Still struggling for a girls name! Help!

[Lennsuey]

I never thought choosing a girls name would be so difficult! We have chosen a boys name but are really struggling to decide on a girls!

We like the idea of a flexible name that can be shortened so here goes with a list for you all to scrutinise!

Jessica (Jess/Jessie)
Tallulah (Tally/Lulu)
Matilda (Tilly)
Delilah (Lila)
Sasha (Sash)
Yasmine (Yas)
Roxanne (Roxy)

Possible middle names will be:

Mary
May
Jane
June
Rose

Ok, opinions please, don't be shy!

I love all of them. Top favourite combo for me would be

Roxanne Rose

as I love alliteration in names (I know a lot of people don't.) Possibly Roxanne Mary in case she finds Roxanne a bit foxy sometimes and wants to downshift the impact.

Yasmine and Roxanne are gross but the others are pretty!

Sasha and Yasmine are just not meant to be shortened IMO so would not go for either of those. Don't like Roxanne at all either.

I liked jessica before we chose DD's name.
DH did then decided he didn't.
Sasha is nice.So is yasmine.
I kept thinking 'it's gotta see 'em through their ages, will it suit baby,teen,40's etc' and didn't want anything odd.
We were opposite, chose 3 girl names, Rachel, Imogen or Sophy. But couldn't decide on boys.
HAve to think of initals (sp) too.

Dolly Violet

ooo yes - I like Yasmin too .. infact it is on our short list for girls names (and by short I mean we only have about 4 on it!)

Good luck - all those names are lovely imo.

DH is very keen on Tallulah, i like it but it's a bit out of my comfort zone! Trying to get my head around how I feel about that!

I really like Matilda, really don't like Roxanne and not really fussed about the others. Think that Tallulah could be lovely but it sounds like a name to live up to iyswim.

Jessica's my favourite.
Roxanne always reminds me of the police song

i have a tallulah, most of her friends call her lula

dd1's middle name is delilah, which really wanted as her first name, but now exh wouldnt agree, so she became a lily

amy and jessica as first names and would have to be mary as a second name

I love Matilda. How about Elizabeth (Libby, Lizzy)?

Thanks for the posts, keep them coming!

On reflection i don't really like Roxanne, i agree about the police song! I have visions of my sister belting it out every time she sees LO as she's a big Police fan!

I do like Jessica a lot too but think it's very popular which i'm not knocking, I just don't want to conform that much!

we have Isabella - Ella and Alexandra - lexie

so we're also looking for a 3rd name can be used shortened incase this is a pink again!

what about

Charlotte - lottie or coco
Matilda - Tilda
Penelope - Penny or Nell
Phillipa or Piper - Pip
Elizabeth - libby or beth
Susannah - Susie
Amelia or Amelie - Milly
Mattia - matty
Cecelia - Cece
Beatrice - Bebe or Bea
Beatrix - trixie or Bea
Isabella - Izzy or Elle or Ellie or Ella
rosalyn - rose or rosie

from your list I like Jessica or Tallulah - lula though not lulu

hth, good luck ,its not easy I know!!

Matilda is my favourite. I love the name, and Tilly for short. If we have a second child this is top of our list for a girl.

I think Matilda Rose sounds lovely.

evangeline - eve or evie
evelyn - eve, evie or lyn
samantha - sam
stephanie - steph
annabel - anna
felicity - flossie or flic
florence - flo or florrie
jennifer - jen
julie/julie - jules
gemima or Jemima - Jem
Josephine - Josie
Megan/margaret - Meg

I'll throw in our choice here - like it or loathe it, it's unusual and a sweet shortened version. Meriel - we call her Merry but she's Meriel at school. Means "of the sea"...

its nice hotpasty you could also use Meridith too for Merry

Olivia for liv, livvie or Ollie

Wow, loads of new suggestions! Names ending in 'a' seem more suitable as our surname is Tovey. You'd be amazed at how many names seem to rhyme with it!

I really like Matilda but i'm worried Tilly would sound daft and there would be lots of mickey taking!

Does anyone think a Christian name the has the same first letter as that of the surname is silly?

Matilda can also be shortened to Mattie.

Lennsuey - I am having a DD soon and one of her names is going to be Jessamy. There is also Jessamine, you could use either of those instead of Jessica; less common. (i mean in numbers).

what about
Camille - cam or millie
camilla - cam or millie or milla?
tabitha - tabby
tamara - tammy
georgina - georgie/gina
violet - vi
harriet - harry
jocelyn - joss
caroline - callie
kathleen/kaitlyn - kitty

right enough from me!

I know of a Tilly and she definitely desn't get any mickey taking for her name. It is pretty.

I met a Dulcie this week and thought it was adorable.
What do you reckon?

I do like Tilly and Dulcie, but with the surname Tovey??!