I don’t like any girls names!!

[jadedgranger]

i am massively struggling with girl names. With my first we had none! Luckily we had a boy. Second time time I want to be better prepared!! Only one I have liked is already taken by friends we know - Eloise. And the other one is India, which I know I couldn’t use because of the bad rep / colonial connotations. Everyone else seems to think girl names are easier??!! Please help! To make matters worse I feel like we rushed into my son’s name and I have some name regret, so I’m desperate not to feel the same again.

Would you share your son’s name, at all? So we know what kind of style you might regret? Did you just regret it due to popularity?

Elodie?

Ask the friends if they’d mind you using the name?
I wouldn’t use it if a close family member (eg your child’s cousin), but surely with a friend it’s ok.

Or Louisa?

a few along similar theme of India (which is a nice name btw) from kids at the DCs clubs and schools

Indira
Enya
Esme
Anja
Anoula
Anouja
Sia
Saphira
Hira

It’s a fairly unusual name (though getting a lot more popular) and we went with a Scandinavian spelling (because that’s where we first heard it and fell in love years ago. I just wish we’d taken a few days after we had the baby to decide if it truly suited him which I now feel it doesn’t). But I don’t like how unusual, the unconventional spelling also I don’t love because I have to tell people, and I also think it’s not very soft and doesn’t have any obvious nicknames.

What about Indi instead of India?

Do you like ..
Indigo
Lois
Louisa
Elula
Camilla
Anneke
Gretal
Josephine
Zena
Eloise

• Your friend's child will have a different surname and age.

Chat gpt suggestions
If you're looking for names with a similar feel to Eloise, here are some options grouped by style:
Elegant & Classic
Elodie
Elise
Eliza
Eleanor
Evelyn
Emmeline
Louisa
Adelaide
Genevieve
French-Inspired
Elodie
Amélie
Colette
Celeste
Vivienne
Juliette
Adeline
Camille
Anaïs
Margaux
Soft & Feminine
Elsie
Eliana
Elara
Lucia
Rosalie
Clara
Ivy
Violet
Isla
Evie
Vintage Charm
Beatrice
Florence
Josephine
Matilda
Penelope
Cecilia
Hazel
Mabel
Alice
Sylvie
Modern but Similar Sound
Elowen
Elora
Eliana
Eleni
Elia
Luella
Lilia
Aurelia
Emilia
Esme
If you like the sound specifically, you might especially like:
Elouise
Elodie
Elowen
Elora
Louisa
Luella
Elise
Elsie
Eliana
Eliza

I have an Eloise but if I hadn’t have gone with that I’d have liked Esme. I think there are a lot of pretty names like Sylvie and Delphine which don’t have a similar sound but a similar feel. I did initially want Astrid but we have a surname beginning with A and it didn’t sound right.

Elodie
Elise
Elena
Juniper
Imogen
Elowen
Vienna
Sienna
Zara
Clara
Margot
Lois
Amber
Cecilia
Lydia
Annelise
Phoebe

Came to say Elodie as well - plus much nicer than Eloise

Otherwise I love Elsie

Hannah
Grace - if I had another daughter she would have been Grace
Phoebe
Matilda

Astrid or Ingrid if leaning into the Scandinavian connection

I love Eloise but Elodie is a beautiful alternative
I also love India, it was on my list but I have 3 boys

Use Eloise if you like it. I had a friend who named her DS the name we had chosen for our DS. Didn't change our decision

Just don't pick on and see what feels right once she's here.

And the other one is India, which I know I couldn’t use because of the bad rep / colonial connotations.

Oh good grief.

Elodie?
Eleanor?
Louisa?

A list to mull over …

Sienna
Cleo
Alice
Amber
Eden
Laura
Tessa
Mila
Nina
Caroline
Freya
Una
Gemma
Indigo
Julia
Dana

Lois
Cadence
Cassidy
Kendal
Daisy
Ivy
Imogen

We were not at all set on a name with our first. We ended up telling the midwife a different name each time she came until we settled. It was quite good trying the name out for the length of a visit as we knew when it felt right!

My suggestions for you would be:
Eloise, just do it!
Indira
Elowen
Imogen

What boy names do you like?
Maybe you could use the female equivalent.

I also LOVE Melody/Mélodie

Suggestions

Keira
Christina
Paige
Heidi
Zara
Sophia
Alexandra
Emelia
Maya
Emily
Rosalie

Lois
Alicia
Xanthe
Indigo
Imogen
Talitha
Tamsin
Alessia
Coralie
Esme
Esther
Lydia

I like Ianthe?
ETA It seems to me to channel aspects of both Eloise and India.