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Fed up of not having a baby name.

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Catsandkittens638297 · 07/04/2021 21:04

Baby girl is due in about 4 weeks, we originally was going to call her Avery but everyone hated it which made us hate it so we've gone back to find a new, there's a few I love but just feel weird to say? Like to use the name feels weird?
We already have a George and a Violet.

So far the names iv got are;
Winnie/Winter
Maelie
Daisy
Aura

Iv scoured all pinterest boards, tiktoks, instagram pages but I just can't find anything else I like. DH has just given up at this point and has never given any input 😂

Can any one suggest some names that are abit different? Or give their opinions on the names iv already got please x

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Tryingtryingandtrying · 07/04/2021 22:19

Everly is nice as someone mentioned above. Also Elsie, Annabel, Autumn, Elodie, Aurora, Estelle? But if you do still actually like Avery, tell noone and just announce it when she's born.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/04/2021 22:44

Stick with Avery its gorgeous. Its just tough shit on your MIL if she doesn't like it. She's,had her day naming her own kids.

Mummyme87 · 07/04/2021 22:48

You say Maelie which I’m not sure about, what about Maeliss?

ThunderR0ad78 · 07/04/2021 22:52

Grace?

ArtemisiaGentle · 07/04/2021 22:59

Husband chose DD's name. My mum said she loved it. I was meh. I had to have her under a GA (long story) and when I woke up Husband and nurses were already referring to her by the name he and Mum had chosen. I would have gone for something way more flowery and out there. They both said, we can change it! But I was tired and dopey and in pain and didn't have the strength to argue.

So resist your MiL! Choose the name you want. I love Avery.

HedgeSparrows · 07/04/2021 23:02

Tulah
Joy
Isolde
Olive
Enela
Mercy
Constance
Verity

spaceghetto · 07/04/2021 23:10

I really like Avery

weebarra · 07/04/2021 23:11

I like Avery too.

lavenderlove · 07/04/2021 23:11

Zara
Lena
Verity
Imogen
Evanna
Orla
Ida
Heather
Evelyn
Felicity

RonSwansonsChair · 07/04/2021 23:14

Seren is a lovely name. Don't tell anyone names you are considering until after baby is here and she already named.

CloudFormations · 08/04/2021 07:52

Daisy is lovely, really don’t like any of the others.

If you liked Avery, how about Eva or Evelyn?

FelicityPike · 08/04/2021 07:57

Avery!
My family didn’t like my choice of boys name (we had a girl), but I would still have used it...still would actually. It’s not their choice.

GlencoraP · 08/04/2021 08:03

If you like Avery then you should go with it but actually I think Ava goes slightly better with George and Violet .

Piccalily19 · 08/04/2021 08:54

Avery is lovely, your mother in law can do one. If she says anything else perhaps reply with “yeh well I’m not keen on the name “insert your partners name here” but each to their own” and smile 😊
Don’t involve them again

Piccalily19 · 08/04/2021 08:55

Oh and meant to add you’ll regret not going with Avery if you let your MIL get to you, especially as you have no back up names.
Plus you can’t have her thinking she can boss you around 😉

OliverBabish · 08/04/2021 08:58

Avery is lovely. There’s also Aveline.

Lemonlemon88 · 08/04/2021 09:00

I quite like Avery!

Aurelia
Clementine
Matilda
Jemima

ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 08/04/2021 09:41

Avery and Winter are fab names.

Don’t like Daisy, soo boring.

PIL didn’t like our choice of name for one our DCs either. Told them the name and they text back ‘what about ...... instead?’

Don’t give a fuck what they think.

Edenember · 08/04/2021 10:22

Your MIL has had her chance to name children. Use the name you and your partner like, and don’t involve other people beyond your democracy of two, it’s not a group endeavor.

user64325 · 08/04/2021 16:26

Avery is lovely. Don't pick something to suit family and friends, it's your baby. Do you approve of the names of all your relatives? One day you'll meet a little Avery and feel regret you didn't chose the name you wanted because you cared to much about what others thought.

Standrewsschool · 08/04/2021 16:40

Like Daisy. Not so keen on the others.

Suggestions:

Piper
Sadie
Marnie
Juniper
Trinity
Brooke
Paige

reallyalurker · 09/04/2021 19:08

I like Avery, although it feels more like a boy's name to me because of Charlotte's Web.

I like Aura best of your list, although I would go with Aurora. Maelie and Daisy feel a bit too juvenile for an adult and although Winter is a nice sound I'm not keen on Winnie (sounds a bit neighing).

Sybil, Hallie, Sydney, Romilly, Marlowe ... ?

PattyPan · 09/04/2021 19:40

I like Daisy or Seren from your list. Aura is dreadful (migraine with aura anyone!) and I don’t really like Winnie (pooh) or Maelie (will get mistaken for Miley). I quite like Maëlle but it doesn’t really go with your other two names.

SE13Mummy · 10/04/2021 00:28

George and Violet feel like strong, definite names so I'd want to choose something of a similar ilk if it were me. Wanting to avoid any more Roald Dahl names, I'd chose something like Scout or Harriet.

KirstenBlest · 10/04/2021 15:09

Winnie/Winter. Winnie OK, Winter a bit shit for a spring-born baby
Maelie - awful
Daisy - fine
Aura - just NO.