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sarken · 09/01/2011 20:16

31 weeks gone & shortlisting our boys & girls names. We both really like Oban & Cael for the boys name & also the place Oban means alot to us both, what do you think?

Girls name either Evie, Gracie or Taylor?

Our surname is Farrell.

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AnnOnimous · 09/01/2011 20:21

How do you pronounce Cael? I am Scottish so Oban is too ordinary for me, I am afraid. A bit like calling a child Essex.

I had a wee look at a map, and near/around Oban are the more name like, but equally lovely choices for boys:

Argyll

Coll

Creag

Connel

I really love Evie and Gracie, but Taylor is too unisex for me.

Congrats on your pregnany btw.

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ShoppingDays · 09/01/2011 20:22

Oban is very nice. Not keen on Cael (sounds too much like a member of the cabbage family).

I like Evie and Gracie from your girls options but would have Eve/Evelyn/Evelina, or Grace, as full name.

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readywithwellies · 09/01/2011 20:24

Help is here! Well, my opinion anyway!

Like Oban.

Don't know how to pronounce Cael.

Like Evie (although very popular esp with Eve as well)

If Gracie I would name Grace and have Gracie as a nn. Can't see my solicitor or doctor being called Gracie.

Don't like Taylor. Know a Tayla. Don't like that either.

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sarken · 09/01/2011 20:32

Thanks all, I'm new to MN, so thought I would put it forward to get honest feedback. Sometimes friends & family smile at all names you suggest, which can leave you a bit
. Will take all on board. :)

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AnnOnimous · 09/01/2011 20:39

Welcome to MN!

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BarbieLovesKen · 09/01/2011 20:41

Oban and Cael are both really lovely. Think I prefer Oban tbh.

Evie is lovely, but very popular at the minute.

I adore the name Grace, would use Gracie only as a nickname while shes little - please dont put Gracie on birth cert - too twee for a grown woman.

Dont like Taylor at all, Im afraid.

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Sequins · 09/01/2011 20:49

Love Oban. Would get used to Cael if I met someone with that name. Evie and Gracie both nice, not keen on Taylor, sorry.

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onimolap · 09/01/2011 20:57

I don't really like Oban, and would pronounce Cael in the AngloSaxon way (chayll).

Evie and Gracie are very popular names at the moment - from your boy's name choice, is that what you're really after. I'm sorry but I can't stand Taylor.

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sarken · 09/01/2011 21:06

To be honest our name list is constantly changing, DH & I can only agree on a few names! Never actually realised how popular the name Evie is. We both liked the name Lana until I spelled it backwards .
Did you all have a shortlist or did you just know when you held DS/DD in your arms?