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Girls name

24 replies

Lelophants · 06/08/2023 06:50

We’re having a girl!

we like an odd mix and nothing feels right.

I love: Beatrix, Zinnia, Evanna (dh not a fan)

he loves: Penelope, Josephine, Rosamund (I’m not a fan for various reasons)

Joint ideas:
juniper/juni
mina
hera
persephone (bit of a mouthful with our surname)

both love but can’t use: Juliette, Thea

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Fivemoreminutes1 · 06/08/2023 06:58

Helena
Xanthe
Violet 
Lydia
Coralie
Adelaide
Emmeline
Dorothy
Meredith
Saskia
Everly
Verity 

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user1492757084 · 06/08/2023 08:20

Of your names I love most ..
Josephine, Zinnia and Juniper.

New Ideas:
Rosalba Jean
Lavinia June
Davina Mary
Sabine Zinnia
Saffron Here
Stephanie Juniper
Xena Beatrix
Ottilie Lilac
Sophie Delphine
Rose Philomina

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Nocturnaradish · 06/08/2023 10:30

I really like your choices.

Some points to consider

Juniper is quite on trend so it might date badly. I’m not really keen on the sounds broken up “jew” and “nipper”. I think Juno is a cool, spunky choice with a solid history to back it up. I also like Julia and Jessamine if you can’t use Juliette.

I love the name Mina, it’s international, sophisticated, different enough to not date badly but fitting in with current trends for 4 letter names ending in “a”. It means love in German, which I think is a beautiful meaning for a daughter.

Hera is also nice. I think the correct pronunciation is “hair- ah”? If so you might have people pronouncing like “hear-ah”. Not sure if this would bother you. I love Hero too, but too bold a choice for some.

Persephone - I don’t like the historical connotations, but I like the nickname options of Sephy and Nina a lot.

I love Zinnia - so chic. Shame DH isn’t on board.

Would also suggest, Zadie, Xenia, Xanthe, Hermione, Lara, Cressida, Cosima, Lucia, Anya and Anoushka.

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KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 11:18

Beatrix -ok, much prefer Beatrice
Zinnia - a bit too modern for me
Evanna (dh not a fan) - me neither, will be said as Ivana, another Evie
Penelope - will be Penny
Josephine - will be Jo/Josie
Rosamund - Rosalind is nicer

juniper/juni - no
mina - no, meaner
hera - yes
persephone (bit of a mouthful with our surname)

Juliette, Thea - Juliet is nice but I don't like Juliette. Thea is meh

Suggestions: Thora, Thirsa, Flora, Sabina, Zelda

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MirandaBlu · 06/08/2023 11:20

Anthea
Ariadne
Cara
Daphne
Ianthe
Ione
Minna
Nadia
Oona
Phoebe
Renata
Serena
Thalia
Zoe
Zoia

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VenusClapTrap · 06/08/2023 11:46

Love Josephine and Zinnia. How about

Nerina/Nerine
Minerva
Dinah

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Riverlee · 06/08/2023 11:49

Nice mix of names. Other suhgestions

Marnie
Meredith
Rowena
Josie
Harriet
Henrietta, nn Ettie, Etta
Pollyanna

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SkaneTos · 06/08/2023 11:51

Lovely names!

I have never heard the name Zinnia before, very pretty.

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Nocturnaradish · 06/08/2023 11:52

KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 11:18

Beatrix -ok, much prefer Beatrice
Zinnia - a bit too modern for me
Evanna (dh not a fan) - me neither, will be said as Ivana, another Evie
Penelope - will be Penny
Josephine - will be Jo/Josie
Rosamund - Rosalind is nicer

juniper/juni - no
mina - no, meaner
hera - yes
persephone (bit of a mouthful with our surname)

Juliette, Thea - Juliet is nice but I don't like Juliette. Thea is meh

Suggestions: Thora, Thirsa, Flora, Sabina, Zelda

How is Zinnia modern? It’s the name of a flower

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Nocturnaradish · 06/08/2023 12:01

KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 11:18

Beatrix -ok, much prefer Beatrice
Zinnia - a bit too modern for me
Evanna (dh not a fan) - me neither, will be said as Ivana, another Evie
Penelope - will be Penny
Josephine - will be Jo/Josie
Rosamund - Rosalind is nicer

juniper/juni - no
mina - no, meaner
hera - yes
persephone (bit of a mouthful with our surname)

Juliette, Thea - Juliet is nice but I don't like Juliette. Thea is meh

Suggestions: Thora, Thirsa, Flora, Sabina, Zelda

Mina and Meaner sound different
Mi-nah
Meen- nerr

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KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 12:03

@Nocturnaradish , it's not modern as a flower, it's a bit modern as a girl's name

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KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 12:14
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Nocturnaradish · 06/08/2023 12:44

KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 12:14

@Nocturnaradish ,
Correct pronunciation for the word "meaner" is [mˈiːnə], [mˈiːnə], [mˈiːn_ə].
www.spellcheck.net/meaner

Bit cherry picked, it’s the difference between the ɝ and the ə.

if you pronounce the sound in bird the same as the sound in dada then fine. But I don’t and I’ve never heard it pronounce with this longer errr sound.

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KirstenBlest · 06/08/2023 12:57

@Nocturnaradish , I don't get your bird and dada point, the sounds are different. Burd and dahdah. bird - schwa in a stressed syllable, dada - a in an unstressed syllable

I say Sarah as Sairuh, Nina as Neenuh, Meaner as Meenuh, Mina as Meenuh.

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arlequin · 06/08/2023 13:00

I would pronounce Mina and Meaner the same

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Mumofgirls2017 · 06/08/2023 13:11

Love juniper

thalia
phoebe
daphne
rosalie
clara
callista
louisa
harriet
aurelia
estelle
xanthe
tabitha
jemima
eloise
esther
henrietta

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uncomfortablydumb53 · 06/08/2023 13:46

Isolde

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Theoldwoman · 06/08/2023 15:09

I like Beatrix and Penelope

Suggestions;

Tahlia
Larissa
Candace
Bethany
Artemis
Ebony
Aurora
Rhiannon
Kimberley
Anthea
Felicity
Meredith
Angelique
Freya
Neroli
Breanna

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Lelophants · 06/08/2023 21:13

uncomfortablydumb53 · 06/08/2023 13:46

Isolde

This is nice but I really dislike the nickname Izzy

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Lelophants · 06/08/2023 21:14

arlequin · 06/08/2023 13:00

I would pronounce Mina and Meaner the same

That’s what I was going for too

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BungleandGeorge · 06/08/2023 21:18

Philomena? I think it’s much nicer than Mina on its own

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CheetahCheetah · 06/08/2023 21:23

Dorothy

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Italiangreyhound · 06/08/2023 21:31

Lois
Cadence
Daisy
Nia
Bronte
Theodora
Yes, also like Juniper, Isolde, Meredith, Serena and Freya.

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continentallentil · 07/08/2023 09:57

Hera is great - strong underused and simple

Other ideas

Juno
Clio / Cleo
Lois
Carys
Verity
Cecile
Tara
Oona
Aphra
Estella
Stella
Cassia
Saskia
Sabrina
Allegra
Fernanda
Marina
Maria
Adela
Meredith
Vivienne

Beatrix - OK but added to the Beatrices there are a lot of Beas about
Zinnia - sound like a white goods brand
Evanna - she’ll be one of a billion Evies
Penelope - Ok but Penny is so wet
Josephine - Ok
Rosamund - nice but she’ll be one of many Rosie
juniper/juni - wet but Juno is nice
mina - wet and nothing-y
hera - great
persephone (bit of a mouthful with our surname) - quite like it

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