Names - Post Feminine

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Oi. I'm expecting and my partner and I are having a very hard time with names. I'd LOVE opinions and even suggestions that may pop up as you read our current ideas.

Last name will be: Talib (TAH-lib)

♀ (first names)
Yasmin (yas-MEEN)
Yasmina (yas-MEEN-ah)
Meera (w/ mn Meera Mariya (MAH-dee-yah) )
Sahra (SAH-rah)
Sfiyah/Safia (sah-FEE-yah)
Catherine
Neva (NAY-vah or NEE-vah)
Lily
Emma
Shamima (shah-MEE-mah)

♀ (middle names)
Mariya (MAH-dee-yah)
Grace
Gayle
Chena (CHEE-nah)
Neah (NEE-ah)
Alexandra

Comments

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Last name will be: Talib (TAH-lib)

♀ (first names)
Yasmin (yas-MEEN)-I like the pronunciation but I like the spelling better when it's Yasmine
Yasmina (yas-MEEN-ah)-pretty, this is the name of my best friend's belly dance teacher
Meera (w/ mn Meera Mariya (MAH-dee-yah) )-The pronunciation is fine but I don't like the spelling
Sahra (SAH-rah)-pretty, but I like Zahra SO much better
Sfiyah/Safia (sah-FEE-yah)-it's very pretty spelled Safia
Catherine-not my style and I hate the nick name Cathy
Neva (NAY-vah or NEE-vah)-not my style
Lily-very pretty, I like it alot
Emma-too popular for me
Shamima (shah-MEE-mah)-I don't like this as much as some of your other names

♀ (middle names)
Mariya (MAH-dee-yah)-don't really like it
Grace-could be okay depending on the name your pair it with
Gayle-don't like this so much, makes me think of Dorothy Gayle
Chena (CHEE-nah)-I really don't like this
Neah (NEE-ah)-kind of sweet
Alexandra-this is really too poular for me, I work at a school and there are always at least 3 girls in each class with a variation of this name