a girl?! yikes!

Girl Names
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My husband and I were completely banking on having a boy (and had some pretty great names picked out in fact) but our most recent ultrasound put a kink in our plans! Unfortunately, we aren’t quite seeing eye to eye on girls names so we’re looking for some guidance. My husband likes more contemporary names: [name]Michaela[/name], [name]Madison[/name], [name]Addison[/name], etc. Whereas I prefer older classics. So far my favorites are:

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Collette[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]

Though we both like names that end in the ‘y’ sound (ie. lucy, lilly, etc.) our last name also ends in a y so it doesn’t work.

Husband hates [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Collette[/name], and [name]Adeline[/name] but can tolerate the others. [name]Just[/name] not sure what I’m crazy about. I’ve seen other threads about similar disputes, but was looking for other suggestions we might not be considering.
Thanks!

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[name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Adela[/name], [name]Adaline[/name].
[name]Allison[/name] (I know, dated)
[name]Lillia[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]

~[name]Jasmine[/name]

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[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name] (or if you prefer, [name]Clio[/name])
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Mae[/name]
[name]Adelia[/name]
[name]Adelie[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]

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I would argue that [name]Michaela[/name] really is a classic name! [name]Makayla[/name] is the modern spelling.
I love the name [name]Michaela[/name], and for the -ee ending, I think nn’s are OK for you even with your surname.
[name]Mickie[/name], [name]Mikey[/name], [name]Kaylee[/name] are all plausible from [name]Michaela[/name].

[name]Madeline[/name] came immediately to mind - takes your [name]Adeline[/name] and his [name]Madison[/name]. Popular recently, but with grounding history.
That theory could be wrong though if he likes [name]Addison[/name] but not [name]Adeline[/name] :/.
Spelling [name]Madeleine[/name] makes it even a little more classic. Nn [name]Maddie[/name] is super popular, but cute.
[name]Magdalen[/name] would be bolder, nn [name]Maggie[/name].

[name]Alice[/name] nn [name]Allie[/name] might help him love it more?
[name]Ada[/name] might grow on him because of closeness to [name]Ava[/name]?

[name]Maeve[/name] is a really nice name, however I notice it’s kind of different from the rest of your favorites so I think you might want to go with one of the others.

You have some good suggestions above - going with something like [name]Lucia[/name] or [name]Lillian[/name] and nn’ing her [name]Lucy[/name] or [name]Lily[/name] would work really nicely. [name]Lillian[/name] is recently popular so might be right to his taste, but has some great history to back it up.

A few others that come to mind:
[name]Adele[/name] (nn’d [name]Addie[/name], or maybe even [name]Ellie[/name], goes with [name]Ada[/name]/[name]Adeline[/name]/[name]Addison[/name])
[name]Adrienne[/name] (nn’d [name]Addie[/name] for him - you like a lot of French names, goes with [name]Ada[/name])
[name]Elizabeth[/name] nn’d [name]Ellie[/name] or [name]Lily[/name] or [name]Libby[/name] (just a total classic, hard to hate this name usually? And has nn’s you both might like)
[name]Juliet[/name] (you like -t endings, doubt he’d like it but try? [name]Julie[/name] nn?)
[name]Katherine[/name] (nn’d [name]Katie[/name] or [name]Kitty[/name] - again like Elizabetha classic, hard to hate it really and maybe the nn helps. [name]Catherine[/name]'s also totally fine of course if you prefer, or also [name]Kathryn[/name], might be more “modern” for him, but still totally standard)
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] (I know it’s right at the top, but it is a modernly popular name with history, you could use [name]Sophie[/name] as nn?)
[name]Violet[/name] (you like -t endings, it has history but is recently popular - [name]Ettie[/name]?)
[name]Vivienne[/name] (would fit in with your taste for French names, has history but seems modernly popular enough for him, nn [name]Vivi[/name] - [name]Vivian[/name] would also be fine if you like it)

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The first names that came to mind were
[name]Alyssa[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name]
may
eve
ava
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]

You might also want to consider
[name]Eloise[/name]
jane
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Samantha[/name]
juliet
[name]Penelope[/name]
naomi
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Cynthia[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] this helps :slight_smile:

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[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Mae[/name] or [name]May[/name]
[name]Madeline[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]

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What about a more modern classic like [name]Samantha[/name] or [name]Alison[/name]?

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You could tell your husband that girls’ names ending in -son were originally meant for boys, technically meaning “son of.” [name]How[/name] about [name]Malka[/name] or [name]Aden[/name]? Genova or Arolyn?