If you were having a daughter next month what would you name her?
No rules. Please list your favorite name or names!! Need immediate help naming my baby girl.
We live in America.. more specifically Pennsylvania near a city.
Thanks!!!
Edit: You guys are awesome btw I am shocked to see so many beautiful names!!! ❤️
We debated on naming our daughter Roberta and calling her Bertie, but we ended up naming her Hattie.
One of my best friends has a Hattie and she’s a delight. Love this one!
Dorothy needs to be resurrected!
I actually know two different women named Dorothy who are trans, which I mention only to point out that they both liked it enough they named themselves that
Edit: wording issue
The expression "friends of Dorothy" means "queer people" in the LGBTQ+ community. Dorothy/Judy Garland is a queer icon.
I know this because of the line in Clueless: “disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding, friend of Dorothy, you know what I’m sayin? He’s gay.” Yes I can quote the entire movie from memory. 🤪
Its pretty popular, not to mention the judy garland connection.
Probably connected to Judy Garland/The Wizard of Oz. She's an icon in the LGBT+ community!
I know a 4 year old Dorothy/Dottie. Love the name.
I love grandma names
People forget their kids are gonna get old too. They might be grannies someday.
And by then the grandma names will be Brynleigh, Ellie, Makenna and Renesmee.
I know a couple of Hayleys who are grandmothers, but it's a name that feels young to me, because the trend is about ten years younger than I am. It's disconcerting.
I was talking to an older friend about this recently - she said it feels strange to her that boomer names like Janet, Donna, Amy, Jackie, Michelle, etc. are grandma names now.
And the grandma names to her are things like Charlotte, Violet, and Sophie which millennials think are cool again. 😂 It'll happen to every generation, I guess. 🤷🏼♀️ Maybe our kids will bring back boomer names with their own kids.
It was my grandmas name and I love it! It’s my mom’s name too but she goes by Dody.
Grandma names are so cute. My great grandmother's name was Annette. But went by Nettie. I think Nettie is so cute. It's on my list, but we're having a boy.
Names with build-in nicknames can be hit or miss, but I ADORE Dorothy/Dottie!
Our name is Nelle after my grandma Nellie. Grandma names can be so sweet. 😍
I love it and that's on my list! My grandma's best friend is Dotty
My friend did this, they only call her Dottie
I plan on doing the same! It was my great grandma’s name.
Aurélie is what I plan to use if the baby I’m having is a girl! Second choice is Noémie. (My first daughter is Éloïse!)
Est-ce que vous parlez français?
Oui, c’est ma langue maternelle et la langue que nous parlons à la maison :)
Hey all my Duolingo is paying off. I understood everything. I have to say, French is a very hard language. The grammar drives me crazy. Right now i an studying Italian. It's so much easier.
Anyway, I love Vivian or Vivienne. It's my granddaughter's name. I'm also fond of Mariella and Oceana.
Congrats OP!
That’s awesome! Good luck with your French and Italian studies! Languages are hard but so rewarding to learn!
Ohhh I love Vivienne too!! I think it would be in my top 5 if I wasn’t already so set on the names I want to use. :)
Ce sont de beaux prénoms!
we’re naming our daughter due in september Aurelia🥰 beautiful name!
How crazy. My husband just suggested the name Aurelia. I had never heard it before yesterday
Aurelia was my great-grandmothe’s name and I have always loved it. I thought if I had ever had girl twins they would have been Aurelia and Aurora aka Raylie and Rory
I love it. I knew an Aurelia who was called Lia (like Leah) and thought it was so cute
Éloïse is one of my favorite names!
Beautiful names!
I would name her Valentina or Charlotte.
I have a Valentina and she and I both adore her name!
Good choice. That's one of my favorite name.
How old is she now?
13!
I have a Charlotte and It’s just a beautiful and classic name.
Oh, Charlotte… it’s been my dream name since I was little; my husband and I decided on Scarlet… It was totally the right call, but I’ll always, always, love the name.
