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Girls shortlist

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Tuesday12 · 09/02/2019 20:33

Opinions please on our current shortlist of girls' names:

Leah/Lia
Vada
Hadley
Grace
Ally
Isabella
Darla

Isabella and Grace seem very popular atm so that is putting us off slightly (especially if you add in Isobel/Isabel and Gracie! )

Dd is Molly and Dsd is Tilly so name would need to go with them. We like that Ally matches the 'lly' theme but not sure if it is too much?

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MelinaM · 09/02/2019 20:41

Hadley, love this name!

DeboraAndTheKids · 09/02/2019 20:46

'lly' theme may be a little too much!

However I have always loved the name Charlie - perhaps spell it Charlly?
Whatever you decide will work and your daughter will probably resent you for it anyway ...
best of luck with it all

ketchupormayo · 09/02/2019 20:55

Haven't heard Darla before I really like that!

youbethemummylion · 09/02/2019 20:59

Vada is my absolute favourite girls name. Isnt Darla the awful girl in Finding Nemo?

Petalflowers · 09/02/2019 21:02

Never heard of vada or Hadley.

Prefer Leah to Lia.

Ally is short for Alison.

Quite like Darla.

Maybe a Ly name that isn’t Ly. Ie Maisie, Zoe, Chloe etc?

RoseMartha · 09/02/2019 21:06

Darla or Leah

FlagFish · 09/02/2019 21:08

Grace is my favourite- it goes really well with Molly and Tilly too.

Sophronia · 09/02/2019 23:25

Vada or Darla

Shadow1234 · 09/02/2019 23:43

Really like Hadley, its different.

IVflytrap · 10/02/2019 00:45

Darla or Grace. Leah is also nice.

Wouldn't go with Ally as it really is too much along with the other two names. I'm not a fan of matchy names.

Divgirl2 · 10/02/2019 08:24

They're all a bit younique for me. Grace is my favourite I suppose, if I had to choose one. Its still a fairly uncommon name where I live, I only know one and she's a very successful lawyer.
I don't really like Leah, not sure why, think it's because I had a hairdresser called Leah about 10 years ago who cut my hair too short. Not really to do with the name.
Vada would get Darth as a nn at secondary school.
Hadley I would say is more of a boy's name (although I think there is a girl Hadley on TV at the minute?).
Ally is fine as a nn.
Isabella I really dislike for no real rational reason.
Darla is very American (and the name of my all-American, gun touting, Harley riding cousin' dachshund).

So Grace would be my choice.

Hazlenutpie · 10/02/2019 08:25

Grace is beautiful, my second choice would be Isabella.

PixieDust92 · 10/02/2019 08:52

As soon as I read Darla the little girl from Finding Nemo popped into my head 🤷🏻‍♀️

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 10/02/2019 16:45

Isabella.

I like Ally too. What about Vita?

lisamac28 · 10/02/2019 17:06

Leah is my favourite from your list.

origamiunicorn · 10/02/2019 17:07

Vada just makes me think of Darth Vader Blush

MikeUniformMike · 10/02/2019 17:08

Hadley

MaverickSnoopy · 10/02/2019 17:50

I LOVE Hadley. Swiftly followed by Grace and Vada. Vada is a great name....why didn't I think of that!

gh16 · 10/02/2019 17:57

grace is such a beautiful name, like Isabella too

Cbeebiesrehab · 10/02/2019 18:09

Vada
I went to school with a male Hadley so sounds masculine to me.

Tavannach · 10/02/2019 18:11

Hadley. Allie is too much with the other names.

Bubastes · 10/02/2019 18:14

I like Hadley best.

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