My husband and I are expecting again. We have a long list of boy names that we love ([name]Boaz[/name], [name]Forrest[/name], [name]Asher[/name], [name]Diesel[/name], [name]Dillon[/name], [name]Colt[/name]). However, we have not a single girl name. Not one.
We always name our babies the day of the gender ultrasound on a dinner date…so I need a complete list of names early on. Please help me come up with a girl list! Here are some names that would be on the list, but are un-usable for various reasons: [name]Rowen[/name], [name]Bronwen[/name], [name]Ashton[/name], [name]Emmerson[/name]. Here are some names that we like, but just aren’t “it”: [name]Hadley[/name], [name]Piper[/name], [name]Pepper[/name].
I like your taste in boy names, very funky and edgy! Assuming that we have somewhat overlapping taste, here are some names that I like for you – nothing super frilly, somewhat androgynous, and not ending in A.
[name]Fifer[/name], [name]Fife[/name] (more unusual than [name]Piper[/name], and maybe too unusual, but I think the right little girl could easily pull it off)
[name]Ainsley[/name] (fits in with the [name]Hadley[/name] trend, but is slightly less surnamey
[name]Hattie[/name] (as a nickname, perhaps? For: [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Henriette[/name]/[name]Henrietta[/name])
[name]Gwyneth[/name] (very strong, crisp sounds that make it not feel too frilly. Very unique, but super familiar because of Paltrow)
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Clover[/name]
[name]Seren[/name], [name]Ceridwen[/name] (that C is hard, so not like an S)
It seems like you like unisex names… [name]How[/name] about these;
[name]Sawyer[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Kendall[/name]
[name]Finley[/name]
[name]Emery[/name]
[name]Presley[/name]
[name]Reese[/name]
If those aren’t really you’re style, how about these;
[name]Aurora[/name] nn [name]Rory[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] nn [name]Charlie[/name], [name]Lottie[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] nn [name]Ellie[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Sloane[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
I like [name]Ainsley[/name], but my husband doesn’t. At all.
I like [name]Hattie[/name] as a nn too, but if we went that route we would probably go with [name]Hadley[/name] > Haddie.
[name]Gwyneth[/name] is cute (I would probably go with [name]Gwendolen[/name] over [name]Gwyneth[/name] as I tend to like the “o” vowel), but I can’t stand [name]Gwen[/name] as a nn.
[name]Clover[/name] is really cute, but I can’t get over the plant aspect. Not a plant/flower name person.
I see you have a child name “[name]Bishop[/name]”…that is super cute. [name]Love[/name] it. (See - I am loving the “o” names.)
I think you are right; we may have a similar style! Any other great ideas for me?
I really like [name]Marley[/name], [name]Eden[/name] and [name]Arden[/name]…but none of them have the “it” factor. [name]Brinley[/name] is SUPER cute, but doesn’t go with our last name AT ALL!!!
Yep, love ALL your unisex suggestions. [name]Every[/name] single one…unfortunately every single one has been vetoed by my husband! My favorites from your short list are probably [name]Emery[/name], [name]Presley[/name] and [name]Finley[/name].
[name]Aurora[/name] ([name]Rory[/name]) was my ABSOLUTE fave girl name last time we were pregnant, but DH vetoed it as well. (Happily baby was a boy so I didn’t have to push it…this time around I am kinda over it.) [name]Charlotte[/name] is another vetoed favorite. [name]Love[/name] [name]Sloane[/name], but my husband actually laughed when I suggested it. [name]Don[/name]'t think I can get him to come around! He might like [name]Zoe[/name], but that is really getting into common name territory and we try to stay away from them.
My daughter’s name is on this list…so you must have gotten a good feel for my taste from the names above.
I feel like our boy names are easy to come up we clearly tend to like very masculine, almost cowboyish names. Girls are harder for us…I flip-flop back and forth between loving the Welsh, Old World feel ([name]Rowen[/name], [name]Bronwen[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name]) to cowgirly ([name]Hadley[/name], [name]Pepper[/name]) to classic ([name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Aurora[/name]). I have been trying to find a name that blends all three “feels” together, but maybe that isn’t realistic. Maybe I need to narrow down my girl style a bit…but I can’t help feeling like there is a name out there that will be perfect and blur the lines between these styles.
Hopefully I haven’t repeated too many and you find something new to think about. Some of these names are of people that I know and their names are not common. Good luck!