I have a Valentina, we call her Vali☺️
Valentina- first woman in space 💪
That’s similar to my girls, Charlotte & Violet.
This is funny because in my country Valentina is quite old-fashioned
Thea, Blythe, Petra, Georgia, Vera, Antonia, Della, Margot
Blythe is a very underrated name!
I really think so too? So lovely and unusual but also known?
Blythe is a very dismal city in California that is a main stop between CA and AZ. Having driven through it many times, I couldn’t imagine having a child named Blythe 😂
Thea was going to be our baby’s name if he was a girl (we didn’t find out the sex til he was born)!
Love Thea!! Both as short for Theodora or as a standalone (Thea / Theia).
I know an Antonia and she is a delight!!! It fits her so well—old soul, young mind❤️
Vivienne or Violet or Sylvie
Vivienne is GORGEOUS
I have a Vivienne and she loves her name. One day she told me my name has 2 v's, 2 i's, 2 e's, and 2 n's. I thought that was so clever I had never really thought about it. She does have people mistakenly call her Vienna sometimes though.
I love Violet and Sylvie! They were both on my list for if I ever had a girl
catalina
Wine mixer!
i get that every time😂
It's the fucking Catalina wine mixer!
Catalina really is a beautiful name!! Every time I hear it, I obviously think of Stepbrothers. Which honestly isn't a bad thing, lol. I love that movie!
That's a great salad dressing.
I honestly thought of the island first! But now that you mention it, the dressing is all I can think of.
Catalina is my top girl name right now! 😍
Rosalie is what I’ll name a daughter if I ever have one.
I love love love Rosalie. This is prob my top name.
Rosalie Josephine ☺️
❤️ Rosalie Maren (middle name could change).
Oh I love Maren. My mom said the second she found that name she wish she would have named me that. (My name is Elise.) 😆
Rosalie Maren is truly just gorgeous. I honestly like Maren for my top 2 name, Marigold.
Marigold Maren. ☺️🥹
That is my great grandma, grandma and great aunt’s name. It’s lovely.
Clara Grace or Clara Rose.
Great choice! My name is Clare Rose and I love it!
Classics. My great grandmothers name was Clara Bell and her sister was Myra Clare 🥰
I like the name Penelope, it's very cute
Eliza
This is my name!! :)
This is mine Eliza Katherine. We argued 9 months over names with the first one. If we only have a month, we might as well go with the family name.
I have an Eliza. It fits her so perfectly.
I love Eliza, both as a standalone and as a nickname for Elizabeth. It’s spunky and elegant, and feels both modern and classic. It makes me think of Elizabeth Bennett and Eliza Doolittle (Pygmalion/My Fair Lady), two literary heroines I like a lot.
We’d go with an Arabic name because my husband’s Egyptian. I would like Samia (pronounced some-ya) or Aleia
My husband is Palestinian! We would do Amali or Joudi for a girl
Arabic names are some of the prettiest names 🥲
I had a student named Inara once. Beautiful name and wonderful kid! I also loved Noor!
I also love Sumaya!
Layla
My SIL’s name is Samia and it’s an absolutely beautiful name!!!
I read Samia as sah-mee-ah. Which I like. It just might be mispronounced by people in the United States. Which may not be relevant if you don’t live here.
Yeah I know Arabic and I’ve never heard Samia pronounced as some-yeah. The way you described it is correct
Ada Margaret
I have an Ada. I love the name more now than I did 11 years ago. Unique, but everybody recognizes it.
Victoria
Names I like (and would use) but won’t be able to use for various reasons:
Kennedy
Nova
Lilah
Eden
Adrianna
Eliana
I am having a girl in a month lol, so far I’m thinking of going with Talia.. I also really like the name Freya
Talia is so underrated!
I love Talia. I go to school with a Talah and I LOVE that name also.
My daughter will likely be named Winifred Ann Marina.
