Baby girl names I almost chose

I like baby names that are phonetically straight forward, but still somewhat unique. My ideal placement on the popularity charts is somewhere in the 400s - it’s a name you’ve heard before, but hopefully there’s not 5 of them in the same classroom.

Naming our second child turned out to be harder than the first time around! My husband and I have a tradition of printing out on little slips of paper all the names we like, putting them in a fish bowl, and sitting down together reading out names one-by-one. Something about having the names written down and being able to pair different names together makes the whole experience feel so intentional. We’ve really enjoyed it both times we’ve gotten to do it!

There were lots of girl names we considered, and now that we’ve landed on a name for our daughter I can share the almost names we didn’t choose.

Girl names I love, but didn’t choose:

Crue
Esme
Penn
Emery
Ira
Conely (Coco)
Esti (Short for Estelle)
Nara
Emma
Harper
Gia
Sorelle

As much as I love these names, having a name that flows well with her middle name and last name ultimately took them out of the running. I think each of these names are so beautiful and hope to meet darling little girls with these names someday.

With love,