[name]Hi[/name] Berries! 
I’ve been trying to come up with another name to go by, and I really need some Nameberry help!
I started a similar thread about this in Talk About Names, so this is a continuation. Basically, I don’t like my name at all. I’ve never met a nice [name]Nicole[/name], and the name has always sounded really tacky to me. I know so many, too, and it doesn’t feel like me one bit. I told my mother this, and she agreed to a “test trial” where I go by another name for a week and see how it fits. Except, all the names that I’ve offered she doesn’t like. She said that her opinion doesn’t matter, that she’ll call me by whatever name I choose, but I love my mother and I want her to at least like whatever name I choose. In addition, most of the names I like just don’t seem fit for me or for a girl my age. The ones my mom suggested were [name]Ellie[/name] (not bad, just a little plain…but it does actually fit me quite well!), [name]Sydney[/name] (don’t like), [name]Ashley[/name] (eww), and [name]Mia[/name] (ehh). I offered [name]Amelia[/name] in turn for [name]Mia[/name], but my mom didn’t like it. I also offered [name]Daphne[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Fern[/name], and [name]Annie[/name] (I was surprised, seemed close to [name]Ellie[/name]), but she didn’t like them. Other names she had been considered for me besides [name]Nicole[/name] were [name]Robin[/name], [name]Francesca[/name], [name]Paulette[/name] (my mn), and [name]Julianne[/name] (which later went to my dear cousin).
A little about me: I go to a prep high school in northeastern U.S. I’m rather introverted. I love writing, reading, playing golf, music, and movies. I work very hard in school and get good grades, and I’m friendly and thoughtful, ambitious and observant. I have two younger (pesky) brothers. I’m of average height, average size; I have really pale skin, very curly shoulder-length hair (like [name]Taylor[/name] Swift’s, but brown). My ethnicity is really complicated. I’m first-generation American. My dad is half Syrian/Turkish, half [name]German[/name]. My mother is half Ukrainian, a quarter Romanian, and a quarter Syrian. Last name is French-[name]German[/name]. The twist is, though, that my parents both grew up in Hispanic countries, and most of my family still lives in a Hispanic country. Oh, I’m Jewish too, and proudly so. My first languages were Spanish and Russian; then English; and I’ve learned French and [name]German[/name] in school. I know a little bit of Hebrew as well.
I would rather not have some really hippie or out-there name, because my school and town are very preppy and I don’t want to stand out too much. I’m not even sure if this name would stick; I’m just saying in case it does, I don’t want it to be too radical. There are tons and tons of Elizabeths and Katherines where I am (a very conservative area). I’ve grown up with kids named [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Susan[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Helen[/name], [name]Laura[/name], [name]Margaret[/name], [name]Frances[/name]… I think the Nameberry community would go crazy happy with the names in my town. 
Those more traditional names overrule the popular names of the 90’s, yet there are still plenty of kids with names like [name]Jessica[/name] and [name]Hannah[/name].
I’ll list here some of my favorite names: [name]Hazel[/name] (it really fits me, but I’ve always wanted to save it for my own daughter), [name]Daphne[/name], [name]Willow[/name], [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Eulalia[/name], [name]Patience[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Maeve[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Liesel[/name], [name]Fern[/name], [name]Delilah[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Lavender[/name], [name]Abigail[/name]… Most of them don’t feel like me though. The only ones I could see on my self are [name]Hazel[/name], [name]Eulalia[/name], [name]Lavender[/name], and maybe [name]Daphne[/name]. Lots of names I adore (ex: [name]Julia[/name], [name]Dahlia[/name], [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Violet[/name], etc.) are taken by family members, so it just makes it harder!
Suggestions and advice will be much appreciated!!! Thanks in advance for your help!
- [name]Nicole[/name]
My great-grandmother was a “[name]Tillie[/name]” short for [name]Matilda[/name]!
I like [name]April[/name]! Some middle names? Here are some I came up with: [name]April[/name] [name]Katherine[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Olivia[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Viola[/name], [name]April[/name] [name]Phoebe[/name]. [name]Hope[/name] that helps!