Ok, here's the place for girls names suggestions please.
A friend of mine is pregnant and fancying the name India Lola.. whaddya think?

hi

im due in 4 weeks and expecting a girl, we cant make our minds up on a name, just wondered if anybody had any suggestions. and what girls names do people like.

thanks

gempau

my next baby is going to be called eva mae, or something equally challenging to a dyslexic. if it's a boy he's going to get A LOT of teasing.

i like lola, not sure about india though. i went to primary school with an india. she was nice enough, but her parents were bonkers, so i always think of nutbar parents when i see/hear the name india now.

Lol, I know some twins by the names of India and Erin and they were lovely so I have a good view of the name at the moment.
Secretly hoping that my friends baby will be a girl but she was determined not to find out in advance... tick tick tick tick c'moooooooon India Lola or Devon Heathcote which will it be?

I like India as that is the name of one of my friends children (the others are called Trinity, Pagan and Calixa :)) I am not so keen on Lola but everyone to their own.

Devon I haven't heard before as a name - for some reason it makes me think of VW campers - not sure why! Heathcote - nah, sorry don't like that.

i really like Ruby, but my other halfs surname is wright so he says it will sound silly. Ruby Wright....

We just cant agree on a name

I've heard of Devon before but it's not my cup of tea, I prefer Heathcliffe (as in Wuthering Height's) to Heathcote but it's the fathers traditional family name.
Still hoping for a girl - that way I can pass on all our girls bits and pieces ( which would be appreciated - not just me foisting stuff on them!) and a playmate when we see them - which is quite a lot.

i really like Ruby, but my other halfs surname is wright so he says it will sound silly. Ruby Wright....

We just cant agree on a name
True but you could add a name to Ruby to make it less short and therfore contrast to Wright (I have that same trouble and my first name is short but it works well). Two short sounds for names can seem too stark but it begins to roll off the tongue rather well as time passes.
Ruby-Mae, Ruby-Ann, Ruby-Nicole etc etc.
Alternately you could double barrel your surnames So Ruby Fairfax-Wright for example (I don't know yours so using an idea), that's what we did for our daughters and it's not as clumsy as it felt when we first suggested it :)

thanks for that zebra i hadnt thought of that, am really liking the idea of Ruby-Mae now, will have to bring it up when he gets home from work !!

I like Rudy (yes, for a girl) :D

I used to like Celeste until someone told me it was a brand of contraception!


I also like:
Ophelia
Pearl (very old fashioned but I like it)
Giselle

hmmm Rudy, i really like that as well now lol..

Some of my faves are :-
Mackenzie (my daughter's name)
Lydia
Emelia
Iolanthe

If I have any daughters I would like to name them

Jan - after my first love (we were about 8 at the time)
Sarah - What a loverly girl (that takes me to about 17)
Tammy - I'll not make you cry with the details.

i like lilya,lily my daughters name olivia my other daughters name i love tilly and lottie, lucy, katie,ava gracie,grace,there is a girl at my daughters nursery called abbey lou quite like that too.Hope this helps

May Averil, expected in 10 weeks!!!

i do like lola, but hubby doesnt, lola may would have been nice.

An old teacher of mine had a daughter and named her Olivia Rose..
I love that name...

I've no idea why I didn't use it for my daughter..:suspect:

An old teacher of mine had a daughter and named her Olivia Rose..
I love that name...

I've no idea why I didn't use it for my daughter..:suspect:

my daughter is olivia emily i just think olivia is a pretty name:thumbsup:

tick tick tick tick c'moooooooon India Lola or Devon Heathcote which will it be?

devon?? i am thinkin of callin my baby that if its a boy!!

we was going to call our daughter macy leigh right up until havin her when my wife changed her mind and decided on calling her bobbie-leigh

my daughter is olivia emily i just think olivia is a pretty name:thumbsup:

One of my twins is Olivia Jodi

Olivia was picked a week before birth and on a whim to be fair and I don't regret it .....Funny isn't it :D

Lol, I know some twins by the names of India and Erin and they were lovely so I have a good view of the name at the moment.
Secretly hoping that my friends baby will be a girl but she was determined not to find out in advance... tick tick tick tick c'moooooooon India Lola or Devon Heathcote which will it be?



I liked Erin........ Zebra .....but with our last name being Roe

Erin Roe - Sounds like a FISH !!! :o

Yeah I can see how that might not be the best name at school. Sheffieldish for herring roe......
Like the use of Jodi as a middle name.
Our poor girls ended up with far too many names as Mr Z added another one each when we went to register them, I kinda minded and kinda didn't.
Their first middle names are Mia and Electra, I wanted Electra as a first name but Mr Z wasn't having any of it.

Ah thank you
Olivia Jodi - After her uncle (jodi)
Milligan Charli - Bit like Carly .....Hence the Charli

I like Mia . and Electra is very different ....Like Milligan I suppose some will like some not - I think It's nice :thumbsup:

We've got one going spare - Ava. We've just had a boy (Dan) so don't need the girl's name any more :)

Well congrats on the arrival of your little fella :D

My girl is called Kaitlyn Brianna, and my next girl will hopefull be called Kadence Erryn.

