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Your views on these names needed!

37 replies

Bagabee · 29/10/2010 21:01

Laurie
Benjamin (NOT Ben)
Gilbert
Bob
Tom

Albertine
Florence
Audrey
Beatrice
Elizabeth
Leonora
Merrilees

Thanking you! x (not yet conceived but still obsessed!)

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DuelingFanjo · 29/10/2010 21:48

Laurie - ok, not a favourite but not awful
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - I like it but it will be shortened by some people and your child may decide he prefers ben
Gilbert - not a favourite of mine
Bob - Lovely. We have decided to use Bob, not Robert
Tom - like it but know too many so I wouldn't choose it myself.

Albertine - Really not a fan
Florence - is ok but so over used now
Audrey - My favorite on your list
Beatrice - Not a fan, again quite over used
Elizabeth - Classic but boring. I like the NN Betty though
Leonora - No, too flowery and floncy for me
Merrilees - Is it made up? Not a ran at all.

Mitchymum · 29/10/2010 21:43

Laurie - lovely
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - quite nice
Gilbert - ooo noo
Bob - ooo nooo
Tom too common

Albertine nah, not really
Florence quite cute
Audrey too middle aged
Beatrice okay
Elizabeth too plain
Leonora okay but prefer Leoni
Merrilees - nope, but like Meredith.

Mumcentreplus · 29/10/2010 21:33

Laurie - hugh anyone?
Benjamin (NOT Ben)- ok
Gilbert- naf
Bob - even naffer and not a real name
Tom - as above but even more boring

Albertine - old lady
Florence - as above
Audrey - as above with added Little shop of Horrors

Beatrice - cute
Elizabeth - also cute
Leonora - nope
Merrilees - sounds like dodgy sweets/shell-fish

KenDoddsDadsZombieDogsNotDead · 29/10/2010 21:32

Bob but prefer Rob
Audrey or Elizabeth

tummytickler · 29/10/2010 21:25

Gilbert is fabulous - I love it!
Benjamin is ok, but i do not htink it is realistic to say he will never be a Ben (which is a shame) maybe call him Benji as a nn yourself to avoid Ben?
Tom and Bob - no!
Laurie - ok

Albertine - cute
Florence - no, boring we know sooooo many(dd1 has 3 in her year, dd2 has 2 in her class, and there are more younger siblings in the playground too)
Audrey - LOVE it!
Beatrice - boring
Elizabeth - nice, cute nn
Leonora - no
Merrilees - no

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Bagabee · 29/10/2010 21:25

OMG, Merrilees is a lovely Scottish famanily name for us.

It's hard to choose original names that are not utterly pretentious!

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weepootle · 29/10/2010 21:16

Laurie - nice
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - sounds wet to me
Gilbert - no
Bob - NO!
Tom - nice

Albertine - awful
Florence - love!
Audrey - don't like, think of Corrie!
Beatrice - nice
Elizabeth - nice
Leonora - awful, fabric conditioner
Merrilees - possibly the worst name I've ever heard, never heard this before.

Goingspare · 29/10/2010 21:13

I you really dislike Ben, I'd caution against Benjamin - it'll get shortened at some point.

thisisyesterday · 29/10/2010 21:13

Laurie is lovely
Benjamin is nice.
Tom ok

LOVE Leonora, that's my fave of your girl's names

also really like Florence and Beatrice
Audrey and Elizabeth are ok
don't like Albertine or Merrilees

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Bagabee · 29/10/2010 21:10

Appreciate the candid views! If all so hideous (Mrs S), what names do you favour??

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MrsSchadenfreude · 29/10/2010 21:08

Albertine is hideous. Merrilees sounds like a horse. The rest are a bit dull. Elizabeth and Beatrice are OK-ish.

MrsvWoolf · 29/10/2010 21:07

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