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If you have a Jemima...

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ellesabe · 11/03/2012 16:14

...what other names were on your list? Or what are your other dc called?

Jemima was the only name we even considered for dd and I can't imagine finding a name that I love quite as much :)

Our criteria are:

  • not too popular
  • not too difficult to spell/pronounce

All ideas are welcome, for girls or boys! I do have a couple on my list already but would be interested to see what others first reactions are.
Middle name will probably be something standard like Emma or James.

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FilterCoffee · 21/03/2012 15:53

I like Annie, Ivy, Skye, Seth and Silas.

Not Tabitha - it's just too obvious with Jemima.

MockCroc · 21/03/2012 15:24

I will out myself as having middle name Wendy. I HATE it. Always have. It's embarassing. And because another girl in my class had the same first and surname as me I was always known as MC Wendy. This leads to lots of rhyming teasing. Not sure why Wendy has this effect, but I can confirm I am not bendy, it is true I am often "not very friendly" and certainly "not trendy"...

Like lots of your other options though! I second Dorothea. Jemima and Dorothea: very nice!

deste · 16/03/2012 10:27

My lips are sealed.

shockers · 15/03/2012 23:24

Can I also add... I had the most wonderful, inspirational and encouraging Grandma, and her name was Dorothy. I'm past it now, but I hope for a little Dorothy to cherish sometime in the future Smile.

shockers · 15/03/2012 23:21

I think Ivy... deste?

Although it's not horrible, I do really love Ivy... but there is that connection with poison.

UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 15/03/2012 20:48

Deste- Muriel?

deste · 15/03/2012 20:34

You couldn't even pay me to tell you, I hate it so much.

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ellesabe · 14/03/2012 22:32

Deste I'm itching to know what your middle name is...don't leave us hanging! Grin

Thanks for all the lovely suggestions.

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LucyManga · 14/03/2012 17:31

I love Annie, Audrey, Dorothy (or Dorothea/Thea - gorgeous).

Skye and Ivy are sweet.

Really not keen on Muriel, Heidi (too cutesy) Wendy or Verity (both very old fashioned and not due a revival in my opinion).

Of your boy's names I LOVE Otis and Silas, not keen on the others.

Other ideas:

Miles
Elmore
Cosmo
Barnaby
Hugo
Jude
Benedict
Laurence
Simeon
Gabriel
Dashiell
Tobias
Abraham
Theodore

Liberty
Aurelia
Evangeline
Penelope
Persephone
Iona
Clara
Claudia
Althea
Anastasia
Marguerite
Matilda
Liliana
Francesca
Tessa
Seraphina
Emilia
Livia
Hermione

deste · 14/03/2012 17:11

My middle name is on your longer list and I have never told anyone what it is because I detest it.

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ellesabe · 14/03/2012 08:14

Grin lilibet

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dilbertina · 13/03/2012 22:39

Don't like Skye by the way.

lilibet · 13/03/2012 22:38

I have a Jemima, I also have a Harriet and a Toby...

Problem is they're my cats Smile

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NotAnotherNewNappy · 13/03/2012 22:28

I vote for Heidi and Silas. Great name choices.

workshy · 13/03/2012 22:02

felicity
madeline

benjamin
thomas

(I like gideon but please not muriel)

shockers · 13/03/2012 21:57

I like Verity, Annie and Dorothy,

Seth and Otis.

DD's middle name is Jemima, because that's what I would have called her if I'd given birth to her. Because she's adopted, we used a variation on her original name as her first name.

Eglu · 13/03/2012 21:42

I have adored Jemima for years. DH did not like it :(

I also loved Clementine, Kitty, Phoebe amongst others.

Out of girls your names Annie and Wendy are okay, don't like the rest.

Boys names I like
Bruno
Ellis
Montgomery
Otis
Seth

GeorginaWorsley · 13/03/2012 21:37

I have a Jemima and Elizabeth.

Agree with Jemima being a great name!

toomuchteaching · 13/03/2012 18:53

Love Annie, Audrey and Dorothy. Really dislike Heidi and Wendy. No strong feeling on the others although I don't think Skye fits with your other choices.

I really like Silas, Percy and Montgomery (in that order), not keen on Ellis or Bruno and the others again I could take or leave. Actually I do like Otis and think that sounds very cool with Jemima whereas the others sound like classic pairings.

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ellesabe · 13/03/2012 11:57

Ah thanks for all the lovely suggestions! I notice that some keep cropping up...Eliza,Rufus,Tabitha...

Anyway, since I first posted I have cobbled together some ideas which I thought I'd test out on you lovely ladies :)

Annie
Audrey
Dorothy
Heidi
Ivy
Muriel
Skye
Verity
Wendy

Bruno
Ellis
Gideon
Magnus
Montgomery
Otis
Percy
Seth
Silas

Initial thoughts?

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AdiVic · 13/03/2012 11:15

My friends daughter is called Jemima - I'd never really thought of it before they named her that, but it's lovely:) Not too many about either. Great name! Really approve.

toomuchteaching · 13/03/2012 10:30

Jemima is the best name in the world, I'm still so glad we chose it and can't imagine her being anything else. I feel your pain about finding something equally brilliant!

Also on our list were
Kitty
Tessa
Josephine (Posy)

Edward (Ted)
William
Aubrey

Good luck!

FatimaLovesBread · 12/03/2012 21:23

I know a Jemima whose sister is Tabitha

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