Baby Girl Names Like Nina
a sibling for Nina
(35 Posts)
iskra Mon 07-Mar-11 11:02:40
We are terrible at baby names. Last time all we ever managed to come up with was Nina, so it was pretty lucky that she was a girl. I think at one point we considered Sophie. We sort of like Robin for a boy but think it might be a bit wet as he grows.
What we liked about Nina was that it travels well, can be cute on a girl & strong on a woman, is known but not common & isn't frilly or diminutive.
Middle names are okay because we will name for family. We can cope with that.
Any ideas?!
PepsiPopcorn Mon 07-Mar-11 11:21:01
Nina and...
Isabel
Lucy
Elise
Emma
Harriet
Juliet
Chloe
Oliver
Charles
James
Alexander
Samuel
Henry
Elliot
iskra Mon 07-Mar-11 11:31:15
Thanks for replying...
Isabel - too popular & also SIL name
Lucy, Elise, Emma, Chloe - don't like it/bad associations
Juliet - nice but not for eus
Harriet - father, uncle & great grandfather are all called Harry, bit much!
Oliver - don't like it
Charles, Alexander, Henry, Elliot - it's okay but not right
James - 2 exes called this
Samuel - quite nice actualy
Oh God we are never going to name this child are we.
RancerDoo Mon 07-Mar-11 11:35:26
Robyn for a girl?
Merle
Sarah (much underused these days, still good)
Erin
Stella
I am terrible with boys names, but if I had one he would be called William (this week).
iskra Mon 07-Mar-11 11:40:34
Merle! I used to love that name, had forgotten about it. I will try it on DP.
Stella makes me think of the beer (stella I'll twat ya as we fondly know it).
There's something about Robyn for a girl that doesn't sit right with me, not sure why. Like it on other children though!
DP has suggested we go Scottish for boys name (his family is originally Scottish)...
eileenslightlytotheleft Mon 07-Mar-11 11:50:40
RipMacWinkle Mon 07-Mar-11 11:56:41
I think Nina is a beautiful, classic, pretty strong girl's name. But still feminine.
I get that you might not like Robin. I think you need something equally strong. Like (particularly if you go down the Scottish route) Robert, Hamish, Douglas or Clara, Tess, Beatrice.
I think I'm waffling.
Good luck!!
DelGirl Mon 07-Mar-11 12:00:43
Maria
hopeless at boys names but what about Seb(astion), I think it 'goes with' NIna?
BlueChampagne Mon 07-Mar-11 12:11:06
If not Merle, how about Meryl? Or,
Leah
Louisa
Aidan
Justin
Marcus
PepsiPopcorn Mon 07-Mar-11 13:14:26
Iona
Cara
Jennifer
Catriona
Eilidh
Larissa
Frances
Katherine
Meredith
Rowena
Dylan
Ross
Torin
James
Maxwell
Niall
Elliot
Fergus
Alistair
Gregory
MrClaypole Mon 07-Mar-11 13:41:16
Nina and..
Estelle
Eadie
Elsa
Celeste
Seren
Mari
Claudia
Iris
Jake
Flynn
Joel... and for scottish names:
Cameron
Angus
Fraser (my fave)
Struan
Keir (my other fave!)
Evan
loler Mon 07-Mar-11 13:56:35
Zoe
Esther
Thea
Annie
Zara
Owen
Patrick
Euan
Seth
Jonah
I love the name Nina - was on our list for ds2 but he didn't suit it!
CaptainNancy Mon 07-Mar-11 14:05:15
Nina is a fantastic name! You;re not bad at choosing them at all...
I like Robin too.
What about:
Beatrix
Margot
Connie
Greta
Marin
Romy/Romily
Kester
Duncan
Magnus
Innes
Ivo
Evan
Milo
RancerDoo Mon 07-Mar-11 14:08:48
I love Marin. Deffo on my list in case there's ever a DD3 (althoughb [gulp] at that prospect).
CPtart Mon 07-Mar-11 14:19:06
Natalie
Alicia
Erin
Louisa
Melissa
Elizabeth
Erica
Luke
Adam
William
Dominic
Marcus
Alexander
Zachary
mamawhoboreme Mon 07-Mar-11 14:40:50
Elizabeth is a good one, lots of potential nicknames such as Lizzy cute for a little one and then she can be Elizabeth when older.
Elspeth and Eliza also.
Valinor Mon 07-Mar-11 16:58:13
With Nina I think you need something which isn't frilly or ca be shortened.
Ada/Adah
Anya
Cleo
Lyra
Gaia
Esme
Tessa
Phoebe
Thea
Faye
Willa
Zara
Ivy
Zoe
Eli
Rex
Luke
Boaz
Leo
Miles
Arlo
Felix
Linus
Theo
Toby
mathanxiety Mon 07-Mar-11 17:01:33
Pia
Isla
Marit
Daphne
Lara
Astrid
Eva
Peter
Nicholas
Adam
Samuel (Sam)
Max
fifi25 Mon 07-Mar-11 17:06:08
Estelle
Romille
Bo
Romilly
Romy
Ethne
Jeanie
Matthew
Sam
Christopher
fifi25 Mon 07-Mar-11 17:06:47
Forgot Erin 
timetomove Mon 07-Mar-11 18:26:49
I think these girls names go with Nina (most, but not all, are the names of sisters of Ninas that I know)
Catherine
Lucy
Phoebe
Hannah (or Eilidh (sp?) if you are looking at Scottish names)
Seren
Erin
Amy
Annie
Eliza
No good at boys names (struggled enough myself), but do like Rory and Gus (short for Angus)
mathanxiety Mon 07-Mar-11 18:30:43
Onion1968 Mon 07-Mar-11 21:05:36
Boaz??? WTF????
They are looking for a kids name not just random letters that get a good score on scrabble.
timetomove Mon 07-Mar-11 21:14:52
Actually I think Clara is perfect with Nina
CaptainNancy Mon 07-Mar-11 21:35:54
Presumably Onion you have never heard of the Bible?
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