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A sibling for Gabriel and Arabella

94 replies

oldbutnotpastit · 14/01/2014 15:04

we are expecting a surprise dc in the summer . we have a large extended family so many names we like are no longer available . we also have older dcs who each have 2 middle names .I don't want to out myself by naming them .

we both like Winifred but i'm really not sure it goes with Arabella .
i like Priscilla but think it might be too similar to dd's name.

for girls we seem to have a thing about witch names as Tabitha , Samantha , Theodora and Sabrina have all been mentioned along with Winifred .

Hester and Esther our lovely but it rhymes with the first syllable of our surname .
for boys Raphael is nice but Gabriel and Raphael but worry may be a bit twee
after watching chitty chitty bang bang DH has also mentioned Caratacus and i think he's serious.

any ideas both male and female gratefully received

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stinkingbishop · 26/01/2014 08:12

Right, out there (but beautiful) girls' names I was banned from using which might work.

Trinity
Liberty
Guinevere
Iseult
Artemis
Serenity

I would try to avoid another 'a' ending.

And lucky you having a DH who's actually even MORE adventurous!!

MellowAutumn · 26/01/2014 07:49

Caroline/Carolina and Atticus

Jemimapuddlemuck · 25/01/2014 23:48

Theola (Thea for short)?
Penelope (Nell)
Larissa
Jemima
Harriet

Can't think of any boys, sorry!

greeneyes1978 · 24/01/2014 21:51

Tanith

oldbutnotpastit · 24/01/2014 21:38

ilike romily but dh thinks it's a park in south wales

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beatricequimby · 24/01/2014 21:25

Jacintha
Romilly
Sylvia

oldbutnotpastit · 24/01/2014 21:17

eglantine and ianthe are lovely but again dh has more conservative tastes

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ancientbuchanan · 24/01/2014 17:38

Gerald
Jerrold
Douglas

ancientbuchanan · 24/01/2014 17:36

Francis?

Tarquin
Torquil
Tristram

Aaron

Bede

Callum

Daniel

Temple

Sintram

Jago

ancientbuchanan · 24/01/2014 17:29

Elysia
Alicia
Elodie

Antonia
Antoinette
Aspasia
Abigail

Dervla
Eglantine
Francesca
Frances
Hildegarde
Iona
Isla
Ianthe
Jacinta
Zoe

oldbutnotpastit · 24/01/2014 12:44

love Agatha dh doesnt . Cecily is d's mn so can't reuse it but love it would have been her first name but dh didn't like it sadly .

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AgathaPinchBottom · 24/01/2014 11:55

What about Agatha, Agnes , Cecily or Dora?
For boys: Lucian, Ludivic, Rafferty, Montague or Simeon?
Congratulations

oldbutnotpastit · 24/01/2014 11:35

i really like cordelia and Hermione unfortunately dh doesn't . We did consider Hetty as a nn for Hester thus avoiding the surname clash.
For boys i do like Jasper , Ezra ,Cornelius and Barnabas a but again dh is not keen .

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ancientbuchanan · 24/01/2014 00:06

Annunziata
Carmel
Theresa
Brigetta
Petronella
Minette
Belinda
Amabel
Annis
Carys
Charis
Charity
Caroline
Hetty

Am having a wonderful time...

ancientbuchanan · 23/01/2014 23:58

How about some of the Shakespearean names?

Portia
Nerissa
Imogen
Rosalind
Hermione
Desdemona
Cordelia

Or unusual others

Damaris
Persis
Kezia

oldbutnotpastit · 22/01/2014 22:39

tabitha is lovely. it's dd3 first name

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poppydaisy · 22/01/2014 22:35

Tabitha is lovely and I think it goes well with your other childrens' names.

For a boy, Raphael is nice but maybe a little similar to Gabriel. As it's your fifth son, how about Quentin, derived from the latin 'fifth'?

oldbutnotpastit · 22/01/2014 22:20

yes due in July and Juliet is lovely but dd3 has Juliet as a mn so we can't use it

this baby will be ds5 or dd6 .the other children children each have 2 mns
we also have 19 nieces and nephews , so their are alot of names we can't use.

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baies74 · 22/01/2014 19:41

Julian or Juliet (though you don't mention whether DC3 is actually due in July).

Lawrence or Laurence.

Marina/Serena/Carina.

1974rach · 22/01/2014 18:58

I love Theodora for a girl, just a gorgeous name. I also like Raphael, if you want nn then Thea and Rafe work well.

MaeWestfield · 17/01/2014 23:34

Juliet
Marcus

oldbutnotpastit · 17/01/2014 22:20

i love clementine but dh won't even consider it .

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jamtoast12 · 17/01/2014 14:55

Clementine?

HoneyandRum · 16/01/2014 22:56

You can also us Raphaela for a girl.

ancientbuchanan · 15/01/2014 21:38

Oh, and if you like Winifred,

Mildred
Millicent
Muriel

There's a great thread on awful family names on chat, I think, some lovely old fashioned names.