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Anyone want to come and comment on our shortlist?

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Mackrelmint · 03/01/2012 16:23

dc2 due april so we've got a fair bit of time to keep changing our minds, but thought I'd subject the current lot to mn scrutiny, just for fun

so, do your worst... (and if you have any more suggestions along similar lines let me know! still nothing really standing out at the moment)

GIRLS: (probably middle name of Joan - family name)
Dorothy
Isadora
Elodie
Isaura (it's an old Greek place name apparently)
Eliza

BOYS:
Irvine
Errol
Merle
Wilbur
Ramsay

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squeak2392 · 04/01/2012 23:31

GIRLS: (probably middle name of Joan - family name)
Dorothy - Lovely.
Isadora - Nice.
Elodie - Don't like.
Isaura - Don't like.
Eliza - Really pretty.
Alberta - Okay, but I much prefer Augusta.

Love the suggestion of Sylvie if DD1 is Audrey!

BOYS:
Irvine - Love, although prefer pn Er-vine as Er-vin sounds like Mervin.
Errol - Love, was considering this myself at one point.
Merle - A girl to me. Quite unimpressive on a guy.
Wilbur - Lovely.
Ramsay - Okay.

Thumbinnapuddingwitch · 04/01/2012 23:14

Sorry, yes, it's a fabric colour that is marl! never mind.

AgathaPinchBottom · 04/01/2012 20:16

Eliza, wilbur and Wilfred. Those are the best IMO.
I did go out with a Ramsay once and he was v attractive and spoke six languages - Which impressed me mightily.

HooverTheHamaBeads · 04/01/2012 19:59

Eliza is my pick

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2012 17:00

Yes to Slyvie but think Isaura remains top for me!

LaFilleSurLePont · 04/01/2012 16:01

The coat colour is merle.

Thumbinnapuddingwitch · 04/01/2012 14:36

But Merle Oberon was an actress, so girl's name too.
(the pet colour is marle, btw, not merle :) )

MildlyNarkyPuffin · 04/01/2012 13:23

Sylvie and Wilfred are really nice.

YuleingFanjo · 04/01/2012 13:21

I love Joan :)

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Mackrelmint · 04/01/2012 13:20

Thanks for suggestions Remus - I like Wilfred, and I was very keen on Sylvie (not Sylvia because I know a middle-aged one I too closely associate with the name) for DD but DP vetoed on grounds of it being French and us having no French connections.

Aquilla - pronounce Er-Vin. Never heard anyone say Er-Vine.

guinea Merle Haggard is the only one I know, and he's definitely not a girl. I think it's more of a girl's name in some countries (there was a very sweet little girl Merle on The Killing) and a boy's name in others. Sounds nicer pronounced Danish/French - more of a Mare than a Mur sound to start.

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seeker · 04/01/2012 12:03

Dorothey and Eliza are gorgeous.

Don't like any of your boy's names, sorry.

guinealady · 04/01/2012 12:01

Dorothy I definitely like, although Dorothea would probably just have the edge over Dorothy for me.

Merle - a girl's name surely? Merle Oberon is the only person I've heard of with that name.

fanjodisfunction · 04/01/2012 11:11

I think Eliza goes very well with Audrey, Audrey and Eliza go well. I would stay clear of the names ending in y but thats just my opinion

I love the name Wilbur I think its really cute, I also like the name Irvine.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 03/01/2012 18:23

Iolanthe is beautiful too.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 03/01/2012 18:22

Audrey is lovely - see, I knew you had good taste in girls' names! But Alberta is dreadful, sorry.

A few more:

Yolanda (means Violet, which is also lovely)
Eloise
Louisa
Naomi
Hermione
Imogen
Sylvia

Boys:
Wilfred
Vincent
Frederick
Mortimer
Thaddeus
Robin
Rupert
Matthias
Barnaby
Laurence
Edmund

MildlyNarkyPuffin · 03/01/2012 17:08

Er, each to their own?

lisaro · 03/01/2012 17:07

Are you American?
Not keen on Isaura - sounds a bit 'made up'. The boys names are truly terrible. They read like a roll call of the worst 30's Hollywood names.

Thumbinnapuddingwitch · 03/01/2012 17:05

Another point on Errol, that will be more pertinent to the peer group that your DC grows up in - it's the name of the useless little old owl who can't fly straight in Harry Potter (belonging to the Weasley family) so you might want to give that one a miss. :)

I'd put the e on the end of Isolde - Iz-old-uh - but I don't know if that's normal!

What about Iolanthe?

Not at all keen on Alberta - try Aurora or Aurelia - oh, except you have an Audrey already, don't you? Not such a good plan then.

tak1ngchances · 03/01/2012 17:04

GIRLS: (probably middle name of Joan - family name)
Dorothy - no makes me think of your one from Men Behaving Badly
Isadora - sounds like a cheapy make up brand
Elodie - love it
Isaura (it's an old Greek place name apparently) - bit pretentious but somehow I like Isaure
Eliza - nice

BOYS:
Irvine - love it
Errol - quite nice
Merle - er, no.
Wilbur - sounds like an aged pet
Ramsay - makes me think of Neighbours

Aquilla · 03/01/2012 17:02

How are you pronnouncing Irvine? It can be said Ir-vine or Irvin (in northerly reaches of Scotland).

LaFilleSurLePont · 03/01/2012 17:00

And Alberta is awful.

swanfall · 03/01/2012 16:59

Oh I LOVE Isolde! I would pronounce it Iz-old. Dolly is lovely as a nn for Dorothy. You have really interesting taste, and I mean that in a good way, not an Hmm way.

LaFilleSurLePont · 03/01/2012 16:59

I love Dorothy.Isadora is nice. Elodie is is lovely. Not fond of Isaura. Eliza is nice.

The boys names however,are all horrid.

JestersHat · 03/01/2012 16:57

Alberta/Alba is quite nice :)

swanfall · 03/01/2012 16:57

GIRLS:
Dorothy - it's ok
Isadora - love it
Elodie - love it
Isaura - makes me think of dinosaurs
Eliza - only as short for Elizabeth, which has nicer nns imo

BOYS:
Irvine - I like it
Errol - Flynn! no
Merle - yuck
Wilbur - I like it
Ramsay - it's ok, but does make me think of Gordon, so eww.