Possible short list of baby girl names

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Possible short list of baby girl names
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Fri, 05-25-2007 - 11:14pm

Opinions, please! DH will not discuss names with me for another few weeks so I need some good FN. MN combos to present to him to narrow things down. He does not make decisions well, and narrowing things down tends to help him a lot.

I have put stars next to the names which are family names. They are all from DH's family since my DD, Claire Elise's MN is somewhat after my Grandma Elisabeth.

Audrey Charlotte*
Audrey Hélène*
Audrey Madeleine*
Audrey Maura*
Audrey Susana*
Maura* Hélène*
Maura* Geneviève
Maura* Sophie
Maura* Phoebe*

In case you're interested in the namesakes, Charlotte is after my FIL Charles, Hélène is after DH's maternal grandma Helen (I have also considered Elinor/Eleanor or Ellen after her), Madeleine is a great-aunt on DH's dad's side, Maura is DH's great-aunt on his mom's side (Helen's sister), Phoebe is also a great-aunt on DH's mom's side (Helen's other sister). Since Helen, Maura and Phoebe were sisters, I find it a bit wierd to have both names after them, as in Maura Hélène or Maura Phoebe. Helen's MN was Margaret which I'm not crazy about but which might work with Audrey.

At this point before discussing with DH (He won't discuss it with me until after my U/S June 10th when we will not even be finding out the sex!) my personal favourite is Audrey Hélène. I also like Audrey Maura but I'm worried it's too repetitive-sounding.

I wish Maura Amélie worked but it's hard with the repeating A!

Even if you just picked one MN for each name that would help because then I can say to him: "Which do you like better Audrey _ or Maura _."

TIA!

Steph

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Fri, 05-25-2007 - 11:34pm

Goody, Steph! I love your lists. ;)


My favorite combo overall is easily Maura Geneviève (though that might not be fair, because I think I may have suggested it LOL). Maura Hélène would have been my second choice -- somewhat depending on which pronunciation you'd use, per a previous thread


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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 12:15am

Thanks for the quick reply! I knew I could count on your opinion.

Steph

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 1:00am
As always. ;) And lucky for you, my "weekend" doesn't begin until Monday ... so here I am. LOL

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 4:16pm

I think both Audrey and Maura are great.

These are my clear favorites for each:

Audrey Charlotte*
Maura* Geneviève

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 7:06pm

Hmm...seems to be a consensus so far..

Anyone else?

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 9:08pm

I really love Audrey Charlotte and Maura Geneviève. I am hearing Audrey more and more these days -- it's moved up to #68 on the SS chart, but Maura is way up at #922 (Wow! 922!!) So, if popularity is an issue for you at all, perhaps Maura would be the best choice!

All the names are lovely though - you can't go wrong.

Best of luck!

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 10:42pm

I like:

Audrey Hélène*
Maura* Geneviève
or Audrey Margaret

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Sat, 05-26-2007 - 11:12pm

Claire Elise

Audrey Charlotte & Maura Genevieve are my favorites.
Audrey Hélène is nice also.

Good luck.

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Sun, 05-27-2007 - 11:02am

#68 doesn't bother me. I'm aiming for out of the top 25. In my province there were only 23 Audreys born last year. There were only 2 Mauras. The year my DD was born there were 60 Claires born and we haven't run into any other Claires her age. So either Audrey or Maura is unusual enough for me.

Steph




Edited 5/27/2007 11:04 am ET by rickssteph
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Sun, 05-27-2007 - 11:06am
Margaret as another option to honour DH's gmother! Good idea.
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