https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:15:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927582 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:21:40 +0000 superkate 2927582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bees_knees: I love Nell/Nelly! If we named my daughter Eleanor we would have called her Nell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927578 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 17:14:37 +0000 Chuckles 2927578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blairkiday: I also love Vivian, Vivi for short! It was on my short list for DD. I also really like the name Natalie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927575 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:51:44 +0000 poppygirl15 2927575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was also going to suggest Maggie as a nickname for Margot. I love @catgirl's suggestion of Magpie as a nn - so cute!</p> <p>We also went the old-fashioned route. Some suggestions that I don't think have been made yet are June, Imogen, Loretta, and Mabel. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927574 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:30:15 +0000 catgirl 2927574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Margot is adorable. I have a good friend named Margot who goes by Maggie/Mags with her friends and her parents typically call her Magpie. </p> <p>I thought of another name that I loved - Betsy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927571 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:44:17 +0000 blairkiday 2927571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my best friends named her daughter Helena, but she goes by Lena as her nickname. That would be a great name if you love the name Lena! I know someone that recently named their daughter Annette, but call her Annie. I love the name Vivian but call her Vivi, if we get to have a daughter, but not sure if it's too popular right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927569 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:50:29 +0000 bees_knees 2927569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: ha! Reminds me of my aunt who LOVED the name Guinevere—used it for her cat in her early 20s and then was unable to use it for either of her daughters 😆 </p> <p>Which reminds me, I also love Gwen. And Nelle/Nelly/Nella (short for Penelope?) And tooootally unrelated to any name on these lists—Stevie. I love it but it’s a totally different vibe!</p> <p>Afton was the name of a locally famous artist when I was a teen. I always thought it was a neat name! Easy to spell, easy to have pronounced the way you want it pronounced, uncommon but not too out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927568 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:49:05 +0000 nwm 2927568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hooray for baby names! a few that haven't been mentioned that i love and seem to fit with what you want are josette and victoria. personally i love both and think they have great nicknames such as josie, joey, tory, vicky. </p> <p>also love margot! and there are some good nickname possibilities IMHO--maggie or molly for example? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927566 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:58:36 +0000 Chuckles 2927566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Margot is cute! Of the names mentioned here, I really love Ivy, Tessa, and Aubrey. I wonder if Hannah is old fashioned enough? We have a Hannah and we call her Hannah-roo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927565 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:28:05 +0000 karenbme 2927565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bees_knees: Aww, Mo is cute. 😊 And yeah, we clearly have similar taste, every name on your list (except Aston, which I’ve never heard before) is one we talked about. I’ve been kicking myself because Rose was very high on my list, but we adopted a puppy when getting pregnant again didn’t happen right away and named her Rosie (nickname Rue😅) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927564 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:24:52 +0000 karenbme 2927564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lahela017: Lol, her other suggestions were trampoline and tigger, so you’re not alone. We just clearly liked Margot, so that’s the one she stuck with. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927563 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 08:45:37 +0000 Lahela017 2927563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just want to add that I'm super impressed your three year old came up with that. It's really cute and an actual name. My daughter wanted to name her baby brother "Tangaroo-ah". She was 3 at the time too, and was very insistent that we needed to name him that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927562 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:32:54 +0000 bees_knees 2927562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927561 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 21:44:48 +0000 bhbee 2927561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: we call my youngest (our Lydia) that all the time, or Lulu which I also love as a nickname. It’s probably my favorite of my 3 kids’ names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927560 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 21:38:53 +0000 karenbme 2927560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many good suggestions here, thanks, ladies! I’m sure we’ll get there eventually, and agreed that Margot is a great option and it would be super cute if DD named her sister. I can’t think of a good nickname, though!</p> <p>@superkate: Both of these picks would be on my short list but are taken by DH’s SIL and a niece. We both come from big families, so that is a problem with LOTS of names. 🤷🏻‍♀️</p> <p>@catgirl: I love Laurel and Thea, but DH has shot down Thea and Laurel is too close to Laura, which is a family name on my side, but not one I particularly want to continue.