After my appointment this week for my fertility and PCOS issues, I’m feeling more hopeful than ever about finally having a baby by next year (or early 2016). Sometimes I really hope it’s a boy because we are 100% set and in love with our boy name and it hasn’t changed for years.
I don’t feel the same way about our girl name. My fiance’s favorite name is [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] and I love it too so I let him have his way on that one. I’m perfectly happy with [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]. I just can’t find a combo that feels right or set in stone like our boy combo.
I really like girl names that feel whimsical, ethereal, flowy with a hint of frilly. You can see the names in my signature for some examples of what I like.
Right now our front runner for [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] (jih-nehv-ruh). I do love this but I’m not sure it’s the one yet. I’m looking for names similar to [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], [name_f]Arabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f], etc. Something to give it that flowy and whimsical feel. Not something boring.
Any ideas? [name_m]How[/name_m] do you feel about [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]? Last name is [name_m]Huntley[/name_m] essentially with the t being a different letter.
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] is gorgeous! She feels whimsical and ethereal with just a hint of frilly to me. But since she doesn’t feel quite right to you. . .
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Araminta[/name_f] is the first thing that came to mind. Personally I like the repeating ‘t’ in [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Araminta[/name_f] [name_m]Huntley[/name_m], but I know repetition isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Tressa[/name_f] - [name_f]Tressa[/name_f] has a very ethereal feel to me
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Helene[/name_f]
I personally like [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] and [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] better than [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f], though I do think [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f] is cute, it just feels a bit cumbersome to me.
Thank you everyone! I am still leaning towards [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]. I also really like [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]/[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f] but I really love [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] with [name_f]Willow[/name_f]. However, that wouldn’t stop me since who knows if I’d even ever have a 2nd daughter. Names are hard!
I am liking:
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_u]Waverly[/name_u] (However I can’t use this because our last name ends in -ley)
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Callista[/name_f] (This is my brother’s favorite girl name that I know he’d like to use if he ever has a daughter so I don’t wanna steal his name)
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] (FI doesn’t like it though)
I think I like [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] and [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] but I’m always on the fence about those 2 names for some reason.