One of my twins is Olivia Jodi

Olivia was picked a week before birth and on a whim to be fair and I don't regret it .....Funny isn't it :D

it was olivias dad who picked her name good choice dad:thumbsup:

i love the name Madison for a girl, also like Chloe, Ellie, Lily and actually quite like the name Ruby.

for a boy i like Bayley as my first choice, also like Liam, Alfie, Harley, Jack.

i quite like India, although wouldnt call my baby that, but dont like Lola - always reminds me of that model (?) with the worlds biggest breasts - you know who i mean? :rolleyes: sorry!

Im havin a little girl and calling her Tiegan (teagan).I have always loved that name. My 2 boys are called Bailey and Harvey.

at the minute the favourite name we have is Lily Jay

We called our 5 week old daughter Poppy Ava it was the only girls name we had, never came up with a boys name !!

currently thinking of Poppy for a girl a and Malachi for a boy, really like the idea of using their grandparents names as middle names too. but i will wait until i meet them as they may not suit these names. had really like Milly but we look after a friend's dog which is called that and it has changed my relationship to that name now! also like Anoukh but probably only if it was a girl with darker colouring that my husband has, if they come out blond like me it may not work.....ho hum....
xxx

Anouhk looks good written down - how is it pronouced? What nationality is that? Not heard of that before.

anoukh is pronounced annook (long o sound), i thought it was either north african or eskimo but have googled it and it can be spelt with or without an h and seems to be women from france and germany called it so....sorry to be a bit vague. and was it the name of the girl's toy kangaroo in the film Chocolat? not sure
x

Like it! It's good to be different! Thanks for that angel!

Hello,

As most of you know I am pregnant and although it is early days I am sorting out names.

If baby is a boy then his name is going to be Harry.

BUT

we are at a complete loss for a girl's name.

Ideas please. Thank you

I'm wanting unusual or natural names please xx

Im 6 weeks pregnant and i am picking chansey for a girl and milo for a boy.

If we had had a little girl last time she would have been called Willow.

for a girl Evie gets my vote every time it is such a beautiful and pretty name.
I also love Scarlett,Libby,Ruby and Eden.

evie is a beautiful name :)

I really like this website that shows the popularity of different names over the last 100 or so years

http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

Hello,

As most of you know I am pregnant and although it is early days I am sorting out names.

If baby is a boy then his name is going to be Harry.

BUT

we are at a complete loss for a girl's name.

Ideas please. Thank you

I'm wanting unusual or natural names please xx

If it's your first keep an open mind we couldn't agree on a name DH liked Emma I wanted Ruby so when I went for the section we had a sweep stake and Ruby won but when she came out she looked like and Emma hence we have an Emma.

If it had been a boy we wanted Charlie or Jack.

Also Charlotte Church also said she had loads of names but picked Ruby because of dd's ruby red lips when she was born.

my nieces are having girls
stacey is calling hers shaney
zoe is calling hers sienna marie

i personally love ruby,lily,

Hi Lapiz Lazuli

I only worked out the other day who you actually were because you've changed your user name, and I know how much you wanted to get pregnant, so massive congratulations to you both, I hope you have a very happy and healthy pregnancy!! :D

I heard a lovely old girls name the other day - Sylvie....I thought it was lovely!

I also love Ruby, Amelia, Evie, Rose, and Caitlin!

I have chose evie,for my little girl im expecting. I did like ....

Shauna
esme
amber and
leigha

I was adamant on amber but my children ten to be red heads so decided it would be too cliche.
So sided with evie maddison

thought of another....
paris this is another lovely name.

i like leighla, melissa, sophia and shannon. Oh and Therese

thought of another....
paris this is another lovely name.

perhaps, but it's also typically a boy's name as far as I'm aware!:hihi:

THank you and keep em coming.

I like Amber.

The problem is because we are so inlove with the name Harry it will be hard to find a girls name we love as much.

And yes sorry for the confusion. I used to be OLLIEKITTEN. I changed my name cos we had to rehome our cat 'Olliekitten' so it was too hard to stay with that name x

I like April for a girls name.

If I was having a girl she'd have been named either Gracie-Mae or katy-mae we also liked Ruby. If you want our baby name book you can have it. :) It was one my sister got free in a mag when she was pregnant. So my niece and my lad have both been named out of it. PM me if you want it.

THank you and keep em coming.

I like Amber.

The problem is because we are so inlove with the name Harry it will be hard to find a girls name we love as much.

And yes sorry for the confusion. I used to be OLLIEKITTEN. I changed my name cos we had to rehome our cat 'Olliekitten' so it was too hard to stay with that name x

Harriet?

She can then be Harrie/Harry for short? That's quite sweet and tomboy-ish.

I love unusual names, our twins have uncommon names but not unusual. But more wild and wacky middle names - including Electra! I wanted Electra as a fisrt name but OH was adamant they would get picked on.
Just been working out character names with my drama kids today and we've got Hope and Kezia contrasted with previous characters Felicity, Faith, Meredith (Merry) and Scarlett.
I know a Tegan, an Isabelle, a Stefania, Kayleigh (of course) and a Cara which all stand out.
I also like names with sophistication and a light feel on the tongue, like Stephanie and Sophie or Sofia, Sapphire and Selina. Natalia seems sophisticated to me too.
Always had a passion for Jonquil too but my OH was having none of it! Only recently heard of someone with that name but it is the name of a flower too.
My god-daughter is called Nisha which I like and Naomi was a contender for one of our girls too.
There, that's my whole name barrage left out for all to see :)

I like Elena (but then you knew that ;))

I also like Evie but I know lots of Evies at the moment.

