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Don't love any girl names

52 replies

Somethingvague · 30/08/2020 07:18

Hi,

Due in about a month with a little girl and struggling to find a name. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?

My top choice at the moment is Jasmine, but I don't know if I like it enough. I don't like the shortening to Jazz or the Disney connection - but I do like the flower and scent connection.

Other names we have considered and currently discounted:
Isabella - we are both teachers and OH has a bad connection.
Wren - maybe not very feminine and a bit divisive.
Autumn - I kind of like it, but it's also my least favourite season and don't think child is likely to have the colouring to suit it, if that makes sense.
Florence - OH likes it, but just sounds a bit frumpy to me still. Quite a lot of them at the moment I think too.
No names ending in ie/y as it will be too matchy with our son.
Just really struggling to find a name I do love!

For a boy this time it would have been either Reuben or Barnaby.

Thanks for any suggestions or new perspectives!

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Ricekrispie22 · 30/08/2020 07:22

Fleur
Flora
Hazel
Saffron
Sienna
Savannah
Heather
Fern
India

littlestrawby · 30/08/2020 07:23

Top of my list were:

Madeleine
Alice
Amber
Imogen

Good luck, hope you find something you love!

Ricekrispie22 · 30/08/2020 07:26

Lydia
Violet
Theodora
Madeleine

danascully96 · 30/08/2020 07:30

My favorite girls' names are:

Charlotte Isabel
Lily Jane -- I can't wait to call my daughter this someday altogether (no hyphen, though) because it sounds so sweet to me!

2nd tier:
Genevieve Grace
Violet
Clara
Josephine
Savannah
Sabrina
Felicity
Virginia
Georgia
Anna
Isabel ("Bella")

3rd tier:
Rose
Lena
Heidi
Lucy
Phoebe
Delphine
Adelaide ("Della")
Vivian

Hope this helps :)

danascully96 · 30/08/2020 07:31

Sorry, just saw your no "ie/y" rule!

RoseMartha · 30/08/2020 07:32

Florence is nice or Flora

Or
Caroline
Estelle
Faye
Hannah
Katherine
Lois
Ruth
Sarah

yahoosername · 30/08/2020 07:34

Barnaby ends in y. Wasn't that too matchy (and does it matter?)

Jane?
Jessica?

paulhollywoodshairgel · 30/08/2020 07:38

Eliza
Violet
Coral
Aida

honeybee1986 · 30/08/2020 07:41

Esmae ?
Matilda ?

Somethingvague · 30/08/2020 07:59

@yahoosername

Barnaby ends in y. Wasn't that too matchy (and does it matter?)

Jane?
Jessica?

Ha, indeed. It would have been Reuben really, but just trying to give another indication of a name I do like.

Thank you for the suggestions. I do like Flora, but the buttery associations are a bit of a deal breaker. Imogen and Matilda were other ones we discussed actually, but OH doesn't like. I also quite like Amber but it is the name of one of my closest friends, so would be a bit strange I think.

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Somethingvague · 30/08/2020 07:59

Thank you for the suggestions.

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Juancornetto · 30/08/2020 08:01

Meredith?

TellYourCatISaidHi · 30/08/2020 08:05

For girls, I like:

Madeleine
Harriet
Cara
Esme
Georgia

Chocolatecake12 · 30/08/2020 08:07

Caroline
Victoria
Sarah
Harriet
Beatrice
Katherine
Astrid
Eliza
Octavia
Rachel
Laurel
Thea
Juliet
Jessica
Phoebe

pumpkinpie01 · 30/08/2020 08:12

Elise
Willa
Madison

IslandLulu · 30/08/2020 08:16

Elizabeth
Catherine
Camille
Serena
Saskia
Lucinda
Xenia
Alexandra
Mary
Jennifer
Antonia

CoffeeBeansGalore · 30/08/2020 08:23

Isla
Iona
Skye
Morven
Morgan
Katriona
Pippa
Rachael
Kaitlyn
Sarah Jane
Christianne
Violet

ButterflyOfFreedom · 30/08/2020 08:23

Scarlett
Stella
Thea
Estelle
Robyn
Nicole
Lydia
Harriet

mathanxiety · 30/08/2020 08:35

Jocelyn
Frances
Tamsin
Saskia
Lorna
Willow
Hazel
Keziah
Edith
Beatrix
Leonore
Dinah
Susannah
Leila
Elowen
Cecelia
Rowena
Laurel

OldmaidLyonsmaid23 · 30/08/2020 08:53

I heared the name Norma the other day... thought it sounded different after all these years of being a granny name (or Marilyn Monroe's real name Norma-Jean)

rottiemum88 · 30/08/2020 08:56

Beatrice
Audrey
Daphne
Mary

rottiemum88 · 30/08/2020 08:57

Oh sorry, no 'y' names Blush They seem to be my favourites!

Marlena1 · 30/08/2020 08:57

I temember hearing the name Amba before (if you can't have Amber).

Sexnotgender · 30/08/2020 09:00

My girls name list if it’s helpful

Harriet
Joy
Penelope
Eilidh
Pearl
Rosalin
Ailsa
Morag
Clara
Shona

FeedMeSantiago · 30/08/2020 09:36

I like Jasmine, it's pretty. How about Tamsin?

Juliet
Harriet
Esther
Ruth
Katharine
Elizabeth
Meredith
Sarah
Rose
Rosa
Rosanna
Rosalind
Rosamund
Susanna
Anna
Hannah
Leah
Cassia
Marianne
Marian
Megan
Rebecca
Rachel
Evangeline