I’m due with a girl any day now, and we don’t even have a list. ): H and I are equally (horribly!) picky and we had several scares with the pregnancy, so our lack of ideas isn’t totally due to negligence, I like to think.
Ideally, the name would be feminine but not frilly, very strong and sturdy, and no more than four syllables. We love spunky and we are not afraid of a little whimsy. It would be lovely if the name had a fair amount of history to it, too.
We plan to use a family name in the middle. The pool is quite varied. [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Frances[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Damaris[/name], [name]Anne[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Xanthe[/name], [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Cassandra[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Juliet[/name], and [name]Vivian[/name] are all viable options.
If context helps at all, the little girl will likely have dark hair and blue eyes. I’m American (with Greek immigrant parents), he’s English, and we currently live in New [name]York[/name] City.
Thanks so much - we could really use all the help we can get at this point!
Sydney
Annabel
Annika
Brooke
Bridie
Miranda
Naomi
Alison
Georgie/Georgina/Georgette
Marnie
Mardi
Adelaide
Madeline
Maxine
Cleo
Imogen
Anise
Audrey
Clara
Miriam
Josephine
Holly
Felicity
Camille
Elise
Astrid
Alice
Sasha
Eliza
Gabrielle
Ideally, the name would be feminine but not frilly, very strong and sturdy, and no more than four syllables. We love spunky and we are not afraid of a little whimsy. It would be lovely if the name had a fair amount of history to it, too. Hummm…This could be kind of tough but I will through some out and see if you like them…
These that I left of your family names would be fantastic with any name. [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Damaris[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Xanthe[/name], [name]Lorraine[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Juliet[/name]
I hope all goes well she sounds like she will be gorgous!! I love people with brown hair and blue eyes especially men. LOL!! That is discribing my dh and past bf’s.
You truly have some gorgeous choices. [name]Anne[/name] is my all time favorite name, so that gets me vote. I also like [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name].
I love [name]Eleanor[/name]. Strong but feminine, of Greek origin but prominent in English history, less than 4 syllables, not frilly, not boring…also, I love the characters from literature with this name: [name]Elinor[/name] Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, and [name]Eleanor[/name], the brilliant protagonist in Contact by [name]Carl[/name] [name]Sagan[/name], just to name 2. [name]Eleanor[/name] would be lovely with one of your family names in the middle, [name]Frances[/name] or [name]Anne[/name] esp, I think.
I’m not very good with thinking this early in the morning, but [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Anne[/name], [name]Xanthe[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Cassandra[/name], [name]Opal[/name], and [name]Vivian[/name] are all lovely for the middle name!
So many nice mn choices! Really sounds like you won the family name jackpot.
Throwing out some combos to see if anything sticks or gives a direction…
[name]Matilda[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Opal[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Athena[/name] [name]Opal[/name]
[name]Marilla[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Atalanta[/name] [name]Opal[/name]
[name]Olive[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name]
I love all your mn options, do any appeal to you enough to use as a fn?
[name]Vivian[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Penelope[/name] come to mind for me, especially [name]Penelope[/name] nn [name]Poppy[/name] might seem very British? But [name]Penelope[/name] has plenty of other nns too. They seem Greek, British (Shakespearean in [name]Phoebe[/name]'s case), and NYC fits to me. [name]Do[/name] you like them?
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Juliet[/name] (I happen to like initial nn PJ, but I know not everyone does)
[name]Penelope[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
I like a previous posters suggestion of [name]Athena[/name] and lucia. I think [name]Elena[/name]/[name]Eleni[/name] or [name]Helena[/name] is nice, and I like that it means bright and shining one. I also like [name]Alina[/name], [name]Sofia[/name] is very nice even though it might be very popular. Also [name]Alexandra[/name] might work and I know the name and place has alot of history.
[name]Selena[/name]/[name]Selene[/name] - Greek [name]Goddess[/name] of the moon. And then [name]Catalina[/name] is pretty.
[name]Genevieve[/name] is like my favorite French name.
Congrats and good luck:)