struggling with a girls name

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Registered: 11-22-2007
struggling with a girls name
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Wed, 04-02-2008 - 11:15am

I am really struggling with a girls name this time around.

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 11:36am

I like Sydney, Saige and Zoe -- probably in that order.


I don't think Sydney is all that popular here -- I only know one, and she's in her 30s. I've always loved the name.

If you want to avoid popular - Peyton is definitely on the rise, for both girls and boys. Emerson not as much, but I have heard it mentioned a lot more recently.

Quincy, I just think Quincy Jones or Quincy, M.D. (the old TV show), so I can't get my head around it for a girl.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 03-14-2008
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 11:38am

Emerson:

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Registered: 11-22-2007
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 11:44am
Had to laugh at two of your suggestions.
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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 12:24pm

I like Saige and Zoe the most of your choices


I have two granddaughters and am around a lot of children all the time, I come across no Zoe's. it's not a 4-to-a-class kinda name.


I come across a lot of Sydneys and Samanthas


I only know 1 little girl Peyton, but I agree it's kinda rhymey with Nathan - it is one of the very few unisex names that I like though


Emerson and Ellliott are still too boy for me and Quincy is really all boy, I've never even known that to be unisex


how about Piper - I hear it occasionally, is not overly popular, has a unisex feel although I only hear it used on girls


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 12:37pm

I really think you need to elimante Quincy, Elliott, and Emerson as I LOVE them all on boys and would hate to see them on a girl. Peyton is too trendy. Samantha is pretty popular, but more so with teenagers and preteens, I find. I really like Zoe and Sage for you. I have only met one Zoe in my life who is 13years old. I don't think Zoey 101 will make the name popular at all. Sage is very pretty. My only suggestion is to stop picking boy names! If I heard Nathan, Maxwell, Reese, and Elliott (or Emerson or Quincy)


                             
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Registered: 04-01-2008
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 2:01pm

Elliot would be a boys name to me no matter where you lived. I am not into the new trend of using boys names on girls. I think down the road to wedding invitatins and see Elliot and John or something ... kwim? Not trying to hurt your feelings just trying to point out what others might think as well.


Your other names are very nice though if you dont want super trendy Peyton is on another rise in popularity.


Saige or Sage I think some would think of the seasoning.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 4:30pm

I think Emerson is on its way to becoming the next Madison - it seems like I'm hearing it more and more now.

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Registered: 12-31-2007
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 4:38pm

I love Sydney & Zoe from your choices!

How about:
Nathan, Maxwell, Reese & Morgan
Nathan, Maxwell, Reese & Laine
Nathan, Maxwell, Reese & Brynn
Nathan, Maxwell, Reese & Dylan
Nathan, Maxwell, Reese & Ashlyn

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Registered: 04-02-2008
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 5:51pm
Quincy is perfect...its not too trendy and it's really cute as a girls name!