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Girls name suggestions

15 replies

purplechandelier · 17/12/2018 18:49

We are due our first baby in February and are really stuck on names. We were quite set on a shortlist for a boy and have been toying around with some girls' names since we found out she was a girl. The problem is that we don't feel we love any of them.... ideally we would like a shortlist and would make the final decision when she arrives.

We have a double-barrelled surname of 5 syllables (starting with H) so would worry about her name being too much of a mouthful (she will not have a middle name for this reason). Conversely, however, I have begun to doubt whether a one syllable name is 'enough,' especially as I am prone to using nicknames/shortened names... I am also conscious of a name being too popular, although my wife is less fussed about this.

Names we have considered (in order of length/strength of consideration):

  • Rose
  • Kate
  • Eve
  • Jessica
  • Rosa
  • Eva
  • Emilia
  • Gabriella

On our shortlist for boys we had:

  • Jacob
  • Eli
  • Elliot
  • Hunter

Can anyone provide any other girls names that would fit with the style we like?

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ImportantWater · 17/12/2018 18:53

I like the names on your list and had many of them on mine, also with Rose at the top. Other ideas:
Amy
Sophie
Phoebe
Grace
Erin

ImportantWater · 17/12/2018 18:54

Oh, I also had Anna or Anya on the list

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/12/2018 19:08

Lucy.
Beth
Anna
Emma
Jane

purplechandelier · 17/12/2018 21:36

Thanks so much - I really like Erin and Anna!

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Zazia · 17/12/2018 22:42

Ava
Kayla
Lara
Mia
Michelle
Kaitlin
Ciara

Picknickers · 17/12/2018 23:17

Fern?

HappyGoLuckyGo · 17/12/2018 23:21

Nina
Clara
Tamara
Tara
Sarah
Emma

PurpleAndTurquoise · 17/12/2018 23:26

Olive
Liberty
Enela
Isolde
Mercy
Otillie
Hazel

AlliKaneErikson · 17/12/2018 23:59

You can’t go wrong with Kate!

Astronica · 18/12/2018 00:00

What a lovely list you have!
Eda
Edith
Greta
Tessa
Maeve
May
Ingrid
April
Greer
Tess

pumpkinpie01 · 18/12/2018 00:02

Elise
Evelyn
Bethany
Myah

Shadow1234 · 18/12/2018 02:48

I like Rosa best from your girls list, and Elliot from your boys list.

Elsie
Romy
Dulcie
Elodie
Frankie
Ashleigh
Paige
Freya
Kiera
Lucy
Polly
Millicent/Millie
Carly
Lorna
Lauren
Brooke
Lana
Neve
Sian
Rhian
Zoe

Pieceofpurplesky · 18/12/2018 03:35

Rosalie is a name I love
Eden
Erin

stellarfox · 18/12/2018 09:41

Our baby will have a double barrelled surname so we’re going to go for something shortish as well. I like Rose, Eve or Emilia best! Some other suggestions:

Esme
Cora
Imogen
Freya
Stella
Fleur
Edith/Edie
Ivy
Iris
Isla

purplechandelier · 18/12/2018 18:36

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, you have given us some to think about!

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