thread: GIRLS NAMES- I need some new ideas...POST YOUR FAVES!

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Mar 2008
    North Northcote
    8,065

    Some of my faves are:

    Mara
    Maya
    manon
    Aneke
    Lila
    Leni

    HTH! and goodluck with the decision! it's never easy i reckon...

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Nov 2009
    Scottish expat living in Geelong
    5,572

    Niamh (irish name, pronounced Neeve)
    Iona
    Isla
    Skye
    Kathryn
    Morag
    Seona (pronounced Shona, Scottish name)
    Eilidh (Scottish name, pronounced Ay-Leigh)

    just a few from across the water you might not have heard of

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jun 2010
    763

    I love

    Holly
    Willow
    Bailey
    Emma
    Sahara
    Acacia

    and of course, Maya (though if i could do it again i would spell it Maia)

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    Melbourne
    4,031

    Tess
    Alice
    Aoife (pronounced eefa) Irish version of Eva
    Erin
    Namila
    Annika

    Good luck with it all.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    5,235

    Apple tree, do you find people mispronounce Maya spelled that way? I love it that way, but thought people would mix it up and say May-a instead of My-a.

  6. #6
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2008
    Kurri Kurri
    1,715

    Meara
    Kaylee
    Raina
    Delayna
    Ansarhia

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Oct 2009
    418

    Wow, there are some gorgeous girls names on here, I am going to have to scroll back through and write down the ones I like the look of! Thanks girls, loving it! :P

  8. #8
    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Mar 2010
    1,200

    I love alot of the names already suggested... I just had my third girl, and loved LOVED LOVED the name 'Frankie' for a little girl, but DH wasn't into it, so thought I would suggest it to you. I can imagine how cute it would be on a little girl!
    Also Like Imogen I don't think I saw that posted yet!

  9. #9
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jan 2006
    11,633

    Marilla! I kinda like that one

    I keep forgetting the names I like - do you gusy write them down or just remember them?

    Here are two
    Eleni
    Ara

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Jun 2005
    USA
    3,991

    Audrey
    Nina
    Alice
    Bronte
    Milana
    Mikayla
    Lola
    Matilda

  11. #11
    Registered User

    Jan 2010
    282

    I've always loved Matilda, if we had a girl she was going to be Chloe Matilda.

  12. #12
    smiles4u Guest

    Smile

    Ariane
    Alana
    Cendrine (my DD's name )
    Corinne
    Helena
    Lyla
    Rhian
    Terese
    Trelise

  13. #13
    Registered User

    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
    9,362

    Sabre
    Esmae
    Maybelle
    Daisy
    Evelyn

  14. #14
    Registered User

    Sep 2009
    206

    ok so ive just realised on my name list, ive collected heaps of unusual fairly nice sounding names during my name hunting.. Im not using any of them as my hubby does not like unusual names. Here they are anyway... my favourite is Amira which can also be spelt Aamira. you can tell i like names ending in 'a'
    Amira - Arabic name meaning 'princess'
    Shona - Irish meaning 'God has favoured'
    Aisling - pronounced "Ashling" Irish name meaning 'vision' or 'dream'
    Samara - Hebrew name meaning 'protected by God'
    Malina - Hebrew name meaning 'of Magdala'
    Allira - Australian Aboriginal name 'the quartz stone'
    Sherissa - French 'beloved'
    Maliyah - Hawaiian or Spanish name meaning 'star of the sea'
    Anissa - Greek meaning 'pure' 'holy' 'satisfaction' 'favoured grace'
    Melita - Greek meaning 'honey sweet'
    Imani - Arabic meaning 'belief' 'faith'
    Avalon - English meaning 'island paradise'
    Jewell - French meaning 'plaything' 'delight'
    Leia - Hawaiian meaning 'child of heaven' 'heavenly flowers'
    Lianna - Mandarin name meaning 'child of grace'
    Merinda - Australian Aboriginal name meaning 'beautiful' or English name meaning 'happy'
    Aiyana - native American meaning 'eternal blossom'
    Nia - welsh name meaning 'lustrous'
    Anya - pronounced 'Ar-nya' I think - Russian meaning 'gracious' 'merciful'
    Ana - Irish meaning 'wealth' 'abundance'
    Shanika - Russian name 'belonging to God'
    Eleni - Greek name meaning 'wicker' 'reed' 'basket'
    Amara - Greek 'eternal beauty'
    Elana - Hebrew meaning 'tree'
    Marisa - I've hear it pronounced 'Mareesa' Italian name meaning 'loved' 'beloved'
    Marliese - German name, meaning unknown
    Lia - Hebrew name meaning 'dependent'
    Shaelea - Irish/English 'from the fairy place in the meadow'
    Amaya - Japanese name meaning 'night rain'
    Bria - Irish name meaning 'high' 'noble' 'exalted'
    Leona - latin meaning 'lion'
    Adelyn - German meaning 'noble' 'kind'
    Lena - latin name meaning ' shining light'
    Shalena - Hindi name meaning 'modest'
    Neisha - Hindi name meaning 'night'
    Leala - old french name meaning 'faithful'
    Taya - Japanese meaning 'valley field'
    Anaiah - Hebrew name meaning 'God answered'
    Nissa - Hebrew meaning 'to test'
    Elyzabel - a name from Athurian legends
    Jenna - Welsh name meaning fair, white haired
    Layna - greek name meaning 'light'
    Last edited by tinkerbelle; August 14th, 2010 at 11:28 AM.

  15. #15
    Registered User

    Oct 2008
    675

    Olivia
    Eliza (I luuurve Eliza)
    Amelia
    Amalia
    Alannah (my DDs name)
    Poppy

  16. #16
    Registered User

    Jan 2008
    Country Victoria
    1,991

    My girls are Matilda and Annabelle. I also love...

    Delilah
    Tallulah
    Peyton
    Cadence
    Celeste
    Bethany

    and I also absolutely love Mary and Alice, I have no idea why I didn't use them for my girls .

  17. #17

    Jul 2009
    Out North, Vic
    8,538

    Ava & Zara but i am bias
    Lily & Grace - bias again
    Sienna
    Isabelle
    Amelia
    Georgia
    Charlotte (lotte or charli for nickname)
    Abby
    Tahli
    Taylah
    Imogen
    Amelia
    Ruby
    Addison
    Maddison
    Alyra
    Ella