Got very upset!

[Soph73]

Don´t quite know where to post this but need a bit of a rant. DH and I have a friend whose baby is due in 9 weeks and we saw her at the weekend. She knows that she is expecting a girl and I just casually asked whether she had a name for her yet. She said yes and she´s going to call her Emily. I nearly passed out because that´s exactly what I wanted to call a little girl if and when we have one (it was my grandmother's name). I had to put a brave face on because no-one knows we're ttc (apart from the lovely ladies on MN ) That evening, had a few too many and completely broke down in front of DH. Am I being incredibly stupid or has anyone else been through this?

[bundle]

there are so many emilys, what about emilia?

[MuminBrum]

Look at these statistics . Emily has been in the top 5 girls' names in the UK for the last 5 years. There will be half a dozen Emilys in your friend's daughter's class. I can't see any reason why you shouldn't plan to name your daughter Emily if you want to!

[MuminBrum]

Oops, sorry, only read OP and didn't get to Curmudgeonlett's post! But can I ask, OP, wouldn't knowing that a name is very, very common at the moment put you off using it?

[Soph73]

MuminBrum - no, I wouldn´t be put off using it because we don´t live in England so it´s an unusual name here

Bundle - Emilia is nice

Hayls & Aloha -

[MuminBrum]

But what about when she comes back to the UK for university and realises that every other girl her age is called Emily?!

[Soph73]

True .... right, that´s settled then, time to take a good look at the list of girls names and maybe think of another Thanks for all your posts I´m a lot more rational now

[HumphreysCorner]

My close friend knew she was having a girl and told me she was going to call her Sophie. This was my choice while TTC No 2 after a MC. Had to start thinking of other names then when her baby was born she called her something completely different so was able to use Sophie.

However, I have always wanted to call a boy Matthew so even if any of my friends choose this I will more than likely still use it if I ever have a boy.

Wishing you lots of luck.

xxx

[MuminBrum]

Hurrah, so glad you're feeling better. And there are so many pretty names out there. Here are three off my list which you will probably hate!
Constanza
Celeste (I also like Celestine)
Calisto

[Soph73]

Morning
MuminBrum - where did Calisto come from?
HumphreysCorner - I think Sophie is a fantastic name (seeing as I´m Sophie too (obviously) )

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[Soph73]

Yep, I definitely feel all of those things now but that´s why it´s nice to have MN where you can rant about stupid things like this and then pull yourself together I´ve now got the name Millie stuck in my head, but I know that dh will absolutely hate it

[scorpio1]

Maisie? another of my faves!

[Soph73]

Oh no, definitely not, we´ve got work colleagues with a dog called Maisie and as lovely as the dog is I can´t really see dh agreeing to that one (lol ) )

[Soph73]

Although I do agree it´s a lovely name.

[scorpio1]

oh, its ok you havent offended me!

I want to call my baby Jasper and my df says its a dogs name! good job i love her

[MuminBrum]

Calisto or Callisto is a figure in Greek mythology; she was one of Zeus' "love interests". The name is derived from the Greek for "the most beautiful".

[Soph73]

Ahh, that´s lovely.

[MuminBrum]

it it lovely, isn't it? I am so hoping that I can persuade either a RL or MN mate to use it as my babymaking days are over and I would hate to waste it on a cat!

[Soph73]

Hi anniemac - yep, this ttc lark is all highly annoying sometimes Like you said, the smallest things can upset me at the moment and sometimes I want to shout at the top of my voice "I´m ttc so don´t say anything stupid and bear with me" Bonkers!

Muminbrum - yes it would be nice if someone used that name Would definitely be wasted on a cat