Our eclectic girl’s names list – comments and suggestions welcome.

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Argh, we are having so much trouble with girl’s names (actually and boy’s names too but I want to sort out girls first). We like to have a list of about 5 names and then when the babe pops out we try them on for size and see what fits (DS - Angus and DD - Harriet were the very last names on their respective lists). All the other names that were on the list for DD I’ve now gone off.

A few rules: must go with Angus and Harriet, must not be too popular.

This is what we’re left with:
Lucinda
Violet
Elise (my fave, DH hates it)
Cassandra
Eleanor
Adelaide
Miranda
Georgia
Sydney
April (the babe will be born in April and I kind of think it’s weird to have the same name as your birth month but DH is very keen on this because he is absolutely hopeless with dates (doesn’t even know his own birthday/age) and says it’s one less thing he’ll have to remember, not that he remembers anything like that anyway ).

On the list for DD but I’ve now gone off:
Madeline
Claudia

Recently vetoed (by me or DH):
Zoe
Genevieve
Paige
Laura
Lauren
Clementine
Dorothy
Hazel
Phoebe
Elaine
Ariane
Penelope
Deborah
Cordelia

Like but can’t have (close family member’s name):
Evangeline
Holly
Louise