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Struggling with girl's name! :(

54 replies

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 21:47

We are 7 months pregnant with a baby girl (first). Don't even have a couple of slight favourites yet Sad

It's sooo difficult!

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cheapskatemum · 01/03/2022 21:55

These threads usually give us a little bit more to go on! Are there any names you really don't like?

MissyB1 · 01/03/2022 21:59

Classic or modern?
Popular or rarer?
Here’s some of my favourites;

Erica
Erin
Maeve
Joni
Kathleen
Alice
Elizabeth

dontblameme · 01/03/2022 22:07

Cadence
Evangeline
Joely
Sasha
Kyla

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:12

Sorry! We like classic and rarer. Not into modern too much...

We've looked at family names but none have stuck with us. Is it normal to find a name that you should be 'wow' at and know that's the one?!

So far we have changed our mind on:

Lillian (she could be lily for short)
May

Sad
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Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:13

@MissyB1 I like Alice and Maeve but partner not keen.

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BlueFlavour · 01/03/2022 22:15

Marianne

Beatrice

Anna

Rosalind

Alexandra

Ophelia

Marina

Iona

Noelle

Cicely

Clara

Frances

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:15

Middle name will be Hazel

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FindingMeno · 01/03/2022 22:16

Edith
Ruth
Beatrice
Esther
Emma

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:16

Thanks @BlueFlavour still struggling to stick with any of those....

Feel like reading some of my old favourite books to see if any names stick to me.

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Lurking9to5 · 01/03/2022 22:16

Hazel
Lois
Edith
Margot
Honor
Anya

I love Maeve, not crazy about Alice but they're ruled out already?

Dinoteeth · 01/03/2022 22:17

Glad mine were boys because I struggle with girl names.
I'd look around at your 'family' names Grannys, great Aunties, see if you can even find a shortened version you like.

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:17

@Lurking9to5 Lois is on our list!

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FindingMeno · 01/03/2022 22:18

Helen/ Helena
Ingrid
Winifred

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:18

@Dinoteeth oh we struggled even more with boy's names!! Sad We were seeing what we liked of both before we found out the gender.

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Dinoteeth · 01/03/2022 22:19

We cross posted.
A name will eventually stand out for you.

Lurking9to5 · 01/03/2022 22:19

Oh gpod, glad i was on the right page!
Ill suggest a few more then

Clio
Thea
Lara
Tara
Clara
Zoë
Anya
Joy
Greta
Maggie

Pisces89 · 01/03/2022 22:19

Thanks @Dinoteeth we've been told that. Will update here Brew

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BlueFlavour · 01/03/2022 22:23

Ok challenge is onSmile

Miranda

Lucia

Greta

Harriet

Ines

Nina

Stella

April

Pearl

Lara

Happenchance · 01/03/2022 22:24

Eudora Hazel
Gwendolyn Hazel

Ikeameatballs · 01/03/2022 22:25

Josephine
Millicent
Genevieve
Adelaide
Odette
Verity
Freida
Coralie
Emmeline
Francine
Belinda

Weaselstoatferret · 01/03/2022 22:28

Classic style names I love are

Matilda
Helena
Vivienne
Charlotte
Phoebe
Grace
Amelie
Anna
Florence
Ada

BlueFlavour · 01/03/2022 22:32

Also
Clementine

Felicity

Flora

Marina

Tessa

Iris

BlueFlavour · 01/03/2022 22:33

Louisa

RedPinkRose · 01/03/2022 22:35

I think May (or Mae) is lovely. I like those 3 letter girls names. I like Ann too, it’s also very sweet and classic.

I had Kesiah on my girls name list. Sounds modern but is old fashioned. I have an ancestor of that name which was where I first saw it.

babynamelover · 01/03/2022 22:37

Isadora