How do you decide on just one??

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Registered: 10-18-2006
How do you decide on just one??
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Thu, 06-28-2007 - 3:54pm

Ok...not pg YET but we do have a boy's name picked out. We still can't decide on a girl's name. We just can't choose one. We like several but can't seem to find a combo that we LOVE and we don't change our mind on. Is that normal? Maybe we think to much about this b/c we have friends that never second guess themselves and name their "children" years before even being conceived!

Here's our list...Can you please help!?!!?
TIA.

Willa
Olivia or Livia (livi)
Charlize (Charli)
Gemma
Grace
Clara/Claire
Annabelle
Rory
Vivian (Vivi)
Evelyn (Evie)
Ruby
Victoria (Tori)
Rumer
Jolie

(poss. nn) not set for sure.

We were leaning towards Gemma Grace w/ nn Gigi but everyone gives us a hard time about gigi and people aren't to sure about Gemma. (We live in the South.)

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Registered: 06-19-2007
Thu, 06-28-2007 - 6:22pm

Firstly, I love Gemma Grace NN Gigi!

How about...
Willa Ruby
Ruby Clara
Ruby Annabelle
Clara Jolie
Annabelle Ruby
Gemma Claire
Grace Jolie
Charlize Rumer
Vivian Rory
Vivian Ruby
Rory Gemma
Rory Claire

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Registered: 06-26-1999
Thu, 06-28-2007 - 7:09pm

Hi there. Great list!

Here are my thoughts:

Willa-I like it. I don't like the fact that the only nn option is 'Willie' though.

Olivia or Livia (livi)-I love Olivia, but it's super popular. Livia just seems sort incomplete.

Charlize (Charli)-That's nms. Charli is actually becoming unessecerly popular for girls these days, & it's really masculine imo.

Gemma-Beautiful. Gemma Grace nn Gigi is too sweet.

Grace-I don't mind Grace, but it's really common. You could always do Grace Genevieve or something to that effect w/the nn of Gigi.

Clara/Claire-Claire is fine. I really like the sweet old-fashioned feeling of Clara.

Annabelle-Aw, very pretty.

Rory-I don't mind Rory for a girl, but prefer it as a nn for Aurora or Lorelei.

Vivian (Vivi)-Pretty nice.

Evelyn (Evie)-I like Evie. I don't love Evelyn, but it's not bad. I prefer Eve or Eva nn Evie.

Ruby-Cute.

Victoria (Tori)-That's nms. I would like Victoria nn Vivi more.

Rumer-No no no.

Jolie-That's not awful, but it's nms.

What's your boy name?

Hope this helps!

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Registered: 02-12-2006
Thu, 06-28-2007 - 11:56pm
I absolutely love Gemma Grace (Gigi)!
Tracy
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Sat, 06-30-2007 - 11:11am

Gemma Grace is adorable, I love it!







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Sun, 07-01-2007 - 9:19pm

My daughter's name is Georgia and we call her Gigi. It was actually because my older daughter couldn't pronounce Georgia when she was born. We've never gotten anything but positive feedback (not that I care what anyone thinks of our family nicknames anyway) about Gigi. It really fits her.
I love Gemma! It was on our list for this baby girl (#3).

You've got a really varied list of names there - my favorites are Annabelle (also on my short list), Clara and Evelyn (these are all really lovely and not terribly popular - though I've seen Annabelle or Annabel mentioned A LOT on here recently - which is why it wasn't our final name choice).

Good luck!
Meg

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Registered: 01-12-2007
Thu, 07-05-2007 - 1:25am

I am not a fan of Gemma but I love Grace!

from your list I really like:

Olivia or Livia (livi)
Grace
Clara/Claire
Annabelle
Rory

Some combos that I like are:

Olivia Grace
Olivia Claire

Grace Olivia
Grace Annabelle

Clara Olivia
Clara Grace
Clara Annabelle

Claire Olivia
Claire Annabelle

Annabelle Olivia
Annabelle Grace
Annabelle Clara
Annabelle Claire

Rory Olivia
Rory Annabelle
Rory Grace
Rory Claire

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Registered: 03-14-2007
Thu, 07-05-2007 - 4:10pm

My favorites (all of them are high on my list--I haven't the slightest idea how you pick just one either) are:

Willa
Gemma
Rory
Ruby

I definitely don't think Gemma or Gigi is odd or strange, and I say if you love it, go for it.

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