Girls names

peachyprice

heretolearn wrote: »

I've always thought Rachel is pronounced 'Rack -el ' (as in fools and horses) not Ray-chel. Maybe that's why people are getting it wrong. If I hear a Ray-chel then I wouldn't think to spell it that way.

Rack-el is spelt Raquel.

I think people want to put the extra e in Rachael because Michael is spelt like that.

**confuzzled**

squirrelchops wrote: »

I like it too. I had my heart set on Evie for a girl....decided a few years ago but of course now there is a glut of girls with this name so I am totally put off!!!

Evie is also Peacocks own label clothing;) My sisters niece is called Evie...shame her Mum has the thickest scouse accent I've ever heard, make me cringe everytime I hear it:o No offence to anyone but when you hear "EVEEEEEEEEEEEE" screached at a high volume it does have the same effect as nails down a chalkboard:eek:

Orla is a gorgeous name:D

ljbnotts

I posted the most common boys names i'm registering at the moment so here are the girls:
Evie
Ella
Macie
Lacie
Gracie
Mai/may/ mae
or any combination of the above!

pukkamum

My little girl is called Lyla Rose and i haven't heard of many Lyla's, however, she does get called Laila a lot which upsets her!!!!!

I am pregnant and love the name Isla for a girl but don't think i can have a Lyla and an Isla.

I also like Olivia but my son is Oliver!!!!

memelalou

pukkamum wrote: »

My little girl is called Lyla Rose and i haven't heard of many Lyla's, however, she does get called Laila a lot which upsets her!!!!!

I am pregnant and love the name Isla for a girl but don't think i can have a Lyla and an Isla.

I also like Olivia but my son is Oliver!!!!

I know how you feel on that front if it's a boy, the name i actually like the most is Jack but alas it is the name of my first baby boy....my cat lol.

memelalou

jackieglasgow wrote: »

So pleased Orla made your list, it's a gorgeous name

Orla now is a option, i told my grandad in Ireland i was expecting to day and he was over the moon at the name choice. Though i think he be expecting it to be spelt Orlaith.

Allegra

I love Gaelic names When my DD was born, I wanted for her an unusual first name that was not too outlandish, and a more ordinary middle name that she could fall back on if she found spelling her first name out too much of a chore as she grew up.

Trouble is, being non-native and back then pretty fresh off the boat as it were, I don't think I quite managed my brief I still think her names are beautiful, though - and I've yet to meet another girl with the same first name !

Bear with me, it does have a connection with the Gaelic names post - for her first name, I went to Gaelic, but I think I went a bit too far into the past, cos I lost the count of times I've been asked by an Irish person where her name comes from ! She is called Morrigan Isabella - Morrigan is (I believe) from Mor Rigan, meaning "Great Queen" (and Chu Chulain's nemesis). Isabella, on the other hand (that was to be her "normal" name) is Italian and a family name.

Sneezy wrote: »

How about:
Niamh (Gaelic: 'bright', Princess of the land of Promise who left with Ossian for the Otherworld),

Caoimhe (Gentle, graceful, beauty)

Aoife (Gaelic form of the name Eve. Aoife was a daughter of King Dermot of Leinster who married the Norman invader Strongbow)

Roisin (Gaelic: Rose, Rosaleen is a variant)

Aisling (Dream, vision

Saoirse (Freedom)

pigpen

pukkamum wrote: »

My little girl is called Lyla Rose and i haven't heard of many Lyla's, however, she does get called Laila a lot which upsets her!!!!!

I am pregnant and love the name Isla for a girl but don't think i can have a Lyla and an Isla.

I also like Olivia but my son is Oliver!!!!

We had a bunny called Lila...

You could use Isla as a middle name?

Tigerlee_2

Hiya, I have an unusual name which is always spelt or pronounced incorrectly but i would far rather correct people than change it for a 'normal' name. I wouldn't worry what other people think, as long as it doesn't make a funny/rude word when combined with their surname then it should be ok. x

Ladyhawk

Tigerlee wrote: »

Hiya, I have an unusual name which is always spelt or pronounced incorrectly but i would far rather correct people than change it for a 'normal' name.

Me too........