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What are people's top ten names at the moment?

111 replies

threeandcounting73 · 15/09/2011 22:42

We are really stuggling to come up with a name for DC4 due soon so for inspiration could people post their top ten names at the moment? Thanks!

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PricklyThistle · 16/09/2011 22:33

Girls:
Mirren
Ailsa
Martha
Carla
Kaetrin
Ingrid

Boys:
Innes
Lachlan
Magnus

Can't think of 10 and just as well we're not going to have any more given my lack of boys choices!

exoticfruits · 16/09/2011 21:57

Sarah
Catherine
Louisa
Elizabeth
Rebecca
Susannah
Lucy
Caroline
Emily
Charlotte

Nicholas
Edward
James
Matthew
Christopher
Alexander
Robert
Thomas
William
George

therewasalittlegirl · 16/09/2011 21:45

Wow, some gorgeous names on here. MissTriangle - go for Anwen, so lovely as is its meaning, it unfortunately doesn't go with our surname, which ends in 'wen'

Tobleronester · 16/09/2011 21:06

Eliza
Tess
Erica
Jenna
Rowan
Robyn
Caimohe
Niamh
Vivienne
Kate

Vincent
Patrick
Rowan
Nathan
Alastair
Jack
Dominic
Craig
Saul
Scott

CharlieBoo · 16/09/2011 20:52

Emily
Lucy
Sophie
Daisy
Molly
Martha
Genevieve
Dorothy nn Dotty
Nancy
Jemima

Harry
Charlie
Freddie
James
Joseph
Rafferty
Owen
Oliver
Joshua
Joel

schroeder · 16/09/2011 20:49

Matthew
Andrew
Mark
Harry
Alistair
Rory
Graham
Anthony

Fiona
Hayley
Harriet
Kay
Alice
Caitlin
Lowri
Marianne

10 is too many!
When we were choosing names we could only agree on 1 name for a girl and 1 for a boy, thank goodness we only had one of each. Grin

EssieW · 16/09/2011 20:30

Alice
Ellen
Susannah
Helena
Eleanor
Ruth
Emily
Tarryn

Oliver
Toby
Alexander
Jonathan
Edmund
Edward
Alistair

upatdawn · 16/09/2011 20:30

This list doesn't include any of my DC or names I am considering this time round but I love -

Lucien
Cassius
Caleb
Roman
Michael
Jasper
Barnaby
Reuben
Lennox
Todd

Isadora
Georgina
Tallulah
Juliet
Asha
Percie
Maya
Alicia
India
Scarlett

Oviously being the emotional wreck that I am these names change on a daily basis!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/09/2011 20:29

-Boys-
Thaddeus
Laurence
Rowan
Asher
Barnaby

-Girls-
Marianne
Yolande
Vivienne
Harriet
Clover

dearheart · 16/09/2011 20:24

Clara
Josephine
Lara
Mary
Emmeline
Kezia
Alicia
Cassandra
Faye
Tess
Susannah

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threeandcounting73 · 16/09/2011 18:42

PootlePosyPerkin we already have a Tamsin, a Lennox and a Tristan but we are just brainstorming at the moment really :)

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OpinionatedMum · 16/09/2011 17:20

Rosie
Madeline
Bethany
Rowena
Katherine/Katy
Keira
Lucy
Alissa
Maria
Christina

Arthur
Jack
Ben
James
Michael
Joel
Rueben
Gabriel
Joshua
Alfie

MissTriangle · 16/09/2011 17:07

Girls:
Ava
Evangeline
Matilda
Emilia
Seren
Carys
Florence
Anwen
Ffion
Arianwen

Mix of English and welsh names. We are expecting a girl and still have no idea which name to go for. (40+7 today eeek) Haven't really put much thought into boys names sorry.

Kirstle · 16/09/2011 16:34

BOYS

Seth (my absolute favourite boys name, ever!)
Oscar
Etienne
Matthew
Benjamin
Remy
Lucas
Finn (as a stand alone name)
Hamish
Lachlann

GIRLS

Beatrix
Thea
Alice
Isabel/Isobel (sounds silly, but I prefer the different spellings with different mn's)
Elowen
Freya
Zoe
Molly
Orlaith (Orla)
Caty

DessertsInReverse · 16/09/2011 16:16

Ambrose
raphael
jeremiah
benedict
abraham
emmanuel
felix
laurence
wilfred
xavier

cecily
cecilia
clarissa
miranda
mirabel
octavia
esther
martha
matilda
genevieve

anewmotivatedme · 16/09/2011 14:01

Love the name Lawrence by the way.

It would be my top boys name, but its already been taken by sister.

anewmotivatedme · 16/09/2011 13:58

Faye
Carmen
Isabel
Katherine
Isla
Lara
Cara
Alys
Jane
Mia

Hugh
William
Alexander
Evan
Owen
Oliver
Benjamin
Thomas
Ian
Charles

Stef83 · 16/09/2011 13:51

Evan
Ethan
Benedict

Isla

I'm due in Feb and these are the only names I can come up with - and my son is Evan! Wwe find out in a week and a half what we're having to make it easier!

Some of the suggestions above are lovely though!

ladybutterfly1 · 16/09/2011 13:41

girls names
evie
alicia
caitlin
maisy
ella
elle
lorna
khourtney
candice
lauren

sonniebonnie · 16/09/2011 12:16

Arthur
Quentin
Christopher
Angus
Leon

Antonia
Clara
Isabel
Lea
Beatrice

Sorry, can only come up with five.

Stormwater · 16/09/2011 12:12

Emmyloo2, are the last ones on each of your lists mixed up, or am I behind the times?

findmeintheflowerbed · 16/09/2011 12:07

Not including DD, or soon to be here DC2's potential names:

Nancy
Frieda
Eugenie/a
Penelope
Skye
Thea
Catherine
Dorothy
Adele
Ophelia

Seth
Jethro
Eugene
Bruno
Vincent
Stanley
Hamish
Angus
Matthew
Nicholas

Kyrie · 16/09/2011 11:53

Honor
Adelaide
Ondine
Roisin
Orla
Carmen
Dolores
Freya
Anna
Madeleine

Roman
Euan
Conor
Oisin
Stefan
Luca
Gabriel
Caleb
Lachlan
Ronan

pedalpants · 16/09/2011 10:51

elizabeth
honor
vivienne
hazel
mairead
carys
valerie
mary
anne
clara

edward
geoffrey
lawrence
john
clement
owen
andrew
max
roland
david

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