Which name for baby girl

Soleil_lune

Janepig wrote: »

My mum had lots of elderly aunts and cousins called Daisy when I was growing up so Daisy was always a name I associated with old people!

Bella is most definitely a dogs name - I know quite afew people who have dogs called Bella.

I'm not a fan of giving longer names with the intention of calling them by the shorter version. How many adults do you know who are actually known as Benjamin, Alexander, Samuel, etc...? I don't know any. DS is Alex because that's what he was going to be known as and I don't see the point of naming him Alexander when no-one ever in the world was going to refer to him as that.

Jx

Funny you should say that. My friend said she was going to call her daughter Daisy - back in 1996, and I was horrified; It just conjured up this image

http://doghealthdoc.com/images/blog/driving-miss-daisy-revisted.jpg

The jury is out with me on 'longer names.' I see where you're coming from, but something like Alexander is good I think, as his mates can call him Alex, and that can be his informal name, but Alexander is a good name if he wants to enter a serious profession.

zaksmum

traleegirl wrote: »

I have an Aisling....she gets called Azling, Izling, Ashley, and aIsling...but it's an old Irish name, (meaning dream or vision) and anybody who is Irish can pronounce it correctly (Ashling). She loves having a different name to everyone else here and wouldn't change it for the world...
She is almost 18 btw so could if she wanted to!

I always thought that was pronounced Ashleen?

JR4

I love all 3 names I have a 7 ( nearly 8 yr old ) called Daisy and my second eldest (10 nearly 11) is called Belle and she gets so many compliments on her name and no one has made fun of it so far. Good luck choosing her name and congratulations x

lostinrates

Janepig wrote: »

Or even better, Elinor . DD is Elinor Daisy. I wanted Daisy but DH wouldn't agree. It hasn't really been shortened, we all know her as Elinor, not Ellie or anything. As has been pointed out, in Wales names tend to get shortened whether you like it or not so alot of people call her El, or her personal favourite Elz, which is also printed on the back of some of her school hoodies!




My mum had lots of elderly aunts and cousins called Daisy when I was growing up so Daisy was always a name I associated with old people!

Bella is most definitely a dogs name - I know quite afew people who have dogs called Bella.

I'm not a fan of giving longer names with the intention of calling them by the shorter version. How many adults do you know who are actually known as Benjamin, Alexander, Samuel, etc...? I don't know any. DS is Alex because that's what he was going to be known as and I don't see the point of naming him Alexander when no-one ever in the world was going to refer to him as that.

Jx

Its a very quick way to spot people who don't really know my husband well. when we get calls here or I meet them at stuff, people abbreviating his name. My husband, his siblings are all their full names to family and close friends, accept when not abbreviation nick names are used.

E.g. We have no Alex in our family at all, but a Sacha and and a sandy. I know people called Alex, lex,xander etc, but its not the way our family would nickname normally.

ATM we have a young baby who has been given a name that works in three languages (family need for her parents) and the argument rages on which pronunciation is used. DH and the babies father are using the Italian, the babies mother is using a Spanish pronunciation with slightly different emphasis. I'm referring to her as 'Elfintoes' ' sugar pie' or ' muffin' and staying right out of it.

Soleil_lune

JR4 wrote: »

I love all 3 names I have a 7 ( nearly 8 yr old ) called Daisy and my second eldest (10 nearly 11) is called Belle and she gets so many compliments on her name and no one has made fun of it so far. Good luck choosing her name and congratulations x

Daisy and Belle... Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww They sound so cute! I think Holly Willoughby's daughter is called Belle xxx

vesper

I prefer the longer names that can be shortened down to what the child decides and can be changed through the years so it's appropriate to age.

I don't have any kids, but I'm a Victoria. Vix to my closest friends, Vicki to acquaintances, Victoria in a professional capacity.

This_Year

traleegirl wrote: »

I have an Aisling....she gets called Azling, Izling, Ashley, and aIsling...but it's an old Irish name, (meaning dream or vision) and anybody who is Irish can pronounce it correctly (Ashling). She loves having a different name to everyone else here and wouldn't change it for the world...
She is almost 18 btw so could if she wanted to!

How lovely I read the name in a Maeve Binchy book and loved it straight away.

gabycat

traleegirl wrote: »

I have an Aisling....she gets called Azling, Izling, Ashley, and aIsling...but it's an old Irish name, (meaning dream or vision) and anybody who is Irish can pronounce it correctly (Ashling). She loves having a different name to everyone else here and wouldn't change it for the world...
She is almost 18 btw so could if she wanted to!

I am an Aisling, and nobody can pronounce my name. One one aunt calls me Aisling, everyone else even my mum calls me Ash.

peachyprice

zaksmum wrote: »

I always thought that was pronounced Ashleen?

Me too, that's how the parents of the child I know pronounce it.

traleegirl

Definitely Ashling, I grew up in Ireland and this was the only way it was pronounced...
http://www.babynamesofireland.com/irish-girl-names there is also an audio clip here