{"id":13155,"date":"2017-12-27T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2018-03-30T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:13:36","slug":"baby-girl-leigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2017\/12\/27\/baby-girl-leigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Leigh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a lifelong name nerd and I recently discovered your website. I\u2019m expecting a baby girl in March and hoping you can help me nail down her name. The name is 100% my decision. I am hoping to have two children, last name is Leigh (pronounced Lee). I like somewhat unusual but distinctly feminine names.<\/p>\n

Additional: honor names are Elizabeth\/Betty and Patricia. If I someday have another daughter, I would use both. (Patricia only as a middle.)<\/p>\n

I have many names I love that do not work with my last name: Ivy, Pearl, Marilla, Vivian (LOVE how this sounds, but I think Vivien Leigh was too well-known), Opal, Ophelia, Orla. Anything ending in an \u201cA\u201d or \u201cL\u201d sound seems to run together or create an adverb; \u201cS\u201d can be problematic, too.<\/p>\n

Current contenders:<\/p>\n

Betty: I love this, and I also love that it honors my grandmother. I would want Betty to be the name, not Betty as a nickname for Elizabeth. (I don\u2019t want my child to have a \u201cformal\u201d name and a \u201creal\u201d name—just one name.) I have some residual concern about people assuming her full name is Elizabeth, but I think I can deal with that. I am leaning strongly towards a little baby Betty, but the middle name is a stumper for me. I think BEL is a great monogram, so I\u2019m thinking an \u2018E\u2019, but Betty E_____ Leigh? Betty Elise? Elaine? Thoughts? The monogram is not a deal breaker and it does not have to have a special meaning for me since that box is already checked; I would just like the flow to work nicely.<\/p>\n

Lillian: I think Lillian Leigh (Lillian Elizabeth or Lillian Patricia) is beautiful with a great flow (although perhaps too much \u2018L\u2019?), but it\u2019s now in the top 50 and I\u2019m afraid there will be other Lillians running around in her circle. If I have two daughters, I think there\u2019s a disconnect with Lillian being formal and Betty being a shorter, more casual name, so choosing one now is taking the other off the table (assuming there\u2019s a second girl in my future).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m leaning towards Betty but would love middle name help, and I don\u2019t have any idea what I would name a second girl that \u2018goes\u2019 with it? _____ Patricia Leigh? Thoughts on boy name possibilities? Any help would be most appreciated!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hm, let’s see. For middle names starting with E, I like:<\/p>\n

Betty Eileen Leigh
\nBetty Eleanor Leigh
\nBetty Ellison Leigh
\nBetty Eloise Leigh
\nBetty Emmaline Leigh
\nBetty Emerald Leigh
\nBetty Emerson Leigh
\nBetty Evelyn Leigh<\/p>\n

Any E surnames in the family tree? Those might be nice, too.<\/p>\n

Lillian Leigh does have a whole lot of L, and I think it might be a fight to keep it from being shorted to Lily. Lillian was #28 in the U.S. in 2016 (Social Security Administration<\/a>), and both Lily and Lillian have been in the Top 50 for more than a decade, so if popularity is a concern I do think you may be disappointed at how often you encounter it.<\/p>\n

I suggest Lydia instead. Lydia Leigh has a lot of the sound and rhythm of Lillian Leigh, but eliminates one L-sound and some of the popularity (it was #80 in 2016).<\/p>\n

Or do you like Gillian? Gillian Lee.<\/p>\n

As a suggestion out of left field, I like Georgia. Georgia Elizabeth Leigh.<\/p>\n

For a future sister for Betty, I like Daisy. Betty _____ Leigh and Daisy Patricia Leigh.<\/p>\n

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Name update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Swistle,
\nThank you so much for taking my question back in December! \u00a0Betty Roseanne Leigh joined us on March 19, 2018. \u00a0I wound up going in a different direction completely with the middle name, but I loved reading everyone’s feedback.<\/p>\n

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