Stressing out over our pink list!

Girl Names
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[name]Hi[/name] Berries.

I thought DH and I had a good list of girl’s names organised. Then suddenly, with only two weeks to go, DH has vetoed many names on our orginal list - says “they just don’t feel right” anymore (where did this come from?!).

The only thing we seem to agree on, is that the mn will honour my mum, [name]Yvonne[/name]. For the girl’s I have been concentrating on the variants of [name]Eva[/name], [name]Eve[/name] or [name]Evie[/name]. However, If we have a boy the mn will be her maiden name of Whiley. I was wondering since DH has actually agreed to the mn Whiley, could it be used on a girl as well? I know it is masculine, however, if it is balanced out with a girly first name, could it work? WDYT?

Here are the names that have somehow stayed on our list - [name]Cadence[/name] [name]Eve[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Eve[/name]/Whiley, [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Eve[/name], and [name]Piper[/name]-[name]Eve[/name]. I have recently added Ethlinn (a modernisation of [name]Ethel[/name], which is a significant family name) [name]Eva[/name]/Whiley and [name]Elodie[/name] [name]Eva[/name]/Whiley, but have yet to get to run them by DH. I want to take a list to hospital, and see which name suits bub!

Lastly, what is the best spelling of [name]Emmeline[/name]? I want the prn of [name]Emma[/name]-line (rhymes with fine). I have seen [name]Emmaline[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Emaline[/name] and [name]Emeline[/name]. Looking forward to hearing feedback and/or any suggestions. Thanks in advance for taking time to read this very long post.

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I see no reason why you couldnt use Whiley as a middle name for a boy or girl. Family surnames work for both as middles in my opinion.

I like either [name]Emmeline[/name] or [name]Emmaline[/name], I say both as [name]Emma[/name]-line…a friend used [name]Emmaline[/name] a couple years ago, mainly because they wanted the option of calling her [name]Emma[/name] sometimes.
[name]Favorite[/name] combos…
[name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Emmaline[/name] Whiley
[name]Scarlett[/name] Whiley

Good luck!

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[name]Scarlett[/name] is my fav from your list. [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Eve[/name] is beautiful!!! I dont care for [name]Piper[/name] or [name]Etheline[/name].

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There is another poster today asking about [name]Yvonne[/name], funnily enough, but I wanted to say that I think it’s a lovely name, with deep symbolism, and is certainly completely usable nowadays.

For your first name options, I like:

[name]Cadence[/name] [name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Cadence[/name] Ethlinn
[name]Cadence[/name] Whiley
[name]Elodie[/name] Whiley
[name]Elodie[/name] Ethlinn
[name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Scarlett[/name] Ethlinn
[name]Scarlett[/name] Whiley
[name]Piper[/name] [name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] Whiley

My favorite is the very beautiful, very unique, and very melodic [name]Elodie[/name] Ethlinn.