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My husband and I just found out that we are having a girl (due in February), but can't come up with names. We'd like something different, not too unique, but we don't want there to be 25 other little girls with the same name. Unfortunately, the only names we can agree on so far are common ones:

Sophia
Olivia

He also likes Sienna, which I like, but I'm not a fan of the meaning.

Other names I like:
Mina
Avery

Not sure what the middle name will be yet. I might possibly be adding another Marie tally to the middle names of the world, but it's my grandmother's first name, my mother's middle name (first girl), and my middle name (first girl), so I'd like to continue that.

Any suggestions?

If it helps, our last name is Norman =]

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How about considering other three syllable names that have an "oh" sound and end in the feminine -a. Sophia and Olivia really are common to the point of boring.

Odessa
Fiona
Joella
Ramona

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Amelia
Phoebe
Georgia
Lydia
Adeline
Sadie
Cordelia
Clara
Hazel
Layla
Selina
Adelaide
Darby
Maya
Alice
Alexa
Ivy
Maeve

(I second Fiona, it's on my list.)

I'd go with a name you both really like instead of worrying about how popular it is. Heck, it might not even turn up in your kid's school - I was born in 1983, and in my entire school career I only ever had one Jennifer and one Ashley in my grade.

Second this!

I love Sophia (though I prefer Sophie) and Olivia! They're so pretty.

I prefer Sophie too, but I thought Sophie Marie would be too much.

lol yeah that's true...
I wanted to kill my SIL when she decided to name my niece "Julia Katrina"

Dahlia
Neve
Saffron
Veronica
Zara
Evangeline
Emmeline
Ivy
Greta

Maybe you should find a name that's like, another form of Marie. That way it'd still be special, and you'd know, but it wouldn't be another middle name Marie.

From those names, I like Mina the most, just because it's not so common and trendy. Other suggestions are Eliza, Amelia, Lenora, Rowena, Johanna, Caroline/a, Moira, Matilda, Acacia and I second Ramona.

Trouble is, I can't think of another form. Her middle name is Antoinette (she was born in 1940, what can I say?) but I don't think that will work.

Somebody had a post on here a couple of days ago, and they had a link to a website with all these different forms of a name that they liked. I don't actually know how reliable it is, but if it is, there seems to be a lot: : http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=marie . I like Antoinette a lot more than Marie actually; it's so much more distinct.

And wait, her name was Marie Antoinette?

Yes, her name was Marie Antoinette - Her mother was born in 1900 and her name was Mary so that's where the Marie came from I think.

Thanks for that link, I will check it out! I love Antoinette a lot more too, but it doesn't go with a lot of names.

Hehehe, Sophie and Olivia is a sibset in The Holiday... although I guess that's a spoiler.

Sophia and Olivia may be on the popular side (ranked 6 & 7 respectively on the 2007 SSA), but they're pretty names. I definitely wouldn't use Marie with either, just because of the aspect of popularity. If you were to pick a less common first name, like Olive (999), Sky (995), or Delia (989) I would say go for Marie as the middle.

You know, I love that movie and actually never noticed that!

I'm only using Marie because it's my grandmother's name and this will be her first great grandchild and I want to honor her, otherwise I wouldn't use it.

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