I like Ava, Hannah, Ariel, Rae, Alexandra, Nastassia, Amelie, Sophia and a whole lot of others.

I love unusual names, our twins have uncommon names but not unusual. But more wild and wacky middle names - including Electra! I wanted Electra as a fisrt name but OH was adamant they would get picked on.
Just been working out character names with my drama kids today and we've got Hope and Kezia contrasted with previous characters Felicity, Faith, Meredith (Merry) and Scarlett.
I know a Tegan, an Isabelle, a Stefania, Kayleigh (of course) and a Cara which all stand out.
I also like names with sophistication and a light feel on the tongue, like Stephanie and Sophie or Sofia, Sapphire and Selina. Natalia seems sophisticated to me too.
Always had a passion for Jonquil too but my OH was having none of it! Only recently heard of someone with that name but it is the name of a flower too.
My god-daughter is called Nisha which I like and Naomi was a contender for one of our girls too.
There, that's my whole name barrage left out for all to see :)

They are gorgeous names, honey. Thank you.

I am wanting a name with nature connotations.

Perhaps think of flower names - like the more unusual Jonquil.
Seasons, like Summer and Autumn.
Willow as previously mentioned.
Here's a website for Nature related baby names http://www.babynameguide.com/categorynature.asp?strCat=Nature

We had a list of names for boys and girls, and the girl's top name was Beth. Then during labour, I turned to my DH and said that I really liked the midwife's name, Rowan and he agreed and we said we would call her that, if she was a girl. So our little girl is Rowan Amy - which surprised everyone as we hadn't mentioned it. Funny thing was though, I kept calling her Natasha the next day :loopy:

I also like Bracken, Autumn and recently heard a girl called Meadow.

I love unusual names, our twins have uncommon names but not unusual. But more wild and wacky middle names - including Electra! I wanted Electra as a fisrt name but OH was adamant they would get picked on.
Just been working out character names with my drama kids today and we've got Hope and Kezia contrasted with previous characters Felicity, Faith, Meredith (Merry) and Scarlett.
I know a Tegan, an Isabelle, a Stefania, Kayleigh (of course) and a Cara which all stand out.
I also like names with sophistication and a light feel on the tongue, like Stephanie and Sophie or Sofia, Sapphire and Selina. Natalia seems sophisticated to me too.
Always had a passion for Jonquil too but my OH was having none of it! Only recently heard of someone with that name but it is the name of a flower too.
My god-daughter is called Nisha which I like and Naomi was a contender for one of our girls too.
There, that's my whole name barrage left out for all to see :)

lol Natalia is my little uns name, i just spelled it differently! Baby was due after christmas but i found out i was getting induced before so decided I wanted a christmassy name. Not sure what would have happened if she'd been a boy!
I also like the names Liberty, Caitlin, Faith, Sofia, Amie - Leigh, Jaime (spelt the french way, means love!) Karenza (means little love). My neice liked the name Brianna until she found out she was expecting a boy!

Oh and my old college tutor's wife had a baby girl on Rememberence Sunday and they called her Poppy which I thought was lovely! She also has a sister called Ivy!

I think Raven is a pretty name for a girl. I have a friend who has a little girl called Raven and she absolutely beautiful - the name always makes me think of beauty!

What about Fearne (spelled a number of ways) or Heather?

Actually I might add Heather onto my list of favourites, my Husband has Scottish ancestry so I'm sure it would be quite appropriate! :hihi:

... or you could wait to meet her and see what name seems right then?

... or you could wait to meet her and see what name seems right then?

Yeah, Im sure like others we will change our mind when we meet our precious baby but till then im gonna plan plan plan

Erin is a pretty name, just had a friend call her little one that, not too common either being rather unusual.

We chose cosycub's name almost as soon as we knew he was a boy. And it fit him absolutely fine when he was born.

I found girls names far more difficult to choose. I like Sylvie, that is the one I thought I would go for if I had a girl. I got it from an old, old book of my Grandads when he was a boy, about two little fairie children called Sylvie and Bruno.

Agatha
Claudia
Iris
Mabel
Ursula
Grey
Cloud
Alice
Autumn
Isabella Skye
Gabriella
Eliza
Madison
Jennifer
Millicent
Ophelia
Willow

Oooh Ophelia is nice, also like Autumn, Willow and Isabella Skye.

So far my family's favourites are:
Alice
Isabella Skye
Jennifer
Autumn
Eliza
Iris
Grey

What about Maeve - I liked that one too?

What about Maeve - I liked that one too?

Do you pronounce that May-ve?

Do you pronounce that May-ve?

No I think its like Mayve - rhymes with brave.

What about Fleur?

I like Grey but no one else likes it. :(

I think Madison is gorgeous.

I think Madison is gorgeous.

am with you stagewaker, madison it a gorgeous name, are maddison

and i love evie

I like Madison but it's getting to be too popular.
There's were 3 Claire's in my class at school which I thought was pretty sad, all of them hated their name as a result.
I know 3 Madisons under the age of 3... I suspect Madison is the next Claire.

Hmmm, thinking about it, someone I know who is pregnant has the name Madison Brooke lined up - that'll make 4.

