Looking for girl name suggestions

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Hey all, I'm 9.5 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child (due July 22 2007).  Our other two children are Maylie (almost 4 yrs) and Greg (26 mos old).

I know it's still early but I'm in a quandry because I found the "perfect" girl name and used it on Maylie and can't come up with a girl name I like for this one.  Obviously my hubby and I need to agree on a name, but I want to have a name (or several) in mind to discuss.

Basically I like names that are unusual but not weird sounding.  I get compliments on Maylie's name all the time that it's pretty and they haven't heard it before. (although there's only the random mispronounciations like my father-in-law was calling her "may-LEE" for the longest time when it's "MAY-lee".  I spelled it that way because people could remember how to spell it, and I think -ie is less pretentious than -ee or -eigh or other variations.

And our son's name is more of a family name... not one I would've chosen but my husband got to name Greg since I got to name Maylie.  But we BOTH get to name this one (or at least agree on one).  My husband likes "Samantha" but his brother's name is Sam and I don't want 2 Sam's in the family.  He also likes Virginia (nickname Ginny) because that's his late grandmother's name but it doesn't sound that great with our last name (Narotski), although it's better than Samantha (which is also WAY too popular for my tastes).  I do have a few boys names I like so just need suggestions for girl names...

So does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Criteria:
1. Can't be too popular.
2. Can't start with M (we have too many M names in our family)
3. Can't rhyme or sound similar to Bill, Greg, Dianna, or Maylie (so no Jill, Brianna, Bayley, Maggie, etc)
4. Can't end with an N (mushes together with the last name).
5. I prefer names of one or two syllables or easily nicknamable.
6. I'd like people (including me!)  to think "oh that's pretty" when they hear it (and not "oh that's weird")

(cross posted to pregnant)

Comments

[ginky.livejournal.com]

Amy's a good name.

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Amy Merritt Narotski?? PERFECT!!
lolz

[primarycolor.livejournal.com]

Alysha but I go by Ally

:) it's my name and I love it

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Ada
Adele
Adia
Brenna
Calista
Danika
Daphne
Delia
Delphine
Elsa
Freya
Ivy
Kaia
Lana
Laurel
Linnea
Naomi
Rio
Sadie
Tabitha
Talia
Tamsin
Vanessa
Zinnia

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Laurel
Juliet

[selador.livejournal.com]

celeste
adrienne

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Maylie...unusual.
My friend is Haylie so it looks like a typo to me...

Scarlett
Aurelia
Cecelia
Cicely/Cicily
Esme
Hope
Isla/Ayla (eye-luh)
Kezia
Noelle
Phoebe
Sasha

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Most people hear it I think before they see it written. I originally saw it on some name list I can't find anymore, spelled Meili and I really liked it but with our last name there was no way I could give a child an unspellable name (people need our last name spelled OVER and OVER again and then still don't get it right).

I've been thinking "maybe" about Cecelia (nn Ceci) or Sasha, not OMG THAT'S IT! but kind of "ehhh MAYBE". I used to like the name Ayla from Clan of the Cave bear when I was in high school. But it sounds a bit too much like Maylie anyway. I like the name Aurelie (french name) but no American could possibly pronounce it right, and it's kind of long with no good nickname. I also kind of like the name Chantal but again, don't think it would get pronounced right...

[anapology.livejournal.com]

that's a shame Aurelie is beautiful. Aurelia is french too, i guess it's all derived from the same name. It's the French woman's name in Love Actually.. like Amelia (a favourite of mine but too popular in england) What about Aurielle? That seems easier to pronounce as it's sort of like Ariel the mermaid but more Or-ee-el. i ♥ France!
Cecelia is adorable, i like Ceci :-) Ayla is pronounced eye-luh so I don't think it's too like Maylie..is you spell it Isla.

I don't like Chantel. It's been turned into a bit of a cheap name over here.. strippers have the name Chantelle.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

Cecelia is a great name too. It was on my list for a Kira name, but Daniel just sang "oh Cecelia, you're breaking my heart!" every time I mentioned it. :P I have a cousin named Cecily, which is similar but not reminiscent of the simon and garfunkel song.

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

I had the perfect name picked out for my son, Benjamin David, then I realized that BS might get him made fun of in middle school so we settled for Erik Benjamin. With our baby on the way we racked our brains before deciding on Tristan for the boy name.

I love Samantha. My cousin is Samantha and her nickname is Mantha.
Sarah
Rebecca
Allison
Amy (I saw someone already suggested it)

[firsttimemamma.livejournal.com]

Enid?

[babycarealot.livejournal.com]

I have a 9yr old daughter named Veda.
Pronounced "Vay-duh"

Thats not too popular and is a little "unusual"
Doesn't start with an M.
& is pretty without being weird.

[kthartline.livejournal.com]

Wow. I really like that!

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

Wasn't the girl in "My Girl" named Veda/Vada? *racks memories of early '90s childhood*

[babycarealot.livejournal.com]

Thats actually where I got the idea. I just spelt Veda with an e rather than an a.

[super-bitch06.livejournal.com]

Aww I love the name Vada. I want to use it so bad, but I wouldn't want the connotation. Not that it's a bad one, I just don't want to ever look at my kid and think "My Girl"... yeah, lol. Beautiful name, though :)

[paganpiratemama.livejournal.com]

We're naming our daughter that. Possibly as a first name, but definitely at least her middle name. Does she get the "Darth Veda" comments?

[mayna.livejournal.com]

That's the first thing that came to mind when I heard that name...

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

Natalia? I think Natalia Narotski has a nice ring to it...

(BTW, I peeked at your profile page...your kids are so freakin' cute!)

[cathblue7.livejournal.com]

Delaney! ;)

[sorqaqtani.livejournal.com]

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[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

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Talia
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[kwpdb8.livejournal.com]

I love you for loving Judith. It's one of my favorite names, ever.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

My name is Coriel, pronounced cor-EE-el... like Corie with El added on to it. I get called Cori and Ellie or El but I prefer Riel.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

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