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Girls name thoughts please?

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Flitterwings · 16/05/2020 21:54

Hi all,

Am expecting my fifth (and final!) in four weeks and as we already have two boys and two girls, and found out sex with them all we have kept this one a surprise. We had a lovely shortlist for girls names for most of the pregnancy and nothing for a boy. Recently we’ve had a complete about turn and settled on a boys name that we both love but the girls choices have gone up in the air!

We have a short surname, just one syllable and our children’s names are Alexander, Daniel, Amelie & Robyn.

My favourite name for a girl all through the pregnancy has been Clara. OH doesn’t actively dislike it but he says it doesn’t make him think ‘Yeah that’s the one!’ and doesn’t want to use it if little one is a girl.

His favourite girls name is Zoey, which I feel the same way about as he does with Clara so we’re at a bit of an impasse.

We’re looking now at the next names on our list but they’ve dwindled away over time too.

Both names are still in the running as we’ve decided not to rule anything out until we meet baby, but we can’t seem to agree on anything else either.
The only other name we’ve considered that we both seem to like is Anna-Rose.

What, if any would you choose between Clara, Zoey or Anna-Rose, or do you have any other suggestions based on that very tiny list of the kind of names we like? Thank you for any help, truly! X

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JuneJuly · 17/05/2020 06:41

Camille, maybe...?

Maybelatte · 17/05/2020 08:23

I’m not a fan of hyphenated names and I think Rose is a lazy middle name like a Grace or Mae. I like Clara best.

Anappleaday1 · 17/05/2020 13:31

Clara is my favourite, I think Zoe is ok but not Zoey. Agree that Anna is lovely by itself but not Anna-Rose.
Zara seems like a good compromise!
If you love Clara, then I'd try not to push it too much now but wait until after the birth and then see what your dh thinks. I think partners are definitely more accommodating once you've just given birth! Also with everything going on a the moment you have much longer to register the name so there really is no rush to decide now.

Anappleaday1 · 17/05/2020 13:31

Love your other children's names btw!

FizzyGreenWater · 17/05/2020 14:00

Zoe with the correct spelling I prefer to Clara.

But best of all is Anna.

Please not Anna-Rose- it's so naff.

seriousandloyal · 17/05/2020 14:06

Clara is lovely

Skyla2005 · 17/05/2020 14:09

Zoey would be my fave but I prefer chloe to zoey

Joffrey · 17/05/2020 14:58

Clara, definitely.

Congratulations!

Flitterwings · 17/05/2020 16:12

Love your other children's names btw!

Thank you 🥰

There are some lovely suggestions, but the ones I really like out of them are unable to be used for different reasons, close relatives and friends baby names, one of the suggestions is my DD Amelies middle name so you’re all on the right track!

Anna is lovely on its own, the -Rose was an addition by the OH, and I only knew one Zoey who spelled it with a y but I’m not bothered about the y either way.

I still think Clara is my favourite but our inspiration has been refreshed reading everyone’s suggestions and we are looking around again so thank you all for that!

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daphnerose · 18/05/2020 16:51

Clara over Zoey for sure!

You seem to like traditional names

Eliza
Rosa
Eleanor
Clover
Marianne
Minna
Eloise
Matilda
Violet
Nora
Belle
Aurelia
Heidi

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