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If I like these boys names, what girls names might I like?

27 replies

HazelnutRaspberryRoulade · 28/05/2026 11:30

We’re due a baby girl in October and for some reason we’re finding it much harder to come up with girls names we really love than we did for boys names.

Boys names I love:

Jolyon
Hughy
Ivo
Lucien
Monty
Jesse
Joss
Laurie

So I think I like quite artistic, floaty, creative names.

I quite like Matilda/Tilly and Cassie for a girl but not quite sure they’re the ones. Also like Hazel and flora/ nature inspired names.

Thanks for your help!

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MiddleAgedDread · 28/05/2026 11:40

Clementine / Clemmie
Clarrisa
Harriet / Hatty
Henrietta / Etta
Penelope / Penny
Claudia
Tabitha
Georgina / Georgie
Phoebe
Imogen
Camilla
Jemima
Roberta / Bobby
Florence / Flo / Florrie
Felicity
Willow
Poppy
Rosie
Juniper

floppybit · 28/05/2026 11:54

Celeste
Pascale
Fleur
Daphne

Needmorelego · 28/05/2026 11:59

Jessie, Joss and Laurie can be girls names if you like the names.

Forgottenmyphone · 28/05/2026 12:16

India
Xanthe
Halle
Romy
Sienna
Bryony
Fearne
Posy
Savannah
Everly

HugoThatway · 28/05/2026 12:19

Hughy is an odd spelling. It's Hughie.

Jolyon - Julia
Hughy - Huguette
Ivo - Ivy, Ivana
Lucien - Lucy, Lucienne.
Monty- Matilda
Jesse- Jess, Jessica
Joss - Josceline
Laurie - Laura, Lauren

I suspect you want the air of those name and they don't really come across as
artistic, floaty, creative

Neither do Matilda/Tilly, Cassie, Hazel and flora/nature inspired names.

Suggestions:
Candida
Flora
Bryony
Cicely
Aoede
Titania

HazelnutRaspberryRoulade · 28/05/2026 13:05

Lovely suggestions so far, thank you! Definitely some I hadn’t considered.

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wineosaurus4 · 28/05/2026 13:07

What about Nina? My little girl is a Nina and we’ve had so many compliments on her name and it’s very uncommon Smile I still totally love it!

SeaBaseAlpha · 28/05/2026 13:08

Ottilie?

Mondayschild96 · 29/05/2026 10:01

How about Lucinda? Jessamine? Laurel? Arabella? Jocinta? I think they have a similar style.

HazelnutRaspberryRoulade · 29/05/2026 11:25

Wow I really love some of these suggestions, and they’ve made me think I about other names I hadn’t considered as well. Bella really appeals today!

Thank you so much for the ideas.

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Firebird83 · 29/05/2026 11:56

Astrid
Rowan
Sylvia
Robyn
Heather
Willa
Callie
Daphne
Juniper
Dorothy
Edie
Gloria
Iris
Cecily
Nora
Winnie
Calla
Kitty
Maple
Nell
Polly
Rowenna
Selah

AreBearsCatholic · 29/05/2026 12:20

Callia
Celeste
Laurel
Tansy
Bryony
Clio
Helia
Jessamine
Verity
Audrey

LulaLulaByeBye · 29/05/2026 14:27

Cassia, Cressida, Elodie, Madeleine, Laurel, Melody

LambriniBobInIsleworthISeesYa · 29/05/2026 14:42

Jessa?

Noideawhatiam · 29/05/2026 15:11

My son is Laurie and I love Lucien, Joss, Hughie and Monty.
My daughters are Annabelle and Felicity, also considered Evangeline and Alice.

HazelnutRaspberryRoulade · 29/05/2026 15:41

Jessa is actually so lovely. And I really love Annabelle and Alice but they’re very close family names so feels like they’re a bit off limits!

Evangeline is beautiful, I just wonder whether it would inevitably get shortened to Eva, and there are so many around our way.

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HazelnutRaspberryRoulade · 29/05/2026 15:41

Thank you again for all the ideas and input, has honestly been genuinely useful

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CeciliaMars · 29/05/2026 20:12

Daffodil

Mumofgirls2017 · 29/05/2026 22:27

Flora
juniper
rowan
wren
eden
clover
river
mabel
clementine
daisy
daphne
olive
tansy
tallulah
zelda
callie
polly
romy

Giraffehaver · 29/05/2026 22:49

Isobel
Jemima
Sylvia
Alyssa

Greenknightsuccess · 29/05/2026 23:21

Rosina
Willa
Ivy
Cecily
Cora
Sybil
Fleur

MoreBookcases · 29/05/2026 23:28

Violet
Hazel
Rose
Imogen
Penelope
Xanthe
Willow
Daphne
Lyra
Belinda
Lydia
Zara
Felicity
Isobel
Isla
Juliet
Ophelia
Laurel
Wren

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 29/05/2026 23:32

Florence
Camille
Manon
Fleur
Catherine

mathanxiety · 30/05/2026 00:57

Flora
Minerva
Daphne
Rowena
Rosalba
Araminta
Imelda
Juno
Hermione
Letitia
Mirabel
Posie
Jessamine
Elowen
Leonora
Lowenna
Marit
Iris

NuffSaidSam · 30/05/2026 01:03

I think the girls names you mention are lovely! I like Matilda, Cassie, Hazel and Flora. They're all good choices. I'd even go so far as to say they're much better than your boy list.