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What is your all time favourite girls name?

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Nuttybea · 04/07/2020 11:54

Im currently 30 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby. We dont know the gender but have settled on a boys name. However we are really struggling with girls names. So i thought i would ask whats your all time favourite girls name to see if i could get any ideas?xx

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RedRec · 04/07/2020 14:25

Katherine.

Normandy144 · 04/07/2020 14:27

Claudia
Lydia
Valentina
Avery

TattyByeTattyHead · 04/07/2020 14:27

Taya. Rhymes with 'layer' - still love it 21 years after giving it to my daughter and - most importantly - she loves it too.

Literaryseed · 04/07/2020 14:29

Isabel/Isabelle - I think it's timeless and gorgeous

lifestoooshort · 04/07/2020 14:31

Melissa

PastramiNoRye · 04/07/2020 14:32

Flora

userabcname · 04/07/2020 14:36

Penelope
Victoria
Celeste

Whatsyourflava · 04/07/2020 14:55

Love your boy name

Daisy
Nola
Betsy

Are all gorgeous. You might also like:

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

passthemustard · 04/07/2020 15:06

Georgina

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 04/07/2020 15:33

It's a 3-way tie between Lara, Alice and Violet....

custardbear · 04/07/2020 15:35

Tabitha
Barley
Paloma

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Nuttybea · 04/07/2020 15:46

Loving all these replies. Im definitely going to go through all the suggestions with my oh tonight. Keep them suggestions coming
Thank you everyone!!

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ILoveStickers · 04/07/2020 15:47

Niamh
Elinor
Ailis

Wishimaywishimight · 04/07/2020 17:16

I don't have any children but if ever I'd had a daughter I would have called her Georgia, I just love the softness of the name.

OldEvilOwl · 04/07/2020 17:21

Esme - love it

pinkpinecone · 04/07/2020 17:39

Romy, Rosa or Nina

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Nuttybea · 04/07/2020 17:58

@Wishimaywishimight my daughter is called Jorgie so unfortunately couldnt use Georgia as they are too similar.

@OldEvilOwl esme is beautiful but my close friend has just named her baby esme.

@pinkpinecone iv seen Romy mentioned a couple of times on MN how is it pronounced?

Again loads of beautiful suggestions. I have a large family and a lot of the suggestions that have been mentioned are names of family members. Loving all these replies tho. Giving me a few new ideas on names. Keep them coming!

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Letthemysterybe · 04/07/2020 18:06

Ariadne

Thistlegirl4 · 04/07/2020 18:10

I have quite a few names I really love like Emilia, Isabella, Hermione, Fia, Aila, Iona, Storm, Scout, India. But the one name I absolutely love and have done for a long time is Winona! And, yes it's after the actress Winona Ryder, who helped me for want of a better word, through my teenage years.

pinkpinecone · 04/07/2020 18:24

@Nuttybea it's usually pronounced Row-me.
The french pronounce it Rom-ee and I have also heard it pronounced that way as short for Romilly. I guess its personal preference as both are nice.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 04/07/2020 18:29

My DD is Kara and I have loved that name since I was a teen.

BigMamaFratelli · 04/07/2020 18:35

Astrid and Martha. Ex DP vetoed bothHmm

PawPatrolMakesMeDrink · 04/07/2020 18:38

Esther.
I had a miscarriage last year and though we didn’t know the sex of the baby we called her Esther.

TypicalMeBreakMyTypicalRules · 04/07/2020 18:40

Isabel

blossomberry · 04/07/2020 18:44

Romee, Amalie, Reeva, Primrose