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: Those with 3 and more DC - did you find it really difficult to choose third and subsequent names? I am finding it really difficult!
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I found it hard cos we wanted scottish names but not too scottish as they were growing up in England. They are all boys and we were running out of options. DS3 is due in a few weeks and were set on a name finally
Found the first 3 really easy [all girls] also had loads of names we loved for if number 4 was a girl. He is a boy though and we have struggled for a name for him, dwindled it down to three and have chosen one which I like but dh loves.
DC3 is due on Sunday but we still have no name we agree on. I think it is more to do with him being a boy than himn being the third - we agreed on a girls name before he was even conceived.
I have one name I love but DH will not have since he told his dad what it was and his dad said it was awful . There are others that are OK but he will be our last child and only boy so I want to get it right. Just hope I know his name as soon as I see him - it's an emotive subject for me
we let dd and ds1 chose names.dd chose a girls name and ds chose a boys name.when ds2 was born we named him ds1 choice(we talked him out of kitten rainbow)and dd chose his middle name.
Yes. I have two dd's. Love dd1 and dd2's name ...and love their middle names.
Couldn't decide on dd's name. Then i set my heart on a name but it was dh's choice. He picked a different name. I still don't like it. She is 10 months old
Oh hatrick - I thought you were going with Ezra? I love Ezra, and it's made me sad that you aren't using it now.
MamaG - there's a site someone suggested on here the other day where you can enter a few names that you like and it will come up with other ones. Suggestions seemed reasonably sensible when I tried it. Will go see if I can find the link.
Oooo it suggested Teo, Cyrus [which was one of our top 3] and Joaquim.
CSWS I still love, love,love Ezra but I am sad to say the day two threads were started to slate it has stuck in my head and sullied it. I was such a mixture of upset, angry and disappointed by that Dh thinks I am daft because I still love it- just can't get a few of the nastiest comments out of my mind. Silly I know.
I did use up my 3rd favourite girl's name on dd2's middle name, reasoning we were likely not to have a 3rd child and then only 50% chance of a girl. And then we had dd3. But there are loads of names we liked so it wasn't a problem. But in retrospect I would have maybe "saved" it.
Magnus was the name of dd1's imaginary older brother, when we had just one child and didn't want to be PFB-ish, we used to pretend she had an older brother Magnus with strong needs and opinions. I quite missed Magnus when we moved on from needing him.
I found it much more difficult with our first and third baby. We had a girl's name lined up so DD was easy. Neither DS#1 nor DS#2 had a name for about 48 hrs.
prob with Gilbert (besides DH hating it, harrumph) is that we have a William already. And William Gilbert just reminds me of work. So not an option anyway
My DH is called Miles and I always find it really weird that there are people out there who consider calling their small children Miles...
I do like Milo, though.
The name I wish we could have used is Thurston, which is just gorgeous and awesomely cool (imo). But it is ludicrous with DH's surname.
I also did really like Lennon on the grounds that it is the river that flows through my home town but it also is pants with DH's surname. And then one of the Gallagher brothers used it for his DS so that comprehensively ruined it anyway.
We found girls names easier than boys, so decided and agreed on DC3 (girl) very quickly. This time it's another boy and it has been VERY hard. We still don't have middle names agreed.
Its interseting that you're all struggling on boys names- we didn't even have a boys name when dd was born, though her name we chose years before we were married or having dcs. I find many, many boys names are ruled out by our surname, and the fact that DH can't pronounce 'r's properly
I don't think we can have a name beginning with S as my surname beings with S, so the S names don't tend to go (whcih is a shame as I really like Samuel). I had a dog called Ben which rules Benjamin out as far as DH is concerned (although I would still have it!)
I'm not doing terribly well with girls names - DH is considering Amelia after refusing outright 3 weeks ago, along with a coujple of other names I ahve prodded in his direction
Heh, I'm not allowed Ben as DP's best mate is called Ben and DP spent many hours of their childhood in enthusiastic name-related teasing We have surname issues as well: the child is getting both our 3 syllable surnames; his is full of Ns, mine is full of Ls and also sounds rather like a command.
hatrick - If you like Ezra you should go for it. When we told people the name we had chosen for ds1 got lots of 'oh - where did you get that from'. Which is nice speak for 'oh- why did you chose such a nasty name?'. But when discussing names for ds2 the same people were saying ds1 name really suits him and couldn't think of a better name for him. Your son your choice of name and stuff the rest of the fickle world!
PS - I had ds1 in April 05. Think you had your dd2 then. Good luck with no.4, I some times think 4 would be nice but think I've run out of patience!
I have to say I really like Nico, think its a very strong name for a boy and can't be shortened to anything horrible. Idon't dislike Ezra, but I do prefer Nico
I think you should say sod it hatrick and go with Ezra if you love it, Nico is nice too though.
DD1 had our favourite girls name
DD2 has an unusual name that I absolutely love now
DD3 (due July) we hadn't a clue despite loads of MNers suggestions, our surname doesn't flow with a lot of names as well so doubly hard but I think we have decided on her name. I wasn't too sure at first but every name I think of I think no it's not as nice as X. And I'm amazed both DP and I agree.
My boys name was Elliot also like Matthew and Nathan
I really love Amelia but too close to DD1's name. Also like Millie, Niamh, Eilidh, Molly.
hatrick - I don't mind sharing we have decided on Bethany, I want Bethany Grace DP not too sure. She can be shortened to Beth then, it has 3 syllabels so suits our surname, it's about 87th in the top 100 so not too common and it's completely different to the other two but they all kind of complement each other when screamed by stressed out mother as I'm sure they will be.
Bethany is lovely, goes really well with your other 2 as well. All 3 syllable names for your dds then Dh's cousin has a Bethan which they have somehow ended up shortening to Betsy - so sweet.
I put my surname in and got things like Roy Steve and Alpha Bruno. Then put DP's surname in and got Alex James.
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