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16 replies

MsSquiz · 24/07/2019 11:04

I am currently pregnant with our first child and we've just found out it's a girl.

We've had 2 front runner names for a long time (before we even conceived!) but DH now thinks we need a third option, "just in case" (in case of what, I'm not sure!)

We won't be naming her until she is here.

The names we have are:
• Charlotte (with either Grace or Florence as a middle name)
• Florence (with either May or Amelia as a middle name)

Our surname is Squires. DH has mentioned wanting a name a little less traditional than the 2 we already have, but is also adverse to anything too "different or unique" (She is due in December, if there are any Christmassy/Wintery suggestions)

Please help?!

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DrDentyst · 24/07/2019 11:06

Natalie
Noelle
Robyn
Mary

Are all obvious Xmas ones.

Grace and May are overdone as middle names, they're the Louise, Ann, Jane and Marie of the 80s/90s

LookAtThatRedSheep · 24/07/2019 11:12

Could you use a nickname of the names you’ve chosen as a less traditional option?
So Florence known as Flossie/Wren or Charlotte known as Lottie/Lotta?

MsSquiz · 24/07/2019 11:14

@DrDentyst - the middle names we have chosen are family names, so popularity of them isn't really relevant.
Thank you for your suggestions

@LookAtThatRedSheep - funnily enough Flossie and Lottie are the nicknames we love for those names, but DH prefers the full "official" name.
We couldn't agree on Isabella/Bella because the wanted the Isabella as her name with Bella as a nickname, but I don't like Isabella!

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CassianAndor · 24/07/2019 11:15

Marianne
Celeste
Merryn
Rowan
Eloise
Claudia
Rose (popular as a middle name but not so often used as a first name)

LookAtThatRedSheep · 24/07/2019 11:30

Arabella instead of Isabella?

MsSquiz · 24/07/2019 12:18

I love Rose but we have (in close friends and family) an Olivia Rose and a Rose Olivia.

I like Eloise, but we have a Louise, Louisa and an Elodie!

DH has a huge family and our baby's cousins/2nd cousins, there are 9 girls and 3 boys! Plus we have 4 friends due to give birth between October and December, and so far we know 2 of them are having girls!

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Icklepup · 24/07/2019 12:39

Juniper Grace Squires
Rosabel Maeve Squires
Eliza Florence Squires

DrDentyst · 24/07/2019 12:41

I only mentioned the popularity of your potential middle names due to your DH seeking something slightly less traditional as a first name. I find some people just don't realise that Grace, Rose and May are so popular these days as middle names.

What about something like Henrietta, Harriet, Imogen?

MsSquiz · 24/07/2019 12:51

@DrDentyst sorry if I came across snappy, I didn't mean to  Smile
Tbh, although it's DH saying he wants something less traditional, it's also him who has vetoed anything vaguely not traditional! I do like Henrietta - traditional but not very common at the moment.

@Icklepup I love Eliza! And it flows nicely with Florence as a middle name.

I'll show DH these suggestions this evening

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MsSquiz · 24/07/2019 19:54

Bump Smile

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Equatoria · 24/07/2019 20:36

Jasmine
Holly
Natalia
Estella
Rowena
Alexandra
Lucy
Felicity
Sophia
Josephine
Imogen
Marianne
Juliette

AverageMummy · 24/07/2019 21:05

Charlotte Holly
Charlotte Ivy

Ricekrispie22 · 25/07/2019 14:17

Harriet (Hattie)
Cassandra (Cassie) Florence
Emilia (Milly) Charlotte
Madeline
Eleanor (Ellie or Ella)
Annabel (Bella or Annie)
Rosie Charlotte
Theodora (Thea)
Matilda (Tilly)
Caitlin (Kitty)
Alexis (Lexi)

17caterpillars1mouse · 25/07/2019 21:47

Josephine
Jocelyn
April
Francesca
Audrey
Abigail
Lucy
Laurel
Emma
Alexandra
Penelope
Victoria
Bryony

Just a few suggestions

MsSquiz · 25/07/2019 22:05

Thank you for all of the lovely suggestions. I'll put them forward to DH tomorrow Smile

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KirstyT11 · 27/07/2019 22:31

I have an Eliza so I second that suggestion!

Penelope, cara, felicity, edith, rose/rosalie
Not too out there but not essentially traditional

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