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Baby name difficulties - there all taken!

33 replies

Emsvs · 07/11/2022 20:03

Hi all.

Please help....due first baby April 23 and would like to start thinking about names.
I don't know the sex yet.
My problem is the names I really like I can't really use for various reasons. Hoping by looking at the name list, people can suggest some similar.
The last name will be Fisher.

Girls

  1. Isla Fisher - love this name but she is a known actress
  2. Olivia Fisher - Can't use as a close member of family
  3. Francesca Fisher - Same as above
  4. Sofia Fisher - Feel this might be too over used
  5. Emmie Fisher - Too similar to my name (Emma)

    Boys
  6. Alfie Fisher - Family Dog name
  7. Albie Fisher - Another baby in the family
  8. Bobby Fisher - Another Family dog name 🙃

    I seem to like a's and e's sounding names from the above

    Thanks x
OP posts:
KirstenBlest · 07/11/2022 20:04

Jeremy for a boy.

Workawayxx · 07/11/2022 20:07

A few similar options…
Alba fisher
ada fisher
ava fisher
louisa fisher
Amelie fisher
mia fisher
maya fisher
serena fisher

Freddie fisher
Louis fisher
bertie fisher
eddie fisher
vinnie fisher
jamie fisher
monty fisher

LT2 · 07/11/2022 20:07

😄 @KirstenBlest

ThatshallotBaby · 07/11/2022 20:11

Ottilie

Lara

Iona

Susannah

Saskia

sopeas · 07/11/2022 20:19

Here are some suggestions you might like?
@Emsvs ☺️

Sienna Fisher
Clara Fisher
Mila Fisher
Lily Fisher
Alyvia Fisher
Alba Fisher

Arthur Fisher
Theo/Theodore Fisher
Jack/Jacob Fisher
Asa Fisher
Dylan Fisher
Ethan Fisher

Teeshirt · 07/11/2022 20:19

Names like Toby, Barnaby, Gregory, Timothy seem less babyish than the boy names you chose but still keep the -ee sound.

Sienna for a girl.
Selena
Lilah
Lara

Takingturnstogether · 07/11/2022 20:21

Girls- Orla, Esme

Boys- Archie, Brodie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/11/2022 20:22

Amelia Fisher.
Rachel Fisher
Chloe Fisher
Megan Fisher
Hannah Fisher
Rebecca Fisher
Darcie Fisher.
Gracie Fisher.
Lucy Fisher.
Eliza Fisher
Kiera Fisher
Saskia Fisher
Savannah Fisher
Laila Fisher
Mia Fisher
Nina Fisher
Isabelle Fisher
Eleanor Fisher
Charlotte Fisher
Abigail Fisher
Sofia is lovely but its too F heavy.

Tommy Fisher.
Henry Fisher
Jack Fisher
Teddy Fisher
Leo Fisher
Stanley Fisher
Toby Fisher.
Max Fisher

AmandaMirandaPanda · 07/11/2022 20:44

Ailsa
Alisa (Lisa)
Beatrice/Betris
Christabel, Christina
Eleni
Elodie
Eloise
Emily
Georgia
Laura, Lara
Lea(h)
Lydia
Maria, Mariah
Oona
Rosa, Rosalie
Sara
Selena
Serena
T(h)alia
Vanessa
Zoia/Zoya

Avery (could also work for a girl)
Cary
Cillian, Kilian
Eli (can also be short for Elias, Elijah, or even Eliot if you prefer)
Kai
Malachi
Ruairi/Rory
Zachary

caitlinrose · 07/11/2022 20:52

Could you use

Islay Fisher

instead?

As far as I know it's pronounced the same as Isla but it looks different at least and is a legit spelling.

I also don't think Isla Fisher is THAT famous.

Otherwise:

Lyra Fisher
Lila Fisher
Ayla Fisher
Ada Fisher
Eileen Fisher
Aileen Fisher
Alva Fisher
Maya Fisher

Oliver Fisher
Edward Fisher (called Teddy)
Ronald Fisher (called Ronnie)
Alfred Fisher

FrogletandMe · 07/11/2022 21:26

Isla is so popular she'd probably be known as Isla F. once she started school.

Coral Fisher
Laura Fisher
Laurel Fisher

Gulliver Fisher
Vincent Fisher
Joel Fisher

TalkisChips · 07/11/2022 21:29

Agree that Isla and Olivia are sooooo popular that she’ll be Isla F or Olivia F. Especially if you use the filler middle name of Rose/Grace/May.

