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any and all suggestions welcome

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GlitterySkulls · 10/01/2012 20:26

i am fairly early on in pregnancy with dc2, but i can think of no names i like whatsoever.

dh has made umpteen suggestions, i either dislike them or they don't go with the middle & surname. i like to know in advance what i'm calling the baby, makes it seem more real to me.

so, suggestions for both genders please :)

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GlitterySkulls · 31/03/2012 22:10

sorry, i don't like any of those Blush

or rather, it's not that i don't like them, i'm ambivalent towards them. i neither like nor dislike, & that's the problem with near enough every name i've had suggested.

i wish i could just hear a name, go "yes, that's THE ONE" & that'd be the end of it.

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Stellan · 30/03/2012 10:53

I meant Jessamine (or Jessamyn), sorry.

Stellan · 30/03/2012 10:49

Congratulations on your baby girl! I've only glanced through the older messages so I apologise if some of these are off the mark.

Personally, I think Violet is a lovely name and nearly every name you shout sounds whiny and awful.

Some suggestions (including a fair few flower names):
Anwen
Aster
Azalea
Ayla
Bronwen
Delphine or Delphina
Dahlia
Dinah
Flora
Garland
Georgia
Honora
Iris
Isadora
Isis
Jasmine or Jesamine
Louisa
Lucia
Madigan
Maren
Mirren
Olwen
Paloma
Seraphina or Serafina
Siena
Tanwen
Violetta

I think Mirren is prettier-sounding than Morven and might be a good choice for you.

Some Italian names - Adelina, Alessandra (which I adore), Amalia, Artemisia, Clelia, Cosima, Clementina, Elisabetta, Gemma, Guiliana, Lia, Lidia, Mariella, Susanna, Vittoria, Viviana

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GlitterySkulls · 30/03/2012 10:31

we found out last week this baby is a girl.

however, my mum & mil have both put me off our chosen name of morvern.

we briefly considered violet, but then we were watching a telly prog & some woman was shouting "viiiiiii-luuuuuttttttt, viiiiiiiiiiii-oooooooooooooo-lluutttttttttt" in a really awful accent & put me off that too.

HELP PLEASE !!

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GlitterySkulls · 22/02/2012 01:26

sorry, none of these are really striking me.

we have our girls name sorted,(which pretty much guarantee's this one's a boy Grin ) so it's just a boy's name we need.

i have trawled umpteen baby name sites, & i don't like anything .

millions of names in the world, there must be one out there i like.

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TheCrunchUnderfoot · 21/02/2012 22:16

Steffan
Micah
Morgan is fine for a boy!

Kerensa
Anna
Linnet

Pasanna · 21/02/2012 21:59

If you like Antony what about Anton or Antoine?
Martin
Jonty
Benedict
Barney

For girls names
Julia or the Italian version,
Helena
Tabitha
Perrine
Cecille
Ava

Ds 2 is due in 7 weeks and we haven't even got a short list!

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GlitterySkulls · 21/02/2012 17:53

ok folks, so we're still no further forward.

i don't like any boys names whatsoever.

dh sick of me rejecting his ideas.

i'm sick of him coming up with names he doesn't even like just in the vain hope i'll actually like it.

any more suggestions, please?

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 19:55

hahahahaha !! Grin

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CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 19:50

Sounds like Mason.

There, done. Mason it is. Or Miriam for a girl. Nn Miri.

That's you sorted. :o

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 16:47

i asked DS for inspiration. (he's 16 months)

he helpfully suggested "mummum".

hmm. has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Wink Grin

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 16:45

nope, sorry guys !! Blush

thanks everyone for all the suggestions though :)

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ZhenThereWereTwo · 18/01/2012 16:36

Lorcan
Byron
Calvin
Caleb
Casper
Christian
Christopher
Ciaran
Conrad
Daniel
Dillon/Dylan
Donovan
Elias
Elliot
Emmett
Evan
Gideon
Jared
Jarvis
Jeroen
Lawrence
Lionel
Mason
Merle
Oscar
Seth
Sirius
Trent
Tyler
Wallace?

Aleia
Allora
Bronwyn
Dara
Erica
Frieda
Irene
Joan
Judith
Keara/Kiara
Kendra
Minerva
Miriam
Moriah
Neora
Selena
Serena
Skyla
Tara
Teresa
Thalie
Ursula
Zora?

CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 16:18

She doesn't like Drew BlueChampagne, I already asked. :)

Walter?
Titus?
Jorgan? (I actually know a kid named this, it means farmer. :))
Cadence?
Samantha?
Jane?
Benjamin?
Miranda?
Ophelia?
Astrid?
Laurence?
Emily?
Annie Rose?
Caroline?
Charlie?
Jake?
Lucas?
Aurelia?
Augusten?

Sausagesarenottheonlyfruit · 18/01/2012 13:27

Newton
Pascal
Kelvin

BlueChampagne · 18/01/2012 13:03

Brendan
Ciaran
Devlin
Jude
Noah
Thomas
Glen

Andrew could be Drew I suppose, if that's any better.

kayjaybabe · 18/01/2012 10:23

I love the names
Isabella
Saige
Pascell

Iyziah
Corey
Eboneisah
Zacoriah

CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 05:20

I've got to go to bed too...I'll have a good think and get back to you tomorrow. :)

Zachary?
Ivan?
Simon?
Philip?
Joshua?

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 02:46

cheerful, feel free to continue, but i'll see them in the morning, got to be going to bed now, it's 2.40 am here.

zhen- thanks for all your suggestions, unfortunately none of them are grabbing me. (do we have a pita emoticon Grin ) i know marley's a boys name, but everyone round here seems to think its a girls name, & use it as one. annoying, but i don't want my son getting teased for it. plus, since that film, it also has doggy connotations for me.

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ZhenThereWereTwo · 18/01/2012 02:20

Arran
Cameron
Duncan
Fergus
Angus
Farlan
Grant
Lorne
Montgomery
Kevern
Jago
Perran
Tristan
Cadan
Tremayne
Errol
Lewis

I have known several boys called Marley BTW

Iona
Innes
Orla
Una
Kerenza
Meredith
Nerys
Steren
Lowenna
Morva
Merryn

CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 01:54

Oh that's right. Brian? Carson? Wyatt? Wyatt, Newton, Morgan, and Virgil Earp were gun-fightin' brothers. :)

Do you want me to stop yet? :o

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 01:39

i like morgan, but round here it seems to be used for girls for some reason Confused i know its a boys name. same as marley, i love that name, but it seems to be used for girls here.

i do like ryan, but the surname begins with r & i don't like alliteration.

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CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 01:31

Morgan? Dylan? Griffin? Rhys?

Deacon? Kyle? Ryan?

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GlitterySkulls · 18/01/2012 01:16

i do like michael, but it's dh's name & its a no-go due to aforementioned bil/dh ds/new baby thing.

logan is nice-ish, but not quite "it".

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CheerfulYank · 18/01/2012 01:06

Harris/on?
Brodie?
Oscar?
Marcus?
Nicholas?
Gavin?
Quinn?
Craig?
Heath?
Cian? Like Cain but different :)

Anneliese
Matilda
Zara
Evangeline
Allegra
Blythe
Constance
Abigail
Clover