@MichelleM Thank you for giving me your thoughts! Really helpful to hear others’ associations! I’m eliminating [name_u]Ainsley[/name_u] based on the comments on this thread - so we’re getting somewhere! [name_u]Love[/name_u] these other ideas too and plan to share them with my husband!
I love your style! Thoughts on your possibilities:
Jane- LOVE this name, but I do think it’s a little too much with J0nes, sorry.
Cecily- Also a very nice name, and I love it with Ed1th and L0uisa! They have a very nice old-fashioned British feel to me. But probably not if your husband finds it hard to say, and doesn’t really like it.
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] nn Cate: Same here, I love [name_f]Cate[/name_f], not Katie/Catie. [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] is so elegant and classy.
Margot: You could do [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] with you sometimes calling her [name_f]Margot[/name_f], to compromise between you and your husband, but with your bad association w/Margaret, and him not liking [name_f]Margot[/name_f], that might make both you and your husband unhappy, especially if your daughter opts for one or the other entirely.
Annie: I love Annie! Would your husband like it better as a nickname for [name_u]Anne[/name_u], [name_f]Annabel[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], Anne-Marie, [name_f]Marianne[/name_f], etc?
Margaret: Great name! (Another one of my favorites.) Maybe if you like it, try referring to your unborn baby as [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] for a while and see if the association bothers you?
Other ideas (some of these are seconds):
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
Rosemary/Rosemarie
Mary/Mary [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
Eliza/Elizabeth
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
I thought it would be fun to update in case anyone checked back.
We chose [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and I LOVE it! And my husband does too! Usually I kind of panic for the first few months after baby wondering if the name fits but not this time - I just really like it!
Lots of people pronouncing it “Sicily” is the only downside so far, but we just correct them and it’s fine!
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Hooray! I’m just reading this thread for the first time and I think [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] was the perfect choice! Congratulations on your baby girl.
Thank you!!!