Girl Names Challenge!

I’m trying to come up with new ideas and options for baby girl names.

My husband has banned any one-syllable names and names that end in -ie or -y, but nicknames with these endings are OK!

We like old-fashioned pretty names but not ones that are ‘trying too hard/trendy’. We still can’t agree on much though! He likes names like ‘[name]Glynis[/name]’, and and I like names like ‘[name]Elinor[/name]’ and ‘[name]Celia[/name]’. We need to find a happy-medium here!

Names we sometimes agree on liking: [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Esmerelda[/name], [name]Margaret[/name], and [name]Aurora[/name]. Our last name is [name]McGuire[/name].

[name]Do[/name] you have suggestions? Can you think of options for us?

I like your choices! [name]Susannah[/name] is a favorite of mine.
My first thoughts for suggestions were:
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Honora[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Della[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Helene[/name] or [name]Helena[/name]

Good luck! :slight_smile:

I like your choices! [name]Susannah[/name] is a favorite of mine.
My first thoughts for suggestions were:
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Honora[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Della[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Helene[/name] or [name]Helena[/name]

Good luck! :slight_smile:

[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Bronwyn[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]

I think [name]Margaret[/name] [name]McGuire[/name] is sweet!

Completely agree with lineska on this!

Some ideas:

[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Berta[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Dora[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Geraldine[/name]
[name]Gertrude[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name]
[name]Lilias[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Mildred[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name]
[name]Norma[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Sibyl[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Talitha[/name]
[name]Temperance[/name]

[name]How[/name] about [name]Clarissa[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Matilda[/name], or [name]Beatrice[/name]? They’re all cute and old-fashioned, but not trying so hard. [name]Matilda[/name] [name]McGuire[/name] has a certain ring to it, don’t you think? And if you want nicknames, [name]Clarissa[/name] has [name]Claire[/name] or [name]Izzy[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name] has [name]Cory[/name] and [name]Delia[/name], [name]Matilda[/name] has [name]Mattie[/name] and [name]Tilly[/name], and [name]Beatrice[/name] has [name]Bea[/name] and [name]Reese[/name]. Or you could change [name]Beatrice[/name] to [name]Beatrix[/name], and use [name]Trixie[/name].

[name]Amelia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Elena[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Alice[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Felicia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Gabriella[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Carina[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Gwyneth[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Joanna[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Willa[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Camelia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Amaryllis[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Alessandra[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Ada[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Florence[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] [name]McGuire[/name]