Name ideas for a girl?

aggiebug · January 2015

I feel lame for asking this but we had it narrowed down to a few names and now I am thinking they are just not right.

We like classic names such as Caroline and Natalie (both of which are not usable for us) and I would love Lee to be a middle name but I am not set on it.

What are your favorite classic names?

jennjilljo · January 2015

Evelyn is my favorite classic name that DH hates.

Audrey is another that I love.

MaryS001 · January 2015

Naomi an Genevieve. Working on our second boy over here, so we'll probably never get to use them.

dreemkin84 · January 2015

Since we seem to have similar styles I'll give you what we've been throwing around: Anna, Chloe, Annabel, Hazel, Elizabeth, Louise, Theresa/Tessa.

Eta: and of course our fav...Norah (our 2yo)

kerrigrooves · January 2015

A friend of ours named her daughter Ellowyn & I just love it. Anna and Emma are also sweet.

lizzybean · January 2015

I love classic names too. I am an Elizabeth and have always loved the name. This LO will be Audrey Caroline and I obviously love that too!

Chloe and Isabel were on our short list.

misshart00 · January 2015

I like Kathryn.

AF9211 · January 2015

Katherine/Kathryn/Catherine/Cathryn, Eliza, Cecelia/Cecilia, Maria, Penelope, Hazel, Lucy, Sara/Sarah, Sadie, Gwendolyn

aggiebug · January 2015

Does Katherine Lee sound weird?

misshart00 · January 2015

aggiebug said:

Does Katherine Lee sound weird?

I like it. But it also reminds me of Kathy Lee.

jennjilljo · January 2015

aggiebug said:
Does Katherine Lee sound weird?

Kind of but not enough to say no to it.

AF9211 · January 2015

aggiebug said:

Does Katherine Lee sound weird?

I don't think so. You'll also get so used to it once you've been saying it all the time.

aggiebug · January 2015

See this is my problem ha it's just not right. But I can't think of a MN I love with Katherine. And H is worried about NNs. So I was starting over.

SNail312` · January 2015

This LO is Emma Kathleen, MN after MIL. I'm pretty excited

I love all of the suggestions on this thread!

jennjilljo · January 2015

I think Katherine Anne is gorgeous. Katherine Marie is also really pretty.

kefttsc · January 2015

Katherine is a perfect name, even though I prefer Catherine (that's my full name).

Katherine Abigail

Katherine Elizabeth

Katherine Cecelia

Mary Katherine

Katherine Ann

Katherine Audrey

ETA: I clicked before putting my Lee options!

Katherine Lee

Caroline Lee

Abigail Lee

Cecelia Lee

Emma Lee

toadandbug12 · January 2015

My favorites: Victoria, Vivienne, Elizabeth, Emma

Sammys1120 · January 2015

Abigail Lee, as @kefttsc‌ mentioned is beautiful. She will definitely be called Abby though- still an adorable name! Abby Lee. I personally also like Annabelle! Annabelle Lee? Kind of a mouthful though.

We are also using the middle name Lee for our little girl. We can be Lee buddies @aggiebug‌!

SaraL1175 · January 2015

Lurking as I have no name for my girl... Just threatened DH that I will have to write "Noname" on her birth certificate form.

jennjilljo · January 2015

Sammys1120 said:
Abigail Lee, as @kefttsc‌ mentioned is beautiful. She will definitely be called Abby though- still an adorable name! Abby Lee. I personally also like Annabelle! Annabelle Lee? Kind of a mouthful though.

We are also using the middle name Lee for our little girl. We can be Lee buddies @aggiebug‌!

Annabel Lee

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Fyi

misshart00 · January 2015

jennjilljo said:

Sammys1120 said:
Abigail Lee, as @kefttsc‌ mentioned is beautiful. She will definitely be called Abby though- still an adorable name! Abby Lee. I personally also like Annabelle! Annabelle Lee? Kind of a mouthful though.

We are also using the middle name Lee for our little girl. We can be Lee buddies @aggiebug‌!
Annabel Lee

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Fyi

Thank you! I was sitting here thinking where have I heard that before.

jennjilljo · January 2015

misshart00 said:

jennjilljo said:

Sammys1120 said:
Abigail Lee, as @kefttsc‌ mentioned is beautiful. She will definitely be called Abby though- still an adorable name! Abby Lee. I personally also like Annabelle! Annabelle Lee? Kind of a mouthful though.

We are also using the middle name Lee for our little girl. We can be Lee buddies @aggiebug‌!
Annabel Lee

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Fyi
Thank you! I was sitting here thinking where have I heard that before.

While it is a beautiful name I thought it was worth pointing out the poem since this is where my mind guess everytime. It's a tragic name and quite poetic (get it, poe).

Sammys1120 · January 2015

Ohhhh my goodness @jennjilljo‌, maybe that is why I thought it had a ring it when I said it!

aggiebug · January 2015

SaraL1175 said:
Lurking as I have no name for my girl... Just threatened DH that I will have to write "Noname" on her birth certificate form.

@SaraL1175‌ I may have told H I was sending him away when the person came with the birth certificate info and he would have no say.

Thanks for the brainstorming help. We have decided to write our top 5 down individually and reconvene sometime soon.

This naming a person thing is difficult.

mishka29 · January 2015

What about spelling it Lea? Also I'll throw out Elanore as a suggestion but Katherine is great.

MissEm15 · January 2015

Cecelia, Vivian, Evelyn, Lydia, Charlotte, Scarlet

SaraL1175 · January 2015

aggiebug said:

SaraL1175 said:
Lurking as I have no name for my girl... Just threatened DH that I will have to write "Noname" on her birth certificate form.
@SaraL1175‌ I may have told H I was sending him away when the person came with the birth certificate info and he would have no say.

Thanks for the brainstorming help. We have decided to write our top 5 down individually and reconvene sometime soon.

This naming a person thing is difficult.

Agreed, so hard!!

What about the spelling Leigh? I love that spelling.

aggiebug · January 2015

It will be Lee or not used at all. I would be open for changing the spelling as a first name but H hates it as a first name so there is that. It has also been a middle name for 3 generations so I like the idea of keeping the same anyway.

tambo19 · January 2015

chickenhawke said:
Don't forget about Josephine or Margot. I adore those names!

Margot is really nice! I hadn't thought of that one.

I've decided on Esme, though. My partner thought of it having read a Terry Pratchet book (nothing to do with Twilight! Haha!)

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