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Final two girl/boy names! What do you think of Alice/Anna and Gregory/Jonathan?

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Selenium · 22/10/2012 19:43

We already have an Emily and I'm 34 weeks pregnant with number two. We don't know the sex.

Dh and I are very indecisive but I'm pleased to say that after a LOT of discussion, we have narrowed it down to:

Boys:
Gregory
Jonathan

Girls:
Alice
Anna

Please could you let me have your opinions or comments? I'm particularly unsure about the boys' names as neither is very popular at the mo and I'm not sure why as I love them! Would be great to know what others think of these names.

Also, any suggestions for middle names would be lovely as we're now struggling with that...

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mybootsaremuddy · 22/10/2012 21:43

Our Jonathans middle names are Matiu Ash. Matiu is a Maori name (im 1/2 maori) and Ash was because he was born prem during the Ash cloud (whole story to go with it but takes too long).
His 2nd MN was going to be Alisdair.

mybootsaremuddy · 22/10/2012 21:36

I have a 2.6 yr old Jonathan. He is known as Jonty or Jonny although ds1(11yrs) calls him Jo-jo. We always get lovely comments ablut his name.

I like both your girls names but if I had to choose then Anna would poss just squeeze in front (I also love Annie)

derekthehamster · 22/10/2012 21:29

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derekthehamster · 22/10/2012 21:29

All the Jonathan's I now (of my age) are called Jon by friends.

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Selenium · 22/10/2012 21:28

I don't know any Jonathans so it's interesting to know what people use as nicknames (or not as the case may be). What middle name do you have for your Jonathan, if you don't mind me asking? I thought of James but the initials don't really work with our surname!

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derekthehamster · 22/10/2012 21:27

I have a Jonathan, He's only gone by that name, some people have tried to used the nn Jonny, but it's never stuck. (but he's only 12 so that might change Grin)

DinosaursOnASpaceship · 22/10/2012 21:24

I have a Jonathan. He is older now and prefers to be called Jon by his friends but is always Jonathan to me (or Donfan to ds3). He's never been teased about his name (Johnnie etc) and is know occassionally as Jonath.

Roseformeplease · 22/10/2012 21:24

I have a Jonathan and it is never shortened. I find, unless you do it yourselves, then no one tends to. My daughter's name, we shortened, regrettably, and now everyone does. Love all your names - especially Jomathan, of course.

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Selenium · 22/10/2012 21:20

Thanks for your votes! I never thought of the nickname Jonty but quite like that.

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Allalonenow · 22/10/2012 20:40

Re nicknames, the Jonathan I know was, as a child, often called J or sometimes Jonty but never Jon or Jonnie.

Allalonenow · 22/10/2012 20:34

Jonathan and Anna

eBook · 22/10/2012 20:28

Jonathan and Anna

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Selenium · 22/10/2012 20:06

Thank you for your helpful comments! Nice to know that you like all the names, Sirzy - useful information in itself! And good to know that Anna gets positive feedback from people, Wigglesrock. It is a really pretty, classic name imo and quite underused at the moment.

I guess my only reservation about Jonathan is that it will just be shortened to John anyway. Or he'll be Johnnie (and maybe get teased for that?)

We already used a Granny name for Emily (Grace), which we love, but the other Granny names in our family are all rather long and cumbersome!

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wigglesrock · 22/10/2012 19:56

I have an Anna and out of my 3 daughters, its the name that I get the loveliest comments about. Alice is nice as well, my husband really liked it.

Gregory is lovely, I don't know any at all, not overly fussed on Greg. Jonathan - I'd go for John, I went to school with a few Jonathans and I think it may have clouded the name for me Grin

We always use grannys/great grannys names as middle names, mind you my grannys name is the same as your daughters Grin.

Sirzy · 22/10/2012 19:45

I like them all

(sorry not much help I know)