What do you think of my name choices??

[Italiangreyhound]

OK, I know this is a bit weird! I won't be getting a BFP anytime as our fertility treatment has come to an end and we will now look into adoption. If we have a new child they will come with a name (which I hope will be music to our ears - in time). But for a long while I've been making a list of names! Just thought I'd share my top names and see what you think of my choices!

Be kind!

I'm in a good place.

Just curious if anyone likes them! We have a lovely DD already, Having never had a son I can't imagine having a boy and I struggled to find even a few boys names I really liked!

Here are my top 10 girls names:

Evelyn
Cassia
Merin
Cadence
Merab
Hope
Camille
Claudia
Shelby
Rosealba

My top 7 boys names:

Thomas
Jonah
Nehemiah
Luke
Elijah
Joshua
Jude

Just a bit of whimsy on my part!

Thank you for reading.

[lisaro]

Sorry - not a lot. they sound very american.

[treadwarily]

I like Evelyn and most of your boy choices. Bit unsure about Nehemiah.

All the best with adoption!

[StealthNinja]

My favourite two from each list are Evelyn and Camille, Elijah and Thomas.

Good luck with the adoption :).

[emmyloo2]

Evelyn -this is lovely
Cassia - don't love this
Merin - I prefer the spelling of Merren
Cadence - don't love this
Merab - never heard of this
Hope - love love this
Camille - love this
Claudia - nice
Shelby - don't love this
Rosealba - prefer just Rose or Rosemary

My top 7 boys names:

Thomas - nice but very very popular
Jonah - used to be my favourite but a bit popular for me now
Nehemiah - never heard of this
Luke - like
Elijah - like
Joshua - love this
Jude - love this

What is your DD's name? That will give a better idea of your taste.

I have a DS and find boy's names very difficult. I like the old fashioned names like Arthur, Henry etc, but I think you might be a little more modern in your taste. What about Owen, Austin, Nicholas, Preston, Cole, Ellis, Nate??? Anything like that take your fancy?

Good luck with the adoption!

[Italiangreyhound]

Thanks so much for your lovely comments. Just wanted to share 'my' names having compiled the list over a long time. If we are fortunate enough to adopt then the child will already come with a name.

Yes, emmyloo2 I too like old fashioned names but also some modern ones too. There are also a few names that are actually really old fashioned but sound modern! I heard Rosealba on Cadfael the other day (which is TV programme about a monk, it is set between about 1135 and about 1145). So if that is the kind of name they used in those days then it is not at all modern, but I guess it sounds modern!

Cassia is a plant but is also a version of Kezia/Keziah, which is the name of one of Job's daughters from the Bible. Likewise, Merab and Nehemiah are names from the Bible. As a Christian I do like Bible names, you can see that from my boys' list, where all the boys' names are Bible names.

I find the whole process of naming things very interesting, what makes us feel drawn to certain names etc. I guess having travelled a lot and lived for short periods of time overseas I have picked up some eclectic tastes in names.

I am very excited about the idea of adoption but it will be a long road!

Thank you for your kind wishes.

[DogEared]

Good luck with adoption! :)

Evelyn- Lovely, classic
Cassia- Beautiful. I know a few in Wales- They pronounce it "Casha"
Merin- Can't get my head round this one- It's the name of a farm near me so I read it and think cows! :o
Cadence- Not keen
Merab- A bit like random letters out of the scrabble bag, sorry
Hope - Lovely
Camille - Nice but a bit too posh for my tastes
Claudia- OK
Shelby - too American
Rosealba- I quite like it but it's just too long.


Thomas- Nice but there are so many...
Jonah- Lovely!
Nehemiah- Not keen
Luke - Brilliant name
Elijah- Fab
Joshua - OK
Jude- ABsolutely lovely

[Kayano]

Op I was adopted at 9 months and they changed my name!

I love Merin!

For the Boys I like Jonah.

Hope your dreams come true op x

[DialMforMummy]

Yes to:
Hope
Camille
Claudia

Yes to:
Jonas
Elijah
Jude
HTH
Good luck with the adoption process.

[doctordwt]

Yes to Merin, but PLEASE have Merryn or Meryn. NOT Merin.

Thomas, Jude and Jonas are lovely.

[Italiangreyhound]

Kayano thanks for sharing. I know it is possible for adoptive parents to change a name and sometimes it is the right thing, so very possibly that might happen for us. I will remain open to it.

Thanks to one and all for responding.

[squoosh]

Of your girls names I like these ones in descending order

Cassia (gorgeous name)
Camille
Claudia

Boys names:

Jude
Elijah


Although have to say a big fat NO to Nehemiah.

[squoosh]

And most importantly of all. Good Luck :)

[Italiangreyhound]

Thanks squoosh, yes I know Nehemiah is an unusual choice, child would probably be condemned to a life of spelling it out! I liked it because we looked at the story of Nehemiah at Easter (at Spring Harvest) and he was someone who re-built the city walls, which was a lovely story. I would have abbreviated it to Ned! Let's be honest my hubby would have vetoed it!

Claudia is another name in the Bible but I like the pronunciation the German way, Cloudia.

Yes, Cassia (pronounced Kass - i - a) is my favourite at the moment.

In many ways it's not a big deal. We choose names we love and then end up yelling them across the playground in a very unglamorous way, and we say then followed by a string of 'would you get your shoes on/brush your hair etc!' yet they kind of help to define us, as well as identify us! And if the first person you met with a certain name was pretty, or popular or lovely or whatever we probably always think of that name favourably!

Thanks for your good wishes.

I feel very optimistic, despite this appallingly rainy old day!