Baby Girl Name Inspo!

[ActDottie]

So we’ve found out we’re having a girl! Which we thought would be easy because there tonnes of girls names that we both love (we didn’t agree on a single boys name) but the more we’re thinking about it we still haven’t found the name that we think is the one!

Baby’s middle name will be Hope and surname begins with B and is one syllable.

So far we like:
Lily
Sienna
Olivia
Emilia
Francesca
Violet

Any other names out there that people can think of? I quite like flower names and want a name that’s not too unusual. Just really need some inspo!

Also interested to hear other people’s stories of how they knew the name was the one! Atm we both think it’ll be weeks after birth that we decide!

I love Niamh but was worried baby girl would have a lifetime of spelling it out to people.

How bothered are you about popularity as she will be one of many Lily’s and Olivia’s. Although at least with Hope she won’t just be another Lily Rose/Grace/May which are the current filler middle names. Nice but massively overused and there are many many Amelias/Millies/Emelias.

I like Francesca, not a fan of Violet at all.

Thanks for replying, initially I was quite bothered by popularity but as time has gone on I’ve been focussing more on whether my husband and I like the names because most of the names we agreed on are also quite popular names.

All lovely, my favorites are Lily and Sienna! Though if Olivia were Olive it would be at the top :)

Other ideas you may like:

Eden
Daisy
Celeste
Jade/Jada
Lavender
Cassia
Elowen
Gemma
Brooke
Baye
Raven

non nature related names I think you may like

Thea
Juliet
Caroline
Nora
Wendy
Felicity
Lena
Hailey
Erin
Tess(a)
Josette nn Josie, Jo

Flower names:

Calla
Dahlia
Daisy
Daphne
Delphine
Evanthe
Fleur
Flora
Ianthe
Indigo
Ione
Iris
Ivy
Jasmine
Jessamine
Laurel
Lavender
Liana
Lilac
Marguerite
Marigold
Pansy
Peony
Petal
Poppy
Posy
Primrose
Rose
Rosalie
Rosanna
Tansy
Viola
Yasmin

Other names that fit the vibe of the ones you like:

Eliza
Georgia / Georgina
Eloise
Juliet
Louisa
Thea
Vivienne
Alexandra
Anastasia
Constance
Felicity
Helena
Isla
Leonie
Leonora
Matilda
Nora
Philippa
Victoria
Zara
Serena
Selena
Gabriella
Liliana
Rafaella
Viviana
Amara
Aurora
Mila
Chloe
Coralie
Elara
Julia
Leda
Lena
Marina
Saffron
Sierra
Summer
Willow
Penelope
Orla
Alice
Clara
Stella
Tessa
Aurelia
Arabella
Anabella
Cecily
Clementine
Delilah
Evangeline
Genevieve
Lucia
Madeleine
Melissa
Nancy
Seraphina
Valentina
Vienna

I think it needs to be two or three syllables to flow so from your list I like Sienna and Francesca best! I saw the name Jessa/Jessamine on another thread and think that goes nicely too

Francesca is top of my list. It's a beautiful name!

Love Violet from your list too.

Other names I've heard recently and think are lovely...

Robyn
Heidi
Connie
Wren
Josephine
Lydia
Beatrix
Susannah
Autumn 🍁

Also

Nina
Nancy
Scarlet

Nice choice of names Op, very pretty!

My favourite would be Francesca out of your List, mainly because I love the NN Fran & Frankie.

Having young School age Children myself, the others are incredibly popular if that's not an issue for you!

Lilac
Olive
Hazel
Xenia
Isolde (Is-ol-da from the medieval legend)
Odette
Joy
Mercy
Ettie
Perdie
Primrose
Marigold
Sorrell
Fern
Willow
Verity
Honor
Iris
Clementine

If the surname is Bott, then Violet.

Viola - it's a bit like Violet and Olivia.

Consider the first name and the surname without the middle name. Lily Hope Bloggs will be Lily Bloggs a lot.

Oooh we do like verity but we’re worried Verity Hope would sound a bit too virtuous a name

It’s good to hear some love for Francesca as we think it works really well with our surname :)

Agree needs to be at least two syllables it’s so hard putting the whole name together

I love wren! My husband hates it though :(

Sienna I think is a very strong possibility atm as both my husband and I love it the same amount :)

Ivy is my all time favourite name and we were convinced it was the one but it just doesn’t work with our surname as our surname is also an object so it just sounded to but like e.g. “I’ve Bear” “I’ve Box” kinda thing :( was devastated when we realised it just didn’t work.

Thats such a shame! Ivy is a really lovely name, I think it’s one of those names that is great on a baby through to a grown woman.

I have an Imogen Hope (1 syllable surname)

We also considered Felicity, Beatrix, Rowan, Juliette, Nina, Zara, Xanthe, Lydia, Fern.

From your list I love Francesca ❤️

I like: -

Lily
Olivia
Sienna
Francesca

Would also suggest: -

Naomi
Sheridan
Emma
Rosa
Connie
Rachel

If you have a one-syllable middle name and a one-syllable surname I don't think you can pull off Niamh or Wren, you need something longer.

I would choose Sienna from your list, it's really pretty. Although I have spent a lot of time in the Italian town of the same name so I much prefer to see it spelled like that - Siena.

Some other suggestions, no theme, just some that come to mind after reading your list.

Savannah
Amber
Eloise
River
Jasmine
Laurel

I like Olivia.

sophia
rosa
thea
arabella
isabella
ella
mila
ava
annabelle
phoebe
freya
florence
eliza
helena
eloise
elodie

What a shame!! It's so lovely xx

All lovely names! My favourite is Emilia and then Francesca.

Agree probably needs to be a longer first name.

I love Eloise and Amber from your list :) husband doesn’t like them! I feel like I definitely have a type of name I like whereas the names my husband likes are a bit more random which is making it really tricky :(

Oooh I like Rosa!