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What do you think? Girls name

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halloween41 · 02/05/2025 07:33

Having a DD soon. DH and I have hugely, and I mean hugely, struggled to find a name that we both like. I like floral/very feminine names whereas DH likes almost androgynous or very old fashioned names. Anyway, one day I suggested a name in passing that I thought was okay and he’s jumped on it and is adamant that’s what we’re calling DD. To be honest, I don’t love it but I can live with it. It’s a Mairead, pronounced Ma-raid. Be honest, t
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babe4 · 04/05/2025 12:18

How about Maren?

user1492757084 · 05/05/2025 06:35

Allegra
Quentin
Liberty
Josephine
Bridie

IAmTheLogLady · 05/05/2025 06:43

WaitWhatWhatWait · 02/05/2025 09:40

Only in England.
Amazingly, the rest of the world is able to deal with names in different languages. Once told how to pronounce a name, we just get on with it.

It's not really in England ime but on MN that people really struggle.
No one I know in RL finds anything like this difficult.

Brutalist · 05/05/2025 06:44

@halloween41 Érin is a lovely Irish name. I think it fits pretty but not too “girly”

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