Girl Names

Re: Girl Names

• mrstengallonhat1 member

  November 2013

  @joy2611 - that's the exact problem I'm having.  I love Winter - but I just can't seem to shake the idea that it's too much of a GP name and people will find it "weird".  I do really like both Isla and Monica - those are the only 2 other names DH and I can agree on right now.  I just fear the popularity of Isla will skyrocket, which would totally ruin the name for me.

  

  

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• ellebee2 member

  November 2013

  I love Isla Maren

    
  

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• Lynnja616 member

  November 2013

  I love both Louise and Maren but dislike your first name choices, sorry. 

  How about Maren Louise?

   

  

  

  

  

   

   

   

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• aprilbaby2014 member

  November 2013

  I like Isla, but not Isla with the "ten-ALL-ya" & I'm not a Monica or Maren fan . So, I chose Winter Louise !

  

  
  

  

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• Belle3184 member

  November 2013

  I voted for Winter. I really like this name. Monica is so so for me. I detest Isla.

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• mh89 member

  November 2013

  I actually really like Winter and voted for it. (When is your due date though? If she's a summer baby then never mind. I'm mobile bumping so I can't see your siggy).
  
  I know Isla gets a lot of love here but I always have trouble remembering the right pronunciation. I have a dumb.
  
  Just asked my DH his opinion and he said, "Definitely not Winter. Probably Monica". He's really into more traditional names though.
  
  With a name like Winter there will be some people who love it and some who think its odd. If that really bothers you then go for a more "normal" and universally liked name like Monica or Isla.

   
  

  
  

    

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• BC&LM member

  November 2013

  Isla or Monica.  Definitely not Winter.  The only benefit I see to that name is that you could wear a t-shirt while pregnant that says, "Winter is coming."  (Sorry if you don't get the reference!)

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• queenbone member

  November 2013

  Love Monica Louise!!!
  

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• Scarlett&Gatsby member

  November 2013

  I'm just going to be all swoony over the fact that Monica managed to make someone's list, which only happens every once in a blue moon! It's a GREAT name, and waaaay underrated.

  

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• LisaG09 member

  November 2013

  I like all of them but Monica sounds strange with your last name. I love Isla Maren though.

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• diamondduck13 member

  November 2013

  I don't like how I have to remind myself how to pronounce Isla every time I see it. And I don't think it goes well with your last name
  
  Only use Winter if you're cool with a certain number of people thinking its weird. I'm one of those people
  
  So, for me, Monica it is! A nice name, familiar, spellable, pronounceable, clearly female - my four favorite qualities in a name.
  
  I don't like the double m of Monica Maren. But when I read previous posts voting for Monica Louise, each time my brain started to read Monica Lewinsky before I corrected it. I think my brain is picking up the L...s... pattern and filling in the most familiar before I can correct it with what's actually there.
  
  So I vote Monica NewMiddleNameIdea.

  

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• allardr member

  November 2013 edited November 2013

  Monica Louise!

  
  

  I've never met an Isla but just seeing it I'm another that has to pause and think to pronounce it right. 

  
  
  

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• austenfan919 member

  November 2013

  diamondduck13 said:

  I don't like how I have to remind myself how to pronounce Isla every time I see it. And I don't think it goes well with your last name Only use Winter if you're cool with a certain number of people thinking its weird. I'm one of those people So, for me, Monica it is! A nice name, familiar, spellable, pronounceable, clearly female - my four favorite qualities in a name. I don't like the double m of Monica Maren. But when I read previous posts voting for Monica Louise, each time my brain started to read Monica Lewinsky before I corrected it. I think my brain is picking up the L...s... pattern and filling in the most familiar before I can correct it with what's actually there. So I vote Monica NewMiddleNameIdea.

  I agree with the bolded. Monica seems slightly dated to me, but it is also more refreshing than the current popular names.

  I did not go right from Monica Louise to Monica Lewinsky, and I think seeing it with your LN would make that even less likely, but maybe it's worth thinking about any other MN options you like.

   

   

  
  
  

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• ashie624 member

  November 2013

  Isla is my favorite but Monica Louise is the best combo.
  

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