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Argh, can't decide, help!

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Neiffer · 21/05/2013 13:23

After months of thinking we were settled on nanes for dc2, I'm now having a total change of heart and need help! Dc1 is Toby. Have settled on Benjamin for a boy I think but its girls where we're stuck.
I like (in no particular order) summer, ramona and Annie. However, I can't imagine calling a child the first two and don't like the ee ending on Toby and Annie together. So what now?! I quite like Harriet but think its a bit posh for us...any ideas?! Middle name most likely rose or June after female relative.

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bootsycollins · 22/05/2013 05:36

Ramona June

Gugglebum · 22/05/2013 05:03

I quite like Summer, and Harriet with the nn Hattie is fabulous. I met a little Remi this past weekend and though off the beaten path a bit, for some reason it feels a bit similar to Ramona and Summer.

TolliverGroat · 22/05/2013 03:07

Cecily or Matilda? I do have a big soft spot for Ramona, though.

mrsbugsywugsy · 22/05/2013 02:51

Rosanna June, nn Annie

Harriet is also nice

KittenofDoom · 22/05/2013 02:41

"June's an older person's name"

All being well, she will be an older person one day ...

I really wouldn't worry about how children's names sound together. They will spend most of their lives as individuals.

Snazzywaitingforsummer · 22/05/2013 01:23

I was about to post - sorry to be pedantic but the song was My Sharona!

I love both Anna and Annie. Hattie is nice too as nn for Harriet. Don't think Summer and Toby go together at all.

Amy106 · 22/05/2013 01:22

Harriet and Alice are really nice.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 22/05/2013 01:16

Anneliese June?

I'll be honest the more I read it, for me June's an older person's name so for a second name I'd rather have Juno or Rose:

Miranda Juno
Jemima Rose

(hellymelly as one old gimmer to another wasn't that song "My Sharona"?).

Iwaswatchingthat · 21/05/2013 23:29

Hannah

whatagreatname · 21/05/2013 23:28

Really like Ramona Rose

Littlecherublegs · 21/05/2013 23:25

Not keen on any of your girls names sorry.
Alice always seems a bit 'wet' to me.
Ramona is ok, don't like Summer, agree with your DH about Harriet, and prefer Anna to Annie.

How about:
Freya
Ella
Farrah
Laila
Cora
Maya

The Toby I know has a sister Octavia .

KittyVonCatsworth · 21/05/2013 22:44

Tabitha.....

twentyfourcarat · 21/05/2013 22:22

I second "Annie-Rose". I'm not a massive hyphen fan, but Shirley Hughes books were def a favourite in our house growing up!

twentyfourcarat · 21/05/2013 22:21

I second "Annie-Rose". I'm not a massive hyphen fan, but Shirley Hughes books were def a favourite in our house growing up!

Dillydollydaydream · 21/05/2013 20:38

Harriet is on my shortlist so I'm a bit biased there.
I think it's a name that will grow well with a child.

hellymelly · 21/05/2013 20:38

I like Ramona, but all I can think of is that song "m m m my Ramona" etc. Am old gimmer though. Love Rose, and Annie.

kipplin · 21/05/2013 20:35

LOVE Alice. Classic and pretty.

I think Toby & Annie sound nice together. I equally like Harriet!

Madamecastafiore · 21/05/2013 20:31

Ramona was mona when I was at school which is frightful.

I have a Harriet, it's not too posh, just not too common.

OrangeFireandGoldashes · 21/05/2013 20:29

Alice is lovely, as is Rose. Rosalind?

I love Harriet and think it goes really well with Toby.

magicstars · 21/05/2013 19:44

Annie-Rose :)

JojoMags · 21/05/2013 19:34

I don't think Annie is childish. It's beautiful! Great for a grown up and sounds lovely with Toby. You could use Anna or Annabel with Annie as a nn, so she's got options when older. Harriet also fab.

Summer is far more childish than Annie. Not a name at all imo, and even if it were, I don't like how it sounds or looks!

Ramona is better than summer but doesn't go with Toby - too many long 'o' sounds. Toooby and Ramooona. Nooo.

cornflowercrabtree · 21/05/2013 18:57

I actually love Rose as a first name. We're TTC in a few month's time and DH suggested Rose.

Theas18 · 21/05/2013 18:55

Although if your surname is Bush, Tree, or even Lane , Rose isn't a great choice perhaps LOL

Theas18 · 21/05/2013 18:54

cornflowercrabtree

Rose isn't popular as a first name, but it's a damn good one Wink

Lois is the sister of the boy of that name that I know.

I know and Annie and it's a great name too- grand for a baby but actually it doesn't seem babyish or twee in the way that some ie names can, at least to me.

CPtart · 21/05/2013 18:54

Roseanne or Roseanna