Girls names - help!

[Grotty]

Amaury (a-ma-ree)

[sandy_rose]

We've just had a little boy. I think we had three boys names we liked and about 20 girls names, here are a few off the list:

Sigrid

Greta (recently met a Margaret in the playground and thought that was quite cute!)

Clementine

Maple

Audrey

Elsa

Antonia

Martha

Flora

Alma

Matilda

Svea

Am secretly hoping we'll have another girl just so that I can use a few of the names on the list!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Roscoe

[jacqueline25]

Have loved the name Nikita for 24 years wanted it for my daughter, never won shes alexandra which was my second choice.

[dulwichgirl2]

Alexandra, Christina, Clementine, Emma, Jocelyn, Theadora and Dorothea (useful for twins - joke??!!)

Lots of Lovedays around which surprises me as I had not heard of it till two years ago.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Hope its ok to post here. Always liked the name Aisla for a girl.

[Inkmaiden]

I loved Aurelia, Inkman did not...

[Saffron]

We're looking to add another middle name to Little Saff's name (long story). We won't bother ammending the birth cert, and you don't have to have a deed poll in the UK (as confirmed by the Southwark Register who said names can be leagally changed through usage in this country). Sooo, we're simply going to add the additional middle name when we apply for passports.

I want a girl's name to start with H or B. This will sit phonetically well with the rest of her name. It's no holds barred on style or origin. Unusual names welcome.

So far I have Beatrix (Latin), Berwyn (Celtic/Old English), and Halima (Swahili - DH spent time in Tanzania/Zanzibar)

Any more B's or H's anyone???

[Fmm]

Bellatrix? It means strong/ warrior woman.

[bluesuperted]

But she's so awful in Harry Potter!!!

Why I love the name Iago or Jago but could never use it - couldn't bear my child to have such an evil literary twin!

[bluesuperted]

On H and B note, I like:

Hermione (yup Potter fan)

Hermia

Hero (mild Shakespeare theme emerging!)

Halina (variant of Halima, my friend called this is Polish)

Hettie

Belle (but depends on first name)

Bunty (don't think I'd use it but I find it really sweet)

Bonnie (ditto)

Funnily enough I don't think any H or B names feature on my lists!

[GSJ57]

Hanna

Hadley/Hadleigh

Bella

Brogan - a friend of mine has a Brogan .... the only one I've ever come across!

[Helen GV]

From kiwi land..

Hine (meaning girl) pronounced hinay

Hinemoa pronounced hinaymowa (a woman of legend: http://www.nzmaoritourism.com/Maori-in-Tourism-Rotorua/Hinemoa-Tutanekai_IDL=1_IDT=2288_ID=13314_.html)

[simonethebeaver]

I love, love, love Hero but MrBeaver said a firm no. I was a bit relieved though as Myleene Klass used it shortly before my daughter was born and then I'd have had to decide whether to look like I was copying her!

I also have an Edith and am interested to hear how many are out there. It's still pretty uncommon on a national level so there must be a local concentration.

Our other names (mostly nixed by the other half) were:

Laurie

Aurelia

Dorothea

Helena

Elsie

Clemency

Margaret

Claudia

[susyp]

a friend has a daughter called Cecily which I like.

dont go for lily - lovely but there are millions of them around in preschool!

suspx

[Norfolkvillas]

Ooh, a second wind for this thread! Lovely! So for Saffron, here are some H and B middle name suggestions from my long list, as I reckon I now seriously owe the forum for all the suggestions above:

Bay

Blossom

Betty / Betsy / Betsie

Bonnie

Holland

Harper

Harmony

Honor / Honour

Harriet

Hattie

Honey

[Mrs_Glennie]

Yes, Edith wasn't in the recent top 100 girls names, although all the other names used by my NCT group were!

When introducing my Edith/Edie to someone locally they asked if I'd named her after E.D. ie. East Dulwich!!!!

For H and B names, I like:

Bella

Betty

Beatrice

Bonnie

Hattie

Harper (was one of our top names until VBeckham poached it!)

Holly

simonethebeaver Wrote:

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> I love, love, love Hero but MrBeaver said a firm

> no. I was a bit relieved though as Myleene Klass

> used it shortly before my daughter was born and

> then I'd have had to decide whether to look like I

> was copying her!

>

> I also have an Edith and am interested to hear how

> many are out there. It's still pretty uncommon on

> a national level so there must be a local

> concentration.

>

> Our other names (mostly nixed by the other half)

> were:

>

> Laurie

> Aurelia

> Dorothea

> Helena

> Elsie

> Clemency

> Margaret

> Claudia

[Fuschia]

Not a h or a b

But Tui (nz bird)

Tully

Clementine

[Saffron]

I had Clementine and Hero on my original list of first names! (But Mr Saff nixed them both - boo.)

I like the antipodean names. :)

[Fuschia]

Brigid

[Fuschia]

Hallie

Hana

Hester

[sunbob]

Edith is one of our 2009 born daughter's middle names.

[Fuschia]

Belladonna

Bethan

Blythe

Belinda

[simonethebeaver]

I love the idea of naming her after East Dulwich! And I noticed too that it was the only NCT name not in the top 100. I bet it'll get there soon.

Our Edith is more often Edith than Edie though. It suits her more.

I love Hester.

[lucyA1308]

Iris

Evelyn

Tabitha

Mathilda

Millie

Maddie