Really struggling with a girl’s name - Mia, Ella or something else 💜

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We have 2 boys, very traditional names (Oliver and Joshua). We are having a girl but really struggling with a name.

It has to go with the boys names that are quite traditional. I liked Alice but my DH doesn’t like it.

We both think Mia and Ella are nice, but I’m just not sure they are ‘nice’ enough!

There are so many lovely girl names out there but we are really struggling! Any help appreciated.

Mila
Eloise
Eliza
Harriet
Chloe
Camille
Elodie
Ava
Hazel
Ayala
Xanthe

Maya
Clara
Lara
Elsa
Cleo
Lola
Tula
Lucia

Millie
Amelia
Amelie
Eva
Evie

They’re all just a bit done to death. Ella is a bit bland and nothingy. I know friends with kids with all of these names.

Love love Alicia, how are you pronouncing it? The one I know is Alice-ee-a. Not Alisha.

It goes more with your other children’s names.

Mia, I knew the nicest most magical person who was called Mia.

Freya as a possible

I love Alice: frustrating about DH!

I quite like Alicia if pronunciation is as this poster suggests but I’m not fond of A-leash-a.

What about Flora if you like Freya? It’s quite a traditional name like your boys.

I love Edie or Elsie

As the boys names both end in an "ah" sound, there is also Ada

Im.guessing in time, your boys will get shorted to Ollie, Josh....do you want a girls name that will shorten as well to fit in? Try not to over th8nk...plump gor 3 names, I love:

Oliver - Ollie
Joshua - Josh
🌸Harriet - Hattie
🌸Eleanor - Ellie
🌸Charlotte - Lottie

Mia and Ella are gorgeous.

Others..
Oliver and Joshua and
Mietta
Louella
Eloise
Eliza
Elizabeth
Alexandra

Oliver, Joshua and Samantha
Oliver Joshua and Rebecca
Oliver Joshua and Michaela
Oliver Joshua and Daniella
Oliver Joshua and Francesca

Oliver, Joshua and Ella. Good if you like same ending sound.

Oliver, Joshua and Eliza
Oliver, Joshua and Lucy
Oliver, Joshua and Kate
Oliver, Joshua and Amy
Oliver, Joshua and Lillian

Thank you all. @Atishooo it's odd, I don't know any Ella's - none in my son's school classes or around friends etc. I didn't think it was that popular.

I vote for Ella.

I was friends with an Ella at secondary school (in the late 2000’s) and always loved her name, it’s so feminine and pretty!

I’m due a baby girl in Feb and we’re going with ‘Charlotte’ which could be an option for you?🙂

Georgia

• Ella
• Mia
• Freya

Of the three, Ella. I don't really like any of them and they have been overused for a long time.

I like the boys' names.

Alice, Harriet and Flora are all great. Alicia is OK but I don't like the Aleesha pronunciation.

I like Anna or Grace. Would have used one of them for DD but didn’t work well in our native languages.

Lucy
Ruth
Catherine
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Matilda
Martha
Anna
Helena
Susanna
Rose

Mia and Ella are quite overused, but if you love them then go for it.

Classic names to go with your boys' names would be:

Rebecca
Julia/Juliet
Josephine (maybe too close to Joshua)
Penelope (love the two short forms of this too)

How about Elodie?

Mia and Ella are quite overused

This! We know sooo many Mias and Ellies....

And Ellas!

Love your boys’ names. I also, I helpfully, love Alice, but it’s obviously not a goer if your husband doesn’t like it. I’m not keen on Alicia.

Ella and Mia are both nice but don’t seem as strong or classic to me as Oliver and Joshua. I think Eleanor nn Ella could work. I like Freya best of your choices.

Also like PP suggestions of Anna, Rose, Helena (Lena, Nell), Harriet.

Mia and Ella are both incredibly common and also just…boring. Alice is a great name!

Emilia - Can be shortened to Milly, Mia,