hit me with your girl names!

so72409 · July 2014

Okay, folks. I feel like I've hit a dead end with names. I *thought* maybe we had a name picked out; it was a family name that I wasn't 100% sold on when we were naming our twins, but I've kept coming back to it with this little lady. A few nights ago as we were throwing names around, DH agreed to it. Holy hell--shocking. Well, it was short lived--I found out my co-worker who is due 3 days before us is naming her girl that. I really would have no issues with using the same name if we weren't literally due 72+ hours apart.

So--lemme hear your girl names. I'm desperate for some inspiration!!!! ...and if you have any tricks on how to subliminally get your chosen name to be DH's "idea" that would be helpful, too!!!

Maelara · July 2014

What was the other name? so we have an idea of your tastes.

ETA - grammar,

so72409 · July 2014

Our girls are Avery & Madelyn....Lily was the name that is now off the table.

I like vintage-y feeling names...DH likes more trendy names...trying to find the middle ground is tough.

smboswell1 · July 2014

Caroline, Emerson, Harper, Grace, Isabelle, Logan, lyla, Blakey.... Naming girls at daycare!

Maelara · July 2014

We are thinking of the names Freya and Celeste. Middle name will be Iris which is vintage and in the same vein as Lily

MollMoll4 · July 2014

I have a friend who just named her daughter Edythe. I think that is a wonderful vintage name! Plus the nickname Edy is adorable.

jess123456 · July 2014

I love classic names too! Here are some that I love and can't use bc we are having a boy:

Amelia, Nora, Stella, Maeve, Marin, Julia, Elizabeth, Eliza, Mae, Lilah, Cora, Sophie (a bit more common now though), Elle, Ella, Kate, Isla, Molly, Sydney, Violet, Vivian, Rose, Juliet, Alexandra.

so72409 · July 2014

jess123456 said:
I love classic names too! Here are some that I love and can't use bc we are having a boy:

Amelia, Nora, Stella, Maeve, Marin, Julia, Elizabeth, Eliza, Mae, Lilah, Cora, Sophie (a bit more common now though), Elle, Kate, Isla, Molly, Sydney, Violet, Vivian, Rose, Juliet, Alexandra.

These names are right up my ally! ...now to get DH to buy in...that's the hard part!

LMM1215 · July 2014

We are naming our daughter Autumn Elizabeth but threw around Elyse, Adeline, Addison, Collette and Zoey.

tamarnina · July 2014

My husband and I have so much trouble with girls' names! Our daughter is Esther, which is a family name and it was a compromise choice for us. It suits her really well though, so I am happy with it. If this one is a girl, we are going to have a hard time. We are trying to find a Hebrew name, but it is hard. I am pushing for Rivka, and he likes Tzipporah.

Some of the choices my husband has rejected: Natalia, Natasha, Tatiana (we both have Russian family members), Eleanor, Margot. I also like Alexandra, Emma, Petra, Mia, and Elizabeth.

bustarmu21 · July 2014

I love the name Paige Madison or Madison Paige.

SarahHeck · July 2014

My husband and I are the same! Our daughter is Ava. We are most likely going with Amy this time if we have a girl. We also like Elizabeth but that is already our daughter's middle name.

ssstephanie214 · July 2014

We're going with Willa. It came to me in the middle of the night.

The same thing happened with my cat's name (Governor). Try to meditate on the baby tonight.

kaimee27 · July 2014

Our little girl name: Rosalie Grace (I had initially wanted to go with the spelling Rosalee, but DH likes the -ie ending better and I'm not too fussed since I really just like the name in general).

nananax3 · July 2014

if I have a girl I'm naming her Alaine Rosalee , had this name ready for 3 yrs !

silverwings72 · July 2014

I vote for Iris or Violet. Both beautiful names.

JamieK1882 · July 2014

I am totally lurking because I was JUST about to post for girl name help! Names I love but can't get DH on board: Eliza or Charlotte We also both like Addison and he likes Kendall but I'm iffy on it.

PennyLane26 · July 2014

I love vintage - our daughter is Grace Charlotte.

Names we considered for this LO: Cecily, Emma (but too popular IMO), Evangeline, Gemma, Eileen, Violet, Cora, Cordelia, Elle, Amelia.

We narrowed it down to Rose Abigail. We'll find out in 2 weeks if we get to use it! (Boy name is Cal William). Good luck and let us know what you decide! I love name threads.

turtles7 · July 2014

Our little girl's name is Leah. It is the only name we agreed on. Haven't decided on a middle name yet.

Lilwatz · July 2014

We preferred more common names. Here was our short list (yes, there was a much longer list):

Sara
Anna
Chloe
Caitlin
Cora
Nora

We chose Chloe.

Also, I don't fully understand the not naming your kid the same thing as a coworker. You didn't even refer to her as a friend. This won't be an issue in a few years. To be fair, I also see no problem with matching the name of a friend's kid--I have too many mom friends not too! Almost every name is already taken. I do draw the line at family, however.

