Different baby girl name ideas

lma

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

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

lma

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

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.

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?

Tinkerbell4484

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

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

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.

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!

lma

Great name suggestions, with a m

highly1111

Our little girl is Penny.

We also liked Erin, Lucy, Hope & Darcy.

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

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!!!

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

retro:electro

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

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.

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

January

Tess and Esme are lovely.

How about Mia? Popular but lovely and timeless.

Day Lewin

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

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?

lma

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

Roselm

Alexis, Dominyka, Cerys "Keris" ?

Roselm

Ada
Juno

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.

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.

fussyonion

Indie
Camden
Jasmine
Lucy
Kyra
Ella
Erin
Evie
Ellie
Shauna
Olivia

spurious

Ivy

lma

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

ceo

Ria
Reena
Lauren
Blake
Eva
Jamie
Lorna
Brooke
Lacey

marie12

Robyn
nancy
jane
Drew
vivian or vivien
edel

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.

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.

retro:electro

Just heard the name Beth in a tv programme and had to post it here! It's so beautiful but simple and timeless and yet not something you would come across everyday. A winner in my eyes!

corner of hells

A friend of mine called her daughter Thomasina , shortened to Tommy after her father who passed away while she was expecting.

blindside88

I like the name Arya (as in Arya Stark), the wife isn't a fan

One of the things that bore heavily on us when we were thinking about names - all those years ago - was that babies don't remain babies for ever, and as adults we have a responsibility to give them names that will make sense when they're born and still make sense long after we're gone.

I read an article once (and I'm sure I've posted it somewhere here before) that said that before you commit to giving your child your chosen name you should put it into three sentences and say them out loud to yourself and to a few other people - and if any of the sentences sounds even the slightest bit doubtful then you've got the wrong name and you need to go back to the drawing board.

The three sentences? If I might choose a name at, er, random from this thread:

"Is Skye coming out to play?"

"I love you, Skye."

"I wonder if Skye is ready for this promotion."

I never had a daughter, but if I had I would have been even more careful in my choice than when naming a boy. Why? Because we live in a sexist world, and women already face steep enough hills to climb in the professional world without being burdened with a name no-one can take seriously. A name that is cute on a three-year old or an actress in a soap might not prove to be the right choice if you'd like to think your daughter should have the potential to land a high-powered and/or lucrative career for herself.

For good or ill, that's my two cents' worth.

lma

lma wrote: »

with a m

I'm not suggesting these, but a couple of years ago someone I know decided to reach back two generations to their grandmothers and named their daughter Maureen Margaret. I found that odd because as it happens those are the names of my grandmothers.

Their explanation was that the names wouldn't suit a baby but would suit her when she grows up.

I also have female relatives, friends and workmates called: Mairéad, Marcella, Marissa, Miriam, Melissa, Molly, Michelle, Marie, Marianne and Monica.

endacl

Gobnait. Hardly any Gobnaits around these days.

:pac:

LegacyUser

Drunk, hungover and feeling down; with little sleep and an increasing sense of doom, I sat down beside a young lady one day. We talked for a brief moment and when I got up to leave, I asked her her name. "Hope" she replied. I'd never met anybody called Hope before. I left with the word hope in my head and feeling less bleak because of it. Everything was going to be alright.

Dublin Red Devil

I like "Eire"

Isolt

Nala is a nice, different girl's name. Can also be spelled Nahla.

The Peanut

We wanted something a little different and strongly considered Freya. My wife just felt that she wasn't a Freya when she arrived.

Still like the name though.

The Peanut

The Peanut wrote: »

We wanted something a little different and strongly considered Freya. My wife just felt that she wasn't a Freya when she arrived.

Still like the name though.

Should have said I think it's a Norse word that meant something like lady or goddess, so the meaning was appealing too.

endacl

Isolt wrote: »

Nala is a nice, different girl's name. Can also be spelled Nahla.

https://www.nala.ie/

honerbright

"lma wrote: »

Love Rowan it's a unisex name but def more male in this part of world so afraid to risk it.

Growing up I knew a girl called Rowena, which is a nice /diff variation on the name.

emz8

My little girl is Lyla. I also loved Nova, Lola, Bobbie, Iris and esmae.

kandr10

honerbright wrote: »

Growing up I knew a girl called Rowena, which is a nice /diff variation on the name.

I love Rowena! Beautiful name