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Name for our 4th

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Stalingrad · 27/12/2016 22:07

We have three children called Matilda, Theodora and Wilfred. They are know as Tilda, Thea and Freddie.

We are now expecting our fourth. I haven't found any names I love yet
So I am open to suggestions. Especially ones that are slightly Victorian sounding and can be shortened to a name starting with T or F. Currently our uninspiring shortlist is:

Girls:
Violet (the girls chose this and really want it)
Eliza
Beatrice

Boys:
Hector
Arthur
Ernest
Gregory
Franklin

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 23:09

Ottoline is sweet but I think the natural nn is still Tilly and so we can't use it with a Tilda.

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caffelatte100 · 29/12/2016 22:15

if you like Ottillie, what about Ottoline?

SophieofShepherdsBush · 29/12/2016 21:03

Evangeline? NN Evie, angel, jelly, Lina?

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 20:59

Ophelia is lovely. DH says it's too posh but I'm putting it on the list anyway. I love Ottillie but it's too close to Tilda's nn.

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SophieofShepherdsBush · 29/12/2016 20:55

Gilbert, NN Bertie or gil

LobsterQuadrille · 29/12/2016 20:49

Love your existing names and many of the suggestions, especially Ottilie. How about Ophelia? My cat is Cordelia and I love that too - DD is Miranda.

RickOShay · 29/12/2016 20:37

Christobel

Claude

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 20:36

Tabitha is pretty. That's growing on me a lot this evening.

I'm also liking Tobias. But I wonder if Wilfred and Tobias work well together as brothers. Wilfred and Arthur or Wilfred and Hector seem to "go" better.

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onedayimightforget · 29/12/2016 20:30

You can never really dictate what a nickname will be though, they tend to evolve. Or little Josephine may well love Josie so insists that everyone calls her that.

PersisFord · 29/12/2016 20:03

Or Jossy rather than joe-sy. Much better nn

PersisFord · 29/12/2016 20:02

I wanted Persephone nn posy. I love the name posy - you could use it for Josephine.

Staranise123 · 29/12/2016 19:57

Josephine
Clementine

Quentin
Edmund

sonlypuppyfat · 29/12/2016 14:10

If I can help I will, all the best x

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 11:49

Thank you for your constructive input PuppyFat. You used your time wisely to make the world a kinder place. Well done and happy new year.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/12/2016 11:12

Yes, I agree, but nevertheless, they are options, that others may like.

sonlypuppyfat · 29/12/2016 11:02

No, they are awful

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/12/2016 09:47

Well, there is Posy, or I believe Ephie, or Effie.
Out of your boys names, I rather like Franklin.

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 09:31

My boy's names aren't awful. No names are objectively awful. But attraction to a name is subjective and obviously my names aren't to your taste. It's pretty egocentric to assume that anything not to your own taste is awful.

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sonlypuppyfat · 29/12/2016 09:12

Gregory is nice but the rest of your boys names are awful

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 09:12

My only worry about Josephine is I don't like Josie as a nn.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/12/2016 09:07

Josephine is beautiful.
I know an Ottillie, nick named Tottie !

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Stalingrad · 29/12/2016 08:44

I like Josephine and Hermoine. But would not useHermoine due to HP connection. What do people think of Ottillie? Is it too close to Matilda? Or Cordelia?

I quite like Ferdinand. I think Arthur is in the lead for boys at the moment though. Arthur or Ernest nn Ernie.

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mamabeak · 28/12/2016 14:44

Love Eliza and also Beatrice.

Adelaide
Alexandrina
Alice
Carolina
Charity
Diana
Dido
Dinah
Edvige
Evangeline/a
Emmeline
Felicia
Felicity
Genevieve
Hermione
Isabella
Laurentia
Lilias (Lileas) - old Scots form of Lily
Miranda
Perdita
Simona (Ximena (shuhmayna) is another form)
Susannah
Ursula
Valentina
Valeria
Veronica
Virginia
Wilhelmina
Winifred
Yolanda/Yolanta
Yseult (Ysolde)
Zuleika

Alexander
Anton
August/Augustus
Benedict
Caedmon
Darius
Dorian (though the Oscar Wilde story...)
Edmund
Felix
Florian
Gideon
Hector
Henry
Hubert
Hugh
Hugo
Ignatius
Josiah
Kentigern
Leander
Loyola
Lysander
Magnus
Mungo
Nathaniel
Ninian
Petroc
Phineas
Raphael
Sebastian
Simeon
Sholto
Tadeus
Torquil (Torcuil)
Ulysses
Victor
Walter
Xavier

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 28/12/2016 13:11

Antigone (Tiggy).

Sophronia · 27/12/2016 23:11

Tabitha
Antonia
Cecily
Cecilia
Christabel
Clarabel
Florence
Georgiana
Henrietta
Josephine
Julia
Jemima
Lavinia
Philippa
Rosamund
Susannah
Vivienne
Constance
Caroline
Marianne
Adelaide
Emmeline
Juliana
Rosalind
Genevieve
Felicity
Margot
Jessamine
Francesca
Florinda

Albert
Clement
Bertram
Barnaby
Christopher
Conrad
Edmund
Edward
Francis
Ferdinand
Laurence
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Lucian
Solomon
August

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