We’re TTC, and I am at a loss for girls names. I love very few and keep changing my mind about whether they’d sound good with our sons name [name]Archer[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]. Ln is Fri3nd.
I love [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Bianca[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name], and [name]Millicent[/name] nn [name]Millie[/name]. But for some reason or another I’m just not sold on any of the names. We all have 6 letter first names and -ie or -y nick names, and I’d like to try and continue that. We don’t want any A names because we don’t want to get “stuck” in the future.
Right now we’re thinking [name]Paxton[/name] [name]John[/name] if it’s a boy, but I’m getting cold feet about that name choice too. I like [name]Archer[/name] because it’s an old name that sounds new. [name]Paxton[/name] seems to not have as much history, but that’s a tid bit of info to help with my girls naming style as well.
We also named our son before [name]Archer[/name] was top 1000, so I’m on the fence about popularity. You never know if the name you pick will become popular. But then again I’d like her to feel like we picked a special name just for her.
Last thing, my husbands name starts with an A, so we chose an A name. Mine starts with an S. He’d like to keep this tradition and use my initials for the next child. He likes [name]Skylar[/name], but I’m not sold. And I don’t particularly like S names.
PHEW! Tall order!? Help Berries!!
This feels a little like a logic puzzle, but here are some thoughts, maybe something will jump out or give you an idea.
S names with -ie:
Sarah nn Sadie or just Sadie
Sarah nn Sally or just Sally
6 letter S names:
Sabina
Sierra
Stella (Stelly?)
Simone (I love Simone!)
Sylvia (nn Sylvie if you wanted)
6 letter -ie non-S names:
Hattie
Audrey (maybe too popular for you)
Winona nn Winnie
Bailey
Cecily (Cece or just full name…)
6 letter S names with -ie:
Stacey
Sydney/Sidney
Sylvie (this might be my favorite for you!)
Sallie
I also love Eloise (Ellie) or Daisy for you, even though they only hit one of your traditions each. Good luck!
Thanks for your wonderful suggestions!!!
S names with -ie:
[name]Sarah[/name] nn [name]Sadie[/name] or just [name]Sadie[/name] - [name]SIL[/name]'s fn, and hubby veto’d [name]Sadie[/name] and [name]Sally[/name] is his cousin. His mothers side has 8 uncles/aunts WOW, lots of cousins names nixed
[name]Sarah[/name] nn [name]Sally[/name] or just [name]Sally[/name]
6 letter S names:
[name]Sabina[/name] - [name]Feel[/name] like its missing
[name]Sierra[/name]- Popular in our area/nms
[name]Stella[/name] (Stelly?) - brothers dogs name
[name]Simone[/name] (I love [name]Simone[/name]!) - nms
[name]Sylvia[/name] (nn [name]Sylvie[/name] if you wanted) - [name]LOVE[/name] Silvyn but hubby veto’d Silvyn and [name]Sylvia[/name] because of an association issue
6 letter -ie non-S names:
[name]Hattie[/name] - Had [name]Harriet[/name] nn [name]Hattie[/name] and [name]Hettie[/name] on our list but think [name]Harriet[/name] may be too stuffy, on the fence!
[name]Audrey[/name] (maybe too popular for you) - exactly 
beautiful name though!
[name]Winona[/name] nn [name]Winnie[/name] - On the fence list [name]Love[/name] [name]Winnie[/name] nn, not sure about [name]Winona[/name] though
[name]Bailey[/name]- Too many in the preschools around here
[name]Cecily[/name] (Cece or just full name…)- Family association/hubby veto’d (I’ve had a HUGE list haha)
6 letter S names with -ie:
[name]Stacey[/name]- Too 80’s
[name]Sydney[/name]/[name]Sidney[/name]- my name
[name]Sylvie[/name] (this might be my favorite for you!) - [name]Love[/name] it… and am actually rethinking running it across hubby, maybe just maybe
[name]Sallie[/name]- cousins names
[name]Love[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] but don’t like nn [name]Ellie[/name]. Ellora was on our list and I forget why I took it off.
[name]Daisy[/name] is my best friends niece but I love it! [name]Love[/name] flower names in general and had [name]Lotus[/name] on the list for a very long time.
Some other of my faves hubby veto’d - [name]Odessa[/name], [name]Asia[/name], [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Majorie[/name], [name]Elena[/name], [name]Daphne[/name], he mostly says mine choice are too “old lady” or too “harry potter”
Some we’re lukewarm on - [name]Farrah[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Clover[/name]
Hubby’s ideas - [name]Carla[/name], [name]Skylar[/name], [name]Penny[/name], [name]Millie[/name] (but we have a new baby cousin name [name]Amelie[/name], so I don’t know if it works anymore)
Thanks again!! You’re very much on the right path, we’ve just been through a ton of books and tons of options over the last few months. I get a bit obsessive until I feel confident in a few choices, but then break it all down again.
Some suggestions:
[name]Hadley[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Everly[/name]
[name]Bonnie[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name] nn [name]Franny[/name]
[name]Marnie[/name]
[name]Hailey[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]/[name]Selena[/name]
[name]Sakura[/name]
[name]Sandra[/name]
[name]Savana[/name]
[name]Shaina[/name]
[name]Sheena[/name]
[name]Shelby[/name]
[name]Sierra[/name]
[name]Starla[/name]
[name]Susana[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name] - Too masculine
[name]Maisie[/name] - Husband veto’d
[name]Elodie[/name] - Sounds incomplete to me, like [name]Melodie[/name] without the M
[name]Everly[/name] - The [name]Kimberly[/name]'s killed this name for me
[name]Bonnie[/name] - nms
[name]Francesca[/name] nn [name]Franny[/name] - Step-Grandma is [name]Francis[/name] nn [name]Franny[/name] so no go
[name]Marnie[/name] - Cute! But sounds like [name]Barnie[/name] to me, do you know anything about this name by chance???
[name]Hailey[/name] - nms too trendy
[name]Serena[/name]/[name]Selena[/name] - [name]Both[/name] have made and been cut from our lists! I like them alot though
[name]Sakura[/name] - Pretty, but wouldn’t work well in my opinion
[name]Sandra[/name] - D
[name]Savana[/name] - Have bad associations
[name]Shaina[/name] - nms
[name]Sheena[/name] - nms
[name]Shelby[/name] - cute, another made and cut from the list, the car association
[name]Sierra[/name] - Like but popular in our area
[name]Starla[/name] - another association issue
[name]Susana[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]Susannah[/name]! But husband veto’d
I love a lot of your list! Ahh I wish I weren’t so picky sometimes!
bump for more ideas! [name]Sylvie[/name] is actually on my list now, I’d love more ideas from you berries!!!
You can’t drop using the S and 6 letters. (Although [name]Sylvie[/name] worked for both!)
Also, my name is [name]Sydney[/name] would the spelling Sylvey look too off or would you pronounce it differently?? I thought it would be a neat way too bond us, but it also makes it look very very similar. Thoughts??