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Nina, Greta and… DC3

35 replies

bullseyebraces · 09/02/2015 10:54

Expecting DC3 and starting to draw up a name list - which is a challenge.

What would you suggest?

Names that I or DH like - Robin, John, Robert, Freddie (only DH), Solomon (only me), Amos, Rueben, Rosemary, Tamsin, Arabel, Rosa, Audrey, Iris.

Hmm...

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CrispyFern · 10/02/2015 13:48

I dunno then, maybe it's just me!

CrispyFern · 10/02/2015 14:17

My two siblings have quite long (pretentious) names and I always felt a bit like "why did they get all the syllables?". I'm projecting!

OneFootIn1999 · 10/02/2015 14:41

Girls: Ingrid, Matilda, Harriet, Mabel?
Boys: Jude, Asher (it's Biblical but your DH may not twig, sssh), Rowan, Patrick?

OneFootIn1999 · 10/02/2015 14:42

Ooh, and how about Jesse for a boy?

mathanxiety · 10/02/2015 17:15

Robert -- doesn't really go with Nina or Greta
Freddie -- same problem
Solomon -- same problem but even moreso as it is an OT name
Amos -- same category as Solomon; too much of an OT name beside Nina and Greta
Reuben -- ditto; looks as if you have gone in a completely different direction from Nina and Greta
Rosa -- quite generic and looks as if it was chosen only because it is short and ends with an A

I think Nina and Greta go well with Robin (or Robyn for a girl), John, Rosemary, Tamsin, Arabel, Audrey, Iris.

I don't see Nina and Greta as matchy. They both have a northern European/Scandinavian vibe imo. They are also classic names.

Suggestions:
Instead of Rosemary, how about Romy, or Romy as nn for Rosemary?
Louisa
Tess
Zara
Helena
Alice
Ruth
Edith
Dinah
Sybil
Keziah
Lucy
Stella
Zoe

Hugo
Dominic
Benjamin
Benedict
Edmund
Leo
Peter
Elliott
Isaac
Owen
Louis
Oscar

mathanxiety · 10/02/2015 17:23

x post a lot there Blush

shipsinthenight · 10/02/2015 17:26

Rosa, Clara, or Aldo, Daniel

TheyLearnedFromBrian · 11/02/2015 11:34

Nina, Greta, Anna

Nina, Greta, Felix

ChristmasEveSteve · 12/02/2015 20:34

Lara. Ada. Kezia. Hector.

birdofthenorth · 14/02/2015 20:31

Robin or Audrey. Brilliant names.

I love Nina and Greta btw. Fabulous.

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