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Suggestions for boys and girls please - classic but a little unusual

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Astrophe · 05/03/2016 08:05

We are expecting DC 5 and are a bit stumped...all our favourites being already used up on the others.

Here is a list of names we like- our DC names are on here, plus others we like but can't use for various reasons ( too similar, family members with same names etc). Our preference is for classic names that are not massively common (though some on the list are fairly common), but not too wacky.

I'd love some more ideas! Only 11 weeks so far and don't know the sex.

Elise
Beatrice
Anna
Francesca
Elsie
Adelaide
Lucia
Clementine

James
Alfred/Alfie
Elijah
William/Billy
Theodore/Teddy
Solomon
Moses

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zigzag12 · 08/03/2016 17:33

You mentioned Digby upthread, but that has giant dog connotations, what about Digory (or Diggory) for a boy's name. I came across it in The Magician's Nephew (CS Lewis, Narnia) (and there's a Diggory in a Thomas Hardy novel). It's an old Breton (Cornish/French) name. 'Digs' for short.

Jw35 · 07/03/2016 14:43

Eve (my dd)
Violet (name planned if this baby is a girl)
Alexander (named planned if this baby is a boy)

Ilovegummibaers · 07/03/2016 14:29

Some brilliant names on this thread - I love lots of them.

My favourites are
Beatrice
Margherita
Francesca

Quentin (we have one, even though he isn't nr 5 Smile)
Raphael
Dominic

Good luck!

squoosh · 07/03/2016 11:29

Cleo and Rafe

EllenTheEgret · 07/03/2016 08:56

Marguerite and Evangeline are both really nice. Digby is definitely a dog's name imo, sorry.

From your original list I really like Elsie, and all your boy's names (with the possible exception of Alfie as it's just do over done).

How about David with Welsh nn Dewi?

joyfulworld · 07/03/2016 08:36

Christine/ Kristine
Victoria
Leonora
Shanon
Sarah/Sara
Louisa/Louise

Simon
Anthony
Dean
Louie
David

Enkopkaffetak · 06/03/2016 18:18

Blanche
Juliana
Constance
Henrietta
Mary
Maria
Eileen
Mavis
Patricia
Jemima
Lilian

Conrad
Richard
Gerald
Hector
Francis
Walter
Herbert
Sidney

IslaSinga · 05/03/2016 23:44

Adeline (Addie)

Mouseinahole · 05/03/2016 23:39

Stella or Seren for a girl (both mean star).

Mouseinahole · 05/03/2016 23:38

Gethin for a boy? It is a lovely old Welsh name.

Ikeameatballs · 05/03/2016 22:30

Agatha
Harriet
Nina
Pearl
Polly
Unity
Verity
Felicity
Sadie

Lucien
Wilf
Wilbur
Roman
Vaughan
Cuthbert
Benedict
Saul
Quentin

Gummibearchen · 05/03/2016 22:29

Josephine (Josie)

Quentin (esp for a 5th baby!)

CinderellaFant · 05/03/2016 22:29

Florence

ScrambledEggAndToast · 05/03/2016 22:25

My choices would be:

Eleanor
Caitlin

Toby
Max
Jamie

cojmum · 05/03/2016 22:22

Elsie or Seth would be mine

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Astrophe · 05/03/2016 22:19

I like Alistair but DH thinks it's 'weak' sounding (??)
How do people like Digby?

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Astrophe · 05/03/2016 22:18

Great lists thanks everyone!
I like Margurite /nn Maggie
Like Evangeline
Marcus makes me think of mucous...

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Astrophe · 05/03/2016 22:16

Surname isn't really De Ville! I just said that so someone suggested "Cruella" ;-)

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MashesToPashes · 05/03/2016 19:50

Lynette
Estella
Cora
Igraine
Isolde
Laura
Flora

Hugo/Hugh
Owen
Hector
Cedric
Daniel
Claude
Lionel
Tristram

imip · 05/03/2016 19:32

Evangeline instead of Evelyn????

Missingcaffeine · 05/03/2016 19:32

Thomas
Dylan
Elliot
We chose Theodore for our boy.

crapfatbanana · 05/03/2016 19:29

Shirley
Elspeth
Rebekah
Winifred
Laurence
Maude
Rachel
Marguerite
Stephanie
Marissa
Dority
Thirza
Katherine

Ambrose
Alasdair
Phineas
Edgar
Brendan
Malachi
Jonathan
Peter
Victor
Gregory
Wilfred
Lucian

228agreenend · 05/03/2016 14:58

Rowena
Rosemary
Tabitha
Abigail
Claudia
Monica
Cara
Cerys

David
Josiah
Nathaniel
Peter
Andrew
Edward
Thomas

CakeRattleandRoll · 05/03/2016 14:53

Celeste
Astrid
Agnes
Yvette
Tabitha
Larissa
Corisande
Marissa
Nina
Xanthe
Audrey
Tamsin

Felix
Kester
Jago
Casimir
Alistair
Cyrus
Angus
Aldous
Ansel
Linus
Orson
Hector
Clement
Jarvis
Ross

I would pronounce Helena as Helen-a.

RosieQueenOfCorona · 05/03/2016 14:03

Susannah
Adeline
Adelaide
Elodie

Edmund
Alexander
Frederick
Matthew