Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Help with baby girl name

34 replies

EdgyHedgehog · 13/05/2025 11:10

So our baby is due very soon, we have a shortlist of names, but still can't pick one, for me nothing seems quite right, but maybe I just need to choose one and get used to it. Our family is also mixed heritage, Arabic, Irish and Turkish so looking for a name that will work across cultures.
So far our shortlist/ long list is

Farah
Lana
Seren
Arel
Zadie
Emel
Tulin

What do you think, and open to ideas. Thank you ☺️

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
LadyQuackBeth · 13/05/2025 20:55

They are lovely, except perhaps Emel, which I think suffers from there being so many Emily, Emilia type names that it sounds unfinished.

Farah is particularly nice.
Malak?

Mamadontpreach · 13/05/2025 21:24

We went with Leyla as a nod to Turkish grandparents...means dark as night/similar I think. She's blonde and blue eyed - but I love her name ❤️

The names you've listed are all lovely though. Farah is really pretty.

ScruffMuffin · 13/05/2025 21:59

Farah and Zadie are lovely. How about Zehra? Hannah is nice also. Might you like Rebekah? Not really Arabic I know, but popular in many areas of the world.

EdgyHedgehog · 20/06/2025 09:49

Thanks everyone for your help. We went with Farah in the end, Farah Samar ( pronounced similar to Summer) we loved the meaning of Farah - Joy, although I really loved Elif in the end as well, but my husband thought she might be teased when she's older.

OP posts:
Moreteaandchocolate · 20/06/2025 09:55

EdgyHedgehog · 20/06/2025 09:49

Thanks everyone for your help. We went with Farah in the end, Farah Samar ( pronounced similar to Summer) we loved the meaning of Farah - Joy, although I really loved Elif in the end as well, but my husband thought she might be teased when she's older.

How lovely! Thanks so much for the update and congratulations 💕

KayEmAy · 20/06/2025 19:51

Adore Seren!

metta · 20/06/2025 21:43

Love Farah, Seren and LOVE Zadie

OneDeftBlueFinch · 22/06/2025 23:23

EdgyHedgehog · 20/06/2025 09:49

Thanks everyone for your help. We went with Farah in the end, Farah Samar ( pronounced similar to Summer) we loved the meaning of Farah - Joy, although I really loved Elif in the end as well, but my husband thought she might be teased when she's older.

Beautiful name and a huge congratulations.

annnlee · 25/06/2025 19:48

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page