J.P. asks from Pleasant Grove, UT on March 18, 2011
Neverland Baby Girl Names?
We just found out that we are having our fourth girl and have run out of naming steam. My husband and I want to name her one of those super sweet names that is adorable for little girls but hard to see as a grownup name (except for old ladies with names like these--they're so cute!!!) Here's the list my husband has nixed. More suggestions please?!?!?!?
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Millie, Gracie, Ani, Trudy, Kitty, Eliza, Piper (Pipa)(which was our #1 runner until our 5 yr old came up with a Piper-Diaper Song.) Hope, Mae, Ellie, Lucy, etc...
P.S. I hope you get the Neverland reference: these names never grow up.
p.p.s. There seems to be concern that I'm not keeping the vision of a young/adult person with the name of Gracie Loo, however, I am---no child will be cursed to walk the earth without suitable options for a more "grown-up" name. Sorry to those who misunderstood me.
So What Happened?™
I wish I could come on here and tell you that we found the perfect name; but I can't. We are still undecided and are likely to stay that way for a while. I appreciate all the wonderful suggestions and many of them are still on "the list." THANKS!!
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K.P. answers from New York on March 18, 2011
Millie is a "cross-generational" name, but is usually short for "Mildred".
Gracie- you could name her "Grace" and then call her Gracie
Kitty- please don't... you're just begging for her to get teased
The others are cute and easy to spell/say! The only one I would add is "Tillie". I had a student named Tillie and she was named after her grandmother, Matilda but no one every called grandma that, so they named her namesake what they actually called her!
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C.P. answers from Albuquerque on March 18, 2011
I like the name Piper, although I don't think I could ever convince my DH to agree with me. I wanted to name my DD "Isabel Grace" but compromised with "Isabella Marie." I also really like the name Clementine--but seem to be the only one who would even consider it... :)
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S.L. answers from New York on March 18, 2011
where I live Piper is extremely popular, not unique at all.
Paige, Sasha, are both cute and grown up,
or a nice name with a cute nickname, Anne(Annie) Cassandra (Cassie) Elizabeth (Lizzy) Ella or Ellen (Ellie) Suzanne (Suzy)
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3.B. answers from Cleveland on March 18, 2011
I'm confused as to why you'd WANT a name thats hard to see as a grownup lol
Don't get too crazy, she may resent you later!!
I like the "classics" Sophia, but call her Sophie as a child, or as others have said Grace/Gracie
You don't want to give your daughter name that may be looked at as just silly, or will boast the question "What were her parents thinking?"
My friend, whose name is Bambi...... has asked that question herself :)
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K.P. answers from New York on March 18, 2011
Millie is a "cross-generational" name, but is usually short for "Mildred".
Gracie- you could name her "Grace" and then call her Gracie
Kitty- please don't... you're just begging for her to get teased
The others are cute and easy to spell/say! The only one I would add is "Tillie". I had a student named Tillie and she was named after her grandmother, Matilda but no one every called grandma that, so they named her namesake what they actually called her!
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C.P. answers from Albuquerque on March 18, 2011
I like the name Piper, although I don't think I could ever convince my DH to agree with me. I wanted to name my DD "Isabel Grace" but compromised with "Isabella Marie." I also really like the name Clementine--but seem to be the only one who would even consider it... :)
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A.G. answers from Boston on March 18, 2011
I like Piper for a girls name and it is something I could see as a professional adults name.
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L.R. answers from Washington DC on March 18, 2011
The down side of "names that never grow up" is when the child is a young adult trying to establish herself professionally, or an adult with a career. What's cute as pie for a 2-year-old could be viewed by other people in your kid's future workplace as much too cute and nickname-ish for a working adult. Maybe that doesn't matter to you now, and that's fine, but consider whether it will matter to her in the future. I had a friend whose little sister had a very babyish given name (not a nickname, and not one of the ones you have here) and I always wondered how she fared as an adult. Maybe I'm a stick in the mud, but I think a name needs to wear well at all ages.
Why not Grace, which is lovely, and you can call her Gracie whenever you like? Ani is difficult to spell and she will spend her life correcting people: "It's not Annie, not Ann, not Anna...." If you like the sound of it, why not just Ann and call her Annie? Eleanor, and call her Ellie? Catherine can be Kitty to the family and friends but she has the option of being Catherine later if she likes. Hope works for all ages, I think, and Mae does too, and it's a very old traditional spelling. There are a lot of Lucys around here so you might find that too popular. Eliza was my mother's name and I love it, and it's definitely a separate name fro Elizabeth, but again, she spent her life telling people "It's not Elizabeth" and disliked her own name for that reason, the constant corrections. Piper sounds super-sweet cute, but be aware that it can be a boy's name too -- I've seen it for both genders.
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A.S. answers from Iowa City on March 18, 2011
Hmmm....the only names I can think of that fit your ok for little girls but hard to see as adults are Lacy, Ceci and Candy (no offense to those who like them but I can safely say that I hate them).
Cute little girl names (I think most of these are fine for adults as well): Maggie (I have a Mags!), Sadie, Missy, Annie, Daisy, Abby, Molly, Callie, Evie, Ivy, Becky, Jacy, Libby. Pretty much anything that ends with the eee sound.
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M. answers from Las Vegas on March 19, 2011
The first name that popped into my head was Wendy (probably due to your Neverland reference). I really do like that name. It's whimsical enough for a little girl and yet you can see an elderly lady with this name. If you look at the whole name of the character, Wendy Moira Angela Darling, you could use Moira as another option for a first name?
Other names to consider: Juliet, Eliana, Charlotte (could be called Charlie), Joanna (called Joey), Silvia, Adelaide or Adelle.
There's always the classic Rose or Rosie.
How fun! Good Luck with baby #4!!!! Let us know what you go with !
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A.W. answers from Kalamazoo on March 18, 2011
I really like Trudy - never thought of it and i don't ever hear it. Maybe it's usually short for Gertrude?
Polly?
Ruby?
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