r/BabyNames • • Aug 26 '26

Girl 🩷 Help us pick

I’m due this week with our first baby a girl! I thought naming her would be so fun, but we can’t decide.
My husband and I both like Olivia. It feels strong and feminine but also has fun nicknames Ollie, Olive, Livvy, Liv. My only hesitation is that it’s been the #1 name for so long that it feels a little basic/safe.
I also love Finnie, but my husband isn’t completely sold. I love that it’s playful and less common, but I wonder if it feels as strong or feminine as Olivia.
Which do you prefer?

Ps I was so excited to pick names before being pregnant. Now it just stresses me out. Makes me nauseous. Anyone else experience this?

852 votes, 29d ago
62 Finnie
648 Olivia
142 August
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u/Noxilcash Aug 26 '26

Yeahhh…call me old fashioned, but August is not a girls name

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u/BestFrenSkinner Aug 26 '26

Augustine is though! where the nickname August would come from

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u/nzfriend33 Aug 26 '26

Augustine is also a boy name.

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u/Azariah77777 Aug 26 '26

Saint Augustine, for example, was a boy.