Faraday or Iris or...?

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Struggling to find a girl's name I love.

I like slightly unusual but not too 'out-there' names, and also not a huge fan of girls' names ending in -a, though there are a few exceptions.

Is Faraday too out there? Any other suggestions?

Love Iris but not a fan of faraday personally. How about

faye
maeve
romilly
marlowe
clara
piper
blythe
briar
river
autumn
violet
pearl
eloise
olive
hazel
eden
juno
artemis
darcy

Love Iris but Faraday makes me think Michael.

Have you considered Farrah (as in Fawcett) ?

Faraday sounds like you're trying too hard to be Yooonique that you end up naming your child something ridiculous... sorry😂

The girls I know with that name spell it Farideh.

Faraday?! Please don't use this

A male famous scientist's surname

😂

I think you're just taking the Michael there...

For me, Faraday would be too out there although it has a nice sound and rhythm to it.

I really like Farah.

What about
Fallon
Briar
Charis
Laurel
Morgan
Guinevere
Lindsay
Lois
Sigrid

Faraday just sounds like a surname. Sorry I don't think it's a very attractive sounding first name.
Iris is lovely though

Faraday is terrible.

Iris is lovely but isn’t unusual. I know of several and all of them are rainbow babies as Iris means rainbow, so the assumption may be that yours is a rainbow baby too.

If you did want a science name there’s
Maria/Marie
Dorothy
Frances
Rosalind
Irene
Donna
Ada
Vera

Yes not keen in Faraday, it will always be a cage to me!

What about Phaedra? Greek goddess of light I believe? However, iris is lovley too, or Merryn?

Faraday is just too Faraday Cage. It may well catch her a really crap nickname.

Iris is nice. Lots of the traditional older lady names are lovely and 2 syllable names tend to go well with more surnames. Ida, Edie, Eva, Alice etc

Have you considered a French name, if you want something a bit different? Matilde, Adeline, Celeste, Ottilie, Elisa etc.

Christ, it's so hard choosing. You'll know better once she's here. Sometimes the names we love just don't fit once you have them in your arms.

My other half wanted to call ours Calypso so I'm really glad I had a boy 😂

Christmas Day?

What about Fallon if you want her to sound like she's got a last name for a first name? At least it's actually used as a first name for a girl.

I think I'd rather be called Michael if you're naming her after the scientist.

No, Phaedra wasn’t a goddess. She tried to seduce her stepson then accused him of raping her when he turned her down, Poseidon kills him, then she kills herself.

Please don't lumber her with Faraday.

Iris is old fashioned, or was, but is far better than Faraday.

@TheLovleyChebbyMcGee - Phaedra famously shagged her stepson! It’s a bit like calling your daughter Medea.

Planck
Heisenberg
Newton

Faraday sounds like a Yorkshireman answering the question "How long did you go for?"

Lol!! Pity, its a beautiful name, from the looks it comes from the Greek word for light, but yeah, the rest was news to me!

Faraday did found the Christmas Lectures.....

Iris is beautiful.

Faraday is awful, sorry.

I know three people called Phaedra. Three! I can hardly believe it myself.

anyway. Not convinced about Faraday but I am curious about what your inspiration for it was OP

I don't like Faraday for a first name - it's a surname!

Farah / Farrah is nice.

I have a friend called Fardeh who pronounces it Faraday. But another lady I know with that name pronounces it fa- ree- da with the emphasis on the ree sound.