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Pre-dh veto short-list

59 replies

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 22/03/2013 20:46

Hello all,

I would really appreciate some thoughts before I take my short-list, cap in hand, to DH. If I can get some support for names on there, they are less likely to meet with instant dh veto!

This is dc3 - we have a dd with a v "normal" name (which was much more unusual a decade ago when she was born!), and a ds with a v unusual one.

Boys:

Joseph
Gregory
Rufus
Francis (I have gone off this quite a lot since the new Pope chose it!)

Girls:

Tess
Greta
Faith
Vita
Clarissa

DH likes Frances, but I have the Pope issue again. Also there is the fact that I am a Southerner living in the Midlands, so I say Frances with a long a, whereas dh, my other kids, and virtually everyone else I know says it with a short a. I think that this would irritate me. It doesn't bother me as much for a boy, as he would be Frankie, at least to us, but a girl would remain Frances, so it would be more of a problem.

Other suggestions welcome, although nothing beginning with A or M please :)

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NoMoreMarbles · 22/03/2013 21:27

Ooo Asher is a lovely and very cool nameSmile

Grin

I seem to have an abundance of A names on my list

Ashley
Aaron
Andrew
Amelia
Alexia
Alicia

I need to move on to another letterGrin

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 22/03/2013 21:23

I really like Dominic. I am fairly sure dh doesn't, which is why it's not on the list, but can try again :) Not over-fond of Dom as an nn though.

I don't like how Francesca sounds - don't like it ending with that harsh "k" sound. Objectively, I should love Vanessa, but it reminds me of Vanessa Feltz, and she irritates me.

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wigglesrock · 22/03/2013 21:15

I would stay away from Francis but that is solely because you have no idea of how many John Pauls I went to school with. I like the other boys names. Dominic was on my boys list as was Leo?

I love Tess and Greta - Francesca?

Assajjventress · 22/03/2013 21:05

Love Joseph and Gregory from your list

How about
Dominic

For girls you like Tess and Clarissa and immediately thought Vanessa.
Lovely name nn Ness, Nessa etc

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 22/03/2013 21:04

Thanks everyone :)

Nomoremarbles, I love Nathan, but was a dh veto last time. Not considering any names beginning with A, as both other children have A names, and I don't really want it to look like I gave them all the same initial on purpose.

Mortified, Rex and Anouk are a bit "out-there" for me. My ds is called Asher, so unusual, but not particularly trendy.

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SergeantSnarky · 22/03/2013 20:59

the two most out there for me are rufus and vita - quite like them both

pope has put me off francis too gah!

tess is nice
joseph okay

not keen on the others

MortifiedAdams · 22/03/2013 20:58

Much prefer Gregor to Gregory. Sory but thats the only boys name.

Girls-wise, like Greta and Tess. Prefer Rita to Vita.

Ill chuck a few suggestion in - Rex and Anouk.

NoMoreMarbles · 22/03/2013 20:54

I'm only keen on 1 of your choice of boys names- Joseph and 1 girls name - Greta and even then they wouldn't appear on my own short list...

How about...

For boy

Nathan
Ashley
Andrew

For girl

Erin
Rachael
Eliza

Grin
FriggFRIGG · 22/03/2013 20:54

I like these best Smile

Rufus
Tess
Vita
Greta.

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