Girls names

pigpen

I absolutely love the name Ophelia.. but... 'Ophelia bum' according to my ex is what she would get when a bit bigger!!!

I have an Ava .. and how often does she get ARVA.. honestly.. it is 3 letters and they STILL get it wrong!

xmaslolly76

Another vote for Ophelia here its a beautiful name :-)

ChristinaWilson

Ophelia is gorgeous. It's very unheard of around where I love. It's not strange at all. Great choice, if you go along with it.

rosalie-lavender

Ophelia is lovely and not a name I have come across in the 9 years I have worked in a school.

As for MIL's, if we had named our daughter the name ours said was her favourite, poor kid would have been called Druscilla. Apologies to any Druscillas on the boards but there was no way I was lumbering our daughter with a name like that! I reckon my OH had a lucky escape that he was a boy because that would have been his name if he had been a girl.

myothercarisaferrari

Beautiful name x

Tropez

Well believe it or not there was a girl called Ophelia at our school. She was never teased in primary school but in high school some of the boys started with the "I'll feel you" and such plays on her name. She was a pretty strong minded individual though so it never really got to her - she would normally just taunt the guys back and was clever enough to know what would get them to shy away in defeat.

I could imagine a more sensitive girl being more affected by it but I wouldn't let this deter you. It is a very nice name.

Bitsy_Beans

Personally kids will bully on various factors, names being only the start.
I like Ophelia and also the suggestion of Viola that Pinkshoes made.

I thought with my daughters name we'd picked something not wild and wacky but not too common either. And blow me a month ago in the local rag was a birth annoucement for a little girl with my DD's first and second name!!!! Was most put out LOL

memelalou

Thanks for all your replies...umm i do quite like viola, perhaps it can replace Aveve.

memelalou

Quite like the one of the posters on here name of Rosalie, but i bet it be quite common with babies being born now as the twilight books and films - have to check the how popuar it is.

izzybusy23

memelalou wrote: »

Another thread on boys baby names prompted me to post.
Not long found out i was pregnant again, so early days still{four years trying for the first - babies must be like buses}, but want some opinions.

DH and i love the name Ophelia if the new baby is another girl {DD is called Scarlett}. We are a little worried if people can pronounce it or if it a little too strange.
What do you guys think?

For boy's we like Xander, Daniel and Tom. The only other girls name we like is Aveve which is also unusual.:p

Ophelia is very pretty.. and I know somebody who called their little boy Xander which is also nice.

Congrats on your forthcoming new bubba!