{"id":13774,"date":"2018-09-24T08:34:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13774"},"modified":"2018-11-12T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T20:30:32","slug":"baby-girl-murrie-sister-to-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2018\/09\/24\/baby-girl-murrie-sister-to-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Murrie, Sister to Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello,
\nThanks in advance for your help. My husband and I are expecting a baby girl at the end of October and we are totally stuck for a name and it is really stressing me out.<\/p>\n

We have a 3 year old son Jack, a name we absolutely love. Our last name is Murrie. Our girl choice for him was Fiona, this is still my absolute number 1 pick for a girl but my husband feels that it is “used” now and we need something new for our next child.<\/p>\n

I am from the UK and have an unusual first name and it is important to me that our daughter not have to spell her name for people her whole life. I like the typical top 10 names but don’t want her to be one of 4 Charlotte’s in a class.<\/p>\n

I like Kit as short for Katherine but Katherine is my MIL’s name and I don’t want to name my daughter after her, I think it will alienate my family. Likewise I think Elizabeth is lovely but it is already taken in the family.<\/p>\n

I like Fiona so much because it is not at all common but it is not unusual and it doesn’t have multiple possible spellings. I really like Maggie and Molly but with out last name feel too limericky to me.<\/p>\n

Do you have any suggestions to help us out?<\/p>\n

Kind Regards,<\/p>\n

The Murries<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fiona seems great to me. I understand it’s not uncommon for parents feel a name is “used” if they had it in mind for an earlier baby, but I think it’s worth putting in some mental effort to get past this if at all possible (I realize it will not always be possible). The name Jack is now used, but the name Fiona was not used last time because it was not needed. Could your husband find a way to think of the name Fiona as the name the two of you chose for your first daughter, as opposed to thinking of it as the name you would have used if Jack had been a girl? Then the name is not only still available but in fact has been specifically set aside for this upcoming child.<\/p>\n

I wonder if it is the alliteration of Maggie and Molly that makes them not quite right with the surname, or if it is the matched endings, or if it is both. Let’s look for some names that match only beginnings OR endings, and also try to find some that match neither; let’s also look for some names that are more like Fiona:<\/p>\n

Ada
\nAnna
\nAnnabel
\nAnnie
\nBianca
\nCassie
\nClarissa
\nClaudia
\nCleo
\nDaisy
\nDelia
\nEliza
\nElodie
\nEva
\nGreta
\nGwen
\nJosephine\/Josie
\nKarenna
\nKate
\nLainey
\nLouisa
\nLucy
\nLydia
\nMabel
\nMarlo
\nMatilda
\nMika
\nPenelope
\nPolly
\nSabrina
\nSally
\nSadie
\nSimone
\nSylvia\/Silvia
\nTessa
\nVivian
\nWinifred<\/p>\n

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

Thanks so much for your help, baby arrived last week and we did go with Fiona in the end after narrowing it down to Fiona or Katrina. I\u2019m thrilled of course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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