I never knew names would be so hard!

Seriously, how can it be so hard?? :)

The first list that DH and I wrote together I ended up crying over and throwing in the bin! Haha! So we decided to give it a rest for a little while and then come back to it!

Anyway, we have recently found out we are expecting a pink one, so now we are only coming up with one list, much easier!

We are not doing a middle name and our surname starts with M and is very basic.

Lots of the names I loved for girls started with M but we don't want MM.

So, the final few (at the moment and will prob change :( ) are:

Evie
Emerson/Emersyn
Amelie
Kensey/Kensie
Lana
Laine/Laney

I guess I would just love to hear your thoughts, or suggestions?? Do you think any of these are becoming too common? We would love something not too common but not something that she has to spend her entire life spelling!

Thanks in advance,

xox

I like Amelie think it's very pretty..

I know what you mean about hard.

I think the girls names you have listed are really pretty.

Here are a few I like

Lahni
Eva
Sophie

oooh pink! awesome :)

they are lovely names
the only thing is... was talking to a lovely lady who has a daughter called amelie and she said ppl always think they just spelt emily weird/wrong.
i personally love it tho!
i know a laine and an evie also, but i dont think they are common names

good luck choosing that perfect one xxx

Amelie is my fav ( i love Emmersyn, but one of my belly buddies just had a little one called Emmersyn so wanted to choose something diff)

I really like Evie! ( I was all for it when pg - I love the song, but it's not one to listen to while hormonal and overdue!)

I think Evie is really pretty...haven't heard anyone using any of those names you listed so I definitely don't think they are common. And I must admit - I'm not sure how to pronounce Amelie myself!

I have an Evie here (officially Evelyn). Was not the popular, until the year I used it and suddenly it is top 10 in our area (and I swore never to have a top 10 name). Now DD2 has 2 other Evie's in her room at Childcare, one even has the same initial for their lastname, so very thankful her fullname is Evelyn. I spoke to the one of the other Evie mum and she was like me, thought she was picking an unpopular name.

So as much as I love the name, I would say avoid it if you don't want popular, or at least have it as the nickname.

Good luck!

Ooo ooo Amelie is my fav lol can you tell? Lol!!
But I spell it Amali just so people pronounce it right.. But I have to admit I do know a couple of amali's now that dd is Amali..
I like kensey too, not common at all.. And I like it's ring kenseyyy.. Very smooth :)
P.s Congrats on your soon to be in your arms pink bundle :) very exciting !!


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Thanks for your replies girls! I really love hearing your opinions and it's very helpful to hear if names are more popular than I thought, or if people aren't sure on pronunciation etc. It's great to be able to hear from you all, especially because we don't want to share our names with anyone in real life plus we are keeping the fact that she's a girl a secret from everyone!

Any other opinions welcome :)

Thank you xox

My Mum (who is super fussy when it comes to names) and i only yesterday were saying how lovely the name Evie is ... So it's an Evie vote for me :D

They are all so pretty, I have an Amelie, so I am biased but it took a while for it to grow on me and now I can't imagine her being anything else. I don't think its hugely common but seems to be becoming more common which I think is good too so its not so tricky for them growing up!

But they all sound beautiful! good luck

Evie, Amelie and Emmerson are all gorgeous names :)

I do think Evie is fast becoming popular along with other similar names like Gracie etc. Interestingly i would pronounce Amelie like emily but with AM instead and i would pronounce Amali AH MA LEE, LOVEEEEEEEE Amali and DS was going to be Amali had he been pink. I think Amelie is becoming popular (i know of quite a few), but Amali not so much. Emmerson is becoming popular too but still gorgeous.

Emerson is a beautiful name!
I think Kenzie sounds like a babies name, not an adults name.... IYKWIM?!! I do love Mackenzie though!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!

I think Evie Laine would be lovely :)

Oh thanks girls! This is good fun!

We would definitely pronounce Amelie with an AM too xo

I thought that about Kensey too, then my DH, who chose the name, showed me Kensey on NCIS LA. That's where he heard it. And she is super cool! Haha

Love all the names Taryn :)

My brain is not working tonight and theres a possum in my roof... OMG... a crazy possum, ill be back with suggestions later :)

Thanks again for all of your replies!

So anyone, DH is pretty sold on Evie, and calls the bun that all the time now.

Just wondering if you all think Evie can be enough of a grown ups name too??

Thanks!
xox

T-dog, I must say I really love Evie. I think it's classic and modern at the same time. I reckon it would work at all ages - it's not little-girly, just feminine/pretty.

Kensey and Lana are cool too.

What's your preference?

All of the names you had in your original list would work with your surname.

Yay for pink!

Dude! So good to see you back here!

Thank you! I love Evie too, just worried it might be to popular etc.

We started talking today about possibly having a middle name after all. So might need to think of another name now too!

xox

Thanks for all of your help gals!

We have settled on Evie Louise, yep, all of a sudden there's a middle name!!

We have started calling her that and it seems to work well!

xox

Love it!