No name yet for our baby, HELP ME!

Girl Names
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Hello dear friends!
I’m new here in NB and this is my first post (yeeah!).
So I know this website for a long time but I was never really interested in posting and debating over names. I think it’s everyone’s choice to like a certain name. Although, I love when moms asked for an advice to another mom (or not!) about name.
So, for the last couple of months my husband and I were trying to get pregnant. Our relatives were crazy that we just had one baby. My husband has a younger sister and I have three older brothers. We came from relatively big families! They wanted us to have another little one and we started thinking about adding a new baby into our house. After trying for almost six months (BANG!) we’re pregnant and we couldn’t feel more blessed and happier!
So a couple of weeks ago, we found out the baby’s gender (WOW!). We were veeeeeeeery excited and nervous. Of course, we just want a healthy little one but finding out the gender is so exciting (: As a man, my husband wanted a little guy to watch football with. And, as a woman, I would love to have a little girl. But I also wanted a boy, because we already have a girl and it’d be nice to have a dude in our house. So, we found out that we’re having a… GIRL! Everybody is excited to welcome our newest princess next year.
Once you know the gender, the topic now is what name to give to a person you’ve never seen before. [name]Will[/name] she like it? [name]Will[/name] she look like a …? We keep wondering until we reach a decision.
My daughter’s name is [name]Ava[/name] Chloë. She was born almost 6 years ago and [name]Ava[/name] is a “hot” name nowadays and I liked how different from the “regular” names it sounded that time. Now, [name]Ava[/name] is so popular. Since I was a little girl I wanted to have a daughter named Chloë and Chloë is my favorite name. I wanted to be named Chloë. When we picked our firstborn’s name it wasn’t a big challenge. We both agreed and we were happy with her name. Now, she also loves her name.
With the impending birth of our second daughter, we are in the process of finding THE name. We didn’t know how hard it is. It was so easy in the first time. I looked for a cool girly name in the family, but they’re all too popular (like [name]Amy[/name], [name]Darlene[/name], [name]Janice[/name], [name]Anna[/name], [name]Lynn[/name], [name]Marie[/name]…). I searched here in NB lists and I found some great names.
My first choice is [name]Colette[/name], I like it, it’s different, but not so much and it’s fresh and easy.
Then, I found [name]Alice[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Lily[/name], [name]Lou[/name], [name]Bella[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Bianca[/name] and [name]Naava[/name] (I like this one, it’s so odd. I’ve never seen it before). Most of these names are “popular” nowadays. I tried [name]Clara[/name] [name]Colette[/name], but I think there are too many C’s when I pronounce it with my first daughter’s name ([name]Ava[/name] Chloë and [name]Clara[/name] [name]Colette[/name]).
I also tried [name]Harper[/name] [name]Colette[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Colette[/name], but I have lots of friend’s babies around me called [name]Harper[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name] (including a boy named [name]Ewan[/name] [name]Harper[/name], wow!).
Maybe it’s my problem with the TOO popular. I’ll need to accept that all names will probably be popular someday. But I want to find a lovely name that I can fall in love easily as it happened with my daughter. Maybe it won’t happen, but I have a couple of months ahead and I will find my little girl’s name.

So please give me some help in this journey! Can you help me? Give some tips if you have an idea, please!
Sorry for the long statement, I like to talk a lot.
I’m already in love with NB and I hope I can read and write here a lot ;D
Thank you,
[name]Alyson[/name] [name]Jessica[/name].

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From your list I like [name]Clara[/name] & [name]Charlotte[/name] the best. [name]Colette[/name] is ok, has an elegance to it, like [name]Charlotte[/name] & [name]Clara[/name]. [name]How[/name] about something similar in style, like [name]Corinne[/name]?

[name]Harper[/name] doesn’t really go with that style, it’s more spunky. Plus you want something that goes nicely with big sister [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name].

[name]Clara[/name] [name]Elise[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Lila[/name] [name]Grace[/name] or [name]Lila[/name] [name]Elise[/name]

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Why not use [name]Colette[/name] as the first name? I also love [name]Clara[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]. Be warned, [name]Charlotte[/name] is very popular now. It does sound great with [name]Ava[/name] though.

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From the names you listed my favorites to go with [name]Ava[/name] I like [name]Emma[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Bianca[/name] and [name]Rose[/name] best. I would probably choose [name]Grace[/name], [name]Alice[/name] or [name]Rose[/name] since [name]Ava[/name] is so strong on a sound
However, all of those are probably fairly similar in popularity and style to [name]Ava[/name].

I would stay away from [name]Naava[/name] since [name]Ava[/name] is literally the second half of the name. It might be odd and confusing for your daughters to have names that are so similar. [name]Naava[/name] could be a great mn but I’d consider it peculiar as the fn of two sisters were that similar.

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I think [name]Colette[/name] would be a lovely first name. And if popularity concerns you, it feels like a name that won’t get too popular because the -ette ending isn’t that embraced by parents today. Sounds great with [name]Ava[/name] too.

Of your list I think [name]Bianca[/name] also feels distinctive & sophisticated.

[name]Bianca[/name] [name]Colette[/name] & [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name]?