Here's the top 100 baby names compiled from the social securitu register Madison is 3rd, I'd be avoiding it like the plague if I wanted something unusual: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/top100.aspx
And backed up here as the most common names for babies in 2007: http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-Ten-Baby-Names-&id=574172


However, I don't think there will be many Tao's or Roshunda's per class in 2012 http://www.babynamesgarden.com/unusual-baby-names.aspx

Xanthe is nice: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/uniquebabynames.aspx


DON'T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR NAME CHOICES WITH YOUR LAST NAME - INITIALS COULD BE THE BANE OF HIS OR HER LIFE LATER!

Some of my favourite names for girls at the moment are
Charis,
Annis,
Venetia,
Meredith,
Isis,
Audrey,
Maisie
Mehetabel

I always like the idea of looking back through the family history and seeing if there are any names there that appeal, I love the idea of continuity through time within a family.

Some of my favourite names for girls at the moment are
Charis,
Annis,
Venetia,
Meredith,
Isis,
Audrey,
Maisie
Mehetabel

I always like the idea of looking back through the family history and seeing if there are any names there that appeal, I love the idea of continuity through time within a family.


I love Meredith but unfortunately Ive already named my cat Meredith x

My daughter is named Meredith :)

You could always rename the cat ;)

Alicia
Bethany
charlie
Maddie
Letisha
May
Olivia
paula
georga
hayley

My favourite names are:

Romy
Lydia
Mia
Olivia
Livia
Callixa
Farrah
Lavinia
Cordelia

I like quite oldfashioned names that are still a bit unusual

Congrats on the pregnancy! :clap:

My favourite girls names are

Elizabeth
Frances
Amelia
Isobel
Phoebe
Freya
Heidi

We're pretty set on a boys name but cannot agree on a girls name really. The only two we both like are Scarlett and Skyler.

For a boy it's to be Joaquin (or Jack for short) and Jonah. I'm nearly 16 weeks and I'm impatient to meet my son or daughter already! Heaven help me at 36 weeks lol

i love annabell if we have another girl she will be called it. I also love ava ,daisy,lulu my friends going to call her little one lulu if she has a girl in april

My friend has 2 neices named Eden and Jasmine. I think they're really pretty names.
I also like Abbie and Grace.

My friend has 2 neices named Eden and Jasmine. I think they're really pretty names.
I also like Abbie and Grace.

eden is a pretty name you dont here Jasmin very often i love grace i just like old names. I like katie and lucy we thought about these for our second girl but we settled on lily which i love

I always liked Jasmine and then there was this sudden flux of people calling their kids Jasmin/e and as a result I've gone off it. I reckon they'll all be about 10 by now.
Joshua was another one, then the whooe world seemed to name baby boys Joshua and the appeal has gone.
Top ten names for 06
http://www.babycenter.com/0_top-10-names-of-2006_1506830.bc
Top ten for 05
http://www.babycenter.com/0_top-100-names-of-2005_1459677.bc
and follow the menu on the right for names going back to 1880 ish.

we have kassidy for a girl! its irish for curly hair!!

oooh just though try the pampers baby name mixer thats great and comes up with some really unusual names

I love Gabriella, was my 2nd choice for a name, even if my daughter did choose it cos she was obsessed with High School Musical.....lol! I like Claudia as well, not one you hear very often but very pretty.

we have kassidy for a girl! its irish for curly hair!!

Oh I know someone with a baby Kassidy! Didnt know what it stood for, very apt for her though!

saphire (but only if its a blue eyed angel!)

i love that name was going to be shannon but too normal for my liking lol i no a kenzie lou a libby, a teagan a shay leigh the list is endless good luck
my partner if we have a boy wants to call it finbar so i set about trying to prove its not a real name and i was gutted when i saw that it is!! patron saint of cork finbar!!! hes still not calling it finbar tho!!!

I once met someone called Finbar and I always assumed it was a nickname! Eeek.

if you like Harry so much, why not call your baby that regardless of whether it's a girl or a boy? I really liked Harriet, but m'chap wasn't 'aving any of it. I really like Henrietta (Henry) too, but again - he thought it was weird.

I love Libby for a girl. But I think you have to consider how silly some of these new ''trendy'' names will sound in a few years.... ie- very silly! so if/ when I have a little girl I would stick to names such as Sophia, Maria, Elissia - they are nice names but will not age and sound stupid with time. But whatever floats your boat I suppose :thumbsup:

I love Gabriella, was my 2nd choice for a name, even if my daughter did choose it cos she was obsessed with High School Musical.....lol! I like Claudia as well, not one you hear very often but very pretty.

Thats a nice name my cousin is called claudia.:thumbsup:

we picked corey declan for our second son and if he was a girl it would have been callie jade.

my friend called her son corey dillon,and my son is a corey lewis. Great name corey and strong personalitys they have. x

I am going to call my daughter lilly when she is born in jan 08 but i want a middle name but im not sure what?
i have a friend with a little girl called lilly mae so i want a different middle name can anyone help?

my daughter is olivia emily i just think olivia is a pretty name:thumbsup:

I have an Olivia Jodi :D

I have an Olivia Jodi :D

My niece is called Olivia Megan :D Although i call her Olive Oil :hihi: I know i'm evil :( :hihi: :hihi:

Well my fave names are;

Ivy- My DD2 :love:
Abigail- DD1:love:
Eliza
Matilda
Jemima
Maisie (planning this for our 3rd little girl due in Feb)
Lydia
Freya
Elise

I know someone who has a Lily - Beth. What about Lilly - Rose (my little girls middle name is Rose). Or is that too flowery? Lilly-Jude? Lilly-Anne?

