What say ye to....

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So H and I have been struggling with naming the little miss. We needed to have a double letter name as all great-grandchildren on my dad's side do.

H likes Charlotte, Scarlett and Lillian. I like Charlotte, but it's super trendy and DS's name is Dal.las, so that would be two city names. Though we're not American so some people may not go straight to that. Scarlett is hideous (no offence to anyone). That leaves Lillian. I like it ok. But I DESPISE the nn Lily. 

MN will be Jane, as both of our mothers have that as their middle name.


Click away betches.

[sodapop]

I would still use Charlotte. My second favourite is Scarlet.

[LadyNymeria]

@snuff9861 - The fact that you said you "like it ok" doesn't seem like enough to me to use Lillian as a name. If it's just the NN Lily you're worried about, you can get people to not use it. A guy at work named his son Zachary and doesn't want people calling him Zach so he just mentions it's Zachary if someone tries to refer to him as Zach.

I like Charlotte the best out of the 3 names. I'd consider Charlotte very popular, but I'm not sure I'd call it trendy. And I didn't think of the fact that Charlotte and Dal.las are both cities at all. Don't think it would have occurred to me if you hadn't mentioned it.

[lpj]

I'm not in the US but Charlotte as a city name honestly never occurred to me. I think at the moment it's most likely to trigger associations with the little princess which is fine IMO. I like Lillian too. I agree that to some extent you can control the nickname but by high school all bets are off and I think it's almost guaranteed she'll be Lily at some point to someone, so if that's a deal breaker to you I personally wouldn't use it.

[merryrissmas]

Charlotte is lovely and I don't think most people would immediately make the city name connection. I say go for it!

[pismoduo]

I love Charlotte but H vetoed it. Not crazy about the others.

What about Rebecca?

[serendipity731]

I like it! However Lily was on our girl list, so there's that lol I also love Charlotte and wouldn't make the city connection either.
I agree with LadyNymeria, if it's just ok to you, I'd consider something else.

[lpj]

Other double letter names that come to mind:

Philippa (Pippa)
Hannah / Anna / Annie
Harriet
Millicent
Holly
Susannah
Sally
Etta
Tessa
Arabella

[fem]

I like both Lillian and Charlotte.

I love lpj's suggestion of Etta. I think Etta Jane is adorable.

[hurricanerek]

I would not have made the connection that Charlotte is a city. I also think it's a beautiful, timeless name that is popular because it's awesome, not just trendy.

I also love Lillian but I do think you may have some trouble getting her to stay away from the Lily nickname.

[abcmommy]

Out of those options I like Charlotte the most, we almost went with that name for this baby. I think it sounds the best with the middle name Jane and as a sibset with your son's name.

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Jun 16, 2016 6:31:41 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Jun 15, 2016 3:30:34 GMT -5 lpj said:

Other double letter names that come to mind:

Philippa (Pippa)

#pippaapproves

pippacricket

I tried to convince DH to go with Pippa (not the nn but as her legal name) no dice. 


I'm so torn. The more I hear and think about Lillian the more I like it, but my despise of Lily grows. SaveSave

[pismoduo]

Jun 16, 2016 6:30:00 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Jun 14, 2016 22:04:05 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

I love Charlotte but H vetoed it. Not crazy about the others.

What about Rebecca?

Ooh good suggestion!

We considered it, but it's my younger sister's name and we were trying to steer clear of using names of close family members other than H and I's grandparents.
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