Help with baby girls names

meritaten

hippychick1 wrote: »

I love all the old fashoined names on this thread. My daughter is Seren Eliza. She's the only Seren at nursery, compared to when my son Joshua started, he was one of four Joshuas!

Seren is lovely and was on my sons name list when his twins were born - but they translated it to the English gave it to her as her THIRD name.
oops - sorry, for non-welsh speakers it means 'Star'!

Heart_Shaped_Diamond

Youdontseeme wrote: »

Hope & Grace

(was very funny american tv show ages ago but I think they match rather well!)

Uhh.. Don't you mean Hope and FAITH?! :rotfl:

moomoomama27

peachyprice wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

I think you've named most of DD's school year there, glad to say DD is NOT on that list!

why? Whats wrong with some of those names?

moomoomama27

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Fair enough. Gracie brings up images of an old bird singing cockerney songs whilst flashing her knickers by the old upright piano at the 'Rat an' Parrat'. I can think of 3 Grace/Gracies within the space of 10 flats in one block on the estate where I used to live, and none of them give the slightest suggestion of Grace Kelly about them.


But the OP loves it, so I tried to give some suggestions that might go. After all, even you say Ava would be fine if you didn't have a Grace with her




Common common common names on the estate I escaped last year:

Grace
Caitlin
Olivia
Rebecca
Emily
Kiera
Lily
Poppy
Chloe
Mia
Tia
Paige
Jodie
Kayleigh/Kayley
Rebecca
Ashleigh
Lauren
Molly
Milly
Bethany
Brooke
Georgia
Jade

.

What a judgemental and mean spirited post!

Grace is a beautiful name.

My friend has twin girls Grace Anne-Marie and Chloe Elizabeth.

*max*

moomoomama27 wrote: »

why? Whats wrong with some of those names?

Nothing, I'm with you there! I think people are quite snobbish when it comes to names. A lot of these are perfectly nice, but just because they are used a lot (due to being nice!), some people think it will make their precious child "common" somehow. Let's face it, if a child is going to be less than extraordinary (god forbid!), a little-used name isn't going to change that.

I like Grace. I also like Emilie, Mia, Mila, Olivia... Lots to chose from!

peachyprice

moomoomama27 wrote: »

why? Whats wrong with some of those names?

Nothing wrong with most of them, there are just an awful lot of children with those names. It just makes me pleased I chose something less popular without being outlandish.

claire16c

MandM90 wrote: »

I slightly prefer Grace aswell; I would probably name a little girl Grace then nickname her Gracie instead. I might worry she wouldn't be taken very seriously in the workforce as a 40 year old Gracie.

As for the other name Eve/Evie is cute, I also like Amelia, Olivia is lovely, you could have something like Patience or Hope (Patience and Grace) though some people might find that silly.

I agree. There are definitely some very cutesy sounding names that work much better on a toddler than an adult. Gracie would make for a very cute baby name, but not so much after that. But I love Grace.

I think Georgia is nice name. And Lucy.

peachyprice

*max* wrote: »

A lot of these are perfectly nice, but just because they are used a lot (due to being nice!), some people think it will make their precious child "common" somehow. Let's face it, if a child is going to be less than extraordinary (god forbid!), a little-used name isn't going to change that.

How ridiculous, if you and your child are common,you're common, no name in the world is going to change that.

But it doesn't take much imagination to choose a name that isn't being chosen by half the mothers in the neighbourhood

Youdontseeme

Heart_Shaped_Diamond wrote: »

Uhh.. Don't you mean Hope and FAITH?! :rotfl:

Of course it was I was just testing to see who was paying attention!

I still like Hope and Grace though :rotfl:

moomoomama27

peachyprice wrote: »

How ridiculous, if you and your child are common,you're common, no name in the world is going to change that.

But it doesn't take much imagination to choose a name that isn't being chosen by half the mothers in the neighbourhood

One of my DD's has one of the names on your list! It wasn't a ''common'' name when I was pg with her, it has since become more ''common''.

I did have imagination, and the name carries great meaning to myself and my family. Had it been the most common name in the country I would have still chosen it!

You come across in that post as very snooty, not a nice trait.