Help! DD due in under a week. Which of these are likes, maybe or bin?

[Insearchofnames]

Hi,

desperetely need help my brain has completed overloaded with names now having gone through the top 1000. Husband has vetoed all of my top 30 😭so left with these back up ones. However, have now spent so long debating names that I just don’t feel anything for any of them anymore and dd due in 3 days.

Possible names that we have not both vetoed are

Maeve
Flora
Cecily
Tessa
Clementine
Faye
Arabella
Anna
Melody
Imogen
Oriana
Meredith
Serena
Allanah
Allegra
Camilla
Alice

I like Anna, Melody, Meredith, Melody, Faye and the rest I’m meh about.

I don’t like Maeve, Cecily or Arabella.

Oops said Melody twice.

You could try Elodie (friend is French and called that).

Do a new list 6 of yours 4 of his you are carrying and about to delivery her so you get priority and choose from the top 10 whittle them down. 30 vetoes is bloody ridiculous!

Love - Cecily, Tessa, Anna, Alice

Like - Flora, Clementine, Arabella, Imogen, Serena, Camilla, Alana (prefer this spelling to Allanah)

Bin - Maeve, Faye, Melody, Oriana, Meredith, Allegra

My personal faves from your list are:
Arabella (top choice as then you can nickname her Bella which was on your original favourite list)
Melody
Oriana
Serena
Allegra

But…
you sound really worn out and as if your DH is taking advantage of that. 🙁 I am a big fan of mum having the final say on baby names because you are the one doing the work making them. So if there are names you still would like to consider, bring them back into the mix and insist he reconsiders.

Also, have you looked at more unusual versions of your original favourite names? eg Carlotta instead of Charlotte, or other ‘Bella’ names

On your ‘vetoed’ list, I like

Charlotte
Grace
Sienna
Isabella
Esme
Juliet
Elodie

Good luck with your new DD @Insearchofnames

Maeve - old lady vibe, I like it.
Flora - buttery spread
Cecily - too sssy.
Tessa - meh
Clementine - cute, but do you like the derivatives?
Faye - bleugh
Arabella - was on my list. Love it.
Anna - classic, cool
Melody - no
Imogen - really like
Oriana - love. Had Ariana on my list

Meredith - meh
Serena - meh
Allanah - I like this
Allegra - no
Camilla - don't name her after the Queem
Alice - same as Anna, classic and cool

Alice
Anna
Cecily
Imogen

Those are my favourite names from your list. Alice is popular but in a classic way rather then a more faddy way that will forever identify her as being born in the 2020s. Like Imogen, Alice doesn't have a vowel-sound at the end which is something I like as so many girls names are very 'vowely'. That said, Anna is a classic I love even though it starts and ends with a vowel sound.

Your list of names already used by close friends/family is lovely! Eloise, Florence, Hannah, Harriet and Mary are others that might work?

I only like Alice and Imogen

Of your list, I like:

Maeve
Flora
Cecily
Tessa
Clementine
Arabella
Anna
Imogen
Meredith
Serena
Allegra
Camilla
Alice

Shame your DH doesn't like Eva as I think that's lovely.

I’d wait until the baby arrives and then see what suits her. The chances are you’ll hear a singer on the radio on the way to the hospital. and suddenly that will become the name!

Anna or maybe Anna Maria?

Maeve - I hear this quite a bit when out and about
Flora - cute. The margarine and jokes about spread wouldn't bother me
Cecily - not keen
Tessa - love it
Clementine- like it
Faye - like it
Arabella - like it
Anna - love it. Think it's your best name
Melody - like it
Imogen - like it
Oriana - think she'll be mistaken for the more popular Ariana
Meredith - like it
Serena - love it
Allanah - not spelled like that Alana looks better to me but that's maybe because I've never seen it with a double L
Allegra - love it
Camilla - like the name but I would be put off it because of the Queen
Alice - love it

Of your original list I absolutely love Sophie/Sophia and Juliet.

From your list my favourites are Anna, Maeve and Alice

Go with Arabella, then when she’s here you can naturally start calling her Bella.

I've seen an app called something like Kinder recommended on here. You both swipe on the names independently and the app shows you which ones (if any!) you've agreed on. I've never used it as I'm way past name choosing now (until I start interfering as a MIL which , from MN, I gather is essential)

Maeve maybe
Flora BIN
Cecily BIN
Tessa maybe
Clementine maybe
Faye BIN
Arabella BIN
Anna maybe
Melody
Imogen LIKE
Oriana maybe
Meredith BIN
Serena LIKE
Allanah BIN
Allegra BIN
Camilla BIN
Alice maybe

Can't believe the love for Tessa when it is quite clearly the name of your mum's nice friend who's a farmer's wife and makes a good scone.

Maeve maybe - trendy (Sex Education show) Prefer Niamh
Flora BIN it's a margarine Prefer Florence if you must
Cecily BIN Hate the spelling Prefer Cicely or Cecilia if you must
Tessa maybe Prefer Tess
Clementine maybe Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Faye BIN from Steps
Arabella BIN and Mortimer the raven
Anna maybe Classic
Melody I like Dr Who so could go with it
Imogen LIKE Elegant
Oriana maybe Phil Collin's ex?
Meredith BIN The Family Stone
Serena LIKE quite chic I also like Lauren, Savannah, Sienna
Allanah BIN I spell it double n Allannah Myles Black Velvet woman
Allegra BIN Chef
Camilla BIN
Alice maybe In Wonderland

Imogen Serena

Serena Imogen

depending on your surname

It feels like your husband is not being very kind or open to compromise here. There are some lovely names on your original list and plenty that aren’t common. Can you have an honest conversation with him about how this is making you feel? Ask him to reconsider some of the names you really love? Fwiw I like almost all the names you’ve mentioned and agree about Constance - also you’ll never be able to stop other people shortening it anyway, as soon as she gets to school she would be Connie.

Interested to see Tessa getting so much love as it's my favourite too.

I also like Imogen although it's relatively common.

I can't say I have any strong feeling for the others, apart from the following which I really don't like:
Faye
Arabella
Oriana
Serena
Allanah

Not sure about using Camilla now we have a Queen called that.

Wait until she is born. You don't need to register the birth for 6 weeks I think.

Maeve - gorgeous, love it - a personal favourite of mine!
Flora - the spread! Prefer Florence
Cecily - lovely and quite uncommon
Tessa - nope, boring
Clementine - too frilly
Faye - lovely
Arabella - too frilly
Anna - a bit basic but still nice
Melody - absolutely not, too childish
Imogen - not a fan
Oriana - alright
Meredith - no
Serena - meh
Allanah - Alana spelling isn’t bad but that’s awful
Allegra - nice
Camilla - no
Alice - popular but nice