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She doesnt look like the name we picked.

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Tillygetsit · 09/04/2019 23:16

I've been trying to upload a photo of our gorgeous 17hr old dd and have failed miserably. We had chosen the name Dinah and I'd stupidly thought she'd look like my other 2 even though she's got a different dad. First thing dh said to me after she was born was that she certainly doesnt look like a Dinah and I agree. Nothing seems to suit her. Dh has started calling her Beryl...please suggest something else before it sticks! My other DC are Joseph and Susannah. Thank you.

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Sakura7 · 11/04/2019 19:54

Audrey
Beatrice
Charlotte
Edith
Eleanor
Felicity
Isabelle
Meredith
Nicole
Penelope
Rachel

I really like Eleanor or Meredith, both go well with your existing DC names.

crumble82 · 11/04/2019 19:55

Names that make me think of red hair:
Anne
Amber
Sienna
Scarlett
Ruby

Victorian or biblical type names that seem to go with your older DC:
Caroline
Louise
Charlotte
Beatrice
Harriet
Henrietta
Rebecca
Rachael

AnotherRubberDuck · 11/04/2019 21:05

Merida?
It's the name of the princess from the film Brave. She's got amazing red hair and is fierce!
Maybe Meredith?

Or have we moved away from the redhead theme now?

RuthW · 11/04/2019 21:32

Adelaide?

Nardandthegecko · 11/04/2019 21:32

Mabel?

harrietkatie · 11/04/2019 21:47

I love beryl, my nan is Beryl Lavinia Meadows ♥️

Harriet?

Ivy?

Pearl?

llangennith · 12/04/2019 10:52

Lucinda (Lulu or Cindy nn)

Cordelia (Cordie nn)

NorthernRunner · 12/04/2019 18:16

Dusty
Pearl
May
Sylvie
Mabel

daisypond · 12/04/2019 18:38

Deborah
Keziah
Naomi
Jemima
Mary/Maria

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Tillygetsit · 12/04/2019 23:52

We've decided to call her Cassia Jean after all that! (Jean is family name) Thank you so much for the help 😘

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Tillygetsit · 12/04/2019 23:55

That's Cassie-a not Casha.

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crumble82 · 12/04/2019 23:57

That’s a beautiful name. Welcome to the world little Cassia Jean Smile

NorthernRunner · 13/04/2019 00:06

My daughter is a jean 😊 lovely name

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 13/04/2019 00:13

That's beautiful Cassia Jean. Jean is a family name too.

mathanxiety · 13/04/2019 00:35

Lovely! It's a version of Keziah and fits in with your other names. Love Jean as the middle name.

DizzyPhillips · 13/04/2019 00:41

Thank god.

Beryl? Dinah? This can’t be real.

finallychangedmyusername · 13/04/2019 02:04

Welcome Cassia Jean! (Lovely name!)

Tavannach · 13/04/2019 02:39

Good.
Cassia is so much nicer than Dinah.

MercyBodle · 13/04/2019 03:07

Lovely!

Poppins2016 · 13/04/2019 03:48

Lovely name! Smile

SelkieRinnNaMara · 13/04/2019 06:35

That's lovely!

StayingWithAuntySue · 13/04/2019 07:09

Autumn

Peregrina · 14/04/2019 22:44

I'm glad that Beryl didn't stick.

OopsOhNoZHM · 15/04/2019 00:18

With my first, we had his name picked from before we knew he was a boy. And then he was born, and he looked like a Toby! I couldn’t explain it but he was absolutely a Toby in my mind! We went ahead with the original name and he grew into it and suits it now, and I’m glad I didn’t change it.
Dinah is an awesome name, and you know there’s not going to be another in her year group at school!

RomanyQueen1 · 15/04/2019 00:20

congratulations. Thanks

FWIW I felt like this with all 3 of ours. I couldn't say what they should have looked like, but it just sounded wrong.

They grew into their names we didn't choose different ones.