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Please talk me through my shortlist, I need three perfect names!

40 replies

gentlydownthestream · 07/03/2012 20:02

Okay, so the last few times I've suggested names to DH he has laughed a lot. I've got a pretty considerable long list and want to shortern it before showing it to DH. Now we're expecting triplets very soon (yay!) so need names that go together, aren't 'matchy', don't have the same first initial and aren't madly popular (don't want them to be refered to as 'X the triplet'). So I'll post my extra long list below and I would love any feedback (positive and negative!) as well as advise on sibsets.

BOYS
Rupert
Alfred
George
Stanley
Wilfred
Henry
Victor
Hugo
Rufus
Theodore
Christopher
Arthur
Felix
Sid
Jasper
Stuart
Lawrence
Roman
Xander
Sebastian
Euan

GIRLS
Esther
Juliet
Hope
Iris
Elizabeth
Florence
Lydia
Genevieve
Rosa
Martha
Nora
Zara
Beatrice
Phoebe
Anna
Elsa
Violet
Ada
Sadie
Sylvia
Clementine

Thoughts?

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camarelia · 10/03/2012 21:50

My top combo would be Lawrence Jasper, Roman Felix and Martha Hope although it would be closely followed by Wilfred Henry, Euan Rupert and Rosa Beatrice

Other names I liked off your list were Alfred, Sid, Iris, Elizabeth, Elsa, Violet, Ada, Sadie and Sylvia.

Congratulations and good luck with the impending arrivals!

marshmallowpies · 09/03/2012 09:04

Hmmm...out of the boys names, I think Rufus and Henry sound good together...not sure which girls name they go best with, though...veering towards Esther or Elizabeth.

Don't like Sadie or Iris I'm afraid. I would also avoid putting two 'colour' names together so that rules out using both Rufus and/or Violet or Rosa.

melika · 08/03/2012 22:36

hugo, sebastian and zara

Clary · 08/03/2012 22:31

Oh OP I do like your names list!

My faves for bbg from yr list would be Arthur, Stanley and Florence

Or maybe George, Henry and Violet (slightly more popular those)

Actually most of those on yr lists tho familiar (ie classic) are not that common; whatever you may read on MN I have yet to come across a swathe of small Arthurs or Wilfreds. I know a few childre called Henry, George, Phoebe, but even those are hardly in the Olly and Will class.

Good luck with it!

culturevulture · 08/03/2012 22:23

Girls - Martha, Beatrice, Florence, Iris, Nora, Violet
Boys - Lawrence, Euan, Sidney

BeaditAli · 08/03/2012 22:19

Liking Henry, Jasper and Rosa too!

meala · 08/03/2012 20:06

Stuart
Euan
Anna

would be my first choice.

Christopher
Lawrence
Elizabeth

would be my second choice.
Timeless names that are not too common but lovely.

BeaditAli · 08/03/2012 20:01

Grin even!

BeaditAli · 08/03/2012 20:00

Lovely names but my faves are: Arthur, Felix and Henry. I love Rosa, Florence and Sylvie...... Prefer it to Sylvia but DM is The latter!
Would love to hear the ones you go for.
So... Sylvie, Arthur and Felix of me [ grin]

YodasMummy · 08/03/2012 19:44

Stanley, Wilfred and Martha. You have FAB choice in names, I found it hard to pick my favourites... I almost went for Stanley, George and Nora.

gentlydownthestream · 08/03/2012 18:25

Thank you so much for all of the fab suggestions, keep them coming!
For Alfred I was thinking maybe about the nn Freddie or do you think Alfie is inevitable?

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notso · 08/03/2012 11:33

Your lovely lists are very mumsnet popular, but in RL George, Stanley, Henry, Theo (not Theodore so depends if you are using nn), Alfie(not Alfred so same as Theodore), Arthur, Sebastian, Elizabeth, Zara, Phoebe and Anna have all been top 100 names.

I also think Hugo, Rufus and Xander will rise in popularity for boys as will Florence, Iris, Beatrice, Violet and Clementine for girls.

That said I really love Theodore, Sebastian and Alexander (I would only choose Xander as a nn) and think they sound good together. Also George, Stanley and Arthur or Alfred all have a similar Grandpa feel which I love.

As for girls Iris, Rosa and Violet are all nice flowery names and I also like Iris, Phoebe, and Anna together.

Bumpsadaisie · 08/03/2012 11:27

Hope you're going to give them all Tertius/Tertia as a middle name!!

All your names are lovely. I have a Phoebe which everyone loves. People do spell it wrong all the time though - Phobe and Pheobe are common!

leftmysociallifeatthedoor · 08/03/2012 11:08

Theo, Felix and Esther.

babyblabber · 08/03/2012 11:06

henry, jasper and rosa - so cute!!!

