Was not expecting that...

Lerisa85 · April 2014

I have two lovely little boys and was sure I was having a third boy especially after my doctor told me it was a boy at my check-up last Monday. She said the usual "i'm not trained for it but it looks like a boy". I obviously didn't go out an buy anything since my official A/S was the following Friday. My jaw hit the floor when I was told (and saw!) that it was a GIRL.

I am THRILLED! This is our last child, and with 2 boys a girl was definitely my wish! There's just one problem. I don't have ANY girl's names that I like.

My boys are Jonah and Noah and I would like to avoid another biblical/religious name since we are not religious at all despite how that would appear. We're agnostic as far as that goes. I also want to avoid "cute" names that work until Kindergarten then get childish. I don't want nicknames as names and nothing mashed together like Emmalynn. I don't like any "ash" names (Ashlyn, Asher, Ashton, etc) I also don't like Lynn names at all. No odd crazy spellings like Hayleigh, also nothing in the top 50 preferably. I like old fashioned but uncommon names as well. But that's my problem, I have a HUGE list of "nope" "hate-it" and "gross" names, but nothing I LIKE. So I know this is a open-ended, awful request but I need suggestions.

Middle name is Erin after a close friend that died in 2008. Last name is a "ski" name like The Big Lebowski

Thanks in advance!

Edit for grammar

LadyXaverian · April 2014

Have you ever used Nymbler.com? I just typed in Noah and Jonah and asked for "girl" suggestions.

Here are a few that came up that I like and that I think fit your criteria of being kind of old fashioned but not too popular:

Lena

Lucy

Isabel

Nina

Helenahhandbasket · April 2014

Congrats!

Daphne

Matilda

Frances/ Francine

Simone

Genevieve

Laurel

Henrietta

Natalia

Meredith

Odette

Bernadette

Georgia

Lerisa85 · April 2014

I also struggle with "vet tech" syndrome. Meaning I see lots of dogs... and all 4 of those jumped at me as dog names immediately and I don't mean that to offend anyone with kids named those names since they're obviously human names but when you see 100+ dogs a week... you see it all. Especially Lucy. I guess I don't want something like my boy's names really, I want something different and I know I am being WAY too picky! This is such a struggle for me.

LadyXaverian · April 2014

Lerisa85 said:

I also struggle with "vet tech" syndrome. Meaning I see lots of dogs... and all 4 of those jumped at me as dog names immediately and I don't mean that to offend anyone with kids named those names since they're obviously human names but when you see 100+ dogs a week... you see it all. Especially Lucy.

I can understand this, though I'm surprised that Isabel reminded you of a dog's name.

My current favorite girl's name is Matilda, for what it's worth.

Lerisa85 · April 2014

I have a list but they all end in "a" pretty much because it seemed to flow better with Erin for a middle name. We liked Olivia but it's too popular for me. My grandma's name was Livvy (her full name) but I thought it was too NN sounding so I opted for Olivia and it's just too common now. Same with Amelia!

Marina

Alena, Elena, Elaina, Yelena

Alina; Adelina

Amelia; Amalia

Ariana, Arianna

Julia

Olivia

Regina

Serena; Serina

Valerie

Vera

I've pretty much just slashed my whole list for one reason or another.

Dr.Loretta · April 2014

Marjorie, Brenna, Joy, Kendall, Kendra, Monica, Veronica, Vivian, Pauline, Tabitha, Zoe, Chloe, Phoebe

Lerisa85 · April 2014

Joy2611

Alexander was our boy name so I have been thinking about Alexandra or Alexandria!

And Anastasia was what my husband and I always wanted to name a girl when we had our boys because it was his great grandma's name and goes well with the last name but I came to find out that his ex named her daughter that and i found out about it right around the time he was cheating on me with her (we got over it and are doing good now) but it RUINED the name, I was so angry!

I really like Aurora even though its a city by me and Victoria, I may just bring those up to the hubs

Vivian is cute too... getting some ideas, this is helpful!

Lerisa85 · April 2014

Livia does fall in the too much like a NN category for me. It's pretty but it also looks kinda childish after age 10. Marisa and Marissa are cute but my real name is actually Lerisa (my mom misspelled Larissa, lucky me!). But I do like Miranda! You guys are way better at girl names than me, I need this for sure.

Lerisa85 · April 2014

I LOVE Ramona but its my best friend's daughter's name! That's why I added Regina to my list but then I found another thread where someone said she'd get called Vagina and a few other negative remarks so i crossed it off but I think I picked up another name or two from that thread haha.

I loved the Ramona books when I was a kid and hadn't seen the name used until my friend named her daughter it and I was thinking "MAN I wish i would have had a girl and thought of that!"

Lerisa85 · April 2014

It's just a personal opinion! I want a name that grows well, maybe a longer name with cutesy nicknames and a mature full or secondary nickname. Livia just doesn't hit the spot for me, it's not a bad name though by any means! It's way better than my cousin's daughter Krissy. That's her full name, it's not short for anything and I just don't like that.

Ineedmorecoffee · April 2014

Sorry for repeats and congrats!

Evelina

Lucia

Miriam

Cecilia

Aurelia

Imogen

Iris

Violet

Hazel

Alice

Delilah

Lila

Alessandra

Gabrielle

anniess · April 2014

I love your boys' names, and you sound like you have good taste in girls' names as well.

I don't know if you like distant connecting sibset themes, but I think it would be very cool to do a girls' name related somehow to water as both of your boys' names are. Like maybe April, as in "April Showers..." or Cordelia, meaning daughter of the sea. Marin means daughter of the sea, Noelani means mist of heaven. Although it's rather cutesy, Tallulah means leaping waters. You could always call her Tally. Yara means water lady.

dobbysfavoritesock · April 2014

Josephine, Magdalena, Helena, Georgia, Cassandra, Lydia, Beatrice, Rosalind, Isadora, Harriet, Juniper, Adelaide

poppins123 · April 2014

Lots of great suggestions so far. May be some double ups:

Lavinia

Hannah

Sabina

Abigail

Claudia

Lydia

Stella

Estelle

Piper

Felicia

Phoebe

Fiona

jburdet1 · April 2014

DD2 is Isla

Elsa

Eliza

Lydia

Felicia

Ana

Tara

Leah

That's all I have! lol! I'm so bad with names ending in -a

BeachBabe22 · May 2014

Caroline Erin sounds great together and go with Jonah and Noah.

Lerisa85 · May 2014

Thank you everyone! I definitely have a small list to sort through now!

Lot's of names I haven't even thought of. I'll create a poll if I need to once I narrow it down to a top 3 or 4.

cjcj05 · May 2014

How about

Michelle or Renee

Fluffycakes · May 2014

I am not sure if it has been suggested already, but I would like to add Sylvia because it is lovely and would sound great with your boys' names.

2ndGeneration · May 2014

Congrats on the girl!!! I'm having one too, and with 3 boys and now 3 girls I always have a hard time with girls names!

I like Olivia. You could nn her Olive, that's one of those old names that sounds cool now. Or Ollie. Or Vee. I wouldn't worry about popularity-my oldest DS has a name that was very popular in his birth year but dropped like a rock after. As an adult it is a non-issue for him!

Ceridwen21 · May 2014

Congrats on your girl! Lots of great names suggested already. Hoping for no repeats:

Rowena

Veronica

Marianne

Maren

Salome

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