If you have a Jemima...

[ellesabe]

...what other names were on your list? Or what are your other dc called?

Jemima was the only name we even considered for dd and I can't imagine finding a name that I love quite as much :)

Our criteria are:

• not too popular
  
• not too difficult to spell/pronounce
  

All ideas are welcome, for girls or boys! I do have a couple on my list already but would be interested to see what others first reactions are.
Middle name will probably be something standard like Emma or James.

[turningvioletviolet]

We have a Jemima - our other dcs are George and Harriet (known as Hattie). Other shortlist names were Polly, Pippa, Rory, Max, Eliza, Ted, Johnny. I love the name Jemima - and she suits it perfectly.

[Marmite2012]

When I read it the first thing I thought of was Beatrix Potter.
So how about....

Peter
Benjamin
Jeremy
Tom
Samual
Ginger
Timmy
Johnny
Cecily

[UnnamedFemaleProtagonist]

Madeleine and Rufus.

[Happyasapiginshite]

I know a Jemima (Mima) whose brothers are Lyle and Guy. Lovely name.

[grubbalo]

Clementine
Florence
Thea

Rufus
Arthur
Jago

Any good???

[ScruffyTerrier]

Not helpful but just wanted to say I love every single name on this thread.

[NotAnotherNewNappy]

Eliza, Nancy, Tabatha & Rosina.

[FatimaLovesBread]

I know a Jemima whose sister is Tabitha

[toomuchteaching]

Jemima is the best name in the world, I'm still so glad we chose it and can't imagine her being anything else. I feel your pain about finding something equally brilliant!

Also on our list were
Kitty
Tessa
Josephine (Posy)

Edward (Ted)
William
Aubrey

Good luck!

[AdiVic]

My friends daughter is called Jemima - I'd never really thought of it before they named her that, but it's lovely:) Not too many about either. Great name! Really approve.

[ellesabe]

Ah thanks for all the lovely suggestions! I notice that some keep cropping up...Eliza,Rufus,Tabitha...

Anyway, since I first posted I have cobbled together some ideas which I thought I'd test out on you lovely ladies :)

Annie
Audrey
Dorothy
Heidi
Ivy
Muriel
Skye
Verity
Wendy

Bruno
Ellis
Gideon
Magnus
Montgomery
Otis
Percy
Seth
Silas

Initial thoughts?

[toomuchteaching]

Love Annie, Audrey and Dorothy. Really dislike Heidi and Wendy. No strong feeling on the others although I don't think Skye fits with your other choices.

I really like Silas, Percy and Montgomery (in that order), not keen on Ellis or Bruno and the others again I could take or leave. Actually I do like Otis and think that sounds very cool with Jemima whereas the others sound like classic pairings.

[GeorginaWorsley]

I have a Jemima and Elizabeth.

Agree with Jemima being a great name!

[Eglu]

I have adored Jemima for years. DH did not like it :(

I also loved Clementine, Kitty, Phoebe amongst others.

Out of girls your names Annie and Wendy are okay, don't like the rest.

Boys names I like
Bruno
Ellis
Montgomery
Otis
Seth

[shockers]

I like Verity, Annie and Dorothy,

Seth and Otis.

DD's middle name is Jemima, because that's what I would have called her if I'd given birth to her. Because she's adopted, we used a variation on her original name as her first name.

[workshy]

felicity
madeline

benjamin
thomas


(I like gideon but please not muriel)

[NotAnotherNewNappy]

I vote for Heidi and Silas. Great name choices.

[lilibet]

I have a Jemima, I also have a Harriet and a Toby...

Problem is they're my cats

[dilbertina]

Don't like Skye by the way.

[ellesabe]

lilibet

[deste]

My middle name is on your longer list and I have never told anyone what it is because I detest it.

[LucyManga]

I love Annie, Audrey, Dorothy (or Dorothea/Thea - gorgeous).

Skye and Ivy are sweet.

Really not keen on Muriel, Heidi (too cutesy) Wendy or Verity (both very old fashioned and not due a revival in my opinion).

Of your boy's names I LOVE Otis and Silas, not keen on the others.

Other ideas:

Miles
Elmore
Cosmo
Barnaby
Hugo
Jude
Benedict
Laurence
Simeon
Gabriel
Dashiell
Tobias
Abraham
Theodore

Liberty
Aurelia
Evangeline
Penelope
Persephone
Iona
Clara
Claudia
Althea
Anastasia
Marguerite
Matilda
Liliana
Francesca
Tessa
Seraphina
Emilia
Livia
Hermione