My dear friend has had a miscarriage and she asked me if she should name the baby. So I’m asking you berries, as I’m not sure what I would do in this situation! It’s a very sensitive issue. She wasn’t very far along, only a few weeks and so, didn’t know the sex. I assume a unisex name would be the best?
I am very sorry for your friends’ loss. Here are some unisex names:
[name]Alex[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Danny[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]/[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Grier[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] (harps as in angels 
[name]Haven[/name]
[name]Lux[/name] (means light in Latin)
[name]Mischa[/name]
[name]Noa[/name]
[name]Peyton[/name]
[name]River[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Sascha[/name]
I recently had a miscarriage, and I did name the angel baby. Part of it was the name nerd inside of me, but part of it was the need for some kind of closure. I chose [name]Rory[/name] [name]Pax[/name] for my angel baby. It helps to have something to refer to, as I couldn’t imagine calling my lost baby “it”.
[name]Hope[/name] this helps. I’m sorry for your friend’s loss.
Awwwhh 
Thats so sad ! Yes she should use a unisex name!
I’m sorry for your friend’s loss.
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
I like shaymin2’s suggestion of [name]Harper[/name].
A few weeks along? As in she lost an embryo? I don’t know about naming embryos…I understand the pain of miscarriage, I had three between my first and second, but I never consider “naming” the miscarriages. I had a stillbirth at seven months and that baby I named, two family names, [name]Rachel[/name] [name]Helen[/name].
I’ll be sure to pass on your kind condolences and name suggestions! :] She was 6 weeks, so yes, but she still feels sad and guilty. Like she did something wrong. I can’t even imagine what she’s going through.
I think it’s fine to assign a gender if you have a gut feeling. We have three angels. Two were quite early and the gender was unknown. I gave them both boy names because I had a feeling they were boys and have had dreams about our little boys often. In one case, the name came to me immediately. The second angel didn’t work that way. I tried SO hard to name him right away, but nothing felt right. I settled to calling him “[name]Angel[/name].” After 3 years of periodically dreaming of this little boy, I finally found out his name! It was a wonderful feeling.
Our third loss was at 4 months and her gender was known at delivery so a name was a bit easier and it seemed much more natural to name her than an angel we had much less time with.
I’m terribly sorry for your friend’s loss.
Personally, I wouldn’t name a fetus lost at 6 weeks. At say…3 months plus, I’d be more likely too, but even then I probably wouldn’t.
I like the suggestions/mentions of:
[name]Angel[/name]
[name]Lux[/name]
[name]Sawyer[/name]
I’m so sorry for your friends loss. I agree that naming her angel is a good idea, it’ll give her some closure. A unisex name would be best.
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
We can all tell your friend what we would/did do in her situation, but in the end she has to do what feels right for her (and her SO if she has one, of course). Does she feel that she wants to give a name, but is looking for ‘permission’ to do so? Or is she just wondering if other people expect her to?
Please tell her that there’s no right or wrong answer here, and she should just go with her heart.
Sorry to hear of your friends loss.
Unisex names will work, but she could also just refer to baby as a nickname, like people do at different stages of pregnancy eg pip, bean, pumpkin, berry, pea, bump, bubble, jelly bean, etc.
I totally agree with this. I think it’s a personal choice… and kind of a private thing, too. Definitely one of those situations where you go with your heart- giving a name, or not. Assigning a sex, or not. I think she should do whatever she wants to do and whatever might help her with closure.
I completely agree with you! However, I also have a close friend who miscarried just shy of her second trimester and she named the baby (which she and her husband thought to be a little girl). Like peppering’s friend, it gave her a bit of closure to the situation and she felt right about it. It was the thing to do for her. If your friend feels that baby should have a name, then baby absolutely should. Lots of love to her and I hope she finds the perfect name for her little one.
I named my angel baby [name]Patience[/name]. A virtue name. [name]Patience[/name] has always been the one thing I have never had enough of. It also serves as a reminder that all good things come to those who wait and to be patient when it comes to the things I am truly not ready for…
Initially I did not name ‘her’, not until a few months ago actually, and it’s been almost two years now, it really helped me find the closure I had been missing. I always assumed she was a girl, and anyway all fetuses are girls until the genitals develop at 13 weeks, so it felt appropriate for me.
I think it’s an incredibly personal choice for your friend to make and she needs to decide for herself. If she feels it would help her grieve, she should. If she feels obligated or odd about it, it may not be the best idea. Sending love to her either way.
I’m so sorry for your friend’s loss. I agree with [name]Lucy[/name] and the others that giving her angel a name would give her some closure. A unisex name would work really well–I like the suggestions of [name]Harper[/name], [name]Rowan[/name], [name]Quinn[/name], [name]Rory[/name], [name]Greer[/name], and [name]Sasha[/name].
A few other ideas:
[name]Addison[/name]
[name]Bailey[/name]
[name]Mackenzie[/name]
[name]Emerson[/name]
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]