Girls Name

[QueenGoblin]

I am due a girl in May and we are no name ideas.

Nothing feels right.

We have a son called Henry and have a one syllable surname.

I always planned on using Evelyn after my grandmother but that just doesn't feel right as a first name. And something about it makes me feel a little... uncomfortable? So it will most likely be her middle name.

I like longer names, but I don't really like what some shorten to. For example Genevieve - Gen, Valentina - Val/Tina, Penelope - Penny, Magnolia - Maggie. My in laws are big fans of shortening names so it will happen whether I like it not and I would rather not hate it.

My husband has vetoed many of my suggestions - Margot, Astrid, Iona, Echo, Tabitha, Ophelia. And I have vetoed his - Hannah, Henrietta, Sarah etc.

I don't know where to look for any good suggestions, every thing is either the most popular names or very obscure.

Help?!

Clementine clemmie

Margaret Maggie (but sounds like you don’t like Maggie?)

Roseanne Rosie

Roxanna Roxy

Edith Edie

Great Ettie

If you like Margot what about Martha

Jemima
Felicity

If you like Ophelia how about Aurora (nickname Rory) Aurelia Imogen Aria Ottilie (nickname Ottie) or Delilah

Did your husband really suggest Henrietta when you have a Henry?

Sorry me again

How about Theordora - lots of nn options

Or Margaret but with nn Peggy

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat good spot! Is this a real post?! 🤣

Ada Evelyn
Sadie Evelyn
Margot
Cora
Farrah
Katie
Maisie
Harriet
Lyla

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat Unfortunately, he actually did. And I only half believe he was joking!

Charlotte

Perfect for a one syllable surname

Vivienne, Catherine, Isabella, Victoria, Georgia, Annabelle

Henry &

June Evelyn
Ruby Evelyn
Thora Evelyn
Isadora Evelyn
Phoebe Evelyn
Annalise Evelyn
Millicent Evelyn
Florence Evelyn
Susannah Evelyn
Wilhelmina Evelyn
Madeline Evelyn
Rebecca Evelyn
Helena Evelyn
Vera Evelyn
Cecily Evelyn
Maude Evelyn
Daisy Evelyn
Eulalia Evelyn
Letitia Evelyn
Isobel Evelyn
Grace Evelyn
Vivienne/Vivian Evelyn

georgina alexandra antonia philippa

Here are some longer names that I think have nice shortenings.

Gabrielle -> Gabby
Madeleine -> Maddie/Maddy
Adelaide -> Ada
Jasmine -> Jas
Abigail -> Abi/Abby
Rosanna -> Rosie

If you like the idea of Evelyn, how about Everly?

Matilda
Francesca
Theodora
Rosamund
Violet
Cordelia
Harriet
Eleanor
Emilia

Poppy

Your husband seems to favour the deeply traditional and you something more unusual.

Camilla
Annabel/Christabel/Mirabel
Constance
Jemima
Mathilda
Francesca
Imogen

I wanted Evelyn as a middle name too, after my gran. But couldn't find any first name we liked that went with it. We ended up using a middle name we'd never even considered just because it was the only thing that sounded great with her first name.

We have a name off the list your husband vetoed, my DP vetoed it too but suddenly came around to it. Would your husband possibly change his mind too? You have some lovely names on your list.
I let my DP rate the name out of ten and then a month later redid the vote and his results were very different.

Annabel Evelyn nn Annie, Bella
Felicity Evelyn nn Fliss, Flick
Verity Evelyn nn Vee
Rebecca Evelyn nn Becca, Becs
Elizabeth Evelyn nn Eliza, Beth, Betsy
Miriam Evelyn nn Mim
Winifred Evelyn nn Freddy

Clementine
Evangeline
Catherine
Celestine
Marigold
Lucia
Caroline
Eleonora
Evianna
Josephine
Elowen
Francesca
Morganna
Rebecca
Veronique
Hyacinth

Some lovely suggestions! Funnily enough one of them is mine and one very similar to my sister's.

I will see what the husband thinks but I have a feeling he's not going to like most of them.

Lyra
Juliet/Juliette
Rose
Rosa
Rosalie
Lucy
Mary/Marie/Maria
Anna
Sophie/Sophia
Viola
Olive
Isabel
Iseult
Romilly
Rowena
Rachel
Ruth
Mara
Ishbel
Morven

Rosalie

My favourite name and goes beautifully with Henry.

Henry and Rosalie Smith (one syllable name I - apologies if it is yours)

Lisette
Honoria
Francine
Bernadette
Clarissa
Claudette
Jacinta
Marianne
Thomasina
Felicity
Constance
Lynette
Lydia
Aurora
Aurelia
Audrey
Emmeline
Mirabelle
Rosemary
Justine
Julianna
Marguerite
Elspeth
Violetta
Antoinette
Nora
Meredith
Frederica
Rosanna
Cassandra
Wilhelmina
Josette
Melody
Merryn
Harriet
Gabrielle
Ceryse
Andrea
Imelda