Girl name help / ideas please

[Minnesota38]

We're having a girl, due in 3 weeks, and despite having a short list for half the pregnancy we're no further on & I'm not sure any of the name we have are quite right so any other ideas or suggestions are very welcome.

The short list so far is:

• Abigail
• Amelia
• Imogen
• Eleanor
• Ella
• Emily
• Matilda

I like Emily and Amelia, they are both very pretty. Matilda is also an excellent name. I have never been a fan of Abigail and Eleanor.

Are you in the UK? I ask because of your username!

That’s a lovely list, OP! We have a Matilda, and have considered many of the others for DD2. Of your list I like Abigail, Emily and Eleanor best. I suspect I would like Imogen but I used to know an unpleasant one so that puts me off - clearly not an issue for you!

Other names on my list are:

Alice
Jessica
Felicity
Kate
Laura
Isabelle
Sophie

Could you try to narrow it down to a final 3 and then see how you feel when she arrives?

Ella or Emily.🤗🤗

I like Matilda, Emily and Amelia the best

Hi @MKWarrier 👋 I posted on your thread yesterday and thought OP's list looked similar to yours!

OP, in case you want to search for it, MKW's thread title was "first attempt at a girl's name list". You may like some of the suggestions there.

Emilia
Elsie
Eloise
Isolde
Marina
Iona
Amber
Leonora
Leona

Lovely shortlist!

My favourites are Imogen, Abigail, Emily and Ella - I love all of these!

Amelia and Eleanor are also lovely, just more commonly used recently, if that matters to you?

Matilda is a nice name, I’m just not sure the short versions work as well for adults, and as it’s a 3 syllable name I’d prefer to have a “grown up” short version, personally.

Other ideas -

Harriet
Georgia
Alice
Lucy
Clara
annabel
Eloise
Jessica
Penelope
Leonie
Jennifer
Helena
Audrey
Layla
Madeleine

I love matilda

eliza
jemima
eloise
beatrice
eva
annabelle
harriet
emmeline
amelie
ottilie
penelope
phoebe
emilia
lydia
cecilia

Team Abigail! I think it's underrated and I love the nn Abby at any age.

Other ideas based on your list:

Annabelle
Gemma
Felicity
Sarah
Kelly
Annika
Mia
Eden
Renee
Whitney
Elara
Josette/ Josie
Hannah

Matilda is very nice

I think you have a good list of names and perhaps you can choose when she is born.

Abigail - lovely
Amelia - overused
Imogen - not keen on Immy
Eleanor - will be Ellie
Ella - overused
Emily - ok but has been popular for decades
Matilda - not keen on Tilly or Tilda

Suggestion: Jessica, Emma, Harriet

Matilda is NOT okay. It would set the poor girl up for failure and disappointment as she would expect to have magical powers like Matilda in the book, movie, and musical, “Matilda”. Furthermore, this story touches on themes of abuse from the parents towards Matilda, so would likely reflect negatively on you. Imogen sounds rather similar to “Imagine” so may cause issues around derealisation. She may believe she is imaginary, but it could be worth a try! The others sound brilliant.

I think Abigail is lovely.

I also really like Esther and Rachel if you’re looking for other suggestions

All lovely names though OP

Abigail is lovely, classic and unusual these days. The definite standout from your list.

Ella or Eleanor

All lovely apart from Abigail.. it does not belong on this list.. (sorry)

My faves from your shortlist are Imogen and Matilda. We used one and the other was on our shortlist.

Other names we considered included

Felicity
Harriet
Beatrix
Tabitha
Nina
Zara
Carey
Iona
Lydia
Zoe
Naomi

My favourites are Amelia and Imogen- lovely, solid, pretty names

I love Abigail.Eleanor and Emily
Amelia is one of those names I go hot and cold on. At the moment I'm cold.
Imogen. Nice name but not to my personal taste.
Matilda See Imogen.
Ella. I don't know why because ihave no bad associations but I really detest this name.

Other names you might like.
Rebecca.
Isabelle
Hannah.
Charlotte.
Victoria.
Elizabeth.
Alexandra.
Jessica.
Lucy
Felicity
Scarlett.

Cecily
Laetitia
Thalia
Phoebe
Sabine
Sylvie
Yann
Ghislaine

All lovely.
Combinations inspired from your list ..
Ella Matilda
Imogen Skye

Matilda is a great one - classic but interesting, and great nickname options (Matty, Tilly, Tilda)

All nice names. Particularly like Imogen and Matilda

Gabriella
Rebecca
Hannah

A little Matilda I know is Mit for short
so cute 🥰