I am going to call my daughter lilly when she is born in jan 08 but i want a middle name but im not sure what?
i have a friend with a little girl called lilly mae so i want a different middle name can anyone help?

Lilly Jaye, Lilly Marie, Lilly Cerise, Lilly Jo

I think Lilly Rose sounds quite nice. My daughter has Rose as one of her middle names and I think it goes quite well with lots of names.

I am going to call my daughter lilly when she is born in jan 08 but i want a middle name but im not sure what?
i have a friend with a little girl called lilly mae so i want a different middle name can anyone help?

my other daughter is lily mae if you like it im sure your friend wouldnt mind she would Proberly think its a complement

I know someone who has a Lily - Beth. What about Lilly - Rose (my little girls middle name is Rose). Or is that too flowery? Lilly-Jude? Lilly-Anne?

No, Lily Rose isn't too flowery at all. ;) We would have had Mae instead except that my gran is a Rose and she's someone that babybaby should emulate as her outlook on life is fantastic.

Also, just so all you ladies know for the future, Lily is spelt with 1 'l', unless you're thinking of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.

hey i no this sounds mad but i saw in a mag, lily-rae, as opposed to mae. maybe thats an option as it sounds similar?

hey i no this sounds mad but i saw in a mag, lily-rae, as opposed to mae. maybe thats an option as it sounds similar?

Lily Rae sounds lovely!

i like it, and it does sound similar to lily mae dunt it, its just a more unusual option

my granddaughter is mia (pronounced mya) in my circle of friends we have a poppie, tequlia, jael on tobi (toby but female).

If you watch Kath & Kim, you might like Eppony-Rae? Only joking :hihi:

I love some of the old classical names like Annabel, Amelia, Helena. Someone mentioned Annis, thats really old fashioned, but its nice too. For something linking to nature, there's always Flora? (Very Scottish) Looking back in our family tree we have an Emily Evangeline, an Eleanor and a Lily, but her second name was Gertrude, which isn't my favourite.

I think that much depends on a) your surname, b) what style of name/spelling you're comfortable with, and c) what the baby looks like when he/she is born :love:

Our grand daughter is Madeline Eve. If she had been a boy, Harry was one of two names they had chosen.

My daughter was born in Jan and we called her Holly. Not too many of them around at the minute.

My sisters little girl is called Evie.

We have called our children
Kelsey Jo
Connor James
India Rose
Blade Lee
Freya Louise
We love them names and been a bit different from other people.

I think that we have decided on Madeline for a little girl x

I think that we have decided on Madeline for a little girl x

I like that name too :) aswel as Bethany :D

i have 3 daughters their names are megan-leigh, baileylou and madison im now pregnant with my forth daughter and have no idea what to call her i was thinking of saxon leonie or lacy-mae

Lacy-mae is soooo nice go for it!!!

Lacy-mae is soooo nice go for it!!!

Its a beautiful name, I do know a Lacy - Mae though so its not completely uncommon! I also have a neice called Lacey!

... For something linking to nature, there's always Flora? (Very Scottish) ...

If you had twins, you could call them Flora and Marge.

I like that name too :) aswel as Bethany :D

i'll add Ruby to my list aswel :D

I had Leonie and Gabriella on my list (my daughter is a huge fan of high school musical lol) but she ended up being called Nataliya

I'm thinking of Poppy. What do you think?

I love it:D

I'm thinking of Poppy. What do you think?

It is very nice - I guess my slight problem with it is that I have known 2 dogs called Poppy.

Flower names are lovely though, I like Daisy, Lily, Ivy, Holly and Iris but not Hyacinth :)

Rich said it sounded like a dog's name!

Its my favourite at the mo though.

My Mum is called Iris :love:

Rich said it sounded like a dog's name!

Its my favourite at the mo though.

My Mum is called Iris :love:

lol - it is quite funny as I noticed that you had called your kitten by my daughter's name :hihi:

I like Poppy. The little girl who lived here before us was called Poppy, and she was a real cutie. Until Cosycub was born, we called his room (same one she used) 'Poppy's room' for years.

lol - it is quite funny as I noticed that you had called your kitten by my daughter's name :hihi:

lol

I love the name Meredith and desperately wanted to use it. We named kitten Meredith the week I was told I couldn't have children.

Go figure:loopy:

lol

I love the name Meredith and desperately wanted to use it. We named kitten Meredith the week I was told I couldn't have children.

Go figure:loopy:

You could always rename the kitten :)

Or tell everyone you loved the kitten so much you named the baby after her ;)

What about Meredith Poppy ?

What about Meredith Poppy ?

Thats nice :)

Although if you are anything like me, you will probably change your mind a dozen times between now and when baby arrives - and probably again after ;)

So I'm still stuck on a name for my baby girl, due in nine weeks, and we are no further on than we were twenty weeks ago.

Baby girl's nickname is Lulu, which we love, but don't want that as her "real name" as we think it is perfect for when she is young but perhaps not so great for when she is older.

So what do you think?
The names in the poll are our favourites so far but please feel free to give new ideas

Ours gets called Lulu which is short for Lucy which is her middle name.

