[name]Hi[/name] all,
I am expecting my second child (a baby girl) soon and have no idea what to name her. My husband and I just can’t agree. I wanted a name not in the top 100, as our surname is Cook. Her brother’s name is [name]Archer[/name] [name]Dallas[/name] Cook. Please help me I am desperate!!!
If its a very unusual name you are after, may i suggest a french name:
[name]Apolline[/name] (ah-poh-lee-nah) greek for sun-goddess/ female for [name]Apollo[/name] (sun god). Features in [name]Harry[/name] potter.
Sounds great with [name]Archer[/name]
Thanks for your suggestion Dejna! [name]Will[/name] try it on with my hubby. Another French name I loved was [name]Anais[/name], but unfortunately I live in Australia and it would most certainly be pronounced incorrectly by 99% of the population. I must admit I do like names starting with A. Other names I have considered are:
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Asia[/name]
[name]Avalon[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Aerin[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
Any thoughts?
I just heard a new (new to me) name yesterday, and I love it…[name]Alina[/name]. It a version of [name]Helen[/name]. Or how about [name]Helena[/name]?
[name]Acacia[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Amandine[/name]
[name]Arcadia[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]April[/name]
Eponine
[name]Fantine[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Allegra[/name]
[name]Atlanta[/name]
[name]Antigone[/name]
Good luck!
[name]Hi[/name]!
[name]Archer[/name] and …
[name]Adair[/name]
[name]Afton[/name]
[name]Ainsley[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Anise[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name], [name]Hattie[/name], [name]Presley[/name], [name]Rainey[/name], and [name]Sawyer[/name] would work well, too!
Good luck!
[name]Lemon[/name] 
[name]Hi[/name]!
Names like [name]Avery[/name]:
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Connelly[/name]
[name]Emery[/name]
[name]Ellery[/name]
[name]Flannery[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name]
[name]Linden[/name]
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name] (nn [name]Romy[/name])
[name]Sheridan[/name]
[name]Willoughby[/name] (nn [name]Willow[/name])
Names more like [name]Tabitha[/name]:
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Annabel/name
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
You may also like [name]Verity[/name], which reminds me of [name]Amity[/name].
Good luck!
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions!! I really like [name]Ariel[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Atlanta[/name] and [name]Stella[/name].
My favourite though is [name]Clementine[/name]. The only concern I have is that in Australia they abreviate everything and she would most probably be called [name]Clem[/name] which I’m not so keen on. Any other nn for [name]Clementine[/name]? And do you think [name]Clementine[/name] goes with our surname Cook? Or are the two Cs too much?
I think [name]Clementine[/name] Cook sounds beautiful and I like it with the two Cs. One nickname could be CeCe.
Nicknames for [name]Clementine[/name]-
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Tina[/name]
[name]Minty[/name]
I’m glad you liked [name]Atlanta[/name] and [name]Ariel[/name]!
Good luck!
This English young woman told me that [name]Clemmy[/name] is a nn for [name]Clementine[/name]. I said that [name]Clemmy[/name] sounds kind of like Clammy. She said that in [name]England[/name], [name]Clemmy[/name] was very stylish.
Thanks for your suggestion Dejna! [name]Will[/name] try it on with my hubby. Another French name I loved was [name]Anais[/name], but unfortunately I live in Australia and it would most certainly be pronounced incorrectly by 99% of the population. I must admit I do like names starting with A. Other names I have considered are:
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Asia[/name]
[name]Avalon[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Aerin[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
Any thoughts?[/quote]
I think that [name]Avalon[/name] is a great name for an Aussie kid. [name]Do[/name] you live anywhere near [name]Avalon[/name] [name]Beach[/name], [name]Sydney[/name]? Not only that [name]Ava[/name] is a super beautiful nn. I would go for this one!
[name]Aerin[/name] sounds like [name]Erin[/name] which is dated.
[name]Mila[/name] is nice but I would prefer [name]Milana[/name] nn’s of [name]Milly[/name], [name]Lana[/name] or if you like the beach [name]Lainey[/name] or [name]Lani[/name].
[name]Don[/name]'t like [name]Amity[/name] or [name]Asia[/name] but [name]Tabitha[/name] is nice.
I think that [name]Annabel[/name] (or [name]Annabelle[/name]) would be lovely. [name]Annabel[/name] Cook sounds so sweet, a bit unusual without being too crazy and has a nice ring to it. She could go by [name]Annie[/name], [name]Belle[/name], [name]Bella[/name], [name]Anna[/name] - lots of nicknames to choose. Also sounds great with [name]Archer[/name]. Good luck!
i love clementine cook!! i think the nn em/emme would work too.
I agree [name]Em[/name] or [name]Emme[/name] is a cute nn for [name]Clementine[/name]
Have you considered [name]Cleo[/name] as a nickname for [name]Clementine[/name]?
I love the alliteration of [name]Clementine[/name] Cook! [name]Cleo[/name] and [name]Emme[/name]/[name]Emmy[/name] are my favorite nicknames for [name]Clementine[/name].
I think [name]Clementine[/name] and [name]Archer[/name] are great together!
Good luck!
I don’t have a million options for you but I thought
[name]Emery[/name]
might be cute. And it sounded good with [name]Archer[/name], both with the R in it. [name]Hope[/name] you find something.
I love [name]Clementine[/name] Cook and how original to think of [name]Emmy[/name]/[name]Emma[/name] as a nn.
The only nn I could think of was “lemon”.
I totally sympathise! I am french but live in britain so finding a name is extremelly hard!
A- names on my list you might like are:
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name] (with accent on first e) pron A-[name]MAE[/name]-[name]LEE[/name]
Aimeline ([name]EM[/name]-[name]LIN[/name])
[name]Aurelie[/name] (with accent on first e again) or-E-lee
[name]Adelaide[/name] though prob not for australia??
Thanks for your suggestion Dejna! [name]Will[/name] try it on with my hubby. Another French name I loved was [name]Anais[/name], but unfortunately I live in Australia and it would most certainly be pronounced incorrectly by 99% of the population. I must admit I do like names starting with A. Other names I have considered are:
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Asia[/name]
[name]Avalon[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Aerin[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
Any thoughts?[/quote]
It’s true! I have met many a little [name]Clemmie[/name] - it’s sweet, but as nicknames go, it doesn’t bowl me over. That said, personally I would be fine with other people calling my hypothetical daughter [name]Clementine[/name] ‘[name]Clemmie[/name]’ if I could still call her [name]Clementine[/name] - which I could.
You could use [name]Emmie[/name], but [name]Emma[/name] is so popular … [name]Tina[/name] is a little dated, too.
I’ve never been to Australia, but here in [name]England[/name] we love nicknames, too, but I still know many people with longer names (an [name]Adelaide[/name], a [name]Helena[/name] and an [name]Eleanor[/name], several Victorias, Elizabeths, and Catherines, for example) who only go by their full name. They introduce themselves as [name]Adelaide[/name], don’t prompt any nicknaming, perhaps make a point of saying “Oh, I hate [name]Addie[/name]. I’m so glad that no-one ever calls me [name]Addie[/name],” and people don’t nickname them, or when they do it is unrelated to their name (I used to teach a [name]Catherine[/name] who was Bean amongst her friends, and always [name]Catherine[/name] otherwise).
Good luck!