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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 22:36

Name changed for this as obviously outing.

We have just found out that baby 2 is a girl! We already have a 2 year old DD called Everley. She has two middle names and our surname is double barrelled. Would quite like a name that fits well with this but I would prefer to avoid other “ee” names so not eg Everley and Darcey. I quite like names ending with an “uh” eg Anna. However I’m conscious that Everley is fairly unusual and we partly picked it because we didn’t want her to have a really popular name (both me and my DH were known as “Emma S” or “Adam J” etc at school and hated it). Therefore it would be a bit weird to have a very popular name for DD2, feels like we need to have something else unusual to match. There are a few names that I like that fit the brief:

Vita
Winter
Ada
Frieda
Fritha

However my husband doesn’t like any of them. It feels like any slightly unusual name that I suggest he says is ‘too weird’ so maybe him liking Everley was a bit random (it was number 800+ in the baby name list ranked by popularity the year she was born!) and he actually prefers much more traditional names. I think he’d be happy with something more popular like Freya or Ava despite what he’s said before about wanting an unusual name but I wouldn’t really. I want them both to have a slightly unusual name. Any ideas? We’d also give 2 middle names, I don’t mind these being more popular as Everley’s are too.

Ps. I know Everley is a bit of a marmite name on MN, please no negative comments about her name, we have already named her! Thank you.

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LouiseTrees · 14/12/2020 22:52

I’m sorry but they are all too old fashioned. Some alternatives purely off the top of my head. Maura, Alyssa, Alyssia, Alessia, Bronwen, Bea, Candice, Delilah, Ziva, Marina, Maren, Maven, Anya, Enya, felicity, Genevieve , Harriet, Imelda seriously I could go on.

YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 22:55

Everley and Melissa
Everley and Thea
Everley and Ramona
Everley and Sabrina
Everley and Ariadne
Everley and Linnet

LouiseTrees · 14/12/2020 22:56

Thea is a lovely name.

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 22:56

Thanks @LouiseTrees I don’t think I really like a lot of more ‘modern’ style names and neither does DH. From that list I do quite like Maura, Bronwen (but I have a cousin called that), Anya and Harriet.

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YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 22:57

Sorry, didn't comment on your other names! Only Vita and Winter go with Everley I think - and both I think go well. You need something a little bit retro but austere - no Victorian chambermaid names, and nothing too modern or cutesy.

Don't let him just sit there and veto everything - HE needs to come up with a list, with the proviso that yes, it needs to have an unusual edge to be in the same ballpark as Everley. He can't? Then it's your final decision. Do they have his surname? Then it's definitely already your final say...

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 22:57

Oooh I like Thea!
And @YoniAndGuy Ramona is awesome but has already been vetoed by DH for being too weird apparently.

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BigWholeBean · 14/12/2020 22:58

Beverly

kirktonhouse · 14/12/2020 22:59

Ivory.

YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 22:59

Hmm, well it's not weird, it's definitely more usual than Everley, so perhaps there needs to be a conversation where you say his options are to open his mind a bit or you will be making a final decision.

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 22:59

@YoniAndGuy good point, when I ask him which names he DOES like he just suggests a couple which he knows are way too popular for me eg Olivia.
Unfortunately I can’t play the surname card as he did actually change his name too when we got married (we double barrelled our names) and he’s still patting himself on the back for that 5 years on Wink

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YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 23:00

That's great about the surname. But honestly - sounds like he needs to open his mind, simple as. What popularity is Everley - show him the stats. Make him come up with 10 names outside the top 100 that he likes at least.

YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 23:01

Also think about short forms

LouiseTrees · 14/12/2020 23:01

@BabyGirlNumber2

Oooh I like Thea! And *@YoniAndGuy* Ramona is awesome but has already been vetoed by DH for being too weird apparently.
Sorry but Ramona not a great name either. It’s like Raymond but tried to make it into a girls name unsuccessfully. Also I can’t not sing “ my Ramona” to the time of my Sharona
BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:02

I’m not sure what popularity it is now; it’s definitely gone up a bit in the last year or two (think Channing Tatum or someone named his baby Everley and it got quite popular in the states so has now over here a bit too) but it’s still definitely outside the top 200.

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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:03

@LouiseTrees my DH agrees with you, but he actually said it makes him think of the Ramones too!

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LouiseTrees · 14/12/2020 23:03

Evie, Evelyn, Violet

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:04

I love Everley and Winter. Think that is a lovely combination.

Maura is nice too.

Fritha is so cool, but, if you care about names 'going together', (as I assume you do, or you wouldn't have asked), I personally think Everley doesn't go well with it.

Palavah · 14/12/2020 23:04

Cara
Amara
Cora
Ciara
Mara
Priya or Pria
Tara
Thalia

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:05

Surely not Everley and Evelyn?!

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BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:07

@TheQueensGambit I love Winter and would definitely push for it but DH already isn’t keen as it is, then to top it off one of his best friends has a DD called Winter (Winnie for short) so his excuse is that we can’t ‘steal’ her name which to be fair would maybe be a bit weird, we are really good friends with them.

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YoniAndGuy · 14/12/2020 23:07

Yes Winter does go very well. Shame.

Everley and Margot
Everley and Marianne

milienhaus · 14/12/2020 23:07

Augusta
Aria (though maybe a bit popular)
Carina
Lydia
Willa

BabyGirlNumber2 · 14/12/2020 23:08

Violet is an option, it was on my list, think DH quite likes it... wondered if it’s still too popular though.

I like Amara but we also have another friend with an Amara who was born a few days before Everley!

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Enough4me · 14/12/2020 23:08

Everley and Rosalind (Rosa)
Everley and Maria
Everley and Francesca

TheQueensGambit · 14/12/2020 23:08

Margot was the other name which popped into my head.