Other names I've considered/enjoy are Matilda, Ramona, Maxine, Theodora, Eudora, Roberta, Louise, Frances, Opal, Georgina, Georgette, Rosemary
I'm clearly very into stuffy old fashioned names lol
My daughter has one of these names, and at least 3 others were on my list!
I also like Beatrix, Cecily, and Harriet!
My top name for a girl is Delilah, no question, but others I like include Regina, Tallulah, Genevieve, Audrey, Eloise, Winona, Ximena, and Colette. I could go on forever, but these are just some of my favorites ^~^
Winona 😻😻😻
We are having a baby next month (not finding out the gender) but if it’s a girl, Daisy! Gemma is our runner up.
Other names I love: Margot, Blair, Francesca, Anya, Sabrina
Nina or Cecilia
I named my baby girl Vivienne. We call her Vivi.
My second favorite is Elise.
I love the name Elizabeth, but since I would be keen on having the rest of the name being fairly long, I would probably think of having shorter first names, such as Eva, Eliza or Lydia (explaining my logic if I were to be having a child in a month's time).
Naomi is a current guilty pleasure name of mine if I were to be naming my child on a whim.
I've known several Naomis and never thought of it that way. What's guilty about it?
We have a Naomi at daycare. My almost 2 year old calls her Omi. It’s so cute! I don’t know why it would be a guilty pleasure name either.
I took her guilty comment as a “this name is my favorite flavor of the month”. Like she really into it now, but will have a new favorite soon. Which I do all the time because there are so many great names out there!
It's the name of someone I admire. I agree it sounds slightly odd out of context.
Molly is a beautiful name
Lydia
Top of our list is Sabrina.
Other girl names are
Florence
Claire
Violet
August / Augustine
Names my bf likes that I vetoed:
Felicity
Autumn
Names I like that my bf vetoed:
Evelyn
Elena
Isabel
(Sharing these because they were mostly vetoed because we have family with similar/the same names)
Augustine is usually a masculine name, with Augustina as the feminine. Your list is lovely.
We‘re having a baby girl in five weeks and are naming her Alice Léonie (German-French couple living in German speaking country).
I am really into family history. The lack of written records for most of my ancestors make naming practices important. I would give her at least one a family name - from my 3rd great grandmothers. Clarissa Ann
Clarissa Rose
Clarissa Jane
I am having a baby girl in a month and her name will be Betty
I just had a daughter 4 weeks ago and named her Dahlia. If I was having another, I’d probably go with Isla. I don’t care how popular it is. I love it so much and like how it sounds with Dahlia.
Other possibilities would be:
Ruby Lucy Ourea ( pronounced Oh-Ray-a… heard in a video game and thought it was pretty) Autumn Violet
Love the name Dahlia, that’s what I’m going to name my daughter. I pronounce it as dah-lee-uh. Is that how you pronounce it? I was reading some threads and some pronounce it different.
Bryn. I fell in love with the name after hearing the song of the same name by Vampire Weekend.
Bryn reads so masculine to me as someone from Wales! It means hill.
My dog’s name was Bryn. I know nothing about Vampire Weekend - but it’s a Welsh name - and I am Welsh.
I am having my daughter in a month lol and we are naming her Holly Harper
Audrey Juliet
Eleanor, Adelaide, Matilda, Charlotte, Elisabeth, Alessandra, Isabeau, Isabelle, Wilhemina, Beatrice/Beatrix, Anastasia, Katrina, Reagan, Margaret, Caroline, Johanna, Amelia, Josephine, Elaine, Guinevere, Henrietta, Helena, Irene, Isolde, Gisela, Hedwig, Astrid, Emma, Georgiana,
Eleanor is at the top of my list, not sure what I’m having yet. My 12 month old is Amelia!
Cora
Marigold. Call her Goldie.
Daisy, as in whoopsie. I’ve already had an extra bonus baby, she would be a clear mistake.
Delphine or Lucy
My Fiancé and I have 'Isobel Blythe' as the top name on our shortlist.
Julia, Emily, or Mary.
