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Neither DH or I will get our first choice of girls' names...help us on a second choice!
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Anonymous
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I met a little French girl whose name was Agnes (pronounced ON YES). Loved it!
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Anonymous
| Audrey - inspired by 'my fair lady'. |
Anonymous
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Justine or Justina.
Sonja. |
Anonymous
| OMG thank god I saw this thread! (ha ha). But seriously, DH and I were going to name our child Amelia if it were a girl, thinking it was a rare choice. And it turns out it was number one in the country!!!!!!! We would have been disappointed to have gone with a common name. I liked Amelia because of the nod to Amelia Earhart, not because I'd heard it elsewhere. Gosh, I haven't heard of one other Amelia, but I guess I must have my head buried! |
Anonymous
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The ones that I think are very similar or a "combo" of your two favorites (Emma, Amelia, Ella) are pretty popular.
Some other options: Annelise Eliza Lila Amirah Elise Elena |
Anonymous
The babycenter.com list did not have Amelia in the top 10, it was #57. Maybe it was a typo in the WP 1 Isabella 2 Sophia 3 Emma 4 Olivia 5 Ava 6 Madison 7 Madelyn 8 Chloe 9 Lily 10 Addison |
Anonymous
| My mom's name is Amelia (named after her grandmother) and she HATED it growing up, amongst all the Lindas and Barbaras and Kathies. Now, she's hearing it in public places more and more and it's kind of freaking her out... she goes by a nickname, and was only ever called Amelia when she was in trouble. I have to giggle at the mental image of my 60ish mother in the Dollar Store, hearing her own name in an exasperated maternal tone, and being transported right back to her childhood! |
Anonymous
Unfortunately we're not in France, so everyone will call her Agnes (pronounced AG-NES). |
Anonymous
| Wow, that's a shocker. My mother and I are both named for our grandmothers, and they were named for their grandmothers. And both our names are currently in the top 10! So there's a little proof that in some families, anyway, we mean it when we say our trendy names are timeless/classic/family names! |
Anonymous
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I like:
Lisa Sharon Jeanette |
Anonymous
| my friend had a baby girl yeterday and named her jovian, and for short, jovie |
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I love Elise. Reminds me of the Christopher Reeve movie, Somewhere in Time. Jane Seymour played Elise McKenna. Classic, not overused and so pretty. |
Anonymous
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Amelia is a lovely name, although I would check the trends here. You can see how a name is growing in popularity over the past several years:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/ Also check out the Baby Name Wizard for some fun: http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/advanced-name-finder Another good site: http://nameberry.com/ How about Susannah? Tons of great nicknames, classic, not overused at all? |
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Mom to a three week old Elena here, so clearly I like that name. 
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| Emilia. |