This probably doesn't help much.

Autumn - definately.

Autumn - definately.

Diminutive is awkward... Autie? Tumtum?

Lily for me. :)

lily for me too....and stick with the nickname lulu. :D


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Lily for me, too ;) - loads of (nick)names loosely related to it, too...Lulu, Lyla, Lee, Leela, Leila. I really like Isabella too, but I'd be wary of Autumn and Grey - they sound more like surnames, and could be darned confusing for her when babykitten is young.

Lily is a beautiful name, as is Isabella. I do have a strange fondness for Elizabeth too, can't imagine why ;) .

I'd be wary of very unusual names; they can be a burden as the child grows older.

No,No, not Autumn. Why is that name winning in the poll?
There are too many children being named Summer, Sky, ...... ?apple?

What about Lola? Is a little like Lulu but more grown up.

Anyway Ignore me, my children have names that always end up with people having gender confusion when having to call out their names. What do I know.

You don't know how to count up to 5 clearly. :hihi:

Elizabeth or Jennifer for me. The only trouble with Elizabeth is how long it takes for a 5 year old to write. If she has a long surname too, the lesson will be half over before she's put her name at the top of the page.

No,No, not Autumn. Why is that name winning in the poll?
There are too many children being named Summer, Sky, ...... ?apple?

What about Lola? Is a little like Lulu but more grown up.

Anyway Ignore me, my children have names that always end up with people having gender confusion when having to call out their names. What do I know.

or Layla, or Lily... they're quite similar to Lulu?

I like Elizabeth, but then again, it's a family name, so I'm biased (hehe)

For short, you could have an eliza, a liz, a lisa, beth, ellie, or even "zib" (a friend's wife, who was an Elizabeth was nicknamed that one)

Autumn I don't think quite works, for a child born in late spring... doesn't quite scan, somehow if I'm honest. (might have been great if child was born in Autumn)

My DIL was going to call my first grandchild "ebony", until I pointed out to them that said child would certainly be pale of skin, and fair of hair, so wouldn't really "go"...

...For short, you could have an eliza, a liz, a lisa, beth, ellie, or even "zib" (a friend's wife, who was an Elizabeth was nicknamed that one)...
Or even an Izzie, which links to the Isabella name a little. I've known a few Elizabeths and we've all gone by different short versions of the name (Liz x2, Lizzie and a Beth); the full version's only been used to admonish, or by either mum or dad who refuse to shorten the name they'd lovingly chosen lol.

Elizabeth or Jennifer for me. The only trouble with Elizabeth is how long it takes for a 5 year old to write. If she has a long surname too, the lesson will be half over before she's put her name at the top of the page.


I agree! I work in a Reception class and always feel sorry for the Benjamins and Elizabeths compared to the Jacks and Amys when it comes to writing their names! Also working in school you have to cross out most of the names in the Baby-Names book before you can seriously pick a name!! ;) (I'd have serious problems naming a child nowadays!) My mum had a horrible child in her class 17 years ago called Samantha, and was beside herself when she found her first grandchild was going to be called just that!! I think Isabella is lovely, I like the shortened Izzy. Happy choosing! X

I voted for Isabella, althought i do have a Lily and think its one of the most beautiful names i think you can have lots of variations on Isabella!

Of course you could wait until she is born - often baby's seem to suit a certain name.

Lily used to be our favourite name for her, but it seems to be very popular, and being a Rachel I didn't want my little girl to have the same problem of half her class sharing her name.

I like the idea of waiting to see her little face to name her, but I want some backup names just incase nothing comes to me.

Whatever her name, she will be called lulu too as her nickname. I'm beginning to think that might even be her real name.

From the age of about seven I wanted to call my little girl Autumn :)

Won't somebody be a total smart git and make comments about a baby called Autumn that's born in spring?

Not wanting to rain on your parade or anything.

Won't somebody be a total smart git and make comments about a baby called Autumn that's born in spring?

Not wanting to rain on your parade or anything.

:D



I like Amelia .... any good ?
Lilly is nice but lots of them around at the moment :(


and as Titan said - Lola is a beautiful name !

Won't somebody be a total smart git and make comments about a baby called Autumn that's born in spring?

Not wanting to rain on your parade or anything.

Well, I don't really care about what "total smart gits" think. I wouldn't name her Autumn if she was born in the Autumn, to twee.

:D



I like Amelia .... any good ?
Lilly is nice but lots of them around at the moment :(


and as Titan said - Lola is a beautiful name !

Apparently I scuppered Amelia by naming my (very gorgeous) foster cat mummy Amelia last month.

Lily used to be our favourite name for her, but it seems to be very popular, and being a Rachel I didn't want my little girl to have the same problem of half her class sharing her name.

I like the idea of waiting to see her little face to name her, but I want some backup names just incase nothing comes to me.

Whatever her name, she will be called lulu too as her nickname. I'm beginning to think that might even be her real name.

From the age of about seven I wanted to call my little girl Autumn :)

If you like Lulu, why not call her that? It's only a name now, but by the time your daughter has started showing signs of her personality it'll start being her name, and in a few years you won't be able to imagine her not being called Lulu. Why not just go with it? I know I voted for Lily, but since you like it so much I'd just go with Lulu...it's not so unusual that it's weird, and it's not common, so it might be just right. You could always give her a 'normal' middle name instead as a safety measure.

