my 7 week old grandaughter is called violet , i was unsure at first now i love it and her 
Forgot about Lacey
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Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by sandra:
my 7 week old grandaughter is called violet , i was unsure at first now i love it and her
Awww Congratz Sandra! i remember reading about your DiL, glad to see everything is going well xx
going great thanks 
ah look, you're all so good! So many suggestions in here. Unfortunately hubby said no to the ones I liked yesterday lol.
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Ailsa is nice.
My friend from school is called Eilidh, teacher called her Eyelid on the first couple of days 
oh oh oh oh Ailsa I like that!
I also like Claudine Erinp...ooooh and Claudia...is Claudia a bit old sounding?
How would you pronounce Esme? Is it Aysme? I think that's a grower 
I didn't like it when I first read it, but I do like it now.
Freya has been nicked by my sis in law for her daughter lol, Lucy is lovely, but that's been nicked by my friend lol....everyone's nicked all the good names 
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by ~Lee~:
I also like Eabha, pronounced like Ava.
I'm always really like 
with Irish spellings. It seems to me it must be an incredibly difficult language to learn. Can you speak Irish (is it) Lee?
it is a bit confusing, but there are rules that make it easy to follow. For example a fat vowel will always follow a fat vowel after a consonant. So an A and an O will follow an A and an O....an I and an E will always follow an I and an E...so for example Deireadh (meaning end) you'll see the i follows the e after the r...and adhmaid (meaning wood) the a follows the a. There are exceptions, but not many.
The H is the difficult, one it changes everything. It changes a B to a V (we don't have a V in Irish, or a K), makes most other consonants silent.
Actually it is all a bit complicated, but it does make sense in my head
Originally Posted by sandra:
my 7 week old grandaughter is called violet , i was unsure at first now i love it and her
Oh Violet! I like that too... Will pass it by the hubby later.
Sorry for not replying to all, but I am reading them all...so everyone thank you for the suggestions 
Temps I did not know you were pregnant..congratulations
Originally Posted by Temps:
ah look, you're all so good! So many suggestions in here. Unfortunately hubby said no to the ones I liked yesterday lol.
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Ailsa is nice.
My friend from school is called Eilidh, teacher called her Eyelid on the first couple of days
oh oh oh oh Ailsa I like that!
I also like Claudine Erinp...ooooh and Claudia...is Claudia a bit old sounding?
How would you pronounce Esme? Is it Aysme? I think that's a grower I didn't like it when I first read it, but I do like it now.
Freya has been nicked by my sis in law for her daughter lol, Lucy is lovely, but that's been nicked by my friend lol....everyone's nicked all the good names
Esme is pronounced Esmay or I have heard it as Esmee
Originally Posted by Tina:
Evie i just love the name
I love Evie too, theres a little girl where i work (school dinners) called Evie, she's soo cute and suits her name it sounds lovely when the other kids call her.
Oh God Temps! I had this x 2 nearly three years ago. The list went from about 30 at 6 months gestation to about 10 when they were a day old. One of them is a Violet (after my grandmother....was in two minds until she suckled and it reminded me of Nana without her teeth in) and hubby named the other one Leila (loosely based on that Eric Clapton song that he sings a version of at his rugby club). They somehow fit their names now, V is quite girly and flowery and L has a kind of 'Rock Chick' potential.
edit: just to add, hopefully not a groupie type rock chick, but who knows at this stage?
Originally Posted by Temps:
ah look, you're all so good! So many suggestions in here. Unfortunately hubby said no to the ones I liked yesterday lol.
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Ailsa is nice.
My friend from school is called Eilidh, teacher called her Eyelid on the first couple of days
oh oh oh oh Ailsa I like that!
I also like Claudine Erinp...ooooh and Claudia...is Claudia a bit old sounding?
How would you pronounce Esme? Is it Aysme? I think that's a grower I didn't like it when I first read it, but I do like it now.
Freya has been nicked by my sis in law for her daughter lol, Lucy is lovely, but that's been nicked by my friend lol....everyone's nicked all the good names
Like Soozy says, I have heard Esme pronounced as Esmay & Esmee. My friends daughter is an Esmay. It is a grower innit
And yeah.. Freya got nicked by one of my friends too... (though I don't think it would have suited Alfie that much... I only started considering it when I was expecting him)
Originally Posted by Temps:
I also like Claudine Erinp...ooooh and Claudia...is Claudia a bit old sounding?
If it IS a bit old sounding.. then you can guarantee that in 5-10 years it will be massively popular.
There is a Claudine & a Claudia & a Claud (Girl/GIrl/Boy Triplets) in the Sookie Stackhouse (true blood) books.. (they are Faeries) so there is a distinct possibility these names will be all the rage in the next few years.
Esmay....Esmay...oh I like it the more I hear it...Evie I like but not mad about...Violet is lovely Suzy...but Leila is a gorgeous name 
I'm gonna put them both the suggestion pile What is it about girl's names? Boys names are so simple....but girls names I don't envy you having to come up with 2 Suzy
So that's Ailsa....Esme...Claudine...Claudia...Violet and Leila
Thank you Marge
Leila is a gorgeous name 
Originally Posted by EllaBella:
Leila is a gorgeous name
Actually Ella ...........Ella is a lovely name.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by EllaBella:
Leila is a gorgeous name
Actually Ella ...........Ella is a lovely name.
My niece is Ellie...so it's too close...otherwise that would have been a contender
Blizzie. 
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by EllaBella:
Leila is a gorgeous name
Actually Ella ...........Ella is a lovely name.
I think so too ....it's not my name but would be a contender for a girls name if I ever have one.
Arrianne - shortened to Ari?
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Blizzie.
Blizzie Rascal when she's playing up
Originally Posted by EllaBella:
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Blizzie.
Blizzie Rascal when she's playing up
Although she won't, cos all Blizzies are angelic.
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Although she won't, cos all Blizzies are angelic.
Absolutly!!
ohhhh look!!
Originally Posted by EllaBella:
Originally Posted by Blizz'ard:
Although she won't, cos all Blizzies are angelic.
Absolutly!!
ohhhh look!!
Finola???? Rather than Fionnula
Originally Posted by Temps:
Boys names are so simple....
They can be but .......my nephew really, really wanted to call his baby boy Fred(die) - he had to abandon the idea.
Why? ..............................His surname is West
Congratulations Temps. I forgot to say that just jumped straight in with the names.
Joanna, Rebecca, Caitlin, Alexandra, Megan.
Originally Posted by Soozy Woo:
Originally Posted by Temps:
Boys names are so simple....
They can be but .......my nephew really, really wanted to call his baby boy Fred(die) - he had to abandon the idea.
Why? ..............................His surname is West
OMG!! hahahahaha!
Originally Posted by darloboy (Play The Game!):
Joanna, Rebecca, Caitlin, Alexandra, Megan.
Darlo!!!
Stop! I felt speshal after your first post, with my name in it.. am feeling a little less speshal with every new name you post