Girl Names

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

I'm having a baby in April and, although I don't know the sex yet, I'm having a damn hard time coming up with girl names. All my life I had a huge list of girl names that I liked and little to no boy names. Now, here I am with my boy name pretty much decided and very little in the way of girl names. I dunno. I'm really frustrated. I know I still have 7 months to decide but I don't necessarily want to leave it until the last minute.

Here is my very short list of girl names (none of which I LOVE though):
Carmen/Carmela
Cecily
Isobel
Maile
Piper

Right now I'm undecided if I'll give the baby my last name or the father's last name but it will either be Trenholm or MacEachern.

Suggestions?!?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I really love Carmen and Isobel.

Browse the community, look at people's lists on babynames.com. I can't really give you suggestions because everyone is different. I'd just look around, and try to find some names you like.

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess that's really all I can do, eh? There are lots of names I like but nothing that I love. I just wish something would jump out at me already! Picking my boy name was so incredibly easy, it's simply not fair! :( haha

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I'm not expecting anytime soon but I agree that it's easier for me to pick out a boy's name compared to a girl!

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

I don't actually HAVE a boy, but if this baby is a boy his name will likely be Jackson Miles (Trenholm/MacEachern).

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[venicecalling.livejournal.com]

with last names like that, i KNEW you had to be in nova scotia!!! :D

Re: ot

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

Are you in NS also?

Re: ot

[venicecalling.livejournal.com]

not anymore, but i'm from there :)

Re: ot

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

Nice! Where are you living now?

Re: ot

[venicecalling.livejournal.com]

just outside of montreal, quebec!

Re: ot

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

I lived in Montreal for 2 years after high school. I miss it dearly but not speaking french makes it hard to find a job. How long have you been there?

Re: ot

[venicecalling.livejournal.com]

i work for a small firm and almost everything is in english, i feel very lucky! i've been here for a few years now :)

Re: ot

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

Lucky! I deal with the public in my profession, so I pretty much had to speak french to land a decent job.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I'll list some of my favourites which sort of match your list and you can see if anything jumps out at you =)

Alana
Alexa (Lexie)
Aleia (ah-lay-uh)
Ariana
Avriana
Elodie
Evie
Estelle
Layla
Libby
Phoebe
Summer
Skye
Teagan
Freya
Scarlett
Liliana
Macy
Georgia
Keilana (key-lah-nuh)

[x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com]

i put your list of girl's names into nymbler and picked some names from the results that i thought were pretty.

Victoria
Claudia
Caroline
Camilla
Madeleine
Marina
Eliza
Anna
Elena
Molly
Maya
Gabriella
Cecilia
Mahalia
Josephine

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I like Maile or Piper.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I absolutely live Maile.

Carmen Isobel could be a really good combo. I also like Piper and you could always go with a cutesie nickname like 'Pipi' or something, lol.

Some other ideas:
Vanessa Carmela
Rhiannon Carmela
Victoria Carmela
Gabrielle Maile
Cassidy Isobel
Cassandra Carmela
Madison Carmela

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Cambria
Eliana
Paige
Maleah
Janessa
Genevieve
Sienna
Parker
Quinn
Carys
Liana


Congrats!!!

[mykissmightkill.livejournal.com]

hmm Piper is nice. I prefer Carmella over Carmela. but thats because its how my mom's, and her mom's name is spelled lol.
Heres some other girls name that i like that maybe youll have luck with :)

Tess or Tessa
Aurelia
Emma
Moira
Renee
Elaina
Leah
Callie

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Piper! That's my favorite on your list. Isobel is really nice too though.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

If it's any help, if you're not married, I recommend just giving the baby your last name. I gave my son my ex's last name when he was born, and I deeply regret it now. I think he hates it that he's the odd man out, my husband, I, and the new baby will all have the same last name, and he won't. Since my ex is a douche, he won't let me legally change it back from his to my husbands. Plus, I HATE being called Mrs. (ex's last name) with a passion. Just a tid-bit of advice :)

Of your list, I'm only loving Piper. Way cute. The others, not so much. I feel your pain, this time, I am only interested in girls names. I have no ideas or interest in boys names. Though, I was like that with my son. I knew exactly what I was having and what I was going to name him. I hope that's the case this time, I seriously can't find a boys name that does it for me! I'm so screwed if it's not a girl.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i agree with you, i also gave my son my ex's last name- i was under extreme pressure to do so- & now also regret it! i was with my boyfriend for years, so i just assumed we'd get married & all that stuff... but things just didn't work out as planned :\

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Love Cecily. The others aren't bad either. May I suggest..

Davina
Helena
Sophia
Alexandria
Marina
Juliana
Zara
Margaret
Elizabeth
Victoria
Edith
Dorothea
Eugenie
Anastasia

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

isobel is such a great name.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I like Cecily, Isobel, and Carmen. I don't like Carmela, Maile, or Piper. Especially Piper. It sounds so silly.

Here are some names I like:

Norah
Margaret (nickname: Meg, but you could go with Maggie)
Camilla
Rosalie
Irene
Tessa
Jane

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Cecily/Cicily-I think it's a really underated pretty name (which is good in baby name land!)
Carmen/Carmela- I definitely prefer Carmela. What about Camilla?
Isobel- Pretty but very popular.
Maile- Eh, a bit eh.
Piper- Too unisex.