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not too girly girls names

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mrsjuan · 21/03/2009 18:26

Our baby girl is due in 8 weeks and I'm still not sure on names. Our current favourites are Phoebe and Amelie but I'm not 100% happy with them at the moment. I think they might be a little too cutesy.
If I give you some names that I really like but can;t use maybe someone can give me some inspiration of similar sorts of names that might work:

Erin (doesn't go with surname)
Bryony (can;t have B names with surname as it begins with O!)
Sorrel - OH doesn;t like
Romilly- OH doesn't like

Thank you

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DLI · 21/03/2009 18:29

Felicity
Alicia
Bethany
Elisha
Kaitlin
Chloe

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MrsMattie · 21/03/2009 18:38

Greta
Ellen
Niamh
Cora
Coral
Freya
Kate
Laurel
Lauren
Olive
Hermione

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mrsjuan · 21/03/2009 18:39

Thanks DLI. from your list I like Chloe but there is already one in the close family.
I love the meaning of Felicity but it is a bit too flouncy for me!
Kaitlin is nice but the last baby born at work was called Caitlin & I don't want to seem as if I've copied.
Fussy aren't I?!

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mrsjuan · 21/03/2009 18:41

Wow MrsMattie - you are right on the mark! I love all those names except Greta and Olive.
Cora and Laurel were on my list at the beginning & I'm not sure why they came off now...

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MrsMattie · 21/03/2009 18:42

Darcy
Cerys
Verity
Willow
Flora

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mrsjuan · 21/03/2009 18:46

Yup -I like Darcy, Willow & Flora but husband not keen.
Keep them coming...

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DLI · 21/03/2009 18:46

Louise/Louisa
Rachel
Sophie /Sophia
Carrie (carrie ann)

janeite · 21/03/2009 18:48

Naomi
Niamh
Maeve

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changename1 · 21/03/2009 18:56

sarah
Laura
Natasha
Mia
Harriet
Anna
Emma
Rebecca
Alice

bodiddly · 21/03/2009 19:17

Sadie, Sasha, Grace, Imogen

randomname · 21/03/2009 19:29

Gretchen, Norah,Ava, Dara, Carmen, Camille

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mrsjuan · 21/03/2009 19:50

Hmm, quite like Harriet & Emma but not overstruck on the other suggestions.
I think I prefer names with more than 1 syllable & names ending in a tend to 'run into' our surname too much if you don;t take care to pronounce them separately (which might be why Cora & Emma came off the original list)
Perhaps the perfect name just doesn't exist!

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browntrout · 21/03/2009 20:03

Astrid
Scarlett

Takver · 21/03/2009 20:19

Hope
Hebe
Ivy
Dorothy
Hetty

treacletart · 21/03/2009 20:24

Imogen, Clara, Agatha, Elizabeth.

treacletart · 21/03/2009 20:25

woops hadn't read about the a endings before posting - sorry.

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Doha · 21/03/2009 21:14

Kirsty
chloe
Amber
Caitlin
Beth
Eve

ickletickle · 21/03/2009 21:57

Honor
Verity
Hope

Steaknife · 21/03/2009 23:08

Emily
Edith
Eleanor

(all names I wanted for mine)

Rose (feminine but not too flouncy IMO)
May (works well as a middle name - Edith May)

Orla
April
Ruth
Elle
Carine
Karensa

bringonthetrumpets · 21/03/2009 23:10

what about phoebe?

tigerdriver · 21/03/2009 23:12

the only girl's name is: Harriet.

She has to be the captain of the hockey team and no one will mess with her.

changename1 · 22/03/2009 09:11

Clare
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Elise
Isobel
Catherine