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Acbd · 07/01/2024 11:27

Hi everyone, we are looking for some ideas/advice! We don’t know what we are having (due next month) and in the last 2 years I know loads of girls that have been born and less than 5 boys. We have settled on a boys name (after both of my grandfathers) - James/Jamie.
We are really stuck for a girls name as we feel every name we like has been taken. We were settled on one of these and within the last three months a work colleague, neighbour or friend has taken them: Emelia, Emily, Ella. We have a one syllable surname and the second name would be Rose after my mother & grandmother, so would ideally like a two syllable first name. These are the names that are ‘taken’ in the last couple of years: Mia
Fiadh
Ella
Eve/Eva
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept)
Emelia
Ayda
Mara
Erin
Ava
Cara/Kara
Clara
Grace
Katie
Naoise
Evelyn
Layla
Alana
Abi
Millie
Willow
Daisy
Isla
Ciara
Eloise
Saoirse
Aoibhinn
Orlaith
Sophie/Sofia
Robyn
Caoimhe
Cadhla
Marykate
Ellen
Shona
Lucy/ Lucia
Emma
Cora
Nancy
Isabel
Lily
Indie
Darcy
Holly
Maeve
Niamh
Clodagh
Leah
Pia
Olivia
Cliodhna/Cliona
Zara

Please help as we are all out of ideas!

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NotFastButFurious · 08/01/2024 12:25

Charlotte Rose
Elizabeth Rose
Katherine Rose
Alice Rose
Matilda Rose
Margaret / Maggie Rose
Caitlin Rose
Louisa Rose
Penelope / Penny Rose
Tabitha Rose
Ada Rose
Abigail Rose
Eleanor Rose
Hannah Rose
Anna Rose
Annabel Rose
Beatrice Rose
Sadie Rose
Georgia Rose
Imogen Rose

NotFastButFurious · 08/01/2024 12:26

Acbd · 07/01/2024 11:27

Hi everyone, we are looking for some ideas/advice! We don’t know what we are having (due next month) and in the last 2 years I know loads of girls that have been born and less than 5 boys. We have settled on a boys name (after both of my grandfathers) - James/Jamie.
We are really stuck for a girls name as we feel every name we like has been taken. We were settled on one of these and within the last three months a work colleague, neighbour or friend has taken them: Emelia, Emily, Ella. We have a one syllable surname and the second name would be Rose after my mother & grandmother, so would ideally like a two syllable first name. These are the names that are ‘taken’ in the last couple of years: Mia
Fiadh
Ella
Eve/Eva
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept)
Emelia
Ayda
Mara
Erin
Ava
Cara/Kara
Clara
Grace
Katie
Naoise
Evelyn
Layla
Alana
Abi
Millie
Willow
Daisy
Isla
Ciara
Eloise
Saoirse
Aoibhinn
Orlaith
Sophie/Sofia
Robyn
Caoimhe
Cadhla
Marykate
Ellen
Shona
Lucy/ Lucia
Emma
Cora
Nancy
Isabel
Lily
Indie
Darcy
Holly
Maeve
Niamh
Clodagh
Leah
Pia
Olivia
Cliodhna/Cliona
Zara

Please help as we are all out of ideas!

Also, for anyone else struggling to work out what's already been taken, I sorted them alphabetically!
Abi
Alana
Aoibhinn
Ava
Ayda
Cadhla
Caoimhe
Cara/Kara
Ciara
Clara
Cliodhna/Cliona
Clodagh
Cora
Daisy
Darcy
Ella
Ellen
Eloise
Emelia
Emma
Erin
Eve/Eva
Evelyn
Fiadh
Grace
Holly
Indie
Isabel
Isla
Katie
Layla
Leah
Lily
Lucy/ Lucia
Maeve
Mara
Marykate
Millie
Nancy
Naoise
Niamh
Olivia
Orlaith
Pia
Robyn
Rose/Rosa (cousin took Rose in Sept)
Saoirse
Shona
Sophie/Sofia
Willow
Zara

shoesday · 08/01/2024 12:27

I'd go for Jamie as a girl

Whataretheodds · 08/01/2024 12:29

Don't give a second thought to what your colleagues have called their daughters unless you are lifelong friends and your families regularly socialise together.

Ditto neighbours.

KirstenBlest · 08/01/2024 13:14

Don't call a girl Jamie.

KirstenBlest · 08/01/2024 13:27

Jamima looks like a typo
Marykate looks like two names squashed together, my brain would try to read it as a word and it would sound like Marickaty or something

Acbd · 08/01/2024 15:13

Thanks so much to everyone for taking the time to think of suggestions - really appreciate it!
On reading back I realise I misspelt ‘Emilia’ - thinking Emilia Clarke (GOT reference).
Oh Jamie as a girls names sounds cool…gender neutral names are all the go nowadays! Didn’t think of this!
Also like the idea of Rosa/Rosanne as encompasses Rose.

Its hard because we were really set on a variation of those three but can’t imagine having our baby 2-3 months later with the same name and everyone thinking we’d copied them - plus the neighbour will likely be in the same school with our kid. The work colleague I see most days so that’s a bit of a nightmare too! Could request to move offices haha!!!

Could we get away with calling our girl baby Emie or Evie instead of the full name. That’s probably what they’ll end up going by in the long run. Otherwise I like the idea of Aoife or Eleanor maybe.
Thanks again everyone for all your helpful ideas and opinions!

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