[identity profile] nobutterflies.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames

 Hi there! I am expecting a baby (sex unknown) in 5 weeks, and my husband and I are having a hard time agreeing on any girl names. I don't want to go with too 'classic' names--the reason being that my parents probably thought mine was classic, but I often get, "Ooh you have a pretty name; that's my mother's name!" from people who are sometimes decades older than me! :/ Nor do I like the trendy names that are popular these days, such as boy names for girls and 'creatively' spelled names.

Here are the only names that we even come close to agreeing on:

  • Brontë
  • Emmeline

Do you like one, both, or neither?

Edit: Thanks for all of the replies thus far. I'm probably more undecided than ever. :) I'm also rather surprised that Emmeline is popular...I don't even know any! I just read it in a Thomas Hardy book and thought it nice. I should probably get my nose out of old books to think of more names.

Edit #2: Is Brontë really that obvious? I think I assumed that most people would not get the reference. Maybe it's because I don't many readers--it's not that I think people are ignorant. Also, I like/love all the Brontë sisters, and it seems kind of romantic to have a name that refers to all of them. It's not vanity...I don't care what people think about me (i.e., via my kids' names), if that makes sense... I wouldn't choose just some random literary name--there has to be a reason for it.
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