Girl name help

[shashafrash.livejournal.com]

My best friend just found out she is having a girl and her and her husband are stuck on names. Their short list is:
Reagan
McKenna

Rejected names:
Leila
Tatiana
Deidre
Nadia

Any suggestions for them? Bonus points if the name has a boy nickname.

ETA: Are there any names besides Maddison and Madeline/Madelyn that will give the nickname Maddie or Mattie?

Comments

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Charlotte
Melissa
Danielle, Daniella
Samantha
Teresa
Christine, Christina

All I can think about now...

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

Matthea, Matilda/Mathilda/Mathilde

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Charlotte
Marie
Arianna
DeAnna//Diana
Patricia
Violet

For Mattie, Matilda, perhaps?

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Maite, Tessa, Alexandria...

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Matilda? Or the 'proper' spelling of Madelyn: Madeleine.

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

For Mattie? Martha.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

It might be a bit of stretch, but I could see "Mattie" as a nickname for the names Margaret or Martha. I know a ton of Margarets and Marthas and none of them go by their actual names (instead, they go by Maggie, Marty, Mar, Muffy, etc.)

[teababy2.livejournal.com]

I can't stand Reagan and McKenna also sounds like a last name to me. Mati can be a nickname for Mathilda..

[peechee.livejournal.com]

my SIL just named her girl McKenna Nicole, calls her Mac :)

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I like Mattie as a nickname for Matilda. It's cute, but not 'overdone' like Madeline/Maddy are becoming!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

bonus points if the name has a boy nickname?

I can't bring myself to come up with names for this post.

All I have to say is, Madison does not have two d's.

[shashafrash.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it have been easier to just not post a comment then?

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Maybe, I couldn't help it.
It was with a heavy heart that I read the shortlist and criteria.

[shashafrash.livejournal.com]

NOt my taste in names either, I'm just trying to help out a friend.

[alisavalley.livejournal.com]

it's too bad Nadia is rejected. :(

I really like McKenna, but i like it spelled "Makenna" better... so thats another suggestion.

I like the name Rebecca, because it can be nicknamed, Becca, Becky, or Beck which i consider tomboyish.

Also Nicole, they can call her Nick. My little secret though, is i plan on naming one of my future daughters Nicole just so i can call her "Nickle". Silly? Yes. I love it though.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

for mattie, i like mattea.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

Reagan was my daughter's name.

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Veronica or Rhonda (Ron, Ronnie)
Jacqueline (Jack)
Patricia (Pat)
Victoria (Vick)
Corinne (Cori)
Francesca (Frank, Frankie)
Nicole (Nic)
Stephanie (Stevie)
Andrea (Andy)
Allison (Al)
Gabrielle, Gabriella (Gabe)
Imogene (Gene)
Joanna (Jo)
Kylie (Kyle)
Maureen (Mo)
Erica (Eric, Ric, Ricky)
Aurora (Rory)
Shanna (Shane)
Teresa (Terri)
Valerie (Val)

also could go with an unisex name...
Ryan
Jamie (my name... a few people call me James, too)
Glenn
Hunter

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

my thoughts exactly. except i like mattea and i don't really like mattie.