I just read down the list and saw Jennifer... Grey- wasn't she in Dirty Dancing! Anyway, I voted for Lulu- she's almost called that already anyway and it's a bit different.

Lulu came from the name I gave to my first ragdoll when i was teeny lol :)

I voted Isabella. Autumn makes a nice middle name though (and for any smart alec that comments she was born in spring, just say "yes but conceived in the Autumn!").

Blimey, I like some of those but my feelings are very different, my name is unusual and for a brief time in secondary school I wanted to be something normal like Claire, there were loads of Claire's throughout my school life.
Now I am sooooo grateful for not having a common name.
My advice is to try all your favourite names with her surname to be, as initials, with variations on middle names and check those initials too, it's no good being like some idiot who named his son Christopher Robert Andrew Paston.... CRAP. Though I should point, it was done deliberately, which is even sadder. He thought his son could have it written on the side of a work van or something - C.R.A.P electricals for example.
Also, I had passions for the names Electra and Jonquil since I was very young, amongst others.
My second daughter is named after another of my more normal favourites but not a common one, my first daughter is named after a more recent favourite but again not common. One of the middle names is Electra and it suits her (naughty twingle 2 in case anyone wanted to hazard a guess!)
You might a
I like Autumn and Isabella, Lily is becoming VERY popular and although it's nice I know lots of them now so there will be a lot in a class. I like Grey for unusual but it seems Americanised in a way. Not very keen on any of the others.
Let us know what you choose and what her initials will be :)

I voted Isabella. Autumn makes a nice middle name though (and for any smart alec that comments she was born in spring, just say "yes but conceived in the Autumn!").

I'm a spring (april) baby, and as far as I can work out, (Calculating back), I was conceived in the summer? (July ish)

'tis true that Lily is becoming more popular in recent years. I still like it though. :)

Here is a list of the most popular names for the last 5 years, might be a help to you.

National Statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp)

I'm a spring (april) baby, and as far as I can work out, (Calculating back), I was conceived in the summer? (July ish)
OK - was just thinking about my son who was conceived in early September and born in May.

I like Autumn and Isabella, I like Grey for unusual :)

These are my favourites now. I love love love Grey but you are the only other human alive that agrees with me. :hihi: Its so unusual its not actually a name. Except there was a film in which Heather Graham was a lesbian called Grey

Rich has firmly put his foot down and said no to Grey, although I'm still hoping he'll see the light. :hihi:

I was gutted a few years ago when Autumn started being used as a name, like I said I'd baggsied it twenty three years ago ( when did I get so old?)

And Isabella, we are not sure of as two years ago we had a miscarriage of a little girl who we had decided we were going to call Isabella Skye.

My surname is a very heavy, bleurgh sounding name beginning with D.

I don't know why but I also keep going back to Elizabeth, for the very fact that it has so many shortened versions and it has a certain elegance.

I'm a spring (april) baby, and as far as I can work out, (Calculating back), I was conceived in the summer? (July ish)

Plain Talker, grrrrr :hihi: Stop bringing sense into it. :hihi:

Elizabeth is VERY elegant. It's funny you should mention how it gets shortened and your nickname of Lulu! You reminded me of my cousin Jane Elizabeth - when she was litttle her dad always called her Lizzy Lulu!

I have always liked the name Louisa which could be shortened to Lulu.

I don't like Elizabeth simply because it is my middle name and I haven't ever taken to it. I do like Libby though which is an unusual shortening of it.

My friend has named her daughter Tula which I didn't like at first, but it has grown on me - you could nickname her Lulu from that.

I also like Lois which is a bit different.

If you do decide to home educate then unusual names are the norm, and the spelling out in class won't matter ;)

This is my favourite baby name site

http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

It takes a minute to load, but then if you type in any letter, it shows you all the names that have been registered in the last 100 years and their relative popularity. Autumn for instance peaked at nearly 1% of girl babies named in 2005, whereas Lulu was very popular in 1880 :)

From the age of about seven I wanted to call my little girl Autumn :)

From the age of eight I wanted to call my little girl Amber, so I did!!!

I stick with Autumn.

I love Grey aswell! Isabella sounds like it should be kept special as your first daughter's name, so I've changed my fave to Elizabeth. It sounds elegant in it's long form, cute if you shorten it to Lulu, and 'Liz' is cool and dudey for when she's a teen! Hmm, Elizabeth Autumn... Elizabeth Grey.... they're really nice! :D

Hi, I am biased but I love Elizabeth. Its my youngests name. We call her Libby & her nickname is Lulu (Libby Lulu). I wanted to go for Elizabeth on her birth cert as I wasn't 100% sold on Libby even though dh & the other kids loved it.

I like all your name choices though.

Elizabeth is very elegant. My sister has it for her middle name, although it is spelt "Elisabeth"... leading to the ditty...

"Caroline Elisabeth, Elisabeth with an S, People call her Caroline, but daddy calls her Bess" :hihi:

And Lily is actually short for Elizabeth too. It was my Nanna's name, and it came from Elizabeth x

hmm Elizabeth is winning. But Rich's sister is called Elizabeth so he is pulling faces at it, not that he doesn't love his sister, he just thinks thats her name and not Lulu's.

lol

it sounds like you've already decided on lulu......go with what you like, but i agree with the comment to give a more ordinary middle name just in case!

