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Traditional but pretty girls names? And maybe a few boys names too please!

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Stuckerooni · 06/01/2016 18:38

Hi,

DC2 due in 5 weeks and really struggling for girls names - got a few boys names that will do but nothing that feels "right" yet!

For girls I have always wanted a Sophie, but have gone off it recently. Now wondering about Elsie/Eva/Libby but struggling to convince DH-he likes Victoria/Emily. I really don't like them!

Boys we have Toby/Edward (although this is DS's middle name so I don't feel right about using that!)

Please throw names at me!

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jemimastar · 08/01/2016 09:48

Sophia is lovely if Sophie isn't quite right any more?

Similar feeling are Gabriela, Rebecca, Cecilia, Penelope.

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Stuckerooni · 08/01/2016 09:20

I like Samuel, but DH has a thing about gender neutral names so pooh poohs Samuel or Samantha. Awkward sod!

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Absolutelyfabulously · 07/01/2016 04:08

I read the title of your thread and thought of Sophie actually, and I think it's perfect with Thomas! But if you've gone off it, how about Alice or Emma? For boys, Henry or James?

JenniferAnistonsHair · 06/01/2016 21:44

To go with Thomas, I like...
Scarlett
Annabelle
Grace

Or...
Samuel
William
Edwin

Good luck!!

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Stuckerooni · 06/01/2016 20:24

Wow thanks for all the suggestions!

I'm liking Lilian, Erin, penny and Edmund,Alex for boys. DH is refusing all of them - seems to only like names of people we know which I don't want a don't want to associate with anyone!

Forgot to say we already have a Thomas and fairly long surname (Robertson) which puts me off some of the boys names I like otherwise (Christopher/Nicholas)

Why is it so hard?!

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cecilelliott · 06/01/2016 19:55

For girls, I love Emma, Louisa and Susanna - as mentioned above. All lovely and really not heard much these days.

For boys, I agree with Miles and Edgar mentioned above.
Also what about Patrick or Timothy or even Stephen? These will sound much "fresher' than Toby or Edward, of which there are LOADS around at the moment - every other baby I meet seems to be Toby/Teddy or Theo! But maybe popularity isn't an issue with you.

Good Luck with whatever you decide!

sillyoldfool · 06/01/2016 19:48

I mean tabitha!

sillyoldfool · 06/01/2016 19:47

Tabu that

sillyoldfool · 06/01/2016 19:47

Martha
Ida
Meredith

peregreen · 06/01/2016 19:34

Elizabeth

peregreen · 06/01/2016 19:32

Alice or my daughter's name Elsie

Out2pasture · 06/01/2016 19:26

Patrick
Patricia

CharmingChampignon · 06/01/2016 19:24

Anna
Laura
Louisa

Themodernuriahheep · 06/01/2016 19:23

Philippa
Pauline
Marianne
Theresa
Alice
Celia
Cecilia
Susanna
Louisa
Arabella
Amanda
Clementina
Annabel
Isabel
Rosalind
Perdita
Evelina
Venetia
Verity
Verena
Serena
Sabrina
Eloise
Natalie
Matilda
Martha

James
Edmund
Horatio
Hector
Alexander
Henry
Daniel
Alastair
John
Jonathan
Theo
Ludo
Ludovick
Rupert
Dominic
Luke
Timothy

Saxons · 06/01/2016 19:22

Alice

Squarerouteofwine · 06/01/2016 19:22

Emma
Rosie
Charlotte
Jessica
Elizabeth-Lizzie,Libby,betsy
Amelia
Emily
Madeleine

Salmiak · 06/01/2016 19:21

Genevieve
Eloise
Cecilia
Rebecca

Nathaniel
Gabriel
Thomas

spankhurst · 06/01/2016 19:20

charlotte
catherine
serena

will
alex
finn

dingit · 06/01/2016 19:18

Rachel
Jonathan

Tirfarthoin · 06/01/2016 19:18

Philipa
Edwina
Jeanette
Elethia (its a current favourite of mine)

Andrew
Michael

timelytess · 06/01/2016 19:17

Alicia.
Flower names - Lily, Primrose etc

Can't think of any boy's names right now.

wigglesrock · 06/01/2016 19:14

Tess
Rosa
Mary
Elizabeth
Anna
Meg
Ellen
Jean

Dominic
Lawrence
Nicholas
Daniel

annatha · 06/01/2016 19:05

Ivy, Alice, Evelyn

PennyHasNoSurname · 06/01/2016 18:47

Rose
Juliet
Penny / Penelope
Erin

I really like Edward!

Also
Finn
Rory
Owen

myotherusernameisbetter · 06/01/2016 18:47

Emma
Meredith
Melissa
Georgia
Lilian
Gabrielle

Edgar
Damian
Nicolas
Gregory
Miles