Baby girl name help!!

[ronadiscipleofchrist]

My husband and I recently found out we are having a girl and despite having a million girl names on my list for years, I've found it quite difficult to decide on a name when it comes down to a real life baby! I don't think I can truly decide until I see her, but would love to go to the hospital with 2 solid options for first and middle name.

We want a unique name, I do like surnames as first names and traditionally boy names for girls but I'm not against pretty traditionally used for girl names either. We love to travel so something global inspired could be nice (even for the middle name). I hate describing it this way, but we are really into more of the "laid back cool girl" names.

Our top names right now are:

1) Townes (I know this one isn't for everyone but we absolutely love it and its probably our top name right now, just really struggling with a middle name)

2)Veda (pronounced Vada but I like the spelling with the E. Is that weird?)

3) Vienna

4) Lennon

5) Rhodes

6) Capri- not on our list anymore as we had friends who recently named their baby this, but this was my top name for years (and we traveled there on our honeymoon). Just adding it in so you get an idea of the type of names we like.

I'm struggling with middle names for any of these options and would be open to other first name options too that are a similar vibe to the 5 above.

Some family names we could consider to tie in with either first or middle names are Olive (love this!), Audrey, Marcella, Palmer, Vivienne, May (or other rhyming names- Ray, Kay, Fay etc.)

Thank you!

 

[jezz348]

@ronadiscipleofchrist Veda has cool girl vibes I think, I prefer it with the e too. I’d go with one neutral and one feminine name, like Veda Palmer or Townes Marcella.

I personally don’t love Lennon because I don’t like names that are too strongly associated with one person (in this case John Lennon).

 

[phylliswong]

@jezz348 I always think of my girl 2 with vada. I love it

 

[ronadiscipleofchrist]

@jezz348 We were considering Townes Marcella last night. Yeah I get that about Lennon. For me I actually like the association because my dad is a huge Beatles fan so it also reminds me of him.

 

[jghawaii]

@ronadiscipleofchrist I get that but he was an incredibly shitty person. He assaulted a bunch of people including his wife.

 

[james510]

@ronadiscipleofchrist Rhodes gives me the laid back cool girl vibes the most. Then Lennon and Townes come in 2nd and 3rd. I absolutely loooove Marcella, so my name suggestion would be: Marcella Rhodes

 

[nicolai]

@james510 Nickname Marcie Rhodes is just too cute

 

[jghawaii]

@ronadiscipleofchrist Townes will be incredibly confusing for her. I hate it (I’m sorry, I don’t hate you!!), it’s a noun not a name but beyond that the extra E will be misspelled constantly.

Lennon only makes me think of John Lennon and my parents were children when the Beatles were popular - the new generation will definitely know who he is. John Lennon was not a good person.

Your child will be unique no matter their name. I know you might be thinking about this. You do not need to name them something made up for them to be special. I like Veda the most (if it’s pronounced Vay-da not Vah-da), I think it’s a good middle ground of ”unique” names and names that won’t get a major double take. It gives me the most chill vibes too. Rhodes as a middle name is nice. Vienna is okay but not if you’re in Europe. Big faux pas here.

 

[ronadiscipleofchrist]

@jghawaii Haha totally okay to hate it. We all have different styles! I think the noun argument is kind of weak though. There are lots of noun names that most people would consider pretty standard names now (Lily, Brooke, Forest, Rose, Cliff, Etc.). Yes, Veda would be pronounced Vay-da. I’m in the US so the city name thing is really faux pas here. I’d say city names (both Us or global) are pretty common in the US! Austin, Paris, London, Brooklyn, Madison, Sydney, Savannah, etc.