Baby names!

As the DD of a Mabel I can assure you that they were not all fuddy-duddy whiskery great aunts.
Some were adventurous, energetic, fun-loving young women although they may have become great-aunts in later life!

Wait until she is born. Often a name is chosen in advance then changed after birth. Sometimes you can just look at the baby and a name just comes to mind

Isn't it funny how you associate names with people you knew in the past ? (well I do anyway) .

Fat names, thin names, nasty names, common as muck names...... (all to do with people I used to know as a child).

My late grandma was Irish and her name was Bridget. She said she used to quite like her name but when she came over to England some people called her Brid-shit so she began to hate it.

Abuelana

Lovely name, Sarah

Floral names are on the rise again and just looking round my garden here's a few suggestions.
Lily, rose, marigold, daisy, Poppy, myrtle, and many more. Good luck, let us know what they decide eventually.?

As a Jane, can I add that people still ask how to spell it! "Is that with a y?" "NO!"
Flora, Martha?
There is a song "I wish my name was Clementine"

My granddaughter is called Meztli. It's a native American name and means moon

My daughter is expecting a little girl within the next couple of weeks and they have chosen Anna probably Anna Rose or Anna Louise. In the primary school where I work there is only one Anna, so it's a little bit different.

I like the name Mirren which is similar to the Cornish Merryn mentioned before. Bit different Scottish/Irish. I had 3 girls and still love their names .One would have been Sophie but we took one look at her and decided against ?. Another would have been Francesca but too many C & K sounds with the surname.. So many things to take into consideration when choosing names..
(I have an acquaintance with a Sam and Ella. Say it quickly?)

bradfordlass they knew that as it was plant/flower names they looked at .Rowan and Willow were the other favourites

Names that don't date are names of English queens.

My DD called her 8 week old Sarah which I really didn’t like. However got used to it and baby suits being a Sarah ?

My granddaughter is called Aila it’s Scottish Gaelic and means from the strong place

Methinks one has to be very, very careful. Our staunchly German friends have a daughter married to a Jewish gent. {That was a horrible shock to both families, but we wont go there}. Obviously without thinking of the implications, this couple then called their daughter names with the initials SS! Good grief! Couldn't they have given it a little more thought?

Funnily enough I was thinking about names earlier and recalling the names of girls in my class- All of them label us from our era - 40s/50s.
I like classic, timeless names that don't do that. My daughters have one apiece.
However - your daughter and son in law will probably hear a name with their hearts not just their ears, and choose that.
I hope you all have fun choosing. I was asked for suggestions for my grandsons and I enjoyed looking through the baby name book and being a part of it.
Wishing you joy in your surprise granddaughter.

PS I can't resist. I like the names Lorna, Isabel, Emily

Some

We had "definite" first and middle names for DS1 but they just didn't suit him when he was born. He ended up as Huw (Welsh spelling) and strangely, it couldn't have been Hugh either!!

My young granddaughters are Chloe and Ruby.

A teacher friend was told the name of one little girl, which sounded like Chenille. Nice. Then saw it written down: Shneal.

I dislike names that are spelt obviously wrong. I taught a Mercades. She'll have to go through her whole life explaining it. And I taught another whose name sounded like Michael a but was spelt Makiala. In both cases I think the parents really couldn't spell.

I have a particular thing about Jonathan. I keep seeing variants which just scream "wrong" to me:
Jonothan (no, dear, you're getting confused with John o'Groats)
Johnathan (no, it's NOT just a longer version of John)
Jonathon (no, it's not a long-distance race).
Incidentally in every case when I first typed those names, my spell-checker firmly corrected them.

I wanted my daughter to grow up with a strong name to see her through her whole life. The books I was reading at the time were about Helen of Troy and Empress Josephine so she is Helen Josephine and she loves her name. She married a man called Power so 'Helen Power' is the force that gets things done in our family.

As I've already said, granny4hugs (and anyone else who thinks I'm trying to choose for them) it's because dd asked me to look for suggestions!

BTW at first I thought your username was grannythugs - I must need new glasses.

I just think they should wait until the bub arrives and a name will arrive with her that will suit her perfectly!

Errr... WHY are you spending so much time searching for baby names? It's not your baby???

I think it should be left up to them to decide

I would not worry too much but keep it simple. So often we end up with a nickname anyway. In my youth I was called Fatty, Tubby and finally Fred; I survived!

I love the name Mabel it’s so pretty . My DD loved it too but it clashed with Her surname which is why she ended up with an Evie