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Playing the hypothetical baby name game

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lurkymclurkerson · 05/04/2015 14:24

DP and I have been playing the "if we had a baby tomorrow, what would we call it?" game... Today we reckon it would be Dominic Ezra for a boy, or Norah Grace for a girl.

Does anyone else do this, and if so, what would your hypothetical babies be called?

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cuntyMcCunterson · 05/04/2015 23:11

We play this too, we both love Findlay but surname is F.ord so maybe too many fs! I've now decided if we have a girl her nn needs to be Bibi, Deedee, Kiki or Ceecee. DH tends to roll his eyes a lot at some of my suggestions, I'm definately more adventurous in the name dept!

TempsPerdu · 05/04/2015 22:06

At the moment, Honor, Tabitha or Rowan for a girl and Gabriel, Rufus or Edward for a boy. Will probably change by tomorrow though!

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 05/04/2015 21:56

Annabel or Edward

OneMagnumisneverenough · 05/04/2015 21:50

Ilovewheelychairs - I think I'd avoid anything beginning with a C or any K sound...

My hypothetical babies would be called:

Struan or Gregor for a boy and
Mairi or Lorna for a girl

IWannaHoldYourHand · 05/04/2015 21:42

Robert or Margot.

rockinrobintweet · 05/04/2015 20:26

at the moment i like Silver for a girl and Joel for a boy. DH however likes Roselyn for a girl and Frederick (Freddie) for a boy.

last week however it was Carmen for a girl and Jasper for a boy for me. and Rosanna for a girl and Frederick or Alfie for a boy for DH.

we play this game ALOT now that we have dd but didn't play it enough before. too many times we've questioned dd's name nowConfused

afghanda · 05/04/2015 19:51

Magnus and Dolores.

Thumbcat · 05/04/2015 17:38

Henry and Madeleine.

ChristmasEveSteve · 05/04/2015 17:34

Emmeline and Laurence

Pixa · 05/04/2015 17:23

Penelope is, by far, our favourite name for a girl. Henry for a boy, although we are now leaning towards William or Luke.

strawberryshoes · 05/04/2015 17:20

Daniel and Emily

FoodieMum3 · 05/04/2015 17:17

Olivia and Zachary

Ilovewheelychairs · 05/04/2015 17:16

Clara and Edward.

His surname is Hunt though and we had much hilarity when he suggested Isaac!

Penguinotterfoxbadger · 05/04/2015 16:24

I'm jealous that your dp will actually engage with this game - we "play" it too, but it mainly involves me makes suggestions and him rolling his eyes and/or coming back with sarcastic comments Easter Envy

Fwiw, today's hypothetical baby is named Rebecca