Mallory and Laurence

[Sweets27]

Hi ladies! So I'm a little premature looking at this as only 5+5, but DH and I are looking at names already.

We have some ideas, but can you give me any more that are similar to these?

And what do you think of Mallory - weird or not weird?!

GIRLS:
Sophie
Grace
Alice
Margaret (Maggie)
Mallory
Katherine (Kitty)
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Miranda
Matilda
Eliza

BOYS:
Charlie
Laurence
William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
Toby
James

Thanks!

[burgatroyd]

Mallory means unfortunate

[burgatroyd]

Miranda and Lawrence gets my vote

[Hillingdon]

Mallory is lovely though. Much better than some of the very common names yu have listed. My DS's schools are full of Alex, George, William, Charlie etc

I liked Horatio though so what do I know! Our greatest sea captain!

Was completely overruled

[burgatroyd]

What about Valerie?

[Sweets27]

burgatroyd yes I know, I deliberately kept quiet on that as I wondered whether a lot of people would know that. I'm umm-ing and ah-ing over the name for that very reason, but I just find it so pretty!

And thanks all of you I know some of the names, boys' names in particular, are really common. Annoyingly, I've always liked them and I think some - particularly George, thanks to Wills and Kate - have just got way more popular in the last few years... any ideas for less common boys' names that are still similar to the above would be much appreciated!

[burgatroyd]

Mallory does not sound pretty.

Mal conjures up...
Malodorous, malicious, malfunction, malnourished, malicious, maleficent!
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[IvoryMadonna]

Marjorie

[florascotia]

Sorry, but Mallory makes me think of Enid Blyton jolly-hockey-sticks school yarns: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malory_Towers Or else of mountaineer George Mallory who died on Everest and whose tragic frozen body was found decades later. A very brave man, but undeniably male not female.

[IvoryMadonna]

Marcella

[susurration]

Definitely not Mallory.

Out of your list for girls I particularly like Matilda (Mattie or Tilly?), Alice and Georgina. Other options could be Martha (again, Mattie?) or Audrey.

[Sophronia]

I like...

GIRLS:
Margaret (Maggie)
Mallory
Katherine (Kitty)
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Matilda
Eliza

BOYS:
Laurence
William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
James

Mallory and Laurence would be my picks.

[manicinsomniac]

GIRLS:
Sophie - really like it
Grace - really like it
Alice - quite like it
Margaret (Maggie) - Margaret is ok, really dislike Maggie
Mallory - it's ok but I automatically add Towers
Katherine (Kitty) - really like Katherine. Kitty's ok
Georgina (Georgie) - love both
Isabel - love it
Miranda - love it
Matilda - love it
Eliza - it's ok

BOYS:
Charlie - it's ok.
Laurence - not keen
William - really like it
George - really like it
Alexander - love it
Leo - quite like it
Luke - not keen
Toby - really like it
James - like it

Georgina or Miranda and Alexander would be my picks.

[Interrobang]

I love Mallory - look, sound and feel ... but the meaning, no, that rules it out for me.
Reminds me of Family Ties with Michael J Fox.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

Similar names:

Meredith
Marissa
Audra
Avery

Gregory
Marcus
Miles
Dorian

[CityDweller]

I love Mallory! Was on my list, but DH wouldn't go for it.

[IHeartKingThistle]

I love Margaret/Maggie.

[Guin1]

Mallory seems more like a boy's name to me, but the meaning would put me off.

From your girl's list, Miranda is my favourite by far - love it!
From your boy's list, my favourites are Toby and Luke.

[DandyDan]

Mallory for a girl - terrific! Go for it!
Laurence for a boy, from your list - all the others are fairly over-popular at the moment.

[LicoriceComfit]

I love Mallory and Mirrin for a girl.

[TheScottishPlay]

Mallory is a great name. Makes me think of The West Wing.

[Marcipex]

I love Mallory, didn't know the meaning.
How about devising your own meaning? There are beautiful trees in TLOTR, called Mallorn trees, for example.

[timelyreminder]

I like

Sophie
Grace
Georgina (Georgie)
Isabel
Miranda

William
George
Alexander
Leo
Luke
James

Anna, Lucy, Josephine, Olivia, Claire, Emily?
Frederick, Peter, Henry, Oliver, Richard, Samuel?

[dementedma]

Love Laurence - with a u, not a w

[nooka]

I really like Laurence, but not Mallory at all, especially for a girl. I like Miranda best of your girls list.

[nightandthelight]

Howdy sweets :) Love that you are picking names!

I really like Mallory, I do think of Mallory towers but also West Wing where Mallory is an extremely intelligent, confident and beautiful young lady, definitely a good role model!

Out of the boys names Leo is my fav, this it's a lovely name and the Leo I know is one of the nicest guys I have met :) I always judge names on people I know with them!