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Help, I can't find a single girls name I like

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Wanderer1 · 01/05/2020 11:21

I'm 30 weeks with first, don't know what we are having but I've been convinced it's a boy. Because if that I've put little effort into thinking about girls names until now. And I can't find any I like, or any we both like.

I'd love some suggestions - I'll post my criteria

I would like something a bit rarer but not made up. I have ruled out pretty much every name in top 100. Don't like names that are too "girly".

I loved Ivy but it's become very popular.

I like Isabelle as I had a lovely book about an Isabelle when I was little but we've an Annabelle in the family.

We like Aurelia but my OH worries it's too unusual in the uk (we have a German friend of that name)

I like Raven but OH vetoed as too out there/ 'hippy'

I quite like names to have a unisex nick name but not a must.

Can I please have some suggestions? Anything, hit me with them! TIA

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MikeUniformMike · 01/05/2020 11:35

Halcyon nn Hal/Hallie

MikeUniformMike · 01/05/2020 11:38

Inge
Ingrid
Astrid
Polly
Samantha
Regan
Lowenna
Rowella
Cordelia
Tamsin
Zena

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 01/05/2020 11:39

Phoebe
Scout
Wren
Manon
Petra
Artemis

MikeUniformMike · 01/05/2020 11:43

Ivy- not keen, popular, a bit samey with all the Evies, Evas, Avas...

Isabelle and Annabelle aren't all that similar. Izzy and Annie.

Aurelia - very popular on here. Too Disney and too similar to Amelia for me.

Raven - I like it. How about Linnet?

Vanadis · 01/05/2020 11:44

Matilda? nn could be Mattie or Tilda
Imogen
Andi
Harriet nn could be Harri

Standrewsschool · 01/05/2020 11:44

Dawn
Rowena
Lucy
Marianne
Monica
Octavia
Corinne
Myrtle
Blythe
Marcella
Brooke
Lucinda
Noelle

GorillaManilla · 01/05/2020 11:46

Aurelia is lovely. Alina? Cornelia?

Whatsyourflava · 01/05/2020 11:47

Aurelia really isn't that unusual in the Uk. No one would bat an eyelid. There's lots of toddlers called Fox Winter Autumn - all sorts. Aurelia is totally pedestrian and a lovely name

How about Aurora or Aria or Amara?

Whatsyourflava · 01/05/2020 11:48

What's your boy name out of interest.

Other girl name ideas (mostly well outside the top 100 as requested):

Greta
Martha
Willa
Sadie
Edith /Edie
Margaret /Maggie
Clementine/Clemmie
Pearl
Delilah
Roxanne/Roxanna/Roseanne
Ottilie /Ottie
Cora
Liberty
Jemima
Cleo
Mabel
Peggy
Margot
Wren

Warmhandscoldheart · 01/05/2020 11:49

What are your boy choices? Have you tried the feminine version of them?
Harriet
Jamesina
Adriana
Leigh
Jo
Alexis or Alex

Ricekrispie22 · 01/05/2020 11:55

Saffron
Robyn
Heather
Hazel
Fern
Cecily
Sydney
Lois

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/05/2020 11:56

Cora. Faye. Nia. Ferne. Lydia. Angel. Cassie. Eden. Greer. Coral. Georganne.
Jodanne. Roxanna. Raina. Delia Mallory. Faraday. Vivienne. Clea. Hailey. Indiana Bronte. Sybil. Brooke. Iona.

Wanderer1 · 01/05/2020 11:57

Some great suggestions thanks all!

Boys name is Atli/Atley (not decided on spelling yet) Atli is Icelandic and Atley is the English version.

We've considered Teal too for a girl

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Ricekrispie22 · 01/05/2020 11:57

Alexis
Sasha
Theodora
Allegra
Juliet
Meredith

EyeShipMiceElf · 01/05/2020 11:58

I was the same. Convinced DD1 was a boy and she’d be Alfie.

Love Raven.

Girls names I liked when I was pregnant:

Jaime
Ashleigh
Becca
Lauren
Carly

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/05/2020 11:59

Keira. Christina. Aveline. Melody. Nyree. Nadine. Olive. Marcie

lockdownlowdown · 01/05/2020 11:59

Esme
Eleni
I'm rubbish with girls names. They're the only two spring to mind based on your criteria lol

lockdownlowdown · 01/05/2020 11:59

Thea

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/05/2020 12:00

I love Teal

NameChange84 · 01/05/2020 12:03

Juniper
Iris
Allie (Alice, Alyssa, Alison long name)
Georgia/Georgina (
Flavia
Constance
Cadence
Daria
Thea (I pronounce this Tay-uh)
Erica
Erin
Sabine
Nadine
Jolie
Tabitha
Anya
Matilda
Irena
Beth
Tess
Elka
Aiste (Eye-Stuh)

SpillTheTeaa · 01/05/2020 12:04

Aurora
Luna
Alexa (Lexi?)
Eloise

I love quite out there names. Ones I listed obviously aren't out there but I do love names like Ocean, Fox, Jett etc Grin

Boireannachlaidir · 01/05/2020 12:08

Iris

pixiepoopoo · 01/05/2020 12:12

DELPHINE is the best name in the world. If you want a name your daughter will thank you for later. This is it

Pantheon · 01/05/2020 12:12

Iris
Nina

NameChange84 · 01/05/2020 12:17

@pixiepoopoo

Except for when you spend your entire childhood being laughed at and called “dolphin” Sad. Then you end up hating your name and resenting your parents!

Delphie is a cool nickname.

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