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If these girls were boys what would they be called?

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Eskarina · 05/03/2013 18:44

Dc2 was, in my head, another girl. She has turned out to be twin boys. We have NO boys names, didn't manage to agree on one when dd was born (thank goodness she was a girl!). I could name twin girls 50 times over (whether dh would agree or not is another matter!). But what would the boys equivalent of these sort of girls names be? (I mean similar in "feel" rather than the direct girl/boy swap eg claudia->claud)

Claudia
Vanessa
Nancy
Miriam
Vivienne
Lucy/Lucia/Lucinda
Verity
Cecily
Emily
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Jennifer
Harriet

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Bumbolina · 05/03/2013 18:55

George and Arthur

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FellNel · 05/03/2013 18:55

Hugh
Hugo
Vincent
Sebastian
Rafe
Miles
Piers
Conrad
Rufus
Raymond
Francis
Julian

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silverfrog · 05/03/2013 18:57

Caspar
Hugo
Arthur
Felix
Marcus
Inigo
Leo

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bigbadbarry · 05/03/2013 18:57

Fred and Francis

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peppertree · 05/03/2013 19:12

congratulations, how exciting!
I'm just like you, can think of loads of names for girls but have to think so much harder for boys!
Here goes
Rowan
Fergus
Nicholas
Christopher
Hugo
Kit
Monty
Gabriel
Max
Oscar

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Yfronts · 05/03/2013 20:56

Stanley and Frank

Monty and Rafe

Milo and Cosmo

Sid and Kit

Samuel and Joseph

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thegreylady · 05/03/2013 21:55

Guy and Hugh
Edward and James
Peter and Christopher
Finn and Jake

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birdofthenorth · 05/03/2013 22:08

Ted & Kit (Edward/mond & Christopher)
Noah & Seth
Felix & Jasper
Henry & Arthur
Peter & James
Billy & Bertie (William and Albert)

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GeorgianMumto5 · 05/03/2013 22:12

Oh, go for George and Arthur - splendid choices, Bumbolina.

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iheartmycat · 05/03/2013 22:49

Caleb and rueben
Anthony and William
Jonty and ted (Jonathan and Edward)
Martin and Lachlan

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MortifiedAdams · 05/03/2013 22:52

Henry and Oscar

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mayanna123 · 06/03/2013 06:47

Quentin
Arthur
William
Dominic
Sebastian

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Eskarina · 06/03/2013 18:05

Thanks, that's lots of food for thought. Definitely liking Edward as Ted, Sebastian, Henry, Oscar is on the right lines too but we have one in close family already.
Thanks

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soontobeslendergirl · 06/03/2013 19:28

Theodore
Crispin
Hayden
Alistair
Edgar
Charles

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Frikadellen · 06/03/2013 21:45

hmm for a bit of fun

Claudia -Claus
Vanessa - Victor
Nancy - Neil
Miriam - Michael/Mike
Vivienne - Vincent
Lucy/Lucia/Lucinda - Luca/Lucas
Verity - Vaughan
Cecily - Cecil
Emily - Emil/Emmet
Elizabeth - George
Charlotte - Charles
Jennifer - James
Harriet - Harry/Harrison

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Homophone · 06/03/2013 22:29

Hugo
Frank
Edward (Ned)
William

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Willow36 · 07/03/2013 09:11

Cameron
Matthew
Nathaniel
Arthur
Edward
Lucas
Tristan
Michael
William
George
James
Jonathan
Henry

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lalabaloo · 07/03/2013 19:20

I'm not sure if you have heard of the website www.nymbler.com, but you put in names you like and it comes up with suggestions. Some of the names you like lead it to suggest:

Martin
Oliver
Leo
Larry
Noah
Jack
Curtis
James
Benjamin
Ross
Henry
Maurice
Quentin
Crispin
Dexter
Barnaby
Benjamin
Graham
Myles
Gerard

You can add names to a shortlist and play around with the suggestions, it might be worth a look.

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