What are people naming their newborn baby girls....

[bebejam]

...sorry for another name thread.... but I'm due (today!) and we are still struggling with names. TBH, I'm not too worried, but DH seems to be getting a bit manic about it. :-)

What are the most common names of baby girls being born this year that you know. Which names do you like (and which do you think are a bit overdone?)

All, any, and every kind of help very appreciated!

I was frankly appalled when I realised that Florrie could be a shortening of Florence. AND that a friends toddler insisted on calling her that "Just like Fimbles"... Isn't that cute, said her mummy. Erm. No - not really...

AND to top it all off - a friend in Florence's class likes her name so much - he named his PUPPY after her. Ah bless said his mum - and I stood there kinda open mouthed...

Janeybops - do you have an Esme then? I did come across someone once who said "why didn't you call her Esme as her first name - it's much nicer than Florence"... Niiiice comment eh?

Don't think I've ever been so touched by anything anyone has said on MN! I could cry... But I am one of the fluffy ones...

I really like Claire and Grace - but friends two dds are named those - so dd1 has Grace as her middle name.

Top gilrs names here in Scotland, 2004

Emma
sophie
ellie
Amy
Chloe
Katie
Erin
Emily
Lucy
Hannah
Rebecca
Rachael
Abbie
Lauren
Megan
Aimee
Olivia
Caitlin
Leah
Niamh

I am due in a few days too, know its a boy and no, we haven't agreed on a name yet either!!!! I am a bit concerned but Dh thinks we will " just know" when he is born........

Friends this year have gone for:
Emma Louise, Anna, Erin, Madeleine, Erin again, Natalie, and Susannah.

Madeleine is my favourite from those, but it's definitely getting popular.

My dd is called Maya Georgina. I am pleased with it but I am distressed that so many people hear me say 'Ma - Ya' and then turn around and say 'MaY - A' or 'Mee-Ya' Especially with so many babies these days named Mia, I am worried it may become the new Sharon.

have got 2 dd's 1 called rebecca (10)
and the other called eve(3)
love both of their names

So nice - and so surprising - to see Grace becoming quite a popular name these days.

When I called my baby daughter Grace 22 years ago, by the looks on people's faces you'd think I'd named her something awful.

I had comments like 'gosh, that's brave!' and 'she won't thank you for that when she's older!' and 'what made you choose such an old-fashioned name?'

Nice to see that I was just a bit ahead of my time. I still think it's a lovely name and I'm glad I was 'brave' enough to use it back in 1983 when every other baby girl seemed to be named either Gemma, Jessica or Catherine. I wanted a lovely name that (at the time, at least) was a bit different from the crowd.

i have an elise and a maya and i think they are fab names

I vote for Clara too.

really love alice. i am still wistful that I didn't call dd 'Alice Maya'.

Jessica Helen
Rebecca Alison

im biased though!

I love Eloise & Rhiannon. I don't do the Irish theme as so many people either can't say them or spell them or both!

Elizabeth apparently has 17 different abbreviations.

genevieve
aurelia
adelaide
poppy
octavia
charlotte
madeleine
best of luck with delivery - get your name choice in quick while husband feeling indulgent!