Thinking of girls names... any ideas?

Girl Names
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[name]Hi[/name] Berries!
I joined Nameberry a while ago as a writer looking for character names- and then my husband and I discovered we’re going to have a baby to name, too! I’m due [name]July[/name] 4. We haven’t found out the gender yet- hopefully we’ll find out at the next ultrasound- but until then, we’re thinking up girls names!

The boys’ name we have picked out is [name]Nathan[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]- our last name is one syllable and pretty common. We’re not overly concerned about popularity, since we have relatively common first names and a relatively common last name, and it’s no biggie for us.

Names we’ve thought of:
[name]Virginia[/name] (nicknamed [name]Ginny[/name])
[name]Madeleine[/name] (my favorite spelling)/ [name]Madelyn[/name] (his favorite spelling)
[name]Rachel[/name]

Favorites of ours that have been vetoed for various reasons are: [name]Naomi[/name], [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Jean[/name].

Any suggestions, or ideas of combinations from our (super limited) list? Thanks, all!

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Really beautiful list, I personally love [name]Virginia[/name], it’s uncommon but familiar and very sweet and vintage. It will age well and has a number of cute nicknames available.

[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] would be a wonderful name and gets you two of your favorites.

Other ideas…

[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Rachel[/name] - again, flow is nice and gets you two favorites
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Helen[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Florence[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name] [name]Claire[/name]

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I love both [name]Madeleine[/name] and [name]Rachel[/name] from your list. :slight_smile: I would love to see [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Rachel[/name], or possibly [name]Rachel[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] (or [name]Rachel[/name] something else… I love [name]Rachel[/name] for a FN, but I don’t especially love [name]Rachel[/name] [name]Madeleine[/name] or [name]Rachel[/name] [name]Virginia[/name] as combos…).

What about:

[name]Evelyn[/name]/[name]Eva[/name]/[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]/[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]-[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]/[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]

Good luck!

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Good ideas- thank you! I really like [name]Virginia[/name] [name]Claire[/name] as a combo, and now I’ve got [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Eliza[/name] turning over in my head too… they sound like sweet girls names, but very classic too.
Would [name]Claire[/name] work as a first name with a one-syllable last name? I’m really liking the way [name]Claire[/name] and [name]Nathan[/name] sound as a sibset.