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Two babies needing names!

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gentlydownthestream · 24/03/2012 21:49

Last week our three beautiful babies made a surprise entrance into this world and they could not be more gorgeous! As they thought we're now the very proud parents to two little boys and a girl. With our DD we just knew her name when we saw her and decided on Martha Hope Genevieve. With our boys though we're a bit stuck and it's horrible them not having names. DH likes Barney and Wilfred but I'm not sold. DSs need names so please throw anything at me!

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gentlydownthestream · 26/03/2012 18:35

calzone I can't believe it either! We had vaguely decided on George and Wilfred before they arrived but they seem to be lacking in something. However I have really come round to the idea of Barnaby, I just can't seem to get past Percy. Eric and Albert are also strong conternders, as is Gilbert. Neither of them seem to be any name though.

I really really do like Martha, Percy and Gilbert but I'm yet to convince anybody other than myself :(

In the meantime MIL has taken to calling them Jack and Robert, I really hope they don't stick!

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ceeveebee · 26/03/2012 12:03

I just reread my post, don't go for Arthur (Arthur and Martha!!)

calzone · 26/03/2012 11:20

What have you decided on?

CannotBelieveThisWasNotSortedWhenYouWerePregnant Wink

If 3 babies popped out of me now I would know their names!

Annabel Oriele
Clementine Hoghton
Romilly Anne

Theodore Nelson
Rufus Benjamin
Freddie Michael James

so as in your case

Clementine
Rufus
Theo

UmmOfUmbridge · 26/03/2012 00:19

Congratulations! I have five but all came seperately :)

I also dislike Percy sorry.

Martha, George and Thomas
Martha, James and Elliott
Martha, Henry and Leo
Martha, Jonathan and Samuel

Good luck!

yellowflowers · 25/03/2012 23:01

Ps Martha and Rufus just makes me think of the Wainwrights

yellowflowers · 25/03/2012 23:01

Wilfred nn Wilf is brilliant.

What about Tobias? Or Lucas.

Martha, Toby and Wilf

poppydaisy · 25/03/2012 22:54

Martha, Barney and Quentin

winkle2 · 25/03/2012 22:47

Percy is horrible - sorry. It's so wimpy.

Congratulations on your triplets.

Janoschi · 25/03/2012 22:45

I had a great uncle Percy. Love it, really do. It was on our list actually but we ended up with a wee girl. The boys names we had were:

Gene
Percy
Douglas
Geoffrey

Don't know if that helps your Percy thing. I know there's a penis connection but loads of names are a bit dodgy. John is a bloody toilet for heavens sake but no-one says anything, and John Thomas is a condom. Richard has the Dick thing... Teddy is a negligee.... William is Willy... Peter is also a penis... But how many Williams, Johns, Richards and Peters are there out there, living normal lives with minimal piss-taking?

And Percy as a penis is a pretty old fashioned slang. Will it actually be relevant to your DS?

StrandedBear · 25/03/2012 22:10

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thegreylady · 25/03/2012 21:52

Stanley
Edward
Barnaby
Simeon
Zachary
Frank
and I love Wilfred :)
Martha Hope is beautiful

picnicbasketcase · 25/03/2012 21:01

Love OrangeCrushed's choices.

ivykaty44 · 25/03/2012 20:59

Michael
Robert
Simon
Allan

OrangeCrushed · 25/03/2012 20:59

Martha, Alexander and Samuel

calzone · 25/03/2012 20:53

PercyIsVile

Martha Genevieve Hope
Rufus Daniel John
Theo Maxwell Jude

Does this work for you?

'Martha, Rufus, Theo! Dinner is ready!'

LucyManga · 25/03/2012 20:50

Gilbert is great and I LOVE Bertie as a nn.

Percy is awful, sorry.

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gentlydownthestream · 25/03/2012 20:49

It's a shame that the consensus seems to be pretty anti Percy as I think it's great! Others we've been thinking of are Gilbert, Douglas (Dougie v. cute) and Rufus but none of them have really jumped out. This is such an important decision and I hate the idea that if we get it wrong we are burdoning (sp?) them for life.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 25/03/2012 20:09

Percy is horrible. Love Wesley and Asher.

SilkStalkings · 25/03/2012 19:59

For a name that has for centuries been another word for penis, I find it remarkably effete and ineffectual. I just think Percy in Blackadder and the Scarlet Pimpernel's camp fop facade.

MelodyPondering · 25/03/2012 19:29

Not keen on Percy at all. Love Barney.

Martha, Barney and Leo?
Sebastian
Alexander
Jacob
William

Congratulations!

Stellan · 25/03/2012 19:26

I'm not sure about Percy. It doesn't bowl me over.

Other, 'softer'-sounding boys' names you might like:
Ambrose
Asa
Asher
August
Cecil
Christian
Clarence
Cyrus
Dashiell
Elijah
Emrys
Evan
Giles
Humphrey
Jasper
Jonah
Josiah
Julian
Louis
Lucas
Otis
Noah
Seth
Sidney
Silas
Stanley
Wesley

Geranium3 · 25/03/2012 19:16

No not percy! martha,with ralph or ralphael?oscar? Edward/Teddy?

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gentlydownthestream · 25/03/2012 18:29

So you don't think people would raise an eyebrow over Percy? The more I say it the more I love it, as does DH. I'm just not sure if we'd be setting him up for a lifetime of misery with it as a name. In my heart it's perfect, in my head I'm seeing a lifetime of bullying and ridicule Confused

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ElephantsAreMadeOfElements · 25/03/2012 18:27

Martha, Felix and Jasper

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 25/03/2012 18:20

Barnaby, Wilfred and Martha = lovely.

Laurence, Timothy and Martha.

Bartholomew (Bartie), Edward and Martha.