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baby number8 stuck for names girl 4 help

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mumofsevenplusfour · 26/12/2009 10:12

baby 8 a girl due early march a fourth girl
pregnancy hormones or what but we seem to be going round in circles .had narroewed it to arabella or felicity but gone right of arabella and not sure about felicity . as conceived post miscarriage would love a name meaning that reflects joy answer to prayer etc also want something unusual to go with bethany blake lydia tudor leighton tabitha and gabriel but not pretentious irish name possible as half irish or unusual biblical
our shortlist which is growing again includes
martha
alice dh had cat so he not sure
cecily ilove dh doesnt
cecilia i keep hearing the song
prisciila possibly too pretentious
mathilda
aoife
saoirse
felicity
gladys
genevieve too difficult to spell and problem with shortening it
harriet
clodagh ds3 2nd name so not sure
arabella again too sloany?
elyssia too contrived?
miriam
charlotte too popular
any suggestions opinions gratefully received please be honest

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MadBadandCoveredinTinsel · 26/12/2009 23:05

Yes, yes, yes. Octavia!

FishInMyHair · 26/12/2009 23:14

Love Miriam. I know a Mim and a Miri whose full name is Miriam.

alypaly · 26/12/2009 23:28

Savannah
natalie
olivia
hannah
daniella
augusta
francesca

lowrib · 26/12/2009 23:45

Of your list I really like aoife and mathilda

alypaly · 26/12/2009 23:46

how do you pronounce aoife

ilovepeppapig · 26/12/2009 23:52

sophia?
imogen?
lara?
faith?
freya?

alypaly · 26/12/2009 23:55

jessia
melissa
miranda
anthea
lottie
serina
melanie
hannah
portia

pinkteddy · 27/12/2009 00:08

aoife - pronounced 'eefah'. I think the nearest English name is Eve.

alypaly · 27/12/2009 00:09

thanls. I did wonder

mumofsevenplusfour · 27/12/2009 11:55

madbadcovered in tinsel
really like keziah with kizzy as nn but dh hates it
have thought about family vote if we can narrow it down to a shortlist
however everything we like the older children go oh mum
and everything they like we go no way
lots of names i hadnt thought of that are brilliant
thanks keep them coming please

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ilovepeppapig · 27/12/2009 18:46

Leah is from the bible and is gorgeous

everlong · 27/12/2009 19:49

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MadBadandCoveredinTinsel · 27/12/2009 22:02

that mumofseven likes the Keziah suggestion. How about Rebecca, or is that too mainstream?

mumofsevenplusfour · 29/12/2009 12:06

rebecca like it but no about half a dozen so doesnt really fit with the others
also loved the leah suggstion but close friend had a girl called that recently
at the moment felicity ceciy /cecile/cicely keziah still not surehow you pronounce it
octavia is growing and i stilllike genevive which would keep are 2 bs 2ls 2ts and 2gs
and gladys has dropped outof contention

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flimflammum · 29/12/2009 12:21

From your list my fave is Mathilda

What about
Miranda
Lydia
Tamsin
Juliette
Saskia
Josephine

Or even
Joy?

Lionstar · 29/12/2009 12:31

I love Genevieve, another possible nickname is Vivi

Harriet and Miriam also nice

savolivia · 01/01/2010 02:29

I have a Savannah very pretty name gets lots of nice comments

motherlovebone · 01/01/2010 06:10

has got to be Octavia!
Or, as a middle name?

or, (on the subjuct of Vivi) Vivienne.

rainbowdays · 01/01/2010 06:19

Abigail - it means Joy!

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