Olivia writes:<\/p>\n
I am due on April 11 (in 4 days!) with our first baby, a girl.<\/p>\n
We have narrowed it down to 4 names but I’d love to know which you and your
\nreaders prefer.<\/p>\nI’m also open to other names if you feel like there is something out there
\nthat would suit better.<\/p>\nThe middle name will be Amira and I know it’s tricky to decide on the middle
\nname first but it was the name of my beloved Grandmother and we both love it
\nbecause it’s unusual and pretty. Also, the baby will have my husbands last
\nname so this way she gets a name from my side of the family as well.<\/p>\nOur names are:<\/p>\n
Francesca Amira Dawson (nn Frankie initials FAD)<\/p>\n
Margaret Amira Dawson (nn Maisie or Mae initials MAD)<\/p>\n
Louisa Amira Dawson (nn Loulou initials LAD)<\/p>\n
Eliza Amira Dawson (initials EAD)<\/p>\n
The initial thing is also tricky as the _AD creates a lot of words and I
\nknow you aren’t crazy about initials that spell words. My thought is that
\nmostly she would just be using her first and last name and that if she ever
\nhad anything monogrammed the last initial would be put in the middle so it
\nwon’t spell anything for example FAD becomes FDA.<\/p>\nI’d love to know what you think of these names and if there are any others
\nthat might work with our middle and last names.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
I like all four! Let’s have a poll!<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong> Olivia writes:<\/p>\n
Thanks for posting my letter. Your readers gave tons of great feedback on
\nall 4 names.<\/p>\nIn the end we went to the hospital having eliminated Eliza and Margaret
\nbecause even though we liked Margaret (and so did your readers!), we
\ncouldn’t get on board with the initials MAD and we didn’t feel the same love
\nfor Eliza that we once did.<\/p>\nOur little girl was born late in the evening on April 18 and we were
\nwaffling between Francesca and Louisa. By the next day it was clear that our
\nlittle girl is a warrior so we ended up going with Louisa Amira Dawson which
\nsuits her perfectly!<\/p>\nThanks for all your help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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