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I need some names with a similar 'feel' to...

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20wkbaby · 20/05/2011 08:55

As the title suggests I am 20 weeks pregnant with a baby of unknown sex. I prefer more unusual names, DH could probably be persuaded if he liked the name enough!

No old lady/ old man names please and not too whacky, just would rather not go down the Emily/ James route.

Boys:

Jonah
Samuel
Saul
Thomas - yes I know is very popular but we don't know any and we like Tom as well as Thomas.
Harry - as Thomas!

(DH not keen on biblical names but I love them! I wanted Jacob for DD and he didn't like it but now he sees it as more mainstream and for this reason I have gone off it! Don't want names like Quentin or Hugo although not because I don't like them, just don't think of them as names for my baby iyswim)

Girls:

Lily
Freya
Phoebe
Romilly
Vita

(Like all these names but none of them is quite 'it'. DH doesn't like Freya but I love the Scandinavian feel. We both like nature names. Would not want anything too commonly used as I have lots of friends with babies and the chances are someone has chosen it already.)

Thank you

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oohlaalaa · 20/05/2011 10:32

I think we have similar taste 20wkbaby, as I like all your names (except Vita). We have Lara as our girls name lined up, and William as our boys name (after DH grandfather, who was more like a Dad to him than Grandad). Here are some names that we considered.

Girls:

Faye
Cara
Nicole
Lara

Boys:

Alexander
Theo

happygomucky · 20/05/2011 10:20

Vita is fab for a girl, I'd call off the search!

For a boy, how about:
Ferdinand
Robin
Rory
Nathan

NerfHerder · 20/05/2011 10:08

Astrid
Ingrid
Greta
Romy
Violet

Duncan
Conrad
Arthur
Peter
Christopher
Inigo

diddl · 20/05/2011 09:48

I love Jonah & Saul.

Silas?

Only girls name I can think of is Hebe.

joruth · 20/05/2011 09:44

G: Lucille, Agnetha, Josephina, Hannah, Sophia, Francesca, Tove....European/Scandinavian girls. Esther (Hebrew)

B:Arthur, David, Simeon/Simon, Peter, Joshua, Traditional but less common names

have fun making your top lists...................when my first daughter was born I changed my mind completely to a name i thought I hated but other half loved...I looked at her an it fitted her....what can i say??

puddle2 · 20/05/2011 09:41

Love Sam/uel, Thomas and Harry - but they are all very much in the same box as James and Emily for me. We're considering Thomas/Tom for our little one (if blue flavour) due in 5 weeks. We're also considering Finley/Fin. Oliver/Ollie and Oscar are also on our list, as were Noah and George. Im off Noah because of the biblical link so doubt you'd like it. I also LOVE Rafferty/Raffy.

Girl wise, Phoebe is on our list. As is Holly, Matilda/Mattie, Olive and Imogen.

Flora seems to fit your girls names for me, not sure why.