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Help with baby girl names!

29 replies

emma342 · 11/11/2021 02:47

I have five daughters and another due in just under a month. Don't really know how I've managed to have six girls and no boys but anyway. I still don't know what to call my sixth. Here are the names of my other daughters:

Arya Jade (15)
Callie Skye (12)
Cara Jasmine (12)
Sylvia Rose (6)
Lily-May (3)

I want a name that goes with my other daughters' names. We've got a shortlist:

Maya (pronounced Mye-ah)
Summer
Esme (pronounced Esmay)
Leah (pronounced Lee-ah)
Lizzie

Could I get opinions on the shortlist, or other name suggestions? Also help with a middle name?

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Kanaloa · 11/11/2021 03:12

I think Esme Summer or Maya Summer would be lovely. They’re all nice names though I don’t think you can go wrong!

The only one I would avoid is Lizzie because you have a Lily and they are really close in sound.

miltonj · 11/11/2021 03:16

I think you were ahead of your time with some of these names especially anya and Callie! So would be nice to have another unusual name to fit in with them. I love Lizzie Jean.

miltonj · 11/11/2021 03:17

Oh but yeah it probably is too close to Lilly. Unless she always goes by Lilly mae in which case you can probably get away with it.

Immaculatemisconception · 11/11/2021 03:17

Personally I would avoid names where pronunciation is potentially confusing. Neither you, nor your child want a lifetime of correcting people.

I would pronounce Maya as May a and Esme as Es me.

garlictwist · 11/11/2021 04:28

I really dislike the name Esme. I think it's ugly. The others are nice though.

raintropics · 11/11/2021 04:44

I love Maya, but unfortunately people often think it's pronounced May-ah. Also love Summer and Leah.

For middle name ideas Eve, Belle, Ivy, Ruth, Quinn, Holly, Arielle, Harlow, Hazel.

Immaculatemisconception · 11/11/2021 08:37

We know a Maya and they call her May a.

BlueFlavour · 11/11/2021 17:20

What beautiful names your daughters have Smile.
I like Maya the best. Maya Joy would be pretty.
What about

Elsa

Iris

Dora

Posy

Petal

Dulcie

India

BlueFlavour · 11/11/2021 17:21

April

Hazel

Wren

Twizbe · 11/11/2021 17:27

Not Lizzie. If you like that name use Elizabeth and shorten it as a nick name.

I'm an Elizabeth who was always known as Lizzie as a child. Only my parents call me that now. I'd never introduce myself as it as it's too babyish for the grown up me.

Augustbaby21 · 11/11/2021 19:01

Maya is my fav from your list but I would also pronounce May A. I like Esme and Summer too

omfgimgettingmarried · 11/11/2021 19:42

Leah Willow
Leah Wren
Leah Iris
Leah Ivy
Leah Elizabeth

Pawprints2017 · 12/11/2021 16:48

Esme is on my list too. It really goes with your other littke girls names.

ValentineC · 12/11/2021 17:56

IMO, Maya is usually pronounced May-a but
Maïa spelling is pronounced My-a
Lizzie and Leah are too close to Lily
The ‘may’ sound in Esme is too similar to Lily’s middle name May
Summer doesn’t really go with go with your other girls names

Lucyinthesky07 · 12/11/2021 18:09

I really like Maya and Esme, but they are all lovely names.

On a side note did it bother you when Arya became popular, as it must have been really rare when you named your 15 year old?
I always wonder about that when picking a name that is unusual at the time - how I would feel if it suddenly became popular due to a character.

LozMarieFielder · 12/11/2021 18:35

Summer is gorgeous and goes okay with the other names.

Esme and Maya are both lovely and go amazingly with the other names.

Leah is nice but is a little too close to Lily.

Lizzie feels incomplete.

Suggestions:
Juno
Indie
Lavender
Bellamy
Iris
Winter
Sienna
Nina
Elodie
Meredith
Lucie
Winifred
Eliza

MomoMojito · 12/11/2021 18:44

I love Leah and Lizzie but they are both a bit too similar to Lily I think. I'd say Esme would be the nicest with the other names. How about

Esme Joanna
Esme Marie
Esme Rose

cowburp · 12/11/2021 18:46

Leah Jane

Swizzles1 · 12/11/2021 18:50

Willow Leah

mathanxiety · 13/11/2021 00:05

I like Summer and Leah from your list. Esme too.

Summer Eloise
Leah Hope
Esme Lowenna

Suggestions:
India Faye
Stella Naomi
Noelle Emilia
Zoe Emmeline
Eden Primrose
Willow Grace
Romy Estelle

SageRosemary · 13/11/2021 00:30

Unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere, I would avoid Summer for a baby due in December! Maybe Noelle would work for a middle name.

Maya is lovely - pronounced as above like the nurse in the NZ hospital drama. Maya Noelle. Maya Star. Maya Louise

Poppy might work

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/11/2021 00:58

Ayra Jade
Callie Skye
Cara Jasmine
Sylvia Rose
Lily May and

Esme Lucile
Esme Louise
Daisy Elise
Poppy Grace
Molly Grace
Nancy Grace
Leah Beth
Gracie Maud.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/11/2021 01:00

Esme Willow
Esme Frances
Esme Natalia
Esme Nicole

MerryMarigold · 13/11/2021 01:21

I think Minnie would go with your other names or Maggie, or Freya or Josie. How about Eleanor?

Jocelyn Faith
Maya Faith

I think Lizzie and Leah don't sound good with Lily.

Fwiw I always pronounce Maya, 'Mye ah'

Aquamarine1029 · 13/11/2021 01:31

Farrah Robyn