My cousin, who is three months youngr than I, is a lynn, bit for some reason, she was always a "looby lou" to the family, or "Lu" *pride* her name was my first words!

If Grey strikes you so much then use it, maybe as her middle name.
I agree Isabella perhaps should be saved or used again as a middle name.
OUr girls have 3 names and a doubel barrelled surname so 5 in total, poor things. We'll encourage them only to use the first and last two and sod the big brother approach where people insist on using all names.
I have a name I'd like to call a third daughter, if we have one, but I daren't share it as I want to to remain unique, I can't even find it on a baby names site, nor any other name site.
Autumn Grey is interesting though it could be a good name for a racehorse! Lulu could be used as a middle name and reverted to when or if suited and she doesn't have to broadcast it either.
Isabella Grey... I'd save the Isabella though. Grey Isabella sounds like someone who is depressed.
Grey Lulu.....not sure that works.
Autumn Lulu is quite sweet.
I like Autumn best I think, with Grey or Lulu as a second name or even stick bits together and go with LuBella/Lu-Bella to make a new middle name which is a nod to your first daughter and incorporates Lulu.
I think you're on your way to making a decision, Lily and Jennifer have been mentioned less later on thread.

You are right Zebra, it does feel like its coming together more with everyone's help.

I really like Autumn Grey.

I shall lead Rich gently to this thread and see what he makes of things x

Thank you SO much to everyone for your contribution. x

I voted for Isabella, although I prefer Isabel. I also really like Evie, Madison, Libby

I liked Felicity and Kitty if I had a girl, OH hates em both, good job its a boy really :D

Autumn is my favourite. I was drawn to it.

My daughters have unusual names. Elizabeth makes a lovely second name. I've named both of mine after thier grandmas

Charly Jean and Scarlet Elizabeth. It seemed to make perfect sense to me.

I vote Isabella!
Lulu is my cats name...the one you gave us :)
infact hope you don't mind me coming on here! its Sammie
hope everything goes really well for you :)
xxx

My daughter is Millie Jean, but we call her moo moo or meme, so lulu will fit with lily

i know its not up in the poll but i just love the name ruby .its what i picked if i was having a girl

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I voted Isabella, it was my fave girls name when i was pg (then i had a boy :P) xx

i like esme,tilly ,annabell,talloula,but lulu is my favorite

My name is initials EA also

If Charlie was a girl, he would've been Ruby-Mae Zandra, Or Henrietta Grace. Out of the names that're up, i'd deffo pick Lily, but i'd spell it Lillie (Not many Lily's are spelt that way) :)

I vote Isabella!
Lulu is my cats name...the one you gave us :)
infact hope you don't mind me coming on here! its Sammie
hope everything goes really well for you :)
xxx

Hi Innocence XX
Giving a name to a pet first doesn't mean you can't go on to use it for a child's name, after all Sam, don't forget my first hamster was called Sammy!! :hihi:

Hey Olliekitten, I was soooo excited when I heard about Lulu (your baby, not Sam's cat...!), she is the luckiest baby to have you for a mummy, and I sincerely hope that when she's older she is as lucky in the 'teacher' department as Sam was! You'll always be one of our favourite people!
Lots of love and luck with Lulu X

i love Lola, and my number one is Ruby

Hey Olliekitten, I was soooo excited when I heard about Lulu (your baby, not Sam's cat...!), she is the luckiest baby to have you for a mummy, and I sincerely hope that when she's older she is as lucky in the 'teacher' department as Sam was! You'll always be one of our favourite people!
Lots of love and luck with Lulu X

Thank you so much, thats lovely x x

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I love Lulu.

She'll always be Lulu to me.

It's significantly different to any other name - and this baby will be significantly different to any other baby, because Mummy and Daddy went through so much to get her.

:)

I love Lulu.

She'll always be Lulu to me.

It's significantly different to any other name - and this baby will be significantly different to any other baby, because Mummy and Daddy went through so much to get her.

:)

aww that's lovely :love::love:

I love Lulu.

:)

Lulu loves you too Stagey x

So, what did Rich think?

So, what did Rich think?

Rich has been too busy getting run over to give much more thought to names. He was going to make a comment on the thread but hes still in too much pain at the moment.

He'll be better soon I hope, poor love x

I saw he'd been hit, didn't realise the timing had been so close with the thread.
Hope he's ok.
You two are really going through the mill at the moment aren't you?
There was someone selling horse brasses on the car boot thread, maybe you could ask em for a horseshoe or 10 :)
Fingers crossed for an easy breezey rest of pregnancy and a swift recovery for Rich :)

I liked Felicity and Kitty if I had a girl, OH hates em both, good job its a boy really :D

Felicity is my next choice of name if I have another baby and its a girl. x

Now then, we have a new name to throw into the mix. Rich has declared that he likes Annabella.

What do we think?

I like it, and love Annie x

Annabella reminds me of the film Drop Dead Fred :D

Annabella reminds me of the film Drop Dead Fred :D

Oh funny, God I loved that film when I was younger. Cool :hihi:

how abour gracie, Kasey, Emily-jane (em-j) for short, issabella she'll get called izzy, katelyn, paige, molly, may,
these are all names i liked when ihad my 2 girls

I've totally fallen in love with the name Tabitha, what do you think?

Annabella reminds me of the film Drop Dead Fred :D

:hihi: it does me too!!!