Baby names!

Names that don't date are names of English queens.

bradfordlass they knew that as it was plant/flower names they looked at .Rowan and Willow were the other favourites

I like the name Mirren which is similar to the Cornish Merryn mentioned before. Bit different Scottish/Irish. I had 3 girls and still love their names .One would have been Sophie but we took one look at her and decided against ?. Another would have been Francesca but too many C & K sounds with the surname.. So many things to take into consideration when choosing names..
(I have an acquaintance with a Sam and Ella. Say it quickly?)

My daughter is expecting a little girl within the next couple of weeks and they have chosen Anna probably Anna Rose or Anna Louise. In the primary school where I work there is only one Anna, so it's a little bit different.

My granddaughter is called Meztli. It's a native American name and means moon

As a Jane, can I add that people still ask how to spell it! "Is that with a y?" "NO!"
Flora, Martha?
There is a song "I wish my name was Clementine"

Floral names are on the rise again and just looking round my garden here's a few suggestions.
Lily, rose, marigold, daisy, Poppy, myrtle, and many more. Good luck, let us know what they decide eventually.?

Abuelana

Lovely name, Sarah

Isn't it funny how you associate names with people you knew in the past ? (well I do anyway) .

Fat names, thin names, nasty names, common as muck names...... (all to do with people I used to know as a child).

My late grandma was Irish and her name was Bridget. She said she used to quite like her name but when she came over to England some people called her Brid-shit so she began to hate it.

Wait until she is born. Often a name is chosen in advance then changed after birth. Sometimes you can just look at the baby and a name just comes to mind

As the DD of a Mabel I can assure you that they were not all fuddy-duddy whiskery great aunts.
Some were adventurous, energetic, fun-loving young women although they may have become great-aunts in later life!

I just adore that name Callistemon it reminds me of a sweet little girl with chubby knees !

My little Granddaughter is called Constance/ Connie I love it especially when I heard the other they had in the list lol

My Granddaughter expected this month is to be called Ivy Jennifer

My daughter is Erin . I love the name Carys /Cerys at the minute ?

I love Mabel (makes me think of Mabel Lucy Attwell). One of my daughter's is called Flora, there were several negative comments about that when she was born. She is in her 20s now & loves her name!

Our daughter was to be named Nicola, but one look at her, and she definitely wasn’t one. But, her own daughter has that name, strange how things work out.
If our third child had been a girl, I was going to name her Jocelyn, but she turned out to be a he, and now has a son with a first name beginning with ‘J’.
My own name was very unusual when I was young, but I hear a lot more now.
By the way, It’s not Flo!

It makes me think of Mabel Lucy Attwell too Goodbyetoallthat those sweet little drawings.

We never chose a name until baby was born. It was considered to be unlucky to choose in advance. Also, buying a pram, cot or more than just the basics in nappies or clothes was frowned upon. A family tradition, perhaps.

I remember we went past the six weeks 'allowed' to register one of them, too, with no problem.

My little granddaughters are Sami and Flora.
I love old fashioned names like Kitty and Tilly and Annie

Jack and new born brother Harry have a cousin Mia which my DD thought it was unusual. Apparently 6th in the table x Then I said pronounced as MEa or MYa. MEa Mum like it says ?

Sara65: Abuela means Granny in Spanish! No idea about Abuelana though!
I taught all my life and there were certain names that made you shudder! Generally, the children they were attached to were trouble and you knew this even before you met them!
I hate made-up names that you have no idea how to spell and that don’t mean anything.
Our daughter, Joanna, has recently had a gorgeous baby boy and she and her husband have called him Asher Samuel. Samuel was my Grandpa’s name and Asher was one of Joseph’s brothers in the book of Genesis. We were surprised, but everyone seems to like it and, according to the list of favourite boys’s names in the US where they live, it’s the third most popular boys’ name. They didn’t know this when they chose it.

What are the other two called? To give an idea of what they like?
Ava?
Chloe?
Emily?
Noa?

Tara is nice?

I always suggested lists of names when the DGC we expected. My suggestions were, of course, ignored. Never mind, we were happy with the names they were given.
How's about the following:. Flora, Lucy, Miranda, Edith, Clover, Seren, Zoe, Nancy, Eliza? All slightly unusual but not weird.

Many people say to wait until the baby arrives and then seee what name suits him/her. I always remember a partner at the firm where I worked chatting to me about baby names when I was pregnant, he said they had been undecided about what to name their expected baby, but when he was born, they took one look and decided he was a Nigel! I had this vision of a baby wearing tweeds, wearing glasses.......

Sar53. There has to be a Welsh connection given GDs names.
Paddyann Sorry but just can't get past the Kia car brand.
I did work beside a young person who on the birth of her son gave him what she thought to be a 'one off' name. Her DH and his friend had made it up. When I told her they must have heard it somewhere as well known in Finland and European countries. Was adamant NO it was definitely a new name. Well guess what, about 5 years later a 26 year old pop star appeared who had the same name as her son! Perhaps your DD should chose 3 names she does like but can't decide on, then have a lucky dip for the chosen one. No matter what, the child will grow into it and probably wish they had been given another.