Help deciding baby girl name

How about Ruby Mae?

I don’t like it when people give shortened versions of a name to their child. Sure, call your son Bobby if you want, but give him the name Robert - then he can choose his own derivative when he’s older.

I disagree. My nephew was given the name Freddie. He says he is go grateful he wasn’t lumbered with the name Frederick and have to acknowledge that on official documents.

CarrotTop

I love the trend of naming children after the place they were conceived. If I'd done that, my son would be called Canvey Island. Hmmm....

I'd have a son called Helston which actually doesn't sound that bad.

CarrotTop

I love the trend of naming children after the place they were conceived. If I'd done that, my son would be called Canvey Island. Hmmm....

Mine would be Enton and Five Ashes!
I tried to give mine names that were difficult to shorten. I failed. One just got called by his first initial the other seems to prefer her nickname. I still call them by their given names though and I still like them.

It’s always a minefield choosing a baby’s name so that the child doesn’t grow up to wonder what on earth their parents were thinking of, as dare I say it, with the two mentioned!

I remember reading once that primary school teachers look at the list of their new arrivals in September and how their hearts sink at some, as experience has told them that the child will be somewhat of a challenge as will be the parents!

I won’t mention any names on here for obvious reasons but I’m pretty sure that I am safe quoting Chardonnay!

“Chardonnay! Come ‘ere” !

Jennifer you may not like it but Liora is a recognised Jewish name not something made up just now or like naming your child after a type of wine.

I think the OP was in part concerned to use it because she isn't Jewish.

There are a lot of Hebrew names in common use though it seems to me.

Oh apologies Oreo I didn’t realise that.
It’s a good job though that there’s such a variety of names around or life would get very confusing!

As it does when studying family history when people were much more conservative about choosing names. I have lost count of the number of Alexanders with the same surname I have been chasing.

Greenfinch

As it does when studying family history when people were much more conservative about choosing names. I have lost count of the number of Alexanders with the same surname I have been chasing.

William anyone?
Or John/Jonathan alternately over the generations?

I have always loved Lisbeth but sadly dh didn't

Maybe Leonora or Tara?

Aveline

I absolutely can't stand Lilibet unless it's addressed to the Queen by a very close relative. It was unforgivable for that Markle woman to use it.

Absolutely!

It’s always interested me that so many baby girls are given ‘fashionable’ names, often for relatively short periods before another name hits the top, whereas that happens so much less frequently for boys, the majority of whom are given traditional names. Why is that?

Casdon

It’s always interested me that so many baby girls are given ‘fashionable’ names, often for relatively short periods before another name hits the top, whereas that happens so much less frequently for boys, the majority of whom are given traditional names. Why is that?

I have noticed that boys' names had become far less traditional, judging by some of the teenage boys in my granddaughters' peer group at school; some names sound like those of footballers. They are still as popular but not so much now.

Our twin daughters are Noelle and Natalia.

They were not give middle names as they were given a middle name at their Baptism.

Noelle Christine & Natalia Marie ..

What do the parents of this little baby girl wish to name her ?

Casdon

It’s always interested me that so many baby girls are given ‘fashionable’ names, often for relatively short periods before another name hits the top, whereas that happens so much less frequently for boys, the majority of whom are given traditional names. Why is that?

Really?

River, Leaf, Ocean, Forest, Phoenix, Kai, Darcy, Finn, Theo....

“That Markle Wiman”?!
Good grief, you don’t think her husband had any input? 🙄

butterandjam

Casdon

It’s always interested me that so many baby girls are given ‘fashionable’ names, often for relatively short periods before another name hits the top, whereas that happens so much less frequently for boys, the majority of whom are given traditional names. Why is that?

Really?

River, Leaf, Ocean, Forest, Phoenix, Kai, Darcy, Finn, Theo....

It is the case though, if you look up the stats. Parents apparently choose more traditional, family names for boys than for girls. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some weird and wonderful boys names, just less of them than there are girls names.

Personally I don’t like either of the OP’s chosen names.
Some of my favourites in no particular order, are:
Ivy
Elsie
Edith
Heather
Jessica
Annie

There are some names I used to like but then met not so nice people with those names which turned me right off them 😂

My name is a little bit unusual and mispronounced by many. My husband’s is misspelt by nearly everybody! My children and grandchildren have straightforward names not misspelt or mispronounced by anyone. I’d recommend that. Don’t like Liora or Twyla, sorry.

My friend’s granny told everyone that her new great granddaughter was called Kipper, when she was actually called Erin. She thought it was Herring, and then her elderly mind confused it again with Kipper. Erin is still called Kip.

Hope the poster comes back and let us know what they decided to call her in the end, it would be nice