Facecream · 07/11/2022 21:42

trying out a few different thoughts:

Rosie Fisher
Alannah Fisher
Hannah Fisher
Audrey Fisher
Marilyn Fisher
Adrianna Fishe
Odette Fisher
Amanda Fisher
Gabrielle Fisher
Marianne Fisher
Joy Fisher
Emily Fisher
Julie Fisher
Courtney Fisher

Bertie Fisher
Patrick Fisher
Rupert Fisher
Bart Fisher
Freddie Fisher
Barnie Fisher

InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits · 07/11/2022 21:48

They aren’t taken, as such, but you are choosing very popular, very high up the charts, very 2022 names, in the most part. If you’re happy for your Dc to have a popular name, that’s cool, just use one you love. Because with names that high up the lists, they’ll most likely know several others by school age anyway.

If you wanted to choose something that’s currently less popular, say outside the top 500 or 1,000, you’d have more freedom to chose something not already ‘taken’.

Eg Isla (3rd most popular in England and Wales in 2021 with more than 2,500 little Islas born) could become Alisa (only 69 born) or Althea, well outside the top 1,000.

Olivia is lovely, and very popular, first place in 2021 with more than 3,500 born. Others with similar sounds are Ophelia, outside the top 100, Evelina, outside the top 500, Olympia, outside the top 1,000.

Same for boys, Archie, Albie, Albert, Arthur, type of names are all very high up.
Ashley, Aubrey, Arnold, not so high (top 500-700)
Edmund/Eddy, Matthias/Matty, Indiana/Indie, also far less popular.

myexisawanker · 07/11/2022 22:12

Lauren Fisher

Eloise Fisher

Leo Fisher

Woody Fisher (Edward)

I'd generally avoid the eeee or ie sound along with fisher. Woody is the exception obviously 😊

Luredbyapomegranate · 07/11/2022 22:23

Stella
Cecilia
Miranda
Serena
Sabrina
Claudia
Adela
Iona
Esther
Susannah
Frances
Zoe
Chloe
Phoebe
Felicity

Robert nn Robbie (rather than Bobby)
Arnold nn Arnie
Ernest nn Ernie
Alexander nn Sandy
William nn Billy
Daniel nn Danny
Thomas nn Tommy
James nn Jamie
Sydney
Stanley
Zachary
Barnaby nn Barney
Rory
Toby
Francis / Franklin nn Frankie

vera16 · 07/11/2022 22:23

Edie (Edith) Fisher
Jamie Fisher

Thisisnotmyname2 · 07/11/2022 22:28

Sophie instead of Sofia?

Fiona Fisher

Ashley or Archie?

Dreamingcats · 07/11/2022 23:08

I know it looks the same written down, but I thought the actress pronounced it Iz-la rather than Isle-a? I think it's totally useable.

Dreamingcats · 07/11/2022 23:13

How about Aila? Looks different but sounds like Eye-la?

LizzieBet14 · 07/11/2022 23:21

Eliza Fisher sounds nice.

FootballisLife · 07/11/2022 23:59

Emsvs · 07/11/2022 20:03

Hi all.

Please help....due first baby April 23 and would like to start thinking about names.
I don't know the sex yet.
My problem is the names I really like I can't really use for various reasons. Hoping by looking at the name list, people can suggest some similar.
The last name will be Fisher.

Girls

  1. Isla Fisher - love this name but she is a known actress
  2. Olivia Fisher - Can't use as a close member of family
  3. Francesca Fisher - Same as above
  4. Sofia Fisher - Feel this might be too over used
  5. Emmie Fisher - Too similar to my name (Emma)

    Boys
  6. Alfie Fisher - Family Dog name
  7. Albie Fisher - Another baby in the family
  8. Bobby Fisher - Another Family dog name 🙃

    I seem to like a's and e's sounding names from the above

    Thanks x

Tia
Calla
Kara

Noah
Harris

Theoldwoman · 08/11/2022 03:27

Yeah, I wouldn’t use anything ending in an A sound or E for that matter.

Suggestions:

Kate Fisher
Isobel Fisher
Lillian Fisher
Clare Fisher
Beth Fisher

Rex Fisher
Jeremy Fisher
Thomas Fisher
William Fisher
Callum Fisher

KirstenBlest · 08/11/2022 07:23

Could you use Islay Fisherinstead?
As far as I know it's pronounced the same as Isla but it looks different at least and is a legit spelling.

@caitlinrose , it might look different, but it sounds the same and nearly everyone would spell it wrongly. Some people will say I lay and others Islay, so not a good idea.

@Thisisnotmyname2 , Sophie Fisher doesn't sound great, but Phoebe Fisher sounds ok

KirstenBlest · 08/11/2022 07:24

Some people will say I lay and others Islay Islay should have read Iz-lay

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