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Different baby girl name ideas

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  • 28-06-2014 9:42pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 18


    Hello
    Am expecting a baby soon and have my boys name but struggling with my girls names. Am looking for something short and different. Was just wondering if anybody knows of a good book or website or have any suggestions
    Many thanks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,773 ✭✭✭Synyster Shadow


    Zoe
    Sophia
    Hayley
    Charlie (Charlotte, Lottie)
    Sarah
    Sara
    Hannah

    I can keep going but what kinda names do you like classic, Irish, new or unusual?

    There's a baby naming thread its big but if you have time you may see something


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    Zoe
    Sophia
    Hayley
    Charlie (Charlotte, Lottie)
    Sarah
    Sara
    Hannah

    I can keep going but what kinda names do you like classic, Irish, new or unusual?

    There's a baby naming thread its big but if you have time you may see something

    Will have a look at the baby naming thread many thanks. Am looking for an edgy different name. This is baby no 5 so our lists are either exhausted have gone off names for one reason or another or friends and family have used our options since.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,773 ✭✭✭Synyster Shadow


    lma wrote: »
    Will have a look at the baby naming thread many thanks. Am looking for an edgy different name. This is baby no 5 so our lists are either exhausted have gone off names for one reason or another or friends and family have used our options since.

    Yep think you'll find something on the naming tread so.. And anyone who thinks they have something edgy/different might post here too.. Hope you find something... How long till your due?


  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Tinkerbell4484


    Really wanted to name our little girl Skye,
    Also love
    Eve
    Willow
    Mia
    Ayla


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,773 ✭✭✭Synyster Shadow


    I like Skye/Skylar..
    Also know a little girl called willow (my sons friend) so cute.. The other names they have is: cedar
    Darcey
    Dakota
    Pippa
    Morgan and of course
    Willow


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    My niece is Willow, I didn't like it at first but it suits her and is gorgeous :)

    I have 3 girls - Addison, Saoirse and Ellen.

    I love:
    Paige,
    Phoebe,
    Amelia,
    Emily,
    Grace.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,642 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    I always wanted a Linnet. But only had 1 girl...so Daisy, (Nóinín) Treasa, Bonnie, and Clare - never happened!!

    There are also Quality names, like Felicity, Verity...Joy...Grace...

    Bible names tend to be well-worn, even over-used: far too many Sarahs around, for instance...

    Old-fashioned English names are still slightly unusual: Avice, Edith, Philippa, Winifred.

    With Irish ones you don't want to get into very eccentric spellings or pronunciations - (because they are a curse to a kid) but traditional ones are a little dated - Una, Nora, Síle, Bríd, Eilís, Máire. For this reason they are less common now and may have some vintage charm LOL

    And I believe the Victorian names are very popular still: May, Rosie...Pearl and Ruby...how about a Trixie or a Queenie?

    Just a few ideas...I used to love the Name Game, a serious parental privilege!


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    Great name suggestions, with a m


  • Registered Users Posts: 967 ✭✭✭highly1111


    Our little girl is Penny.

    We also liked Erin, Lucy, Hope & Darcy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    lma wrote: »
    Hello
    Am expecting a baby soon and have my boys name but struggling with my girls names. Am looking for something short and different. Was just wondering if anybody knows of a good book or website or have any suggestions
    Many thanks

    With a m


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    With two months to go the pressure is on! Like Darcy it's been on my lists a long time now. Loved Sadie but a family member without knowing gave it a dressing down. Hubby liked Zoë last time but my sister had it for her girl last month it was a boy. Came across Opal but a I can think of is the sweet. Esme Martha Nora and Tess written down but am I making her old before her time?! Love Rowan it's a unisex name but def more male in this part of world so afraid to risk it. Think am thinking too much at this stage!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 967 ✭✭✭highly1111


    lma wrote: »
    With two months to go the pressure is on! Like Darcy it's been on my lists a long time now. Loved Sadie but a family member without knowing gave it a dressing down. Hubby liked Zoë last time but my sister had it for her girl last month it was a boy. Came across Opal but a I can think of is the sweet. Esme Martha Nora and Tess written down but am I making her old before her time?! Love Rowan it's a unisex name but def more male in this part of world so afraid to risk it. Think am thinking too much at this stage!!!

    I like Zara? Or Bella?? I would always think rowan was a boy! I think Tess is lovely


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    My two favourite names for girls are Olivia and Ailbhe (pronounced Alva), I also quite like Alice.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    Yes agree Rowan is def my boys name. Alice is lovely just the living next door to song would make me hesitate. Olivia Ailbhe Bella great names but sadly all used by friends. Finding the name game hard this time round as know it's my last little person.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Machaela, Olive, Holly, Annie, Ruth, Charlotte,
    I also like Blake for a girl or boy
    Know a girl who called her baby girl Joley, unusual but cute


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭January


    Tess and Esme are lovely.

    How about Mia? Popular but lovely and timeless.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,642 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    I know a female Rowan...just saying....her sister is Willow, too...#newage


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,642 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    They could still have a Hazel or a Holly...but if its a boy I dunno what they would call him...Ash? Fir? Cedar?


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    Blake and Joley are unusual and cool. Mia is indeed timeless but a family name already. The search goes on!


  • Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Roselm


    Alexis, Dominyka, Cerys "Keris" ?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Roselm


    Ada
    Juno


  • Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Immy


    I also wanted an M name and liked Mara and Mischa.

    We went with Imogen in the end, planned on calling her Immy as a pet name but it has turned into Mim or Mimmy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Also like the names Macy and Madison, Harlow is pretty cool too and sweet
    Penelope can be shortened to penny or nelly
    Maeve is also cute and simple.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    Indie
    Camden
    Jasmine
    Lucy
    Kyra
    Ella
    Erin
    Evie
    Ellie
    Shauna
    Olivia


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,163 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Ivy


  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    Ivy is cool. Met a baby Trudy at the weekend but it doesn't match our surname.


  • Registered Users Posts: 30 ceo


    Ria
    Reena
    Lauren
    Blake
    Eva
    Jamie
    Lorna
    Brooke
    Lacey


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭marie12


    Robyn
    nancy
    jane
    Drew
    vivian or vivien
    edel


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    people quite often pick out names and then find that they don't suit the baby when they are born and go with something different.

    you'll probably find that seeing the baby for the first time will inspire you towards a particular name. :)

    that said we had very definite ideas about names, Christopher for a boy (first born son on my fathers side of the family has always been christopher) and Lily for a girl.

    The only thing is that we have both now and we have no idea what to call the next one if we do have one (which is entirely possible), so we might well end up waiting till they are born and playing it by ear. :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18 lma


    I always say I have to meet my baby first before I can name them. My Dad thinks it's really funny and thinks it's my hormones ! My niece is Robyn she was to be an Emily but the baby born next to her a few mins earlier was Emily so they changed their minds. She is def a Robyn and not an Emily so does this suggest babies grow into their names?! Brooke I like but has been on my lists for all my pregnancies now so has lost it's sparkle.


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