Other names:
[name]Claudette[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Katia[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]Zara[/name]

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Many of the names you’re considering are also very popular, and have been for awhile. If you didn’t like that [name]Ava[/name] turned out to be so popular, why consider such heavily used names for the new babe?

Consider consulting the SSA name popularity list. [name]Ava[/name] has been in the top 5 most popular girls’ names since 2006, #9 in 2005… so even though it may have been unusual in your area, it was already quite popular by the time you chose it! We have an advantage over previous generations in that if we want to choose an unusual name, we have the resources online to cross-check our choices and do a much better job of making sure that name actually IS as unusual as we think it is :slight_smile:

2011 standings for the names you listed:

[name]Alice[/name] #142
[name]Rose[/name] #291, much more popular as a middle name
[name]Emma[/name] #3 down from #1 in 2008, has been in the top 5 since 2002 (since the ‘Friends’ bump) and not far below before that
[name]Grace[/name] #16
[name]Lily[/name] #15
[name]Lou[/name] (just [name]Lou[/name]? as in [name]Heidi[/name] Klum’s daughter? Not short for [name]Louise[/name]?) not in the top 1000!
[name]Bella[/name] #60, though you have to consider all the -belle and -bella (primarily [name]Isabella[/name], #2 and top 10 since 2004) names that have been HUGE since ‘Twilight’ hit
[name]Clara[/name] #151
[name]Bianca[/name] #282
[name]Naava[/name] not in the top 1000, but as lexiem pointed out, your first daughter’s entire name is inside this one…
[name]Charlotte[/name] #27
[name]Colette[/name] not in the top 1000

I’m just guessing based on where you’re at with your list, but I think you have a LOT of searching to do before you can claim that nothing grabs you like [name]Ava[/name] did. Take some time isolating sounds that appeal to you, then start with a search: https://nameberry.com/search/advanced
You can enter letters or clusters of letters that you like. For example, since you like [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Colette[/name], you could enter "ends with ‘tte’ ", two syllables, and select “unusual.” The results of that search, for what it’s worth, are:

[name]Adette[/name]
[name]Alette[/name]
[name]Ambrette[/name]
[name]Andrette[/name]
[name]Anette[/name]
[name]Anitte[/name]
[name]Annette[/name]
[name]Arette[/name]
[name]Arlette[/name]
[name]Arthette[/name]
[name]Aubrette[/name]
[name]Babette[/name]
[name]Barbette[/name]
[name]Bechette[/name]
[name]Bellette[/name]
[name]Berette[/name]
[name]Bernette[/name]
[name]Bichette[/name]
[name]Birgitte[/name]
[name]Blanchette[/name]
[name]Bobbette[/name]
[name]Bobette[/name]
[name]Bridgette[/name]
[name]Bridgitte[/name]
[name]Briette[/name]

As a side note, I don’t know why [name]Ewan[/name] [name]Harper[/name] earns a “wow” from you – [name]Harper[/name] has been an established boys’ name for centuries longer than its first appearance in the top 1000 for girls (within the past 10 years).

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Well [name]Ava[/name] is my all time favourite name I think it is gorgeous, it is so feminine and intriguing and [name]Chloe[/name] is a gorgeous name so it will be hard to match this beautiful combo with baby No 2 but we will try.

I like [name]Colette[/name] too as it is fresh and not too common and very girly. [name]Colette[/name] [name]Ariella[/name].

Here are a few ideas:

[name]Yolanda[/name] means violet flower, [name]Yolanda[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name] means star, [name]Estelle[/name] [name]Lark[/name]
[name]Delta[/name] is one of my guilty passions (GP’s) and it means fourth, [name]Delta[/name] [name]Willow[/name],
[name]Laurel[/name] [name]May[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Calista[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name] [name]Cecelia[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Opal[/name]
[name]Linnea[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Mila[/name] [name]Skye[/name]

Best wishes,

rollo

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Congratulations!

My suggestions are:
[name]Eloise[/name] (nickname [name]Lou[/name] or [name]Ellie[/name])
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Alouette[/name]
Amorette
Astelah
[name]Astoria[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
Ellorie
[name]Valerie[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Leora[/name]

I do unfortunately think [name]Naava[/name] is too similar to [name]Ava[/name].
Also if you seem slightly concerned about popularity - stay away from [name]Charlotte[/name]. But if the name itself means more to you just go for it! it is a beautiful name.

Good luck and let us know how you go.

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Whoa!!! Jk. But, I love [name]Clara[/name] [name]Colette[/name] with [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name]!! I think [name]Clara[/name] [name]Colette[/name] is great in its own as well! I agree that [name]Charlotte[/name], although beautiful, is sprouting up that popularity list, so it might be one to avoid. Others I could think of -[name]Elise[/name]/[name]Elyse[/name] and [name]Mila[/name]/[name]Milla[/name]

[name]Elise[/name] [name]Colette[/name] and [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Mila[/name] [name]Colette[/name] and [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Elise[/name] and [name]Ava[/name] [name]Chloe[/name]

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[name]Ava[/name] and [name]Colette[/name] work really well together and since you seem to love it, I think you should use [name]Colette[/name]. What about

[name]Ava[/name] and

[name]Colette[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Grace[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Felice[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]June[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Opal[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Lucie[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Margot[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Colette[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name]