Which name for baby girl

sassyblue

I like Daisy best, but that's because round here there's loads of Ellas.

What name does she look like?

We had three names shortlisted but when our little boy was born it was our favourite name he looked like, we couldn't imagine calling him the other two names now!

lostinrates

sassyblue wrote: »

What name does she look like?
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Importantly op mentioned some time back her daughter was named.


This is partly why I keep steering the conversation away from what people think about the three names. onto the broader topic because I think OP doesn't need any judgement. She chose a sweet name that will work well for an adult IMO. To that my opinion matters

pawsies

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Couple of genuine questions as I really, really don't understand...

Do you honestly believe that Zed is a great name for an adult with a conservative job as opposed to the nickname of a singer with a thrash metal band?

Why 'Zoey' and not the standard spelling of 'Zoe'? Why the need to add the extra Y?

Employers will not discriminate someone who has a great resume full of everything they are looking for because of a name!
Sometimes the names are even made anonymous to prevent this.

I like the spelling of Zoey, I like the y. Why not? It is a variation on the name and it is recognised. Child could always shorten it to Zoe if they wanted...

pawsies

Spendless wrote: »

but no idea if neuroscientist initial A stands for Andrew or Artichoke.

:rotfl: Could be shortened to Artic?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Albie is, apparently, a perfectly normal Welsh name in its own right.
Knew a guy called it who must be in his fifties now.


I've been treated by a doctor whose first name was Poppy. The quality of her care was far superior to another whose first name was Gregory.

Many of us get treated by doctors who have been named Monday, Tuesday, Friday, etc. We just don't know because not all of us are aware of the particular culture they are from. But were somebody here to be named Wednesday, I'm sure there would be howls of derision from some quarters.




I wouldn't care one jot if a doctor, lawyer or binman were called Zed. I would possibly wonder if they had been named Zachariah/Zachary/Zaphaniel or some other such mid nineties trendy churchy name. But as a rule, I wouldn't actually give a monkeys because there is more to people than what their parents thought sounded nice twenty odd years ago.

pawsies

lostinrates wrote: »

Importantly op mentioned some time back her daughter was named.

This was the last comment OP said. Looks like they haven't named her yet

kossohead wrote: »

Hi,
Thanks for all your messages..
My surname is Wright.
I do like Isabelle but the other half wanted a short name like bella boo wright..
Other comments would be appreciated.
Thanks

chelseablue

Laurajo wrote: »

I'm the other way round....I love Benjamin but not so much Ben...I'd call mine it if I didn't know it would get shortened!

Does no one call their kids David or Sarah anymore?

I quite like having a hyphenated name myself, but when I was born it was a lot more unusual...

Why not wait til she arrives and see how she 'feels'?

I think all three are perfectly nice names, although I do hope you're not going to put boo on her birth cert....it's all very cute for a baby, less so for a grown woman having to fill out application forms etc....

Im a Sarah

And to be honest I like my name. Well done Mum :rotfl:

heartbreak_star

My work colleague has kids in nursery, and one of them has a Ptolemy in her class!

Me, I have a shortenable first name and a double-barrelled surname. I would rather shorten my first name and have my full surname on anything - usually it's one or the other (long first name).

HBS x

Claree__x

This_Year wrote: »

I wanted to call my DD Niamh or Aisling but my ex a) couldn't spell them b) [STRIKE]couldn't[/STRIKE] refused to pronounce them correctly so I took that as an indicator of how other people would act too

I have an Eilis - she's 11 weeks old and it's been mispronounced and misspelt countless times already but it's a lovely name and it suits her.

pawsies

My name is Anneka.

I get comments about Anneka Rice all the time!

Or Aneeka, Anicka, Anchor.

Now I tend to spell my name to people before they attempt to pronounce it haha. My surname is also unusual and gets spelt/pronounced wrong. People think I am Polish but I am English.
I am probably the only person in the world with my name though