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peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 21:54

Baby girl due... please help!

I didn't realise how many names rhymed.

We don't want anything too cute e.g Daisy, Poppy etc

We don't want anything too old fashioned e.g Betsy, Enid etc

Names we like

Eliza
Florence
Maeve
Clara
Leah (doesn't work with Lee)
Emily (Favourite name but doesn't work with Lee)
Rosa (Another Favourite but doesn't work with Lee)

We have considered but gone off:

Emilia
Amelia
Isabella
Isabelle
Hannah
Charlotte (harlot?)

Hit me with your favourite names pls.

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Swearwolf · 17/07/2023 22:00

What about Violet?

I do think some of the names you've listed work fine, with the exception of Leah. Once she is here it will just be her name! I would go for three or four syllables, not too many 'li' sounds. Although that also sounds alright to me, I quite like the sound of Cecilia Lee.

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:06

I really like the name Violet but worried it sounds like Violently with our surname

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Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:12

Farrah

StopFeckingFaffing · 17/07/2023 22:12

Eliza and Florence are both lovely and sound OK with Lee

Other suggestions:
Josephine Lee
Amanda Lee
Imogen Lee
Rebecca Lee
Freya Lee

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:13

Oh shoot... I misunderstood. I thought you already had a child named Lee. Sorry. 🤦

SallyWD · 17/07/2023 22:14

Christina
Katharine
Rebecca
Isobel
Imogen
Eleanor
Annie
Harriet
Josephine
Ramona

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:15

Camdyn Lee
Robyn Lee
Morgan Lee

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:16

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:13

Oh shoot... I misunderstood. I thought you already had a child named Lee. Sorry. 🤦

sorry, I probably should of clarified

Surname is Lee

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peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:17

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:15

Camdyn Lee
Robyn Lee
Morgan Lee

Too unisex for us, I think

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Mumofgirls2017 · 17/07/2023 22:20

Matilda lee
nora lee
aurora lee
tabitha lee
edith lee
esther lee
cassandra lee
francesca lee
eliana lee
lydia lee
sophia lee
ada lee
dorothy lee

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:20

Sloane Lee
Rachel Lee
Jessica Lee
Gemma Lee

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:20

SallyWD · 17/07/2023 22:14

Christina
Katharine
Rebecca
Isobel
Imogen
Eleanor
Annie
Harriet
Josephine
Ramona

Isobel is lovely but don't like the look of

Isobel Lee - all I can see is belly

Love Annie but too much of a nn. I also don't think Anna works with Lee

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Mumofgirls2017 · 17/07/2023 22:21

Have to say I thought of this then realised that!

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/07/2023 22:22

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:06

I really like the name Violet but worried it sounds like Violently with our surname

^

Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2023 22:23

Jillian Lee

CountFoscoHasMiceInHisPocket · 17/07/2023 22:24

I'd follow Vivienne Leigh's example and go for a naming ending with an N sound.

Madeleine Lee
Marianne Lee
Carolyn Lee
Imogen Lee
Saffron Lee
Rowan Lee

IamThegreaterMole · 17/07/2023 22:25

Juliette

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:25

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 21:54

Baby girl due... please help!

I didn't realise how many names rhymed.

We don't want anything too cute e.g Daisy, Poppy etc

We don't want anything too old fashioned e.g Betsy, Enid etc

Names we like

Eliza
Florence
Maeve
Clara
Leah (doesn't work with Lee)
Emily (Favourite name but doesn't work with Lee)
Rosa (Another Favourite but doesn't work with Lee)

We have considered but gone off:

Emilia
Amelia
Isabella
Isabelle
Hannah
Charlotte (harlot?)

Hit me with your favourite names pls.

forgot to add Sophia.

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CountFoscoHasMiceInHisPocket · 17/07/2023 22:26

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:06

I really like the name Violet but worried it sounds like Violently with our surname

Yeah Violet definitely does not work with your surname.

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 17/07/2023 22:29

Could you hyphenate the name so it's 'Emily-Rose Lee' and then just call her Emily?

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:37

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/07/2023 22:20

Matilda lee
nora lee
aurora lee
tabitha lee
edith lee
esther lee
cassandra lee
francesca lee
eliana lee
lydia lee
sophia lee
ada lee
dorothy lee

Sophia is on my list. We live in an area whetr there is alot of Sofias, Saffias etc so I think will just blend it.

I really like Sophie DH isn't keen

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PieonaBarm · 17/07/2023 22:37

Victoria
Cora
Helen/Helena
Vanessa

Gloschick · 17/07/2023 22:39

Can you add in another surname? I can see why you find Lee tricky, but works well as a linking name.
Eg Clara Lee Henderson.
I know you have gone off Charlotte, but I think that works quite well with Lee. So, maybe Scarlet Lee instead?
If you like Anna and Isabel then how about Annabel Lee?

peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:39

SorenLorensonsInvisibleFriend · 17/07/2023 22:29

Could you hyphenate the name so it's 'Emily-Rose Lee' and then just call her Emily?

We did consider this but DH doesn't love the hyphen.

I have considered a double barrel but without the hyphen

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peaceofmind1 · 17/07/2023 22:43

Gloschick · 17/07/2023 22:39

Can you add in another surname? I can see why you find Lee tricky, but works well as a linking name.
Eg Clara Lee Henderson.
I know you have gone off Charlotte, but I think that works quite well with Lee. So, maybe Scarlet Lee instead?
If you like Anna and Isabel then how about Annabel Lee?

Unfortunately not, Lee is both mine and DH surname and I don't want to add my maiden name.

I do really like Annabel (and Annabelle)

But the famous poem Annabel Lee puts me off plus I also think it has the Bel-Lee problem

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