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If I tell the girls names I like but cannot use, can you suggest others I may like

33 replies

ThreeGuesses · 13/03/2010 10:30

Names I like but cannot use due to surname issues or close child relatives being called the same or similar

Juliet
Sophie
Megan
Eva
Rosa
Renee

Would appreciate suggestions

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jellybeans · 13/03/2010 10:58

Lucy
Laura
Ava
Emma
Evelyn
Maisie
Eloise
Amber
Charlotte
Mia
Beth
Tia

thumbwitch · 13/03/2010 11:01

Ellie/Elena
Rhoda
Bryony
Fiona

CantSupinate · 13/03/2010 11:02

Julia, Sarah
Margaret, Anna,
Ivy, Iris, Ella
Rosalind, Rosemary

bunnymother · 13/03/2010 11:05

Adeline, Evelyn

scoobydont · 13/03/2010 11:05

freya
martha
chloe
leah
olivia
phoebe
gabrielle
annabel

ThreeGuesses · 13/03/2010 11:09

Charlotte is lovely, hadn't condsidered that. Also really like Eloise, that's really pretty. Although not sure if it goes with our Surname which is Lee.

Anything like Juliet/Julia/Ava/Evie is a no no.

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Fourleaf · 13/03/2010 11:12

Juliet - Helena
Sophie - Sophia, Lucy
Megan - Gwendolyn (Gwen), Margaret (Maggie/Meg), Margot
Eva - Ava
Rosa - Rose, Anna, Rosalie
Renee - Romilly

Good luck

GladioliBuckets · 13/03/2010 11:26

I think Eloise Lee sounds fine, likewise Alyssa, Melissa.

Cora Lee
Dido Lee
Nina Lee

diddl · 13/03/2010 11:55

Harriet, Cecily, Imogen, Esme?

SoupDragon · 13/03/2010 11:58

Francesca
Jennifer
Matilda
Leah [arf]

HelenDoula · 13/03/2010 23:41

Names I heard at the park today ...Maggie + Jolie but you should call your baby the name you love the most regardless of close friends/relatives etc ! my mum had a neice called Helena & desp wanted to call me Helen, which she did as my Grandmother told her under no uncertain terms - your baby you name her what you like !!!

bulby · 15/03/2010 19:14

Please don't go with the suggestion Dido. I work in a school and it'll be no time until that extra letter is added!

Doozie · 15/03/2010 20:44

Juliet - Lisette, Harriet, Georgette, Georgina, Eugenie, Josephine nn Josie
Sophie - Sylvie, Phoebe, Lucy, Amelie, Holly, Cecily
Megan - Margot, Margaret nn Meg/Maggie, Maria, Tegan
Eva - Ada, Elsa
Rosa - Rose, Rosie, Tessa, Anna, Pippa
Renee - Esme, Helene

Do you mean similar in sound or style?

ThreeGuesses · 16/03/2010 00:38

style doozie

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Pasiphae · 17/03/2010 12:11

Some more ideas:
Violet, Harriet, Justine, Eliza, Iris, Ottilie, Morgan, Elsie, Eve, Bethan, Prisca, Elodie, Aurelia, Hazel, Nell/Nelly, Audrey, Ines, Maya, Valentina.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 17/03/2010 12:14

Eliza
Catherine

crumpette · 17/03/2010 12:20

Don't go with Annabel, Isabel etc... as last part of name will be 'belly'

I share your pain as my favourite girls name is Sophia but Sophie is already in use by close family, ditto Charlotte.

I think Eloise Eliza Charlotte Laura etc sound nice and classic

Cortina · 17/03/2010 12:58

Suzannah
Lucinda
Celia
Sophia
Sara
Margaret (Daisy)
Marnie
Isla
Rosalind/Rosamund
Leonora
Esme
Emma

Also second Eliza.

Names that go with Lee:

Constance
Harriet
Samantha
Cameila
Ameila
Imogen
Tabitha
Sarah-Jane
Antonia
Mariann e

A few more to consider anyway.

thirtysomething · 17/03/2010 13:13

Esther
Lydia
Felicity
Florence
Beatrice
Natasha/Sasha
Aimee/Amy
Susannah
Hannah
Tess/Tessa
Louisa/Luisa
Chloe
Clara
Flora
Abbie
Alice/Alicia
Blythe
Elena/Ellen
Rowan
Seren
Frances/ Francesca
Carla/Carly

Aviendha · 17/03/2010 16:12

Emma
Isla
Kate
Anya
Elena
Faith

Lancelottie · 17/03/2010 16:24

Some of these are lovely but wouldn't work with Lee -- can you imagine signing off as 'Yours faithfully, Faith Lee'?

Aviendha · 17/03/2010 19:37

lol I hadnt even spotted that :O)

ThreeGuesses · 17/03/2010 20:40

Lee is a PITA tbh

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antoinettechigur · 17/03/2010 20:55

Maeve
Esme
Clara
Elizabeth

EdgeofReason · 17/03/2010 21:04

antoinette I loove Esme - was my top name but DH wasnt keen so we have Lois - he wasn't keen on that either(!)

or Tra Lee or Lah Lee#
(sorry suggested Crystal for my friend whos name is Ball - I thought hilarious she thought grim