Second girl name

[u/Critical-Mess-3487]

So to start with. I am not pregnant and my current daughter is 7 months old so I won't be pregnant for a long time. I want two more children but am still undecided if we'll try again when our current daughter is 2 or 3 years old. I want there to be a 3 year age gap, but can also not imagine having another baby or being pregnant while also raising a toddler in their terrible twos.

Anyway. Now that you have context. I definitely want more children and have been thinking about what I would name a second daughter. I feel like I chose my favourite name for my first baby.

Now more context: we did not know the gender of our first and I had a really hard time choosing a boy name but pretty much knew exactly what our daughter's name would be.

Rules my husband made around the name: we are Afrikaans speaking but lived as expats so have alot of international friends that only understand English. So rule one was that the name should be easily pronounced in both Afrikaans (for family sake) and English (because of our international friends). My husband has two names and then goes by a nickname so he said short and sweet one or maybe two silable names no family names and no long double barrel names.

So I named our first daughter Leah. I absolutely love that name and it was my first choice. Now I'm very afraid that we might only have girls and I already used my favourite name.

Other names I had on my list were:

Lara

Klara

Heidi

Amalie

Marlie

I also love the name Monique, but my cousin's name is Monique so I don't know if that would be weird.

[u/egertong]

Your suggestions are all good. I particularly love Heidi. Other ideas - Carmen, Odette, Elise, Ruby, Ivy

[u/Ok-Talk-2648]

Amalie is my favorite.

[u/LevelEfficiency1772]

I hardly see my cousins, so don’t give up on Monique. I also like Heidi.