Help with more girl names?

ConJos_love

Hi all!
We found out we are having a girl last week. Since before we got married we have liked McKenzie Rae. But I'm not sure if that sounds ok with our last name, Lashley. Our sons name is Connor Ellis. Can anyone please help with other names for our girl?
We like the idea of Celtic sounding names as we both have a lot of Irish blood and Lashley is Irish.
Some names we like:
Bryna
Addison
Madison
Mariah

ConJos_love

We do like celtic sounding names.

ConJos_love

Also like Mariah

Helenahhandbasket

Mckenzie/ Mackenzie isn't really a Celtic/ Irish name, though?  It's just OK for me, personally.  I don't like it, but I don't totally despise it.

Suggesting for you

Brenna

Adele

Madeline

Maren

Maeve

Shannon

Colleen

Brigid (love this name!)

Noreen

Maura

ConJos_love

Just like the idea of them, they don't HAVE to be celtic. Thank you for the suggestions

Dr.Loretta

None of those are Celtic, and I'm only partially a fan of Mariah. Do not like McKenzie. Other suggestions:

Brenna, Deirdre, Fiona, Iona, Kiera, Moira, Maura, Nora, Rory, Bevin, Bridget, Shannon, Tara, Colleen, Kerry, Maeve

ConJos_love

Like I just said they DON'T HAVE TO BE CELTIC. And Bryna and Brenna are the same just spelled different

ConJos_love

And MacKenzie is scottish which is one of the celtic regions.

BlueRidge8

AlishaLashley said:

And MacKenzie is scottish which is one of the celtic regions.

Not trying to be difficult, but I believe MacKenzie is English. It derives from the Gaelic surname of Mac Coinnich.

And until you said it's supposed to be pronounced like Breanna, I would have assumed Bryna to be pronounced BRY-na.. because phonetics.

Mariah is lovely and I'm always a huge fan of Bridget, as pp suggested.

*Edit* because I don't feel like doing any work today, I looked it up and Lashley is also considered to be English in origin. "habitational name from Lashley Hall in Lindsell, Essex, or from Latchley in Cornwall, both named from Old English læcc ‘boggy stream’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’"

chapstix7

Not a fan of the Madison/Addison trend. I pretty much hate all the son/mc names because they mean son of... Which seems so masculine and silly on a girl. Mariah is my fave from your list although nms. What about Ivy, Naomi, Daphne, Allison, Penelope, Lydia, Calista, Camilla, Colette?

Dr.Loretta

AlishaLashley said:

Like I just said they DON'T HAVE TO BE CELTIC. And Bryna and Brenna are the same just spelled different

Please don't yell. I was typing as you were writing this, and in 2 places you said you liked Celtic names. Nowhere at that point did you say they had to be Celtic. Since you twice said you liked them, I figured I'd toss some out that would be lovely. Especially with a Connor.

Check babynamesofireland.com. Bryna isn't on there. Brynn is nice.

 

BananaLettuce

AlishaLashley said:

Like I just said they DON'T HAVE TO BE CELTIC. And Bryna and Brenna are the same just spelled different

Yeah. I'd calm down on the caps. People are just giving you suggestions based on your preferences, and not all the suggestions they gave were gaelic/celtic.

Bryna is ugly and awful. Brenna is ok.

Dr.Loretta

Based on Madison, Addison, and McKenzie (all yuck) I would suggest

Adeline, Adele, Adelaide, Madeline/Madeleine, Meredith, Miranda

DaisyZH

I love Brenna for you, it's simple, lovely and would sound great with your DS's name.

Amandabw82

I like Mariah!

genromeo

How about:

Gemma

Heather

Hannah

Kirsten

Ava

AnotherSun

My name is Brenna. I could care less if people pronounce it Brenna or Bryna. They do both. It's not like being called Breena. That's unbearable.

allthecheese

AnotherSun said:

My name is Brenna. I could care less if people pronounce it Brenna or Bryna. They do both. It's not like being called Breena. That's unbearable.

I'm sure. The point was tho, that if you look them up, the correct pronunciation is going to be different, and they are definitely two different names, although somewhat similar.

megsue114

i really like your choice, MacKenzie Rae. Cute! What about: Shannon, Spencer, Tristan, Bianca, Gillian? (I know some are unisex but I thought rang nicely wth Lashley) also, peeps calm down about the caps! its just a Bump post.