Stellan · 08/03/2012 11:02

My friend is a triplet, now in her mid-20s, and she and her siblings are named Jack, Katy, and Lucy. Their parents chose names that each had 4 letters and were alphabetical - it's a nice connection but I personally don't think their names are too matchy. The other set of triplets I know (also in their 20s now) are named Karen, Robert, and Sarah.

I really adore your taste in names and honestly think you've listed very sensible choices. I am sure whichever you choose will serve your children well later in life. I really like a lot of them. Good, solid names. Pick names the 3 you like the best and that you feel suit your children.

I do like the idea of the triplets' names matching but NOT being matchy. With that caveat, I like (for example):
Arthur, George and Phoebe (all 6 letters)
Henry, Iris and Jasper (HIJ - consecutive in the alphabet)
Rupert, Sylvia and Theodore (RST - as above)

My favourite names on your list are: Rupert, Wilfred, Hugo, Theodore, Arthur, Jasper, Lawrence, Esther, Juliet, Iris, Martha, Beatrice, Phoebe, Anna and Violet.

Jasper, Rupert and Martha sounds lovely to me. I like Hugo and Iris together but I would suggest picking another 4 letter name if you were to choose those - but not Euan as it's too similar in sound to Hugo. Maybe you could pick Wilfred - nickname Wilf - so you could have a Hugo, an Iris and a Wilf. Lawrence, Esther and Wilfred also sound nice together - similar style but different sounds.

You could do something like this so the next name starts with the first letter of the last for a more subtle connection: Victor, Rufus and Sadie or George, Euan and Nora or Theodore, Esther and Rufus.

I quite like the idea of using individual names with the same meaning too: Asher, Felix and Beatrice/Gwyneth/Hilary all mean happy. There are quite a lot of names that mean peace so you could have a Callum, Frederick, Geoffrey, Humphrey, Jonah, Milo, Oliver, Soloman or a Wilfred and a Frieda, Irene, Jemima, Olivia, Paloma, Serena and a Winifred, for instance.

MaybeItsBecause · 08/03/2012 10:31

I love Henry, Theo, Sebastian and Lawrence. I do know many Theos and Harrys, though. I adore Laurie for a boy.

Your girls names are great. My favourites are Esther, Juliet, Rosa and Sylvia - lovely, simple, classy names.

I do love most of your girls names, actually, but I would rule out Violet, Iris and Florence as extremely 'zeitgeist-ey' names that are becoming very popular, and Martha is a bit 'meh'.

Henry, Lawrence and Sylvia
Henry, Lawrence and Esther
Lawrence, Sebastian and Juliet
Lawrence, Sebastian and Rosa

ilovespinach · 08/03/2012 09:42

Henry, Theo and Elizabeth
Stanley, George and Elizabeth

Great names :)

abbypumpkin · 08/03/2012 09:14

I prefer
Xander - lovely name, like the idea of having an 'x' name
Sebastian - well known but not common
Roman - a little more unused, nice sound, strong name

Hope - nice meaning, short but pretty
Phoebe - possibly getting more popular but still don't

think there would be many around. Nice sound but think
some people would spell incorrectly
Sadie - like this think it's lovely and girly but still
works on an adult

GreenDragonfly · 08/03/2012 09:01

They are such great names.

I like

Rupert
Theodore
Genevieve

Jasper
Sebastian
Violet

SoFarWeAreEqual · 08/03/2012 08:34

What lovely names you have to choose from - all of my favourites are there!

Three Boys:
George
Rufus
Henry

Three Girls:
Iris
Martha
Violet

Two Girls and a boy
Rufus, Iris and Violet

Two Boys and a girl:
Rufus, George and Iris

HolyNoSheDittantBatman · 07/03/2012 23:49

BOYS

George
Henry
Arthur
Felix
Sebastian

GIRLS

Elizabeth
Florence
Zara
Phoebe
Anna

3 girls - Elizabeth, Florence and Phoebe or Phoebe, Zara and Anna

3 boys - George, Henry and Arthur or Sebastian, Felix and George

Mix - Felix, Sebastian and Elizabeth or Sebastian, Elizabeth and Florence

telsa · 07/03/2012 23:22

The most delightful names would be some combination of these

BOYS
Rufus
Theodore
Christopher
Felix
Jasper
Roman
Xander
Sebastian

GIRLS
Juliet
Lydia
Genevieve
Rosa
Martha
Phoebe
Elsa
Violet
Sadie
Sylvia

My faves are Jasper, Felix, Violet - ooh Softsheen went for that combo too!

PeanutButterCupCake · 07/03/2012 22:47

George Henry and Beatrice Smile

Crazytictac · 07/03/2012 22:41

Sebastian, Hugo and Phoebe (was going for Sadie but noted your first letter stipulation!).

Lovely names and big congrats! The only girls names I'm not mad on are Lydia (just think of Chlamydia) and Clementine ( can't get rid of the tangerine/ satsuma thing).