I have name fatigue!

General Name Discussion
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I’m all named out! I’m expecting baby #4 in [name]August[/name] and I’m finding it really tough to decide on her name, I’ve read lists and lists of names, and am left feeling a bit ‘meh’ over nearly all of them. I’ve lost my excitement for it really, because finding the perfect name seems impossible!

There is one name that I love - [name]Primrose[/name]. But H doesn’t like it. He likes [name]Amelia[/name] or [name]Jemima[/name], neither particularly grab me.

I like old-fashioned, slightly off the radar names. Nothing modern, or made up, no creative spellings, no ‘lyn’ endings or nicknames.

We live in [name]London[/name], and I’ve been scouring the Telegraph birth announcements as many seem to be the closest to my style.

[name]How[/name] do I get my naming mojo back?

And, of course, any suggestions?

Siblings are [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ray[/name], her middle name will probably be [name]Sadie[/name].

Names I like, but don’t love are [name]Florence[/name], [name]Matilda[/name], [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Mallory[/name] & [name]Aurelia[/name].

2

[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]

3

[name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]

4

Here are some more ideas-
Clarissa
Jessamine
Lilah
Helena
Annabeth
Willa
Pandora
Fern
Paulina
Virginia
Aurora
Luella
Isadora
Calista
Felicity
Calliope
Priscilla
Tabitha
Felicia
Esther

5

Your children have lovely names so I think this will turn out okay-- maybe just take a break for a bit and see what names come to you when you aren’t trying so hard to find “the one.” With your sibset, I would definitely look at 3-4 syllable fns. There are some great suggestions above too that work really well for your sibset.

Similar to [name]Amelia[/name] and [name]Jemima[/name] and some of the other names you like:

[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Alexandria[/name]
Aspasia
[name]Caroline[/name]/[name]Carolina[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Georgina[/name]/[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Phyllida[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Leticia[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]

Some other possibilities:

[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Honora[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Lucretia[/name]
[name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Viveca[/name]