Baby girl names… peach?

[PollyD123]

I’m due in a few weeks with a baby girl and struggling to find a name. I’ve swapped it constantly throughout the months and just don’t like anything. I was recently set on Lena but have realised how common it actually is, which puts me off a little bit. I recently heard the name peach and absolutely love it but after reading a lot of forums people seem to think it’s silly? I know it doesn’t matter what other people think but I don’t know if it’s too out there?! Thoughts?

I’ve just realised people love to be negative on here 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think a name grows with someone as they get older. She is at the end of the day my baby and hopefully she doesn’t grow up to be as judgemental and vicious as some of the people
on this thread.

I think Mirabelle nicknamed Peach would be lovely with a Spanish surname.
Have you seen ´Encanto’ - the main character is called Mirabelle. And as a PP said, there’s a kind of French stone fruit called a Mirabelle. More like a plum than a peach because they’re not furry.

Thank you for being lovely, seems a rarity on this platform. I think I’ll think twice before posting on here again 😂 the world would be a boring place if everyone liked the same. x

Just to focus on the commonness aspect, Lena really isn't common and peach isn't that much more unusual. So don't pick it just for that reason. Out of about 260k girls born:

Lena: 159 born in 2024 (and on the decline)
Peach/peaches: 55 born in 2024

It is a pretty name but just with her Spanish surname being double barrelled I weren’t sure if it were too much

I really like it.

I don’t think it were necessarily the commonness I just felt like the more I heard of it the less appealing it became. Maybe I’ll change my mind once I see her x

I know someone who has the surname Peach. So it's a no from me.

She wasn’t held back because it’s just a name, it doesn’t define her as a person.

In Greek, Daphne (δάφνη) means Laurel, as in the plant. Nothing to do with the OP's dilemma, just a piece of useless information ..,

I haven’t been scathing names at all and you’re suggesting in your reply that I think im
above people? Which is a bold thing to say when you’re talking about a stranger on the internet. As I’ve said for the fifth time in this thread, there were a reason as to why I made specific comments on those few names.

Paloma was on my list but her Spanish father informed me that it was Spanish for pigeon and dove

I love Peach and Peaches. I just find them adorable. I'm not 100% sure how I would feel about having it as an adult but she could go by a nickname if she didn't like it I guess x

I feel like if I did call her it I wouldn’t be able to imagine her as anything else as she got older x

I work in a school with 650 pupils. We have one child called Peaches. We don’t have any Lena’s. Although we do have a Luna and a Lunna ( pronounced the same).
I don’t love the name peach honestly… but it’s your decision and if you love it go for it

Mirabel is the name of the main character from the disney film Encanto which is hugely popular so kids might associate her with that

@PollyD123there’s hundreds of names for girls so you don’t need to pick a popular one such as Olivia.
Peach is a fruit which isn’t generally used as a girl’s name, unlike Cherry. Use it as a nickname.
There must be some other name you like.

I agree with most PPs

Its an awful "name". I wouldn't be best pleased as a grown up to have had that name forced upon Me.
Poor DD to Be

Yes. We had Laurel on the list too.

The third person to say ‘poor child’. My daughter will be nothing but loved and cared for and grow up not to be defined by her name. I’m guessing by the amount of nasty, to put it bluntly, bitches on this thread that didn’t happen with them.

You know what, I think a slightly longer first name balances a long surname better. And it’s three syllables which isn’t hugely long either. And I like how it sounds in English and in Spanish which might be important to your husband too if he speaks Spanish or if you’re likely to spend a fair bit of time in Spanish speaking situations (family time or time in places where Spanish is the main language).

OP I think people have been unnecessarily harsh on this thread.

I actually quite like the name peaches and like things a bit different but the truth is that she will be judged and you as parents would be judged for calling her that and it does unfortunately have arse connotations in the uk (although maybe you dont live here in which case it doesnt matter).

Whilst you might raise her to be non judgemental etc that just isnt the way of the world or the way other people will raise their children and people will make assumptions based on names. I agree they shouldnt but they do for example I do agree anyone with -ayden names will get judged as a bit council estatey. People will make assumptions about the name peaches and her background etc

What I'm saying is that life can be tough enough growing up and getting jobs and doing well especially as women, she doesnt have to be called olivia or Sophia but be mindful of the fact that she will be judged on her name.

I think Peach is cute on a baby/little girl but I don't think its a suitable name for a woman. Imagine she grows up to have a highly professional/political career. Judge Peach, Dr Peach, Peach the prime minister... it just doesn't sound like a name that grows with a person in my opinion. However, I have met a baby Peach recently

It is important for me, I have free rein on her name her dad is happy with whatever I choose. I did originally want something short and Spanish but didn’t really find anything I liked. Hopefully I see her and just know and she isn’t nameless for weeks!

Take it easy OP, you're sounding like a right🍑