</p> <p>@bhbee: Ooh I really like Lydia, also somehow since my toddler started talking everyone in our house has gotten nicknames that end in -loo (don’t ask me why) and Lydie-loo is so easy/cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927558 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:02:44 +0000 bhbee 2927558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Bernadette and Margot! Lots of good choices above. Also wanted to add Lydia if it’s not on the list - beautiful, ancient roots, not too popular, easy to spell :happy: </p> <p>Sometimes it just comes to you when they’re born! We were never fully decided before then just had a short list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927556 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:01:20 +0000 superkate 2927556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also like old fashioned names. My daughter was born in June at 30 weeks, so we hadn't decided on a name yet. </p> <p>Our top two names were Margaret and Eleanor. We went with Margaret. Honestly she probably would have been Eleanor if it wasn't so popular right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927555 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:06:26 +0000 agold 2927555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to have a Bernadette and Colette!! That sounds like that cutest set of sisters ever! I know a baby Colette who just turned one today and she is a living doll baby. They call her Coco for short. Congratulations on having baby girl number 2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927554 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:59:34 +0000 togetherthroughlife 2927554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have friends with a baby Clara and I love that. And I know a Mae as well. For some reason girl names are harder for me!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927553 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:58:30 +0000 togetherthroughlife 2927553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder if you like any of these! Just pulling from my unused baby names from 2019 so I’m not sure if any of these are in the overly-popular category or not!</p> <p>Felicity<br /> Virginia<br /> Melody<br /> Ida<br /> Audrey<br /> Tessa<br /> Leona<br /> Sloane<br /> Claire<br /> Miriam<br /> Faith<br /> Jean<br /> Lillian<br /> Quinn<br /> Maya </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927550 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:28:32 +0000 LadyDi 2927550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Adeline (or Adelyn) was my top girl name and I’ll never get to use it. I love Addi as a nick name. Mae and Maeve were also on my short list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927549 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:18:06 +0000 azbaby 2927549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many of these names are on our list.<br /> These are a few more I like.<br /> Amelia<br /> Aubrey<br /> Emmelene<br /> Penelope/Penny<br /> Sarah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927548 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:13:40 +0000 Lahela017 2927548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love all the ideas so far! They are my style too. I have a Hazel and an Emmett.</p> <p>Others on our list that haven't already been said are Ivy or Violet </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927547 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:36:47 +0000 catgirl 2927547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the list already suggested! In fact, most were on our possible name list! Here are some others that I love:</p> <p>Audrey<br /> Bryn/Brynn<br /> Cecelia<br /> Claudia<br /> Cordelia<br /> Frances<br /> Gemma<br /> Greta<br /> Harriet<br /> Hazel<br /> Jane<br /> Laura/Lauren/Laurel<br /> Louisa<br /> Marnie<br /> Matilda<br /> Molly<br /> Samantha<br /> Tabitha<br /> Thea<br /> Wendy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927546 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:11:31 +0000 JJ2626 2927546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love doing this! I was just looking at my list of old baby names and feeling sad we can’t use any.<br /> I really like Margo! And so cute if DD named her. Ada and Lena were on our list too and I still like them. Some other ideas:</p> <p>Vera<br /> Cora<br /> Nora<br /> Georgia<br /> Clara<br /> Eve<br /> Grace<br /> Caroline<br /> Ruby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-name-help-2#post-2927545 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:28:55 +0000 karenbme 2927545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m currently 30 weeks with baby girl #2 and am starting to feel the pressure with names. We have a list but there’s nothing that we both love this time around. We generally like old fashion-y, traditional names, but don’t want to pick one that is too popular right now. My top 2 picks are probably Lena and Madeleine, DH likes Ada, but we’re both kind of wishy-washy on each other’s favorites. I love the name Harper, but it doesn’t work with our last name. 🙁 DD (3) is named Bernadette, but was almost Iris, and keeps saying we should name the baby Margot, which we both kind of like. E names are out because DH already has 5 nieces and nephews whose names start with E.</p> <p>What are some of your favorite girl names?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-spell-a-name#post-2904498 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:28:12 +0000 PawPrints 2904498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eera is the only way you can spell it that is going to result in people pronouncing it correctly. Eira is going to be pronounced EYE-ra about 99% of the time. Eara is probably going to be ee-AH-ra most of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-spell-a-name#post-2904497 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:14:53 +0000 Umbreon 2904497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably do Eera </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-spell-a-name#post-2904485 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:03:28 +0000 MamaBear87 2904485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Spell it how you want.<br /> I have a Gemma and a Cassius and I constantly have to correct people (on both!) Cassius I get because it can be Cassius like the ancient pronunciation or Cassius like Cassius Clay which is how we pronounce it. That I get but people also mispronounce our daughter's name and I just don't get it. </p> <p>All that to say you'll correct people regardless so pick what you like.<br /> I love it so pretty and uncommon 🙂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-spell-a-name#post-2904483 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:55:58 +0000 Ms. RV 2904483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other ways could be Aera (like the ae in Caesar) or Aora (would be an Irish spelling... but it looks like Aorta :bummed:). People would pronounce them Ay-ra at first but ditto what @Mommy Finger said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-spell-a-name#post-2904479 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:25:01 +0000 Mommy Finger 2904479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say spell how you like as no matter what, you're going to have to correct people. I don't say that to be a Debbie Downer, I promise. People have trouble with just about any name that they don't think is "normal". </p>