Help us name baby no. 5

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We already have 4 girls - Honey, Indigo, Starling and Bluebell.

We're a bit stuck for another girls name.
The only one we both like is Aurora but we're not enamoured by it.
We'd love something sea or sailing themed but can't think of anything

If it's a boy our top 5 are

• Eden
• Clover
• Apollo
• Elm
• Argyll

Ocean

Storm

Marina

Misty

Arielle

Clover is a girl's name.
Would you want to be called Elm?

Wow congratulations!
I actually much prefer clover for a girl and I think it's so beautiful

Astrid
Minerva
Calypso
River

Acer is a great boys name imho

Clover for a boy is utterly dreadful.

I know you haven’t asked for opinions but be fair. Life is tough enough without being a 15 year old lad called Clover.

Harper
Scout
Piper
Eliza

Zeke
Rex
Willoughby

Cordelia "Of the sea"
Coventina "Water goddess"
Genevieve "White wave"
Jennifer "White wave"
Marella "Shining sea. Variant of Muriel."
Marilla "Shining sea. Variant of Muriel."
Meredith "Protector of the sea"
Morgana "Dweller of the sea"
Morgane "Dweller of the sea"
Muriel "Shining sea"
Ula "Sea jewel"
Una "White wave"

Love Storm. Or Nerissa, Delphine, Mara.

Like Apollo best from your list.

Eden and Clover are lovely for a girl.

Errmm, Clover for a boy? It's most definitely a girls' name. As is Eden, for that matter.

Apollo is my favourite of your boys names but you might get people making a Battlestar Galactica connection.
Rowan is a nice boys nature name

I think Eden and Clover are both girl’s names. Especially Clover (eg What Katy Did).

For girls: Ariel or Aphrodite?

Boys - Elm is kind of odd. If you want a tree name Ash or Rowan would be better imo (Rowan would be a nice fit with the family names).

Eden is the nicest out of the boys names you've chosen.

I like Ariel and Oceana for a girl

Another one for River for a girl (although not really sea themed)

I do like River and Astrid for a girl.
Although I'm not sure how well Astrid would go with the girls names.

I think I'll scratch Clover off the list for boys then.
Eden is my favourite, followed by Argyll.
Elm and Apollo are dp's suggestion
Dh also likes Firth for a boy but I'm not sure

Acer is lovely but reminds me of the laptop brand
The only Rowan's I've know have been girls and one of them I went to high school with and we didn't get along particularly well so I think that's off the list

I do know a male Eden a strapping South African.
What about Tempest Oriana or Atlantafor a girl

I'm glad there's been some votes of approval for Eden
I love Tempest !

Do you not like Eden and Clover for girls too? Eden is unisex (though maybe more often used for girls?) and Clover is usually (always?) for girls so you could have that shortlist for both sexes.

I'm not sure how it's usually spelled, but in America there is a girls' name 'Sailor' which might fit the bill for you?

Ocean, Misty and River are good ideas too.

Not to do with water but I think these girls names go well with your other children:

Amberley, Atlanta, Briar, Blair, Cleo, Coco, Devon, Danika, Effie, Echo, Fallon, Fern, Giselle, Genesis, Hadley, Harper, Ivy, Iolanthe, Journey, Jessamy, Kiki, Keltie, Luna, Lyric, Mika, Meadow, Nyah, Neriah, Opal, Oakley, Piper, Pepper, Quinn, Quincy, Rosina, Rowena, Saffron, Story, Taryn, Tansy, Vashti, Veda, Willow, Wren, Xenia, Xanthe, Zeryn, Zillah

I like Eden and Apollo best from your boys' list.

Also, how about:
Blue, Brynn, Cole, Corey, Dexter, Ellis, Flynn, Harley, Hunter, Idris, Jolyon, Jesse, Kester, Kit, Logan, Merl, Nico, Orion, Orlando, Phoenix, Robin, Rowan, Solly, Sonny, Talon, Travis, Victor

Capri
Bay
Sailor
Marin/Maris
Ocean
Petrel
Minnow
Samphire
Penzance
Harbour
Anchor
Pearl
Azure
Meridian
Cerulean
Horizon
Coral
Neptune
Celeste
Clove
Navy
Wren
Matelot
Calais
Tallulah
Delta
Mirage
Ondine
Rusalka
Lorelei
Avalon
Lazuli
Peridot
Seawillow (great story behind this one! bewitchingnames.blogspot.com/2011/06/seawillow.html?m=1)

Unlike other posters i see Eden as unisex and actually prefer it for a boy

The less said about Clover for a boy the better.

I do think whilst it's great you want more hippy names for children, it's so much easier for girls to have these type of names than boys so please think carefully. He may grow up to be a confident man who really fits his name, but he may grow up awkward and shy and have a really hard time pulling it off and it could make the teenage years harder for him.

I really don't like Apollo or Argyll and would feel sorry for a boy lumbered with those names. Whilst I'm not a huge fan of Elm to at least seems less heavy and easier to pull off without uber confidence. Forrest has a similar feel

I have always liked Orion for a boy. Also Thor, god of thunder.

I actually think Sailor for a girl is lovely!!

I like your girls names, but please don't call a boy Clover.

My suggestion for girl 5 is Halcyon.

Aurora: very nice.
Eden: I like it.
Clover: for a boy?
Apollo: no.
Elm: maybe?
Argyll: interesting. Not my cup of tea but certainly not awful.

Suggestions:
Juno
Hero
Solana
Emerald
Coral
Farley
Clover (for a girl. Yes, it's a small steppable but it is also very cheerful)
Fern

Alder, Adler (eagle in German), Zephyr, Glenn, Leaf/Leif, Basil, Orion, Ellwood, Forrest, Green, Wolf(e), Well, Ilan, Florian, Garrick, Clay, Laurence (doesn't that mean laurel?), Dara/Darragh.