I need a baby girl name. Please please Help!

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Everyone, I have been following posts on nameberry for a few weeks. I have my first child coming in [name_f]April[/name_f] and I have been agonizing over a name daily. Here is the list my wife and I have compiled so far.

[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilah[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]

I don’t know if it will actually be anything on this list but I just cant think of anything else I like. Some things I know for sure: 1. the middle name will be [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (my wife’s first name). 2. My last name is [name_f]Gana[/name_f]. We want something classy and sophisticated while still cute and soft with a nice nickname. We don’t have any real namesakes from our families so we are pretty much free to do anything.

Im sorry if this post is a little long but I have been following the threads here and I just want to be thorough. Thanks again so much!

I love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. With middle name [name_f]Rose[/name_f], I prefer [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eve[/name_f] or [name_f]Evie[/name_f]) or [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]). Good luck!

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any other names apart from what’s on our list that you think we fit?

I like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Coraline[/name_f].

Random suggestion:
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]

[name_m]How[/name_m] about…

[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]

I think [name_f]Lilah[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] would be beautiful with your surname.

I like [name_f]Coraline[/name_f], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_u]Seren[/name_u]. Especially with mn [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

What about:
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Indira[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]/[name_f]Briony[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

My favorites are [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (#1), [name_f]Sienna[/name_f] (#2) and [name_u]Piper[/name_u]. However, while I like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Sienna[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], I don’t like [name_u]Piper[/name_u] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I love the previous poster’s suggestion of [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/a and [name_f]Alice[/name_f]. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_f]Melisande[/name_f], perhaps? It’s a [name_m]French[/name_m] fairytale name, play name, and literary princess.

From your list my favorites are:
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]

I’d eliminate all of your names that are two syllable and end with an A as they rhyme with your surname: [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Lila[/name_f]. They are so pretty but they don’t have great flow.

Other names you might like:

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]

This is sooooo helpful thanks so much!

[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] seems really good. There are infinite possibilities of nicknames ([name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Gia[/name_f], [name_f]Lili[/name_f], etc.) and it seems very sophisticated too. [name_m]Just[/name_m] an idea.

Fleurange [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] (just discovered Fleurange among siblings of [name_m]French[/name_m] ancestors…it intrigues me).

I would suggest:

[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f] (instead of [name_f]Sophia[/name_f])
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilian[/name_f] (I think all variations of [name_f]Lily[/name_f] flow really well with [name_f]Rose[/name_f])
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] (similar to [name_f]Ella[/name_f])
[name_u]Avery[/name_u] (a more masculine name to balance [name_f]Rose[/name_f])

What do you all think of [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]? We just thought of it last night.

[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] is always pretty! The alliteration here does not bother me.

More ideas for you…
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Evaline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]

Anything appeal?

[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f] is nice and I like the alliteration. Though personally, I prefer [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f].