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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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clpsmum · 14/12/2020 23:47

Nova
Noa
Violet
Rita
Scout
Mabel
Dusty
Addison
Riley
Bailey

naturalyoghurtmuncher · 14/12/2020 23:47

@BabyGirlNumber2

Oooh I like Thea! And *@YoniAndGuy* Ramona is awesome but has already been vetoed by DH for being too weird apparently.
Ask him how is Ramona weirder than Everley?
Stitchyfingers · 14/12/2020 23:48

Everley and Flora

Buttercup54321 · 14/12/2020 23:51

Everley and Anthea
Everley and Autumn
Everley and Eden
Everley and Cassie
Everley and Gemma
Everley and Clemmie
Everley and Heidi
Everley and Vanessa

LouiseTrees · 14/12/2020 23:51

Thora

TiniestFluffiestBunny · 14/12/2020 23:58

Iris?

I felt the same way as you about popularity when pregnant with DS2 - DS1 has a name with less than 50 born every year (is a name not yet due a resurgence in popularity but i suspect will be back properly in a decade or two) for a long time, and it felt strange to contemplate naming DS2 anything drastically more popular. We didn't choose a name before he was here, but the main contenders were similar in feel and popularity.

Then he was born, and he just suited a top 100 name that we hadn't discussed before he was here. Funny how these things work out.

MartiniDry · 15/12/2020 00:00

Verity
Constance
Miranda
Annaliese
Felicity
Derry
Imogen
Veronica
Clarissa
Estelle
Caris

meow1989 · 15/12/2020 00:07

Imelda
Lorelai
Iris
Imogen (nn Immy)
Edith (nn Edie)

fantasmasgoria1 · 15/12/2020 00:11

I really like vita! Someone suggested Melissa but I don't think Everley will go with it and imho it's a wishy washy name. Ramona is also nice.

Ellmau · 15/12/2020 00:16

Damaris
Ismay
Larissa
Livia
Cressida
Cordelia
Jessamine
Anastasia
Marigold
Amaryllis
Richenda
Mara
Serena

lesleyfish · 15/12/2020 00:17

Marisa

Capetownmothercity · 15/12/2020 00:26

Meredith, Quinn, Kendall, Oriel...

minipie · 15/12/2020 00:28

Selina
Mirabel
Meredith
Saskia
Nerissa
Verena
Madeleine
Marina
Summer Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/12/2020 00:37

Everley and
Farrah
Valentina
Clarissa
Cecelia
Iona
Tiana
Tabitha
Darla
Perla
Corrina
India
Savannah

BingoGo · 15/12/2020 00:45

Ember Flowers

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 15/12/2020 00:50

Not keen on Fritha, and Ada is quite popular now (although could be a great fit with Everly since Ada sounds like super popular Ava, the way Everley is reminiscent of popular Evelyn).

Frida (spelt like this) and Vita are lovely but I'm not sure they really fit with Everley (I see Vita and Frida as quite vintage). Winter is one of my guilty pleasure names - I think it could be quite hard for a shy child to cope with an unusual first name.

Other names that may fit your style :
Alva (more well known in Europe, this is slightly unisex like Everley and so would be a great match I think)
Aya
Ines
Gaia
Mina
Nova
Tuva
Vida
Ziva

Mopani · 15/12/2020 00:55

Everley and Orlaith
Everley and Ava
Everley and Anya
Everley and Freya

MostIneptThatEverStepped · 15/12/2020 01:03

How about Freya? Or Marina?

Mavedrai · 15/12/2020 01:05

Everley and Iduna
Everley and Greta
Everley and Alanna
Everley and Hope
Everley and Norah

I really love the name Frieda and think it sounds good with Everley. Hope your DH comes round to one of your suggestions!

BiscuitsUnited · 15/12/2020 01:16

Everley and

Avalon
Calla
Etta
Sorcha
Fenella/ Fenn

BiscuitsUnited · 15/12/2020 01:17

Oh and Annaliese!

Floralnomad · 15/12/2020 01:19

Cressida or Vanya

PerveenMistry · 15/12/2020 01:28

Edwina
Melissa
Diana

MercyBodle · 15/12/2020 01:55

From your likes I think Ada, Winter, Willow and Margot work very well.

Everything is probably already suggested by now, but some ideas from me anyway:
Everley and
Tamsin
Juno
Cleo
Tessa
Arden
Flora
Thea
Alba
Carys
Opal
Tilda
Blythe
Rose

birdseedpie · 15/12/2020 02:19

Perdita as long as you don't mind the meaning.

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