Dnichy · July 2014

Hi there, for names we have the first but haven't decide on the middle name yet!!!! We have Eliana Lucia, Eliana Allie or Eliana Alicia, please if you guys have any more cute suggestions we are totally open for them, thanks. :x

missnacholover · July 2014

For girl names we have always liked:

Elizabeth (Elle or Ellie)
Paige
Audrey
Grace

so72409 · July 2014

You guys are rock stars!!!! I'm definitely showing DH this thread because he doesn't think "vintage" names are making the come back like they are. He would soon have names like Payton or Harper-fine names just NMS-at all.

As for the whole coworker thing, I work in special ed at a public preschool with a pretty small knit group. My coworker is actually my co-sped teacher. We are kind of a "package deal", know what I mean? I would have no issues using the same name is it was a teacher down the hall instead of of my co-teacher. It just seems weird if we popped out baby girls 2 days a part and named them the same thing.

Keep 'em coming! You ladies have great taste!

Djtickles · July 2014

Hazel is a really pretty vintage name.
Madelyn
Olivia

lesliegolem · July 2014

Ah love the names being listed!! Seriously Amelia, Cora, and Ella are beautiful. Would use Amelia but my husband doesn't like it. We named our first Sabrina. We absolutely love it. There's some great suggestions on here your DH should be pleased.

lesliegolem · July 2014

Hey Dnichy what about Eliana Elise? Or Eliana Rose? Eliana Mae? Like Lucia as a middle name too.

jess123456 · July 2014

Ok here are more that I like because it seems like our taste in names is similar (some might be repeats from others):

Sabrina
Caroline
Evelyn (Evie for short)
Julianna
Brianna or Briel or Gabrielle
Liza
Mia
Heidi
Charlotte (a bit overdone now though)
Sierra or Sienna
Savannah
Emery
Hadley
Jane
Annie
Susannah
Paige or Saige
Lilia
Mirabel or Annabel or Isabel
Corinne or Carina
Colette
Chloe

Dnichy · July 2014

@lesliegolem‌ I like Elise my husband doesn't he's extremely picky, I love how Eliana Rose sounds but my nieces name is Bella Rose, thank you!!!

krgriffin26 · July 2014

I love classic names too. We are doing classi middle names. This one will be Kenna Elizabeth

Also love Evelyn (Evie), Ellinore (Ellie), Grace and Charlotte (Charlie)

so72409 · July 2014

@Djtickles‌ I'm quite partial to Madelyn already...that's one of our twin girl's names!

Djtickles · July 2014

@so72409‌ I knew that, but still posted for some reason lol. I must be pregnant!

mrsransom · July 2014

My taste is definitely away from trendy names, yet not extremely classic, but we are using Holly. Other names I/we liked are Natalie, Chelsea, Elizabeth, Madison, & Claire.

crizz13 · July 2014

I love so many of the names listed, ladies! We just decided today on Lila Mary for our little girl.
Other suggestions from our list:

Clara

Lucy

Anna

Charlotte

Elizabeth

Cora

Audra

Lydia

Vivienne

Josephine

Alice

Tessa

Margaret

Grace

Eliza

marianj79 · July 2014

I have a Finn and a Cordelia (both girls). This one is also a girl and I'm leaning towards Hazel, but love Charlotte and Prudence.

ColtiersMom · July 2014

Our girl names are Gracyn Reid and Lexington Grace

FirstBabyDoyle · July 2014

@flutterbuggie my niece is named Poppy. It suits her perfectly. I am a huge fan, but I am very biased.

KTgator · July 2014

Girls names are SO hard! We didn't know what we were going to name dd until the week before she was born. I also love classic names, and my husband loves more traditional but yet mainstream names. We are both teachers as well, so it was very important to us to chose names that we had no neg associations with, and names that we wouldn't see year after year. We went with Evelyn as first name and used hubby's nana's name (Avis) as middle name. It suits her so perfectly, and she loves it which is all that really matters.

This time we are having another girl, and we already (shockingly) have her name! She will have a double first name, Mary Maeve, and her middle name will be after my grandmother, Elizabeth.

Other names I like:
Josephine (Josie is just so cute)
Cora
Mary Claire
Maeve
Elise
Finley
Hazel
Isla
Lorilei
Vera

shindylahoe · July 2014

Could you do Lillian? Is that different enough? Or how about Lila?

Other names:
Elenore
Rosalie
Felicity
Rosemary
Cora
Coralie
Maisy
Kay
Geneva
Isla
Cassidy
Vanessa (Nessie)
Nora
Clara
Eloise
Nellie
Kendal
Kennedy (neddy)
Pearl (oh so cute!)
Adelaide
Saige

shindylahoe · July 2014

flutterbuggie said:
My favorite girl name is Everly but DH is totally against it. I also really really like Poppy but I don't know if I could ever go through and name my child that. I can just imagine a cute old lady named Poppy with blue hair who gets into fights with the other nursing home residents. So cute. Lol.

How about Penelope? I know someone who calls there little one poppy as a short name for Penelope @flutterbuggie‌

shindylahoe · July 2014

flutterbuggie said:
My favorite girl name is Everly but DH is totally against it. I also really really like Poppy but I don't know if I could ever go through and name my child that. I can just imagine a cute old lady named Poppy with blue hair who gets into fights with the other nursing home residents. So cute. Lol.

How about Penelope? I know someone who calls there little one poppy as a short name for Penelope @flutterbuggie‌

shindylahoe · July 2014

Ugh! Sorry about the multiple posts. Stupid Mobile bump

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