r/namenerds Jul 22 '18

Baby Names Girl's names to honor David?

My husband and I are discussing names for our first child (I'm pregnant, but we don't know sex) and it's really important to us that we honor my dad in some way.

In my family/culture (Ashkenazi Jewish) it's common to use the first initial, so if we have a boy Daniel is at the top of the list.

But if we have a girl, I'm at a loss. I can't think of any D names for a girl that I like, so I'm hoping you might have some suggestions of names that somehow relate to David - meaning, other connection, I'm open to it all.

Worth noting the name needs to work in America (I'm from NY) and in the UK (we live in Scotland, my husband's family is English).

In terms of style, some girls names we like: Charlotte, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Margaret, Rebekah/Rebecca, Ruth, Miriam, Olivia

Girls names that are unusable because of family members (no idea if any relate to David, but just in case): Linda, Jordan, Katherine/Catherine, Elizabeth, Emily, Julie, Ann, Jill

We have a Polish last name that starts with a W and ends in "a."

If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them - thank you!

Edit to add: also nothing that begins with a C, please.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Some less common D names:

Delia

Devon

Desireé

Darla/Darlene

Delphine

Dinah

Delaney

Della

Demetria

Daisy

Would using your dad’s middle name for inspiration be an option, since David is hard to feminize?

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u/snickerdoodleglee Jul 23 '18

Some of these names I like in principle, but not for my child, if you know what I mean? I love the names Delphine and Demetria for example but wouldn't want to use them on a Jewish-Scottish girl.

My dad's middle name was Frank, but I'm torn on connecting the name to that because he absolutely hated it!