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British, Irish, Italian baby!

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 14:07

Due in a few weeks and still can't decide on baby names!!! DP is English and I am Irish. We currently live in Italy so could get away with a British, Irish or even Italian name. Quite happy with my girl choices but I think a lot of the boys names are dreadful (DPs choice- he's much more posh than me!!!!) Please could you give me your honest opinion on these and feel free to offer any alternatives! I should add that we will probably move back to the UK next year, so don't want anything that would be difficult to pronounce or spell! Also, we are double barrelled. The first surname starts with S and is a very old, aristocratic name. Maybe rules out S first names?!

Magnus
Hector
Rafe
Rory /Ruairidh
Gabriel
Dominic
Sebastian
Torin

Alessia
Francesca
Saoirse
Freya
Aoife
Roisin

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Arborea · 21/09/2016 22:15

Yep, Benito is a bit of a no-go! Have you thought of putting an Italian film/TV show in IMDB and then looking at cast and crew names for more inspiration?

GoNorthDarren · 21/09/2016 21:15

...And his little brother Stalin

Stalin's first name was Joseph wasn't it though? And I know loads of little Josephs!

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 21:04

Benito??!!! And his little brother Stalin 😂😂

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albertcampionscat · 21/09/2016 20:40

Please not Benito. You might as well call the kid Adolf.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 21/09/2016 19:22

Dominic and Maria !

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 16:25

It's a fair point. No staunch Catholics or Protestants in the family. Not going to be an issue!

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OlennasWimple · 21/09/2016 16:25

OP - how about

Alessandro
Antonio
Benito
Lucio
Pascal
Silvestro / Silvester

OlennasWimple · 21/09/2016 16:22

Holly - many Italian names would be seen as "Catholic names" and therefore not accepted by staunch Protestants

hollyisalovelyname · 21/09/2016 16:04

OP
Are you an Aideen????Smile

hollyisalovelyname · 21/09/2016 16:03

Olennas
Why ?
Re your question Irish Protestant or Catholic.

DoinItFine · 21/09/2016 15:28

I like the boy's names more.

Magnus is great.

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 15:20

Agree- soo many Eva and Ava's around and Aoife sounds very similar!

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 15:14

Haha idream!! I think my DD would never forgive me if I gave her that name- how annoying would it be constantly spelling it!!

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GoNorthDarren · 21/09/2016 15:10

Weirdly I like your boy names better that the girls tbh.

Rory, Sebastian and Dominic are lovely and I wouldn't call any of them posh really.

I like Francesca but don't really like any of the others. I don't strongly dislike any of them though. Aoife is quite nice as well buy it is quite well used among people I know and then there are a lot of Evies and Avas where I live too (though maybe not in Italy)?

Sgtmajormummy · 21/09/2016 15:07

You're right! That's one of the main reasons for us not using it!

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 15:06

Cara is a great idea! It's also a well known brand of matches in Ireland Grin

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IDreamOfPeace · 21/09/2016 15:05

I personally love Rory and Saoirse, but worry Saoirse would be mispronounced by everyone she ever encountered who wasn't familiar with Irish names.

I wrote Saoirse on a piece of paper and showed it to my DH as a potential girls name for our baby. He looked very puzzled and said "You can't seriously want to call her 'swarse'?" lol! I tried to tell him it was pronounced 'seer-sha' but he was having none of it! Grin

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 15:05

Freebuttonbee,
A great idea but my first name sounds exactly like that! Grin

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Sgtmajormummy · 21/09/2016 15:04

I nearly went for Giulia/Julia with DD. Sounds the same in English and Italian.
Cara is a fun play on names. It's "friend" in Irish, "dear" in Italian and just a nice name in English.

I like Samuel(e) for a boy...

BUT that boat has sailed!

FreeButtonBee · 21/09/2016 15:03

Aidan (St A of Lindisfarne so English connection too)

VioletBam · 21/09/2016 15:03

Love Torin and Roisin

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Stilldreamingofsun · 21/09/2016 15:01

Olennas,
Actually a mixture of Catholic and Protestant!

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chinlo · 21/09/2016 15:01

I like Hector, Dominic and Alessia

hollyisalovelyname · 21/09/2016 14:56

Rory
Dominic

OlennasWimple · 21/09/2016 14:56

Irish Catholic or Irish Protestant?

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