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My top name choices at the moment are...

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fel1x · 17/01/2011 11:55

Jonah for a boy and
Francesca for a girl

Already have an Oliver and an Edward (Teddy)

What do you think?
Do they 'go' with DS's names?

Other runners up are..
Charlotte and Emma
Casper and Miles

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girlafraid · 17/01/2011 12:09

Francesca is lovely and JOnah too - all names are nice though

Not sure what you mean by asking if they "go" with you other children's names, why do they need to?

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PorkChopSter · 17/01/2011 12:20

I like Jonah but Joseph 'goes' better. Don't like Miles or Caspar.

Francesca is ok, I like Charlotte too.

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LaTristesse · 17/01/2011 12:23

I like Jonah a lot (my DH disallowed it because of the whale thing Confused...

I prefer Emma to Francesca but you might prefer not to have people with the same initial in the household (makes the mail easier to manage!)

Casper is getting very popular and imo doesn't go so well with your other names. Whereas Charlotte goes well I think.

If it were me I'd plump for Emma and Jonah.

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CharlieBoo · 17/01/2011 12:35

Love Jonah, but prefer Charlotte to Francesca.. prefer the nn with Charlotte...

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GoldFrakkincenseAndMyrrh · 17/01/2011 12:48

Oliver, Edward and Francesca is lovely. Or Charlotte. Wouldn't got for Emma.

Oliver, Edward and Jonah is also a good combo. Don't like Miles at all with your other names, Casper is better but Jonah best.

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fel1x · 17/01/2011 13:31

girlafraid - they dont need to go, I'd just like them to Smile

Oliver, Edward and James goes together
Oliver, Edward and Jayden doesnt so much - completely different feel.

I just want to check that the names I like have the same feel as my Dcs names!

Thanks for all thoughts so far Smile

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MaElsie · 17/01/2011 15:43

Jonah and Francesca both lovely. Not Casper.

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megsacat · 17/01/2011 15:47

I like Jonah and Charlotte best.

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SunshineOnARainyDay · 17/01/2011 15:49

Another vote for Jonah and Charlotte

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Lamorna · 17/01/2011 15:59

I like the girls choices but not the boys choices, particularly Jonah -a person who brings bad luck on ships. Probably OK unless he wants to take up sailing!

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flopsy1974 · 17/01/2011 16:03

Francesca and Emma are both lovely but not keen on Charlotte. Don't like casper or Miles but Jonah is lovley. I wanted it for our last DD if she had been a boy but DH vetoed it.

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eatyourveg · 17/01/2011 16:12

Like Jonah a lot but think Miles works better with your other dc's names

I like Emma rather than Francesca. Charlotte would work as a second name

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nancythenaughtyfairy · 17/01/2011 16:17

I love all your girls' names and Miles for a boy.

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PlanetLizard · 17/01/2011 16:32

I quite like Jonah and Francesca. However, they're a bit more unusual than the names of your other DCs.

I prefer Emma to Francesca or Charlotte, but I think Charlotte goes best with your other DCs' names.

I like Casper and Miles, and think Miles goes well with your other DCs names.

So I would go for

Oliver, Edward and Miles

Oliver, Edward and Charlotte

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Mushoddery · 17/01/2011 16:58

Like Jonah, Francesca and Charlotte. Don't think that Emma, Casper or Miles go as well with your other children's names.

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StrangewaysHereICome · 17/01/2011 18:09

I like Jonah and Francesca, they both go well with your other dc. I like Charlotte too but I know a lot of Charlottes, Francesca is more unusual.

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Nightstar · 17/01/2011 18:32

I like them except Miles

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Secretwishescometrue · 17/01/2011 18:51

Love Charlotte and it goes lovely with your boys names (great. Names btw) would you be happy with Fran or Frannie as nn's? Much prefer Lottie myself but even if ye at home don't shorten it friends probably will... I do like Jonah but did think Jonah and the whale instantly, love James actually if that's in the running?

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SilkStalkings · 17/01/2011 19:44

Not so keen on Francesca, something a bit too flouncy to it, conjures up nouveau riche trying to sound posh to me. But that will all be down to some never-seen-again tv show I watched in 1986 knowing my trivia-collecting brain so ignore me.

Like Jonah, Miles and Charlotte. Emma a bit dated (I have 5 friends in their 30s called Emma.)

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AnnieDelores · 17/01/2011 20:48

Love Jonah but not so keen on others - only because Francesca will be shortened to Fran whether you like it or not. What about Felicity / Fliss?

Agree that Charlotte or even Carlotta are nicer.

Teddy (Edward) is on my list. What reactions do you get to it?

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PorkChopSter · 17/01/2011 20:58

What about Peter?

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mathanxiety · 18/01/2011 06:02

I love Jonah and I think it goes well with your other names. Caspar and Miles are nice but they will date and 'place' a DS.

For a girl, I prefer Frances to Francesca, which seems a bit on the frilly side. Charlotte and Emma are both lovely too.

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nooka · 18/01/2011 06:25

I'm really not keen on Jonah at all (but I was brought up a Christian and I have a feeling I had story books about Jonah bringing bad luck on everyone). I also think it combines less well than Miles or Casper because it sounds (to me) too similar to Oliver.

With the girls names I'd avoid Emma because I think it is better to have different initials. Charlotte is probably more in the same vein as your boys.

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diddl · 18/01/2011 08:41

Like Jonah & Francesca.

Also like Felicity as already suggested.

PreferAmelia/Amelie/Emily to Emma.

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PlanetLizard · 18/01/2011 09:12

Agree with mathanxiety that Frances is nicer than Francesca.

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