Still No Name for Baby Girl

[KLRJ]

Officially made it to two weeks with no name for baby girl and I feel beyond awful about it! Every name seems to have something about it that I don't like.

-Faye: love the name in theory, but calling her it seems awkward and clunky because of the single syllable and there being no obvious ways to make it seem affectionate

-Ruby: absolutely love it, sounds SO cute with our surname (Robson) but at #41 with 1020 girls given the name last year, it's more popular than my other children's names and I worry about her being surrounded by others with the same name

-Rosa: also love it, sounds incredibly classy and goes quite well with our surname (not as well as Ruby), but obvious nickname is Rosie which I don't like and is also very popular

Help me decide please! Also I'd love any other suggestions if anyone has any please. Had a couple of suggestions of Romilly on my last post which I thought was super cute but husband disagrees 🫠

If you like Rosa then go for it and just never use the nickname. My son has a name which is usually shortened to a certain nickname, most people with this name use the nickname. But we don’t like it so we always call him by the full version and so that’s what everyone now associates with him and nobody calls him anything else. If it helps I don’t think Rosa would usually get shortened since it’s the same syllables as Rosie

I have a Rosa and nobody has ever called her Rosie or anything other than Rosa.

It doesn't get shortened although she's still in primary school so we will see what teenage years bring! I still love it. It's a classic but not hugely popular and I think it doesn't immediately signify any class or background which I like.

Remy is a boys’ name…

Or Ffion, to actually spell it correctly?

Funny. I know a Remy and she is definitely a girl

If you love a name then go for it or there will always be something holding you back. I don't know any Ruby's, I do know one Rosa and she's just Rosa, not Rosie. My daughter is Rosalind and gets called Rozzy/Rozi/Roz.

Would avoid anything like Ruby/romilly etc as sound far too trite with your surname.
Eleanor Robson
Juliet Robson
Clara Robson
Annmarie Robson
Magdalene Robson
Annika Robson
Constance Robson
Florence Robson
Thea Robson
Isabel Robson
Emily Robson
Isla Robson
Penelope Robson
Adaline Robson
Freya Robson
Ursula Robson
Maisie Robson
Vivienne Robson
Alexis Robson
Catharine Robson
Imogen Robson
Sophie Robson
Helena Robson
Astrid Robson
Camilla Robson
Tabitha Robson
I personally think one or three syllable first names go better with your surname than two syllable.

Sorry, pressed send too early! Meant to say, these are just a few lovely names which sounds nice with your surname to me :-)
Good luck with choosing! Its fair enough taking a while, its an important decision! :-)

Why would a NN for Rosa be Rosie? Same length! Rose would be more obvious as a NN.

Have you ever seen Ratatouille or been to France? Definitely a boys’ name.
I would wager that the female Remy that you know is going to have issues with this all her life. Poor kid. What were her parents thinking?

Rue is also the name of a plant.

Not so much here in ireland there isn't least not at this part you could always go with Evie-May Evie-Rose, if you wanted.
I also suggested names
Orla
Mia and
Ruby.

Ruby Robson has a very pornstar ‘Jenna Jamison’ type feel.
also a bit clunky with the repeating r and b, not the nicest sounds together.
i’d go for something different personally.

@Soccermom2020 , Evie is in the top 25 girls' names in Ireland, plus all the Eves, Evelyns etc who will probably be Evie. May and Rose are common middle names, and hyphens ruin both parts of the name. Mia is a top 10 name and Orla is a bit middle-aged.

I actually know a Rosa Robson

I love love love Ruby, beautiful name. I love Rosa too.
I totally agree about not wanting a name that's too popular, but I think Ruby won't be an issue.
To the posters who say popularity shouldn't be an issue. In my son's year of 2 classes, there are 6 versions of Isabella/Isabelle/Bella. Some go by Izzy, some Bella, some full name, but of course this changes. An Isabelle suddenly decides she wants to be Belle etc. I have totally given up knowing who he is referring to.
I would not pick a top 10 name for this reason, but Ruby being top 40 would be fine I think.

My sisters name is Faye, but it is spelled Fahy. Her affectionate name was Fahyzee. I have no idea how it would have been spelled but it was Fay Z! :)