Baby girl names shortlist?!

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Hi everyone 👋

First baby due in less than 8 weeks and we cannot decide on a name! We prefer traditional, nothing too 'out there'. We thought we had decided on Amelia but that seems to have gone out of the window now as we've had too long to think about it!

Middle name is going to be Grace

Surname is similar to Heston (was advised against posting actual surname)

Potential names:
-Amelia Grace

• Emilia Grace (I much prefer this but worry it will just get pronounced as Amelia)
• Charlotte Grace
• Erin Grace
• Ivy Grace
• Evie Grace
• Edie Grace
• Elsie Grace
• Mabel Grace
• Martha Grace

Any thoughts on these names please? Or any suggestions with a nice name to go with surname similar to Heston?

It seems we tend to prefer names beginning with a vowel 😂

I feel like I'm losing my mind looking at baby name lists now 😭

Thanks!

Emilia Grace sounds the best, like a princess's name!

Martha is my least favourite from the list

Really dislike Grace, sorry.

Edie/Edith is lovely.

[quote Elisemum]@Chunkymenrock sorry but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything more stupid than this! Clearly you don’t like the name Amelia and you have every right to, but your explanation is ridiculous and stupid[/quote]
The medical term is factual, not ridiculous and essential that OP knows about it.

@DukkaDukka

Also middle names such as Grace are often hyphenated so there are endless Eva-Grace/Isla-Grace/Lily-Grace/Evie-Grace/Amelia-Grace/Ava-Grace’s. Substitute Grace with Rose or Mae/May/Mai and you have almost every girl name in the playground.

They’ll all date, just as Louise/Jane/Ann have as middle names. It’s not that they’re not pretty names, they’re just massively overused.

A lot of children have Grace/Louise/Mae… middle names because they sound good with almost every first name.

My DD1’s middle name is Louise. I have loved her first-middle name combination since I was a child and I knew I wanted my daughter to be called that. I lucked out that DH loved it too. Most people don’t even know her middle name - because why would they? - so I’m not that worried about it ageing her.

DD2’s middle name is Rae as well which isn’t far off the extremely popular Mae. It’s only on MN that people have a problem with this.

@MinnieJackson

Edie or martha, love both. My sons best friend is Edie and i love her! She is so full of energy and vibrant! Also have cool connotations (if you like the 60's life ) of Edie Sedgwick

Ah yes cool connotations of a drug addict.