Girls' names - so hard!

[bruno69]

Hello all,

Am pregnant with my first DD after 2 DSs and am finding name choosing this time round so difficult. We do have a shortlist (which sames to mutate weekly) but nothing is screaming "PICK ME!" like it did with the boys (who were incredibly easy to choose for).

Anyway, can I have honest opinions on the following:

Harriet (but only because I like in theory nn Harri tho' not sure in practice that I could call my tiny DD that!)
Romilly
India (but can't quite get passed the whole "country" thing and also this baby is likely to be of the fair skinned, blue eyed variety - does this matter?)
Indigo - chiefly because I love nn Indy (see above) but not sure this passes my barrister test!
Jessamy - love nn Jess but is this name punchy enough?

All alternative suggestions welcome. (roughly along the same lines if that exists)

Should add that I LOVE Ruby and Isabella too but cannot bring myself to use them as they're sooo popular. Is this daft? The boys' names are around 90-100 on the baby names list.

Many thanks in advance

[pointydig]

oh? Where is Romilly?

[ShoshanaBlue]

Sorry - I don't like Romilly because it's a place name and it would make me think - why there and not Marple or Brinnington?

Same with India - my sister suggested it for my little girl, but I've never been to India and I thought Bury was perhaps more appropriate!

Talia is a lovely name, laughalot. It what DD2 would have been had she ever existed!

[laughalot]

Lauren
Talia
Neve
Ebony
Harlie
Poppy
Matilda - tilly
Kitty

[rusmum]

i wanted to call dd2 Olive Olli? I have Ruby v common now (boo)

Girls names are easy soooo many lovely ones!!!

[morethemerrier]

I have a friend who has called her DD Harrie, not Harriet the midwife who visited had also seen two other girls named harrie! So it is def on the rise in popularity. Love Harriet (have a niece called Harriet!) and option for nn or formal name I think is a good thing as my friend has to do a lot of correcting people who assume its short for Harriet!As well as pointing out she is a girl!And all for the sake of a 'T'!

[Rindercella]

No offense taken by me Nadia - different strokes for different folks & all that

Thanks Libby - we think the names go beautifully together

[bigstripeytiger]

From your list I like Romilly and India.

[NadiaWadia]

Oops I see there are some parents of Indias up the page.
Didn't mean to cause offence!

But you know how we think its stupid when Americans call their kids things like Devon or Ireland, right?
Well Indian people probaby feel the same about 'India'.

[JaneiteIsAWimpyTeacher]

I love Harriet but don't like the others.

[pointydig]

Harriet - yeah, it's ok
Romilly - not keen, just sounds a bit daft to my ears
India - no, don't like this as a name at all
Indigo - no, it's either a colour or a trendy wine bar
Jessamy - bizarre cross between gossamer and jeremy

[NadiaWadia]

Jessamy is lovely - nice sound and unusual.

India is a bit hippy/middle class pretentious, maybe sounds a bit daft on a fair child?

I'd think of Indigo as a boy's name, but of course it could be anything you want as its a colour.

[JamesandHisFlamingSword]

I like Harriet

Also like Romilly, but like Romy more

Don't like Jessamy - somehow sounds a bit prissy - sorry

I wouldn't choose Ruby or Isabella - they are nice, but there are lots of other (less popular) lovely girls names

What about :

Serena
Lydia
Stella
Pearl
Rowan

[Rindercella]

Agree with Libby that India is a beautiful name, but I am very biased!

Also like Romilly fron your list. One suggestion from me is Jasmine - kind of fits with Jessamy suggestion, but a little less unusual. Jaz/Jazzie makes a cool nn too. DD2 is due in a couple of months and is more than likely to be Jasmine, to go with her big sister India

[ChristianaTheTwelfth]

Message withdrawn

[mathanxiety]

I love Romilly, and Romy. Also Jessamy.
I know a Harriet nn Hettie.

I think India is going to be a really popular name.

[DiamondHead]

I know someone with an Indira and nn Indy.

[xmaximumx]

I actually much prefer Indigo to India, love the Indie nn but India is a country to me not a little girl. Indigo is pretty and incidentally my favorite colour so I've been considering it myself but I get the same doubts as you about it being a bit too rock n roll. As for girls names with boys nn Maxine nn Max has worked for me all these years.

[amulg]

Lovely names, how about Clemency or Xanthe. Frances is a gorgeous name too.

[bruno69]

TSM - just seen your message. Had to say I LOVE Georgie (Georgina) and that would be top of my list for definite but it's already taken sadly. Frankie is cute though, maybe for Frances rather than Francesca. Thanks for the suggestions.

[bruno69]

Thanks Guys,

Just come back to check on the general opinion. You are all being very kind so far!

Interesting that the only name on the list which has not been mentioned is Indigo - which kind of backs up my reservations as being lovely but quite a difficult name to carry off as both child and adult (tho' probably do-able if your Dad's a rock star).

Think the top 3 (in order) are now Harriet, Romilly and India. We are getting there!

[Tillyscoutsmum]

I also like girl's names with male sounding nicknames. I love Harriet from your list. Jessamy and Romilly both nice as well. Not so keen on India (and seems to be getting more and more popular)

Georgina nn Georgie ?
Francesca nn Frankie ?
Charlotte nn Charley
Alexandria nn Alex

[LynetteScavo]

All the names are lovely.

I also found girls names really hard. The name I went for eventually suddenly shot up in popularity, so avoid anything that is making it's way up the baby name list.

From your list, I wouold probably go for Romilly.