Since finding out that we’re expecting a girl, we have been calling her Ayla Grace , we have a 2 year old named Mia and we always refer to her as Mimi. I’m now close to my due date and am second guessing her name and I’ll state my reasons below. We also have loved the name Millie since finding out but never went with it.
With Ayla I don’t feel there’s a way to nickname her , Lala , or even ay doesn’t sounds right to me. We have shared the name with a few people and had a mixed response, some love it , my brother hated it and my mother keeps saying Isla when we want her name to be Ayla - said like the spelling Ay-la. And I’m worried people will call her Isla in school and don’t want to be forever correcting people on her name. However I love that it’s different. Unlikly to be another Ayla in her class at school, it’s not common but again it’s not wildly out there.
With Millie, it sounds great with Mia , can nickname her Mils for short, no confusion on the pronunciation but only down sides are mother in law hates it and said it’s a dogs name , and we have a cousin abroad named Millie , have never met her but wouldn’t want her to feel we’re copying or naming baby after her. Also haven’t a clue on a middle name for Millie either, our daughter Mia has a middle name so we’d like our second born to have one.
what name do you prefer ? What would you go with ? And middle name suggestions for Millie please.