Help me choose a name for my baby girl,

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Registered: 11-03-2006
Help me choose a name for my baby girl,
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Fri, 11-03-2006 - 6:21pm

Help me choose a name for my baby girl,



  • Caitlin anna grace
  • Jemima anna grace
  • bethany grace
  • Jemma
  • CADY
  • KATIE


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Registered: 04-28-2003
Fri, 11-03-2006 - 8:35pm
I love the name Gemma, but Jemma looks too much like Jenna to me. My first choice would be Gemma (this spelling), second would be Bethany.
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Registered: 12-09-2005
Fri, 11-03-2006 - 11:12pm

First, I have to ask what the reason is for using both Anna and Grace as mn's? If they are both family names, then I say go for it, if not, I would just choose 1 of them to make things simpler.

Caitlin Anna Grace - Caitlin is pretty, but VERY popular. Good job for picking the correct spelling though :)
Jemima anna grace - LOVE Jemima, but don't like the flow of jemimA Anna as the A's run into one another. Maybe just Jemima Grace or Jemima Grace Anna. I really do love Jemima though, it is unique and underused.
Bethany Grace - Beautiful, so sweet
Jemma - I like this a lot, it is spunky. Also like Gemma spelling
Cady and Katie are both very nicknamey. I would use Cady as a nn for Caitlin or Catherine and Katie as a nn for Katherine or Kaitlin. I prefer Cady or Caitie with Catherine or Caitlin as the full name, but all these names are popular.

-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 8:40am

HI!
your thoughts are very helpful thanks!!

Jemma would be the NN for Jemima (hence the spelling) Jemma that name is heard a lot in england where my husband comes from.

Cady or katie would be just a NN for caitlin.. I love that name although Ive heard its so pop now, Jemima means dove... Jemma means Jewel or Gem. Caitlin means pure

and Bethany is adorable I think too.. but that name means house of figs.

Anna is my Middle Name,

I have another little girl with the name Deborah AnnaBelle We call her AnnaBelle.

Blessings,Debbie

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 8:52am

If Anna is already used in your first daughter's name, I would avoid it in the second daughters name. Does Grace have significance or do you just like it? I would search for a name in your family tree, or choose a name after someone you want to honour (aunt, grandma, friend, sister, etc.) Grace is becoming such a filler mn (the name you use when you can't think of anything else- think Lynn of the 70's)

Now that I know Jemma is a nn for Jemima, I like it even more! It really is beautiful. Caitlin (no matter what the nn) is very popular, so I would scratch it from the list. It is ridiculously popular.

I love Bethany, but if the meaning throws you off then you can probably find something better.

These names have nice meanings:

Carys (care-iss) - to love

Nadia - hope

Karina/Karena/Corinna- pure (a form of Caitlin)

Calista- beautiful

Miranda- admirable

Angela- messenger of God

Gianna- (gee-on-uh)- God is gracious - nn Gigi?

Shaina- God is gracious

Theodora- Gift of God - love this, with nn Dora, Thea, etc.

Since AnnaBelle is a Scottish name, you could go with another Scottish name:

Lorna

Isla - "eye-luh"

Rowan

Ainsley

Greer

Shona- means God is Gracious

HTH
-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 07-13-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 2:29pm

Bethany is really beautiful.

I wouldn't use Jemima if you live in the US. The racial overtones are still too strong in many parts of the country.

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Registered: 10-24-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 3:16pm
Jemima reminds of Maple Syrup. Bethany is too nouveau religious for my taste. I like Cady.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 3:57pm

I voted for Bethany.

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 4:03pm

Simply Bethan can also be related to Elizabeth, if you prefer that meaning.

~Kelli


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Registered: 11-03-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 7:39pm

HI!
just curious are you saying its a black persons Name?

Jemima (jemma) was job's Daughter in the Bible,
also in England its a aristrocrats name chosen for their Daughters.

THANKS!, Debbie

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Registered: 10-21-2006
Sat, 11-04-2006 - 9:45pm

I voted for Bethany Grace, but I must say Jemima nnJemma is very sweet! It is high time that name resurfaced for adorable little girls! (I think for most Brits it primarily has a "Jemima Puddleduck" association, but in the US its long been associated with the name of a syrup. Originally the syrup's character had a "mammy" look to her; however, I believe its been updated to be more acceptable.) Anyway, I would love to consider the name for our #3 but feel its use is still not ready for my context...

I agree with the PPs that JemimA Anna doesn't flow very well. Since Anna means Grace you could look for other names with that same meaning or just use "Grace." Some use it as a filler, but if one is particularly looking for that meaning, what better name to use? (said by a mommy with a daughter named Magdalene Grace (Tower of Grace Prov.18:10))

HTH

Blessings,
Johanna

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