I am having a daughter, in less than two months. Her name is Eliza
Felicity Ramona or Beatrix Claire
I like "stuffy" names as firsts apparently haha, and we use family names as middles.
Mary or Jean.
Leisl, Chava, Elsbieta, Petra, Marta and Artemisia
Fellow Petra lover!! So underrated 😍🙌
Stella or Audrey
Claire
Isabelle or Florence
Elodie
Eloise or Alice.
Or, more accurately, a long, terrified scream. These are not my baby-making years 😆
Harriet/Hattie
Saffron/Saffy
Charlotte/Lottie
Matilda/Tilde
Primrose
Bethany
I’m from the UK so possibly not the vibe you’re looking for
Having a daughter in November and planning on Nora for her name :)
I’m currently pregnant with an Olive 🫒
I also love the names Priscilla, Rosemary, LeAnn, and Louise! My first daughter is named Amelia.
Elizabeth, Genevieve, Felicity or Harriet
Current top contenders are Laura or Elizabeth with the middle name Lee as it's a family name we want to pass down.
Take a look at the Social Security Administration website for baby names over the last few years if you want to avoid most popular ones—I did that in 1996 when my first choice was Hanna—it was way too popular! I went with Natasha for my firstborn, and still love it for her, and she’s very happy with it, too. I don’t think she’s ever met another Natasha.
Genevieve
Clara Evelyn. (The latter for my grandmother.)
Seraphina
I'd name her Victoria Marietta.
Lyra or Violet.
Genevieve
Nora June or Jade Eloise
Annabel
Rachel or Leah
Having a baby girl in December and we’re naming her Emery Jane.
Toya, Kiari, Aria, Noa, or Ayana
Eliza
Aubrey
Or AnneMarie (that is a family name though. So I’m sure it doesn’t have the same appeal for others)
Edith or Joanna
We just had our 2nd daughter and likely our last baby 🩷 I live in the same area! Here are some we didn’t use:
Zoey
Maya
Elliott
Marceline
Daphne
Olive
Mia
Allegra
Lilia
Evelyn
Esme
If I lived in an English speaking country (and for you purpose it’s probably most useful to pretend I do ;): Willow
Imogen
Annabelle Grace
Clover!
Seren. It was a character’s name in a book I’ve just read and I really like it
Vivian Rose
Freya or Athena, probably.
If I were solely in charge of this decision, I would name her Caroline or Avery
Rosamund Verity
I had our third daughter 4 days ago, and she’s named Penny (Penelope) Jane. ✨
“…is in my ears and in my eyes” :)
Rosie!
Moira
Eva or Lisa
Iris, Sage, or Mina
Calliope
Mary, Elizabeth, Anne, Grace
Some combination of those names
Halle
Rosalind
Cleo, Emilia, Lily (I know it’s popular, but I love it!)
Viola
Before my husband and I decided we weren't having kids we had agreed a daughter would be name Alethea June
Summer.
Daphne Paige
Iris Margot
Margot Penelope
Margot Zelda
Parker or Katrina or Violet
Nora Elizabeth
natalie, sylvia, or kiera
My favourite is Matilda. Second is Isabelle
Imogen or Daphne
Lucia
Annora
If we have another child, boy or girl, we’ll name them Indigo. It was on our short list for our first baby and is the only other name I’d go with now after giving birth. Plus Indigo sounds good as a sibling pair with her name.
Molly Rose
I have a Lila already. Next daughter would likely be Isobel, Millie or Alice.
Abigail Marceline or Anneliese Ridley❤️
I couldn’t decide between Wren (childhood fave), Florence (longer version of my childhood fave), Clara or Tate (honor names), more gender neutral names like Marlowe, Lark(e) and Sloan(e), or names I just find myself drawn to like Rhodes, Augustine, Rue/Ruthie and Nadine! As you can tell my taste is all over the place 😂
Dorothy and call her Dottie. I know it’s a “grandma name” but I think it’s so freaking cute!