10 Baby Names I Love But (Probably!) Will Never Use

We have four daughters

Esther Grace, our sunshine

Matilda Mae, our angel and star

Beatrice Hope and Edith Mabel, our rainbows

Alongside his sisters

Our brave heart, William Nairn

Esther, William, Tilda, Bea and Edie

2017-07-23 14.08.18-1

I could name a hundred children

I love the process of choosing a name

The pressure!

I think though it is hard to say out loud

That we are done

Our family is complete

As people say

Though life is like a box of chocolates!!!

Anyway …

Assuming that there will be no more babies for me

I thought that I would write a few posts

To feed my fever over baby names

A few posts about baby names I love

But will most likely never use

Starting with the girls names

That have been on our lists for Edie and Bea

And some of them were also on the list for Esther

Matilda was our only daughter to have her name set from the start

And William, William has always been William

products (198)

But right now

10 Baby Names I Love But (Probably!) Will Never Use

Florence
If we had another baby girl her name would be Florence

Probably Florence Agnes

Perhaps Agnes Florence actually

Two names considered for Edie and Bea

Florence is so popular which is what put us off

It is such a pretty name

And I adore Florrie and Floss for short

The name Florence Agnes means blossoming purity

Which I rather like

Cordelia
I love this name but David really does not like it

I love the name and its shortened versions

Cordy and Dilly

I am not keen on Delia though

Which was in the end what made me stop pushing for the name

Cordelia means lion heart

And jewel of the sea

Such wonderful meanings

Juliet

This is such a pretty name

Classic

Romantic

But the meaning is a little dull

It means youthful

Ida

A strong name

With Germanic roots

Again the meaning is not great

Work, deed or action

Dorothy

I love the name Dorothy

I have always believed my maternal Grandmother was called Dorothy

Turns out she was Doris

And her mother was Ivy

Neither were Dorothy

Though Doris was known as Dot

Dorothy is a pretty name

Dot is cute

Little Dot

Dinky Dot

Dorothy means gift of God

Perfect for a longed for baby girl

Nora

This name has been on every list

Nora

Meaning honour and light

A beautiful name

With beautiful meanings

Constance

Hope and Grace are middle names for our girls

I also love Faith as a middle name

It is in fact my mum’s middle name

And one we seriously considered for Edie

We thought about Jean for Edie too

As a middle name

Jean is my mum’s name

A nod to my Scottish roots

Though my mum is not Scottish!

Constance is a wonderful name

And I love Connie

I am a huge fan of the singer Connie Francis

And Constance in the television series of The Three Musketeers

A strong name

A name with an obvious meaning

Constant

Steadfast

Loyal and true

Nell

Nell is another name that I love

But David is not keen on at all

I know Nell is often short for Elinor or Helen

But I love it as a name in it’s own right

It means bright shining one

Which is beautiful and strong

A super name for a little girl and a grown lady

Naomi

This Hebrew name means pleasant

Which is lovely but not very inspiring

And backwards it spells

I moan

Which is what struck the name

From our list of possibilities

Ruth

Another name from the Bible

A pretty name

Meaning friend

Or vision of beauty

This was considered for all our daughters I think

Though we already have a Ruth in our extended family

A very lovely Ruth

Who would have been a positive role model

And name sake

2017-08-25 08.09.40-1

So there you have my list

10 Baby Names I Love But (Probably!) Will Never Use

I am going to share some boy names next!!

Until then here are some other posts

I have written about baby names

BABY NAME POSTS

What is in a Name: Edith Mabel (Edie Mae)

The Name Game

27 Weeks with Baby Number 5

Naming a Fourth Girl: Our Second Rainbow Baby

The Pressure of a Name!

Let it be Bea

Naming Our Rainbow

What is in a Name: Matilda Mae

What is in a Name?

7 thoughts on “10 Baby Names I Love But (Probably!) Will Never Use

    • Yes Edie was almost Florence Edith and I am now very glad that she is not x It is a beautiful name but very popular, very very popular where we live x It is beautiful though. But Edie is very much Edie Mae so much so I often forget that she is in fact Edith Mabel, just as I forget Bea is really Beatrice Hope x

  1. I could pretty much have written this list myself. We must have the same great taste in names! Edie was top of our list for the last (who turned out to be a boy!) but we also loved Nell, Nora, Ida/Ada & Florrie ❤️

  2. Gorgeous names in your list. I have used a few of them myself. Our family was completed 10 years ago but the favourite names have been used for the pets instead! Our chickens were Jemima, Beatrice, Clarissa, Matilda, Emilia and Isabella. I already have the list of names for the next flock. I just love choosing names although now the children are older I’m mindful not to choose ones they favour as I don’t want to limit their list for my future grandchildren!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *