Need a name for baby girl!

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Registered: 06-11-2004
Need a name for baby girl!
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Mon, 04-25-2005 - 4:53pm

I need a name for my daughter. I want something that isn't in the top 10 but isn't too too weird, kwim?


I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Gwen but DH doesn't. :( I also love the name Mariah but it just seems too common.


I want a name that I will instantly love like I did with my son, Koby. Here are a few names that are 'okay'


Olivia, Kate, Isabella, McKenna.... that's all I can think of. Any help would be appreciated!!! :)

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Registered: 04-25-2005
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 12:40am
My daughter's name is Tessa. Some other names I love are Blythe, Avery, Quinn & Claire.
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Registered: 10-31-2004
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 1:21am
Diane :)
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Registered: 04-28-2003
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 10:08am

My favorite, not super popular, girl names are:

Lila
Maya
Sabrina
Sadie
Noelle
Delaney
Giselle (love w/ nn Gigi)
Lucy
Bridget
Willa
Piper
Daphne
Fiona
Eliza
Nora (love this as a nn for Eleanor, but that seems too formal next to Koby)
Greta
Stella

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 10:58am

since you liked Kyen for a boy, how about Kyndle (pronounced KIN-dle as in next-of-kin) - the Y gives it a feminine look, a nice alternative to Kendall, which I see as male only, although people use it for girls

I have to agree with hubby on Gwen, it's just really outdated. seems like most people with that name are in the 40s through 60s, maybe a few younger than that, but not many.

here are other names I like that fit your criteria of not in the top 10 but not weird, names you hear and know of but was never a trendy run on them

Aubrey, Amber, Alyssa, Ariel, Brenna, Cara, Corinne, Delaney, Dannah, Erica, Elise/Elyse, Heidi, Hilary, Jocelyn, Jillian, Janna, Johanna, Kyndle, Kara, Kelsey, Larissa or Larisa, Marissa, Mallory, Mackenzie, Maura/Moira, Molly, Natasha, Nina, Paige, Piper, Rayna, Reegan or Raegan, Rhiannon, Sabrina, Sienna, Sierra, Samara, Torri, Teegan or Taegan, Tonya, Tara, Tasha, Whitney.

good luck

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Registered: 04-18-2005
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 10:59am

Your daughter is due on my son's 14th birthday!

I would suggest the following names:

Cecilia
Maureen
Katherine
Rebecca
Evelyn
Patrice
Molly/Mollie
Helen
Marian
Sadie
Nena/Nina

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Registered: 04-01-2003
Tue, 04-26-2005 - 4:00pm
Just to play off your boy names, Linden is a girl's name but is similar to Landon...I believe Lindsay is a derrivation of Linden...