Girls name feedback (our list)

[Anonymous]

on your list I like Ginny, Molly, and Daisy/Margaret. My favorite is actually Ginny but I don’t like Virginia. I think you’d have to be fine w any nicknames/full names because there will always be someone who will try to use the nickname or full name even if that’s not your preference (like I had a friend Elizabeth who went by Liza but throughout school lots of teachers and coaches and even some kids would call her Elizabeth which annoyed her. And I have another friend Samantha who goes by just Samantha but people are always calling her Sam/Sammy which she hates)

But every name has its issues and people will inevitably mess your name up at some point no matter what.

That said, I don’t think most people would nickname Miranda Randy. I think Mira would be a more common/natural nickname for Miranda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Names that sort of go with your list:

Isadora (nn Izzy)
Delilah
Morgan
Meredith
Megan

Ooh I love Meredith. Its an m name Op

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the feedback so far!

Meredith was on one of my lists but vetoed by my DH because he claims he's never heard it before (??? sometimes I think he's an alien) and it sounds to his ear like "Merry-Death." We both get full veto power so it's out, and also now I'll never see that name without thinking Merry-Death, I guess. Thanks, DH.

I do like Megan, though! I will test it out with him. Do people have spelling/pronunciation thoughts on that one? Meghan? Megan? Meagan?

Also, wildcard, but the name Megan made me think of Brooke, which I like. Thoughts on that?

[Anonymous]

I love Maxine and think it’s due for a comeback. It was the character on stranger things. Max is always a cute nickname too.

Meredith or Marianne are both very nice too.

[Anonymous]

Megan is just a bit dated and sounds like a mom name now. It’s nice but it really got overused in the mid 80s. There’s 4 just in my book group of early 30s women.

I’d push back on Meredith with your dh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the feedback so far!

Meredith was on one of my lists but vetoed by my DH because he claims he's never heard it before (??? sometimes I think he's an alien) and it sounds to his ear like "Merry-Death." We both get full veto power so it's out, and also now I'll never see that name without thinking Merry-Death, I guess. Thanks, DH.

I do like Megan, though! I will test it out with him. Do people have spelling/pronunciation thoughts on that one? Meghan? Megan? Meagan?

Also, wildcard, but the name Megan made me think of Brooke, which I like. Thoughts on that?

Brooke is pretty; so is Megan. Megan. DO NOT go with Meagan. Meghan is better than Meagan but worse than Megan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the feedback so far!

Meredith was on one of my lists but vetoed by my DH because he claims he's never heard it before (??? sometimes I think he's an alien) and it sounds to his ear like "Merry-Death." We both get full veto power so it's out, and also now I'll never see that name without thinking Merry-Death, I guess. Thanks, DH.

I do like Megan, though! I will test it out with him. Do people have spelling/pronunciation thoughts on that one? Meghan? Megan? Meagan?

Also, wildcard, but the name Megan made me think of Brooke, which I like. Thoughts on that?

Brooke is pretty; so is Megan. Megan. DO NOT go with Meagan. Meghan is better than Meagan but worse than Megan.

I don’t love Brooke. I think Meghan is the most intuitive spelling for me, then Megan. Meagan looks unexpected to me.

[Anonymous]

I know a baby Maxine, but she is french. All the other Maxines in my life are 60+ year old ladies from NYC.

[Anonymous]

Miranda is lovely. I don’t think you need to worry about nicknames

[Anonymous]

I’d like to rule out Calliope - it was the name of the character in Middlesex - whose childhood was completely messed up.
Callie is a cute nickname though. Can we put more names on the list for consideration? Calista? What about Calla? Melinda? Pamela? Tamara? Trying to stay in the ballpark here.

[Anonymous]

I have a molly and love it.

Others that are coming back- Millie and Mabel.

[Anonymous]

Miranda is fine without a nickname and you can use Mira as the nickname if you need to her ahead of one.

I prefer Ginevra or Geneva if you want the nickname Ginny.

Molly is a nickname, I can’t get past that, but I love the name!!!

[Anonymous]

My favorites from your list are Daphne and Miranda. One consideration is how the first name sounds with the last name. I read somewhere that when the first and last name have at least one repeating sound that the full names rates more favorably on novel audiences (future employers, teachers, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a rough list of names we've come up with that neither person has vetoed. It's kind of all over the map. Would like feedback (associations, like/dislike, etc.) just to get a sense of how these names might be received. We don't want to tell friends or family about names we're considering because we made that mistake last time and people were really annoying about it. So trying to use DCUM to get that same kind of feedback, but from strangers instead of my mom or our friends, who were sometimes hypercritical or kept trying to push certain names/nicknames on us and just pestered us too much. TIA!

The list:

Rhiannon
Daisy (maybe on its own, maybe as nickname for Margaret)
Maxine
Molly
Virginia, nn Ginny
Daphne
Thea, maybe Theodora as a full name
Calliope, nn Callie
Miranda (no nickname, and we actively dislike Randy as a nn so nervous about this one though we really like it)
Michaela

Also open to suggestions. Only parameters are: no names that start with a vowel, the first initial "M" would be nice but we aren't restricting ourselves to that. Also open to middle name suggestions because we have absolutely no idea!

From those names, I like Molly & Miranda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the feedback so far!

Meredith was on one of my lists but vetoed by my DH because he claims he's never heard it before (??? sometimes I think he's an alien) and it sounds to his ear like "Merry-Death." We both get full veto power so it's out, and also now I'll never see that name without thinking Merry-Death, I guess. Thanks, DH.

I do like Megan, though! I will test it out with him. Do people have spelling/pronunciation thoughts on that one? Meghan? Megan? Meagan?

Also, wildcard, but the name Megan made me think of Brooke, which I like. Thoughts on that?

At first, I thought we just had different taste bc the only name I like from your list is Molly. I actually love Molly and have no issue with the “it’s a nickname” idea, I am a person who feels strongly about nn names bc I hate my full name and have used my nn my whole life, wish it was just my name.

But then Megan is another of my favorites. I also love Morgan. I have a Reagan (rhymes with Megan) and wish I had used one of these two instead. I am a big fan of the Megan spelling and common pronunciation.

I like Brooke fine. Love Brynn if that falls in line for you.