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Please help me shorten my rather long short list

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 10:43

ds5 or dd6 is due in July

GIRLS
Miranda
Persephone
Georgiana
Cecilia nn Celia
Winifred love this
Theodora or Dorothea or Dorothy (ds4's suggestion)
Hester or Esther i love these but our surname starts with West so don't think it will work
Clarissa
Genevieve
Merewen nn Merry or Winnie
Josephine nn Posy
Cassandra
Miriam
Priscilla
Keziah
Rosanna nn Posy
Rosemary nn Posy
Romilly
Greta
not sure about mns yet

BOYS
Edmund /Edmond
Jeremiah nn Jem
Ambrose
Cedric
Wilfred
Raphael
Zebedee/Zebediah
Frederick
Josiah
Llewellyn

boys first mn will be Peter

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MissPryde · 24/01/2014 05:58

I love Winifred. And you could use the nickname Winnie you mentioned later.

For boys I like Edmund and Frederick.

Also, ten children! You must be wonder woman!

FixItUpChappie · 24/01/2014 05:37

It like Miranda and Cedric the best out of the choices.

aGirlDownUnder1 · 24/01/2014 05:02

Girls:
Miranda
Genevieve
Cassandra

Boys:
Llewellyn

Frikadellen · 23/01/2014 20:08

I really like Winnifred Clarissa is also lovely & Celia has been on my short list for my own dds they are my favourite of your girls names

Boys names I really love Cedric

Willfred and Edmund would be my other prefered from your list

BikeRunSki · 23/01/2014 20:04

Josephine, Ambrose

Job done

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/01/2014 20:01

GIRLS
Miranda - like
Persephone - no
Georgiana - yes
Cecilia nn Celia - yes
Winifred love this - no
Theodora or Dorothea or Dorothy (ds4's suggestion) - no
Hester or Esther i love these but our surname starts with West so don't think it will work - love Hester but think you're right
Clarissa - no
Genevieve no
Merewen nn Merry or Winnie - like Merry
Josephine nn Posy - love Posy
Cassandra- yes
Miriam - no
Priscilla - no. no, no
Keziah - horrible. sorry
Rosanna nn Posy - no
Rosemary nn Posy - no
Romilly - hate this sorry
Greta - no
not sure about mns yet

BOYS
Edmund /Edmond - Edmund is lovely
Love Jem
Ambrose - no
Cedric - awful
Wilfred - yes
Raphael - no
Zebedee/Zebediah - bloody awful
Frederick - yes
Josiah - no
Llewellyn - awful

Algorithm · 23/01/2014 19:48

Cassandra and Jeremiah

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TheFutureSupremeRulersMum · 23/01/2014 18:51

Winifred and either Edmund or Cedric

FloatingHandle · 23/01/2014 18:44

Cecilia
Greta

and

Raphael

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 18:41

i love the names Miranda , Dorothea and Theodora. Dh , however 'needs to be convinced of their merits. If i don't get to use either of them as a first name i'm almost certain her mns will be Miranda Dorothea or Miranda Theodora .Although i will definitely avoid the initials W M D .

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Rhythmisadancer · 23/01/2014 18:35

Who puts random "it"s in sentences Blush

Rhythmisadancer · 23/01/2014 18:34

My dd is Miranda, and I love it. It means "to be admired" and was invented by Shakespeare. Most of his heroines start off with flaws, and have to meet the hero to learn something - but Miranda was perfect to begin with it Smile. Her middle name is Dorothea. Yes, I'm an English graduate!

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 18:26

thenumberfaker no surname is not West it begins with West but has another 4 letters on the end . I do think even that might be too close for comfort to use Frederick or Rosemary , thanks for pointing it out as i had not considered that association at all .

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 18:22

I' m really surprised 2 people have gone for Cedric , i thought it would be universally flamed . i f truth be told it is probably one of my favourites along with Edmund and Raphael.
the response to Winifred has also been much more positive than i expected . i think Winifred , Miranda , Cecilia , Greta and Merewen are our front runners for a girl .

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TheNumberfaker · 23/01/2014 18:20

Your surname is West and you are seriously considering Rosemary or Frederick?

mummytobejuly2014 · 23/01/2014 18:13

greta and cedric get my vote :)

noodlebum · 23/01/2014 14:15

From your list I like:

girls:
Genevieve
Rosemary
Greta

boys:
Cedric (at a push)

ThePartyArtist · 23/01/2014 14:08

Frederick for a boy I reckon... and you say Winifred is one you love, so why not go for that! Have you tried picking them out of a hat / tossing a coin? Go with your gut reaction when you see what you've picked and that'll tell you how you really feel about it!

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 13:53

i think i've now ruled out Keziah , priscilla,
, Rosemary , clarissa
so the new short list is
Miranda
Cecilia nn Celia
Winifred love this
Theodora or Dorothea
Genevieve
Merewen nn Merry or Winnie
Cassandra
Persephone
Miriam
Romilly
Georgiana
Cassandra
Josephine nn Posy
Cassandra
Rosanna nn Posy
Greta

your opinions have been really helpful

for boys i have Zebedee /zebediah are to different
so we're down to

Edmund /Edmond
Jeremiah nn Jem
Ambrose
Cedric
Raphael
Wilfred
Frederick
Josiah
Llewellyn

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TheNunsOfGavarone · 23/01/2014 13:38

I've whittled these down to my favourite three of each:

GIRLS
Cecilia
Genevieve
Josephine nn Posy

Please don't call her Winifred! I am probably influenced by my grandmother and my great aunt here, they were both called Winifred, both hated it and insisted on being called other names. My grandmother always said it made her think "whiny Fred" Hmm

BOYS
Edmund /Edmond
Raphael
Josiah

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 11:30

Merewen i love and it's meaning splendid joy is perfect but iis it do unusual .
hester i love but with are surname Beginning i worry it might rhyme and that's putting me off using it as a first name.

nosquirrels i know what you mean about wilfred not felling quite right with the other names but it is lovely .

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poppydaisy · 23/01/2014 11:24

Love Persephone, Cecilia and Cassandra!

And Ambrose and Cedric! Cool, classic and not overused.

squoosh · 23/01/2014 11:22

Girl - Greta

Boy - Raphael.

Job done. You're welcome!

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oldbutnotpastit · 23/01/2014 11:21

i really love Cecilia would have usedit for dd5 but dh didn't want to use it . he now he is happy to use it but there was alot of tension involved in naming her , So i'm a bit concerned opening healed wounds iyswim . also dd5 mn is cecily so not sure we can use Cecilia

i love winifred's meaning and am strangely drawn to it despite it's old lady clunky image

i really like all the boys names butespecially ambrose ,although dh will need persuading on that one but none really stand out as the one . Zebedee is the wild card it's strangely appealing but know it would raise eyebrows.

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