilah (can only think of the song!)
Florence would be my choice out of those.

muffmuff · 14/02/2018 19:48

I had a baby boy after recurrent mmc there are more suitable names for girls I think if it was s girl I was going to call her
Hope
Joy or faith
I ended up calling my ds Ryan meaning little King as that is what he is to us