I've had enough now - Name my baby. I am quite honestly sick and tired of thinking I like something then changing my mind. :0(

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

Have 3 boys, this will be my first and only daughter - think this is why it seems so hard to choose the right name.

Names have included:

Eleanor
Lydia
Sophia
Eloise
Alexia/Alexis
Sienna
Verity
Bryony

Latest was Sophia but I have caught wind of this becoming popular and most Sophias getting called Sophie anyway which is a totally different name IMO and I'm not as keen.

Didn't want anything really popular.

Can't have Rose as it bleeds into our surname, as does Eloise actually as a first name.

Surname is 2 syllables beginning with S very similar to Simpson.

Rebecca?

Do you want the name to "match" your boys names, do you have a kind of theme with their names?

Lydia. There you go. Job done.

I like Verity best, esp with your surname. Good luck and remember it will become a lot clearer when you see her. Well, hopefully! Congrats

I like Bryony, what put you off that one?

No theme going on, no.

Lydia is out thanks to the 'Lydia Chlamydia' connection - don't want to risk it.

A new name for you - our DD1 is called Hazel. A bit more unusual than most names but not made up.

Unusual -
Genevieve
Ophelia
Bronte

Biblical-
Naomi
Rachael
Leah

Popular-
Lily/lilian
Hannah
Poppy
Amber

Cassandra
Helena
Chloe
Teresa (shortened to Tess?Tessa)

Tamsin
Isla
Megan
Helena
Juliet
Grace
Mia
Eve
Cara

Pandora
Eliza
Miranda
Beatrice
Viola/Violet
Primrose
Honeysuckle (inspired by seeing Honeysuckle Weeks in the trailer for Foyle's War)

I'm assuming you like flowery names!

Dare to leave it until she appears?
Then her name will appear at the same time.
If its such a struggle to get the right one now, it might be because it's none of the above.
I'm serious, we went through the same thing as your title. But at birth the name was immediately obvious.

Really cat? I do hope so.
This is supposed to be a really happy part - always has been in the past - and it has turned into a nightmare.
Poor DH has given up and says he will take no notice of what I say the name is until we leave the registry office with her birth certificate!

(Possibly, as I never envisaged having a daughter, I am also not 100% believing she is a girl and this is contributing? If she comes out a boy, I know what the name is in a heartbeat and have done since I knew I was preg, as with other 3)

Mary.

Eleanor- Pretty but very popular so I would say no

Lydia Love this name. Deff my favourite.
Sophia- See Eleanor
Eloise- It's ok.
Alexia/Alexis_ Love this but as a NN for Alexandra
Sienna- Lovely
Verity- OK

Bryony- Prefer Briony. Think the spelling Bryony looks awful.

We also struggled and waited till dc was born. The name did not come straight away but it was nice getting to know dc before giving the name. Maybe if you take the pressure off, the name you naturally prefer will keep coming to mind. Why don't you just forget about it for a while.

Or call her a boy's name . Seriously unisex may be the way forward e.g. Toni, Robin, Charlie etc

I quite liked Sienna, with NN Ci-Ci or the like, but people felt it would date quickly and couldn't see past Miller.

I remember struggling with ds2.
One half hour conversation with my mother later and I/we had decided on Walter

it ended up not being the one. But not too far off.

Inspiration will strike, believe me...it will

Really wait, it sounds like too much of a struggle now. Forgeddaboudit, take yr mind off it & as Emily says "if you take the pressure off, the name you naturally prefer will keep coming to mind"

I like Eleanor.

If I have a girl, I might use it. The only thing that puts me off slightly is that my surname is Rigby - I don't like The Beatles.

Celia?

I love this name, unusual, classy and timeless.