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Baby names - can't decide!

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bloss · 02/02/2002 04:44

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mummaknowsbest · 02/02/2008 12:36

lol just noticed the last post was two years ago soz

belgo · 02/02/2008 12:30

this thread is six years old.

mummaknowsbest · 02/02/2008 12:28

I've always liked unusal names but when our PFB son was born a dead ringer for his Dad i changed my mind and named him Christopher - never Chris(daddy's name)
My daughter has a more unusual name, Freya but since she was born i've heard about 10 other Freya's.
I really like Isla for a girl
Tobias is lovely BTW!

LadyTamba · 15/07/2006 22:14

I really like traditional names.

southeastastra · 15/07/2006 22:11

andrew is a lovely name and sort of dying out now

southeastastra · 15/07/2006 22:03

ohladytamba i've got a michael too!

LadyTamba · 15/07/2006 21:26

i have a Jonathan and a Michael. I really dont like people shortening names and so no one does (although that will probably change when they get to school) I sometimes Call them Jonath and Cully as pet names - but im allowed to cause im their mom

If I ever have another child (and I am certinally not planning on it!) my short list would be...

Andrew Elizabeth
David Catherine
Timothy Victoria
Nicholas Samantha
Ross Charlotte
Peter Rose

dmo · 15/07/2006 21:19

i'm a childminder and look after a Tobias but everybody calls him Toby
my boys are called Christopher and Ryan but everybody calls them Chris and Rye

beech · 15/07/2006 18:57

Hi, I have 2 ds' and am expecting my 3rd little boy in October, we are having great difficulty with another boys name, any ideas please?

jodee · 25/06/2002 23:16

Angharad, I like the spelling of Sion, but the way it sounds rhymes with the first part of our surname, so it would be okay as a middle name.

Bron · 25/06/2002 21:06

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JoeR · 25/06/2002 13:40

Soupdragon,
I totally agree - there are some lovely old names out there, but I woulddn't saddle a kid with them.....middle names are a different matter though. Our three (middle additions)are Afric, Wolfram and Madrigal....if they ever own up to having these names in later life !

angharad · 25/06/2002 13:07

Jodee- Do you like Sion? (shon) that's a similar sound to Sian but for a boy.

jodee · 25/06/2002 09:08

How very slack of me not to thank everyone who answered my question about boys' Welsh names! Definitely lots to think about there - but I would be very disappointed not to be able to use Sian as it has always been our favourite girls name (whereas I like a particular boys name one day, then hate it the next) and I definitely don't want more than 2 kids!

SimonHoward · 22/06/2002 12:34

Jenny2998

I always thought pronouncing Idris was easy. You just had to listen to how they pronounced the name of the dragon that lived in Ivor the Engine's furnace to know how.

That was really my first experience of Welsh names and it has stuck with me.

Marina · 21/06/2002 12:53

We also had Raewyn Blade, who told us all in ads how to cook New Zealand lamb and how tasty it was.

LKM · 21/06/2002 12:45

I am a kiwi and yes Raewyn is (or at least was about 40 years ago) quite a popular name in NZ. Unfortunately there was a sitcom in the 70s called Gliding On that had a character called Raewyn who played the Tea-lady in a Government department and had a very "koy-wee" accent. I think this might have dampened popularity subsequently.

mollipops · 21/06/2002 05:59

I used to work with a lovely lady named Raewyn...which sounds vaguely like a male name too (as in Bron-wyn)! She was actually from New Zealand and i think the name is fairly popular there. Any kiwi's here who can help me out?

jenny2998 · 20/06/2002 21:44

sorry, digressing again, aren't i?

jenny2998 · 20/06/2002 21:39

My Grandma always used to talk about the Idris ginger beer. She went to school with the daughter of the man who...invented?...it.

She always used to get upset because everyone pronounced it wrong!

SimonHoward · 20/06/2002 13:51

Yes there is and lovely stuff it is too.

pamina · 20/06/2002 13:40

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Marina · 20/06/2002 13:35

Janh, I remember the Idris slogan too. Ours was on a very battered advertising panel in our corner shop and embellished with a picture of a lemon in absolute agony - we always used to assume severe constipation. So it's a no-no for the drink and the name I'm afraid.

SoupDragon · 20/06/2002 10:30

Enough to put anyone off the name!!

angharad · 20/06/2002 10:22

DH liked Idris but to me it's such an old man's name! Possibly because when I was very little great-gran had a brother called Idris who used to just sit in an armchair and had no fingers on one hand as they'd got chopped off in a farming accident.

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