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Anton for a boy
Anais for a girl

yay or nay?

open to suggestions as long as they start by "A"

I love both of them!

Some more "A" names:

Alexander, Aidan, Aloyisius, Angus

Athena, Artemis, Ariadne, Alexandra, Araminta, Allegra, Alethea

Not for me - Anton is too Strictly and Anais is an 80s perfume.

All of Edith's suggestions are better esp Angus and Allegra.

Like Anton, not really Anais. Are they twins?!!

Anna

Alan
Albert

Anton - du Beke. I like Ant(h)ony though.

Anais very pretty, but be prepared for lots of people asking about pronounciation and spelling.

Not fond of either but Anais is better than Anton.

Adam / Andrew / Asher / Ashley /

Ariadne / Anna / Adele / Adella / Alice /

Andrew, Aaron, Alfred, Amos, Arthur, Aldwin, Alaric, Abraham (Abe), Alistair, Arlo

Annabel, Anne, Alyssa, Anneliese, Aster, Aurora, Aurelia, Annette, Amelia, Abigail

Anais is lovely, but I'm not a fan of Anton I'm afraid.

Antoinette, Asher

Thank you

so you think Anais will be difficult to pronounce/spell for people?
i would like to avoid this as it is already the problem for DS2

i also like Arlo for a boy but DP is not so keen..

Don't like either, I'm afraid..Arabella, Amelie?

Not a fan of wither Im afraid - names beginning with 'A' I do like though include Antony, Aidan, Anna and Anya.

Anya and Anna are nice not so keen on your boy's choices though.

Sorry I thought I was talking to Tostaky!

Don't like Anton at all but Anais is very pretty. I do think that people will mis-pronounce it though (presumably you will be pronouncing it An-i-isse)

Aiden
Ashton
Armand
Apollo
Avery

Allegra
Amaya
Athena

Yes, I am not sure of pronounciation of Anais. Is it Ann-I-ees? Or Annay?

MerryMarigold it's the first one. But I think a lot of people would assume 'Annay' (that's how most people used to pronounce the name of the perfume!

i like them [biased]

I've heard it pronounced An-AY-is.

Anaia?

Not keen on either. Love Ava though.

Don't like either of them.

I do quite like Anais - I wouldn't choose it as my name starts with an A too, but it is very pretty. I've heard of Ana being used as a nn.