Baby Girl Names

pinkclouds

In my own mind, I translate the names to: Dorothea (Tehya?); Margaret (Daisy); Emily (Emilee?); Victoria (Tori); and, Christina (Tina).

Of the five names, my favourite would have to be Daisy. Although, if the traditional spelling were to be used, I think that Emily would be very nice and Dorothea would be a quaintly pretty change from the old-fashioned sounding Dorothy.

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JC9297 wrote: »

There are also some names that most of us would still consider very posh, I'm thinking Montague, Araminta, Jacinta, Marmaduke etc.

:rotfl:That just made me laugh out loud! Marmaduke? :eek: Seriously?
I don't think I could keep a straight face if someone ever introduced themselves to me as "Marmaduke"!

I'm actually crying from laughing now!

purple.sarah

mildred1978 wrote: »

The midwives at the hospital when I had my son were amazed we hadn't picked our son's name before he was born. I don't know how anyone can name a child without even seeing/holding them.

One friend took the whole 6 weeks to choose a name for her daughter. She was just 'Baby' until then!

My parents hadn't chosen my brother's name before he was born, in fact I helped choose it! Our surname is Lamb so before then his name tag in the hospital just said Baby Lamb! Awwww!

purple.sarah

Just my opinion:

Tehya- I think it's nice for a name to have a meaning a kid can look up and Tehya doesn't. It doesn't mean what it's often said to- precious in Native American. See "American Indian" Names That Don't Have The Meaning They're Supposed To

Daisy- This is my favorite from the list, it's cute and classic. The only thing is it might be a bit little girly for a grown women.

Emilee- Since this is a variation of the common name Emily she will be correcting people on the spelling forever, which will be frustrating. If you want something a bit different, why not just pick a different name?

Tori- I know some people use it on it's own but it just sounds like a nickname for Victoria to me. I also associate it with Tory (conservative) which is a bad association for me but maybe that's just me.

Tina- Another nickname name but it's my second favorite on the list and it's easy to spell!

GracieP

JC9297 wrote: »

There are also some names that most of us would still consider very posh, I'm thinking Montague, Araminta, Jacinta, Marmaduke etc.

I'm shocked that Jacinta is seen as posh because in Ireland it is, by a significant margin, the number one 'lowest class' girls name imaginable.

Mrs_Ryan

elfen wrote: »

Names we've picked....Arrietty, Jasper and Logan

I like the name Jasper.. its unusual. It did cause me some hilarity at one point but I quite like it now.

clairelh

Dunroamin wrote: »

Except you're not talking about people you'd choose to socialise with as much as people you and your child could come across professionally in education and employment.

But as I said earlier, by the time these children get to employment age, the employer may well have grown up with others with similar names. I just don't think they'll have quite the same stigma in 16 odd years time than they seem to have now.

Every generation has these types of names, these children all grow up, and in most cases probably simply live with a name they'd rather not have, but that could be anyone, with any name. Give it a few years, there will be another load of children starting school with another lot of names that people will turn their noses up with and we'll be thinking Emilee etc will be normal.

I'm just an optimist, I guess..

sharrison778

As someone who has both an unusual first name and a less common last name, both of which I usually have to spell out to people, I'm quite vocal on the issue of names.

I often see parents with quite common names saddles their kids with some bizarrely spelt moniker in a big to be 'unique'.

Trust me, your child will not thank you.

As an adult, I've grown to like my first name. In part thats because I now have the confidence to 'own' it and also because its become more mainstream. But its also not one of those strangely spelt names with lots of i's and e's, its just unusual because its european.

So my point, I guess, is that chosing a unique name is fine, a 'creatively spelt' one is not.

Spendless

clairelh wrote: »

But as I said earlier, by the time these children get to employment age, the employer may well have grown up with others with similar names. I just don't think they'll have quite the same stigma in 16 odd years time than they seem to have now.

Every generation has these types of names, these children all grow up, and in most cases probably simply live with a name they'd rather not have, but that could be anyone, with any name. Give it a few years, there will be another load of children starting school with another lot of names that people will turn their noses up with and we'll be thinking Emilee etc will be normal.

I'm just an optimist, I guess..

And I would say you are correct. I remember my mother and another child's mother talking about mine and the other child's name thinking they were quite frivolous and wouldn't sound right when we became aunts and grandmothers. My name went into the top 3 girls names 10 years after I was born. I've met a vicar called my name, a bank manager called my name and my town's coroner has the same name, because there were so many of us my name is in all walks of life.

ada1988

The name Daisy is for most people like.
However i'd like to share some other Girls' name.
Emma.Mojo and Amanda.