Baby girls you know??

[Hattiehoops]

Hello all 🙂 I’m expecting a girl imminently and am having a wobble over her name. I really love a very common girl’s name (top 10) but I don’t actually know any babies or toddlers with it. I’m just wondering if people could name the baby and toddler girls that you know or that are in your children’s nurseries? I feel like all the babies I know are Isla/Ava/Mya type- names, but I’m yet to hear the one I want to use.

Very torn as I’ve always loved the name, but also have never wanted a common name for my child (I was one of 3 Sophies in my tutor group and it was quite confusing/annoying!!)

Thanks so much for any help x

Names of mine and my friends dds (aged between 6 weeks and 5 years)

Callie, Darcie, Ella, Alyssa, Ruby, Chloe, Sofia, Elise, Lily, Eliza, Georgia.

I know two Lilys under 2. Lovely name though.

I feel like Lily was more popular maybe 5-10 years back and two syllable girl names feel popular. I know a Leia, Lyra, Lucy, Lacey, Lexi, Layla, Letty, Lyla and Lilly all aged 8 and under. Interestingly I don't think I know any little Lilys!

Worked in childcare for many years and I've only ever met 2 baby lily's and one Liliana who went by lili. I think it's a lovely classic name

Lily was also my great-grandmother's name ,@Hattiehoops - as others have said, it's a classic name for a reason.

I also know three other Lily's, though, outside of the family. One is 16 and my son's girlfriend, the second is 7 and a friend's daughter and the other is 3 and my daughter's goddaughter. When my son (17) was born, one of the other babies born that night was Lillie - I remember one of the midwives commenting on how she'd have an easier time of learning to write her name "because it's all straight lines".

Other small girls I know are Fleur, Florrie (short for Florence), Rosie, Lexi-Mai, Eloise, Francesca (x2), Ivy, Poppy, Caitlin, Ruby, Elise, Harper, Mia, Eliana (Eli for short), Anna (x2), Ella, Kristina, Millie-Bea, Sia-Rose, Abby (x2), Chloe (x2), Emily, Sophia (x2) and Lola.

Ivy is the sister of the 3 year old Lily, whilst Poppy is sister to the 7 year old.

Weirdly the two Abby and Chloes... are sisters (ie, friend A has Abby & Chloe, as does friend B). It can be confusing at times.

Update to my previous post, I now know of an Erin, one week old today.

My GD's name was not even in the top 100 but in her swimming class and the next one up there were three with the same name.

All the baby girls I know have super super unusual names. No top 10 at all! Use Lily if you love it, I don't know why!

*I don't know any!!!

Darcie
Harlow
Juliet
Peggy
Chloe
Ava
Susannah
Jerry Mae
Elodie

Baby girls I know:

Hallie
Freya
Nevaeh
Isabel
Isla
Delilah
Bethany
Daisy

Both a cousin and a friend named their daughters Ivy
Another friends daughter is called isla
Kyrah
Esme
Blossom

I know a Lilith, nicknamed Lily. There's always Lilian?

Love Lilly.

Names of small girls round here include:

Ottilie
Mabel
Nova
Lyla
Camille
Goldie
Elsie
Florence
Maisie
Alice
Maeva
Sunny
Cecilia
India
Sylvie
Seren
Olive
Elizabeth
Pearl
Violet