Honest opinions and fresh baby girl name suggestions

[ZiggyStardew]

Hi all,

I’m hoping for some fresh eyes as I think I’ve stared at names too long and lost all objectivity 😅

We’re expecting a baby girl and are trying to find something that feels right for us. We’re both a bit non-traditional, into indie music and nature, so we’re drawn to names that feel earthy, a bit creative, maybe slightly whimsical but not too out-there.

Names I like (he’s not as keen):

• Olive
• Cleo
• Fern
• Nell
• Ember
• Tawny
• Stevie
• Wren

Names he likes (I’m not convinced):

• Willow (I do like but seems way too popular?)
• Juniper
• Melody
• Elizabeth
• Ramona
• Saffron

Names we both like:

• Hazel
• Violet
• Billie (but worried about Eilish)
• Harmony

Names we love but can’t use because ex partners / close friends:

• Rowan
• Frankie
• Charlie
• Robyn

I just don’t want anything too frilly, overly traditional, or super common. Equally, he doesn’t want something that feels try-hard or like a “stage name”.

Would really appreciate honest opinions on the above (what works / what doesn’t), and suggestions with a similar vibe that we might have missed

Looking just at the names you both like, I'm going to go against the grain here and put a vote in for Harmony. I might be biased because it reminds me of one of my favourite books as a kid, The Queen's Nose, but I think it's quite pretty.

Hazel and Violet are both top 100 names if that bothers you.

Some other suggestions:
Lorna
Alba
Willa as an alternative to Willow?
Seren
Anya
Coral
Sunny
Veronica
Ione
Carmen
Josie
Fleur
Skye
Meris
Helena
Ffion
Aubrey
Maxine
Lacey
Marley
Sydney

Harmony - nn Harm?

how about Lark .. ❤️

Your list is almost identical to mine OP! I also love Sloane, Sage, Marlowe, Fenna and Holland

Dora, Jasmine, Joni ( like Mitchell) Skye, Sasha, Scarlett, Elodie, Eloise, Cora, Holly,

I thought Cleo and Fern as soon as I saw your title!

I love Juniper too, Junie and Junebug are such cute nicknames.

Have you considered -
Eva
Francesca then you can nn Frankie
India
Sylvie
Morag
Nina

Jodie
Tegan
Darcy
Norah
Tilly
Dakota
Blythe
Hallie

What made you think of the Mitford sisters? 🤣

My favourite flower name is Zinnia. From your lists I like Hazel and Fern best

I don’t like Hazel, Violet, Wren or Olive at all. And they’re all fairly popular (I work with children).

Love love Cleo and Melody. Please not Tawny, I mean, it’s an owl. And also it’s too much of a Brownies reference.

Winter?
Calliope?

It DOES sound like Toni in an accent!

I thought that too! Really not the family that springs to mind for me with the brief of "earthy"!

I feel like Eden maybe fits your vibe

Other suggestions

Iris
Fleur
River
Elle
Lois

Well, yes, a couple of them turned out to be fascists, but their childhood was very earthy - quite feral actually, with their own language, ranging around the countryside, untamed. Plus Debbo was an amazing gardener and an expert chicken keeper - so very earthy. Perhaps Debs would be a good name, actually.

I like:
Nell
Stevie
Elizabeth
(Tawny is truly awful).

Do I spot a fellow Katherine Ryan fan? ;)
I also love Fenna but came to suggest Juno

Hazel and Violent are both lovely. Cleo is great - it was on my list but unused!

Jocasta?! That's a myth I'd want to avoid my kid being associated with!

Paisley
Nyree
Oakleigh

Billie is lovely, I don’t think people will jump to Elish, if I were having a baby girl my name list would be..
Nina
Rachel
Natalie
Cathy
Kate
Joanna
Anne
Madeline
Simone
Mary.
Also I know a little girl called Autumn with a summer birthday, I don’t think that’s strange.

Meriel
Sylvia
Arwen
Jenna

I love Cleo, Harmony and Melody.
My friend just had a Juniper and everyone is in love with her name, it's so gorgeous to say as a whole but the nicknames are equally as lovely- Junie, Juno, June, Juju.....
Have you considered Rhapsody? Rhaps for short?

My friends GD is called Moss. Worth a thought.

Olives everywhere

Lois
Blythe
Connie
Vivienne
Sylvie
Isla

Nell is great - I really don’t like his names at all. Violet is the nicest of the joint ones.