Baby due in 8 weeks - husband and I at loggerheads

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We have agreed a boy's name, it's the girls name we're not in agreement with.

We both had a girl's name each we loved, but the other didn't. Since then, I can't find a single name I like. DH is going through lists but it's fair to say our name preferences are light years apart. I also don't understand how we managed to agree so easily on a boy's name but are finding it so hard to agree on a girl's name.

Any tips or advice? We don't know the sex, but I really want the girl's name we pick to be something we both love.
Thanks!

Atlanna - aqua mans mum
Mera - aqua man character
Martha - superman's adopted mother
Lara - superman's birth mother
Lorna - xmen
Diana - Wonder Woman
Cassandra - bat girl

Elektra or Gamora if your feeling a bit 'out there'

I think Adela is lovely.... however Adelaide is on my shortlist and it's a name I absolutely love. And a nn to Adelaide could be very very close to Adela (keep that quiet from DH!) Adelaide means nobility which I like. I think it has a classic but strong feel to it😊.

I think when you have one child (especially the same sex as next dc) it's really hard to find a new name you love just as much as your firsts name... because obviously that was your favourite. I'm struggling with this at the moment!

@Cuppaqueen There's a reason for this. My eldest daughter is mine from a previous relationship. My ex didn't want mum's names in her name. However, Thea's name is special because my mum picked it out. We were going to call her Rose, but Mum text one day and said "what about Thea" ex and I both really liked Thea so we ended up calling her Thea Rose.

I posted in January about Adela. The pronunciation was addressed then funnily enough. In Germany it's also pronounced A-day-la, as well as Uh-del-a. I have a name which is regularly mispronounced so having to correct people when they say my name incorrectly has never bothered me. After all, people only really need to be told once.

Cleo? Means - fame, pride or glory. I also love this but my dd has an 'o' sound ending to her name so too samey for us. I do love the unusual strong O sound.

Um... Artemis was a Greek goddess...

@AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight I'm just hearing Artemis Fowl in my head.

@LastNightsMakeUp It's so hard isn't it? Again, I like Adelaide, I really do. It's just this blasted emotional attached to Adela that I can't let go of.
I have no other option but to get rid of it from my mind.
Some great suggestions on this thread. I'm writing some down and playing them over in my head.

I'm totally blaming the preggo hormones. Think we'll just wait to see what we've got and if it's a girl, name her after she's born.

I could be stressing for no reason here!!

Delia
Cordelia
Lucia
Cecilia
Portia
Miranda
Ianthe

Is the baby going to have his surname? I only ask because if that is a yes then the baby will be getting two names from his family so maybe you could argue getting two from yours.

I had a very tough labour with one of my dc and after that dh said I could make the final decision. I don't think we would have agreed otherwise but hopefully your labour will not be like that

I like Callista and if you go with the shortening Calli your DH can call her Kal-el (Superman’s Krypton name).

Artemis is a girls' name! In fact, isn't that a bit of a joke in the Artemis Fowl books...?

I know a beautiful teenage Artemis.

Callista and Adela are both beautiful. Is he really only going for superhero names...?

Robin for a boy is lovely too

I love Cara from your dh's list, and also Mara, which is the name of a Greek character in the Trebizon books though I don't know if it is really used in Greece? I do understand being dead set on a name but it's quite common for a couple not to see eye to eye on this and have to find a compromise.

Am I allowed to completely stick a nail in and say I wouldn't be too keen to name my ds after a sidekick...? 😬 I'd want him to be the leading man.... Clark? Or Joseph (superman's middle name).

Although removing Robin from the 'Superman' connotations I think it is a fine name.

Yes, I know an Artemis, she is lovely - the suggestion does not warrant ‘are you on glue?!?’

I love Adela too, but that's not helpful
Adelaine? Adélie? Elena?

How about Alba?

Elefteria

Nora, Marianthi, Katerina, Thalia, Elena, Irini, Joanna (Ioanna),

Alexa

Alkistis

Dimitra (Dimi),

I've always liked Ariadne

@Katara It was a joke, hence the smilie face.

I've googled and see it's a girls name. Gone through life believing it was a boy's name. Begging your forgiveness.

@Raines100 How would you pronounce Adélie out of interest?

Arina?
Ilona?
Ania?