Help me pick a name for my future daughter

[random_havoc]

Okay, so my wife is pregnant and we've decided on a boys name but not on a girls name. I haven't found many names that I like, and the few I do my wife doesn't. (We don't know what we're having yet, but we want to be prepared).

So, if you feel like making suggestions, that'd be awesome. I'm looking for something cool and feminine sounding.

The only name that's really stuck out for me is Victoria, but my wife hates it.

Thanks.

 

[JAK®]

Knowing the second name helps with picking names.

 

[raybia]

Kiran

 

[CashforStash]

Mark

 

[Victarion]

Dick Oak.

 

[Scourge2099]

Vanessa

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I personally love Gwen and Robyn. Or how about my name, Becky (Rebecca)?

 

[Silvermoth]

Leia Buffy Lara Wonder Woman Catwoman Jones. All as a first name.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Rachel
Monica
Phoebe
Janice

 

[Scourge2099]

Heather is a good one.

 

[Mr.Webs]

I love Persephone and Genaveve.

 

[Angry Monkey]

Spoiler

If your wife is less than 2 months away from having the baby then that's kind of sad that she doesn't have a name yet

Names:
Alexandra
Riley
Evette
Kimberly
Kelsha
Alisha
Britney

 

[Hotwire]

Petunia!

 

[kytrigger]

Athena
Alexis

 

[Manic]

If your wife is less than 2 months away from having the baby then that's kind of sad that she doesn't have a name yet

Not really. Some parents don't even think of a name until after the baby is born.

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

I'm kind of partial to Donna Rose *Insert Last Name* probably because I am a wee bit interested in a show called Doctor Who. There's also Sarah Jane too.

 

[Shemtov]

If she's your first, Prima would be a good one.

 

[Angry Monkey]

Not really. Some parents don't even think of a name until after the baby is born.

I just think that's unfair to the baby...what will the parents when the kid asks where their name came from?

"Oh we just pilled it out of the air after you were born. We didn't put any thought into it."

IMO picking a name is part of the peparation...

 

[Motown Marvel]

Maribel!

 

[Manic]

I just think that's unfair to the baby...what will the parents when the kid asks where their name came from?

"Oh we just pilled it out of the air after you were born. We didn't put any thought into it."

IMO picking a name is part of the peparation...

Some parents think of a name after they actually meet their baby, though. Just think of any girl named Ginger. Ginger is most likely a redhead, and her parents probably didn't think of that name until after their ginger baby was born.

Also, some people put so much thought into naming their kids that they don't settle on one until after the baby is born.

The people who don't put any thought into what to name their kids are the ones who settle on names like Apple and 4Real.

 

[ComicChick]

Quinn

 

[Harls]

Some parents think of a name after they actually meet their baby, though. Just think of any girl named Ginger. Ginger is most likely a redhead, and her parents probably didn't think of that name until after their ginger baby was born.

Also, some people put so much thought into naming their kids that they don't settle on one until after the baby is born.

The people who don't put any thought into what to name their kids are the ones who settle on names like Apple and 4Real.

Well said, Manic.

Hmm, what kind of names are you guys looking for besides "cool" & "feminine"? Any particular heritage? What's the last name or middle name start with (so we don't suggest names that would go badly with it)?

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Some parents think of a name after they actually meet their baby, though. Just think of any girl named Ginger. Ginger is most likely a redhead, and her parents probably didn't think of that name until after their ginger baby was born.

Also, some people put so much thought into naming their kids that they don't settle on one until after the baby is born.

The people who don't put any thought into what to name their kids are the ones who settle on names like Apple and 4Real.

Personally, I won't choose a name for any child I have until AFTER on purpose, for exactly this reason.

I don't want to tell my daughter 'oh we called you Serenity after the Joss Whedon film' (as is true of a friend of mine who's just had a kid).

I want to tell her 'because I just looked at you, and I knew that was your name'.

I seriously think if we decided on a name before hand, when the baby came out i'd look at her and go 'ummm she doesn't look like a .....'

 

[The Squirrel]

I just think that's unfair to the baby...what will the parents when the kid asks where their name came from?

"Oh we just pilled it out of the air after you were born. We didn't put any thought into it."

IMO picking a name is part of the peparation...

The name I have is actually the second choice because my dad decided he didn't like the first choice a few weeks before I arrived. My parents didn't even know what it meant when they picked it. I like my name even if it was picked out of thin year. So I don't think it matters when the name is decided.

 

[Harls]

I want to tell her 'because I just looked at you, and I knew that was your name'.

That's what my parents did, haha. They had juggled names that they liked, of course, but hadn't really decided on "the one" until they looked into my little eyes