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Baby names

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First baby, name decisions

29 replies

Joeybee · 25/01/2017 22:48

It's taken me ages, but finally I think I have picked out my shortlist for both girl and boy names.
These are names that I like the look/sound of, and they fit well with my surname, also my Husband likes these names too.
(We absolutely have a different taste in names, so it's taken a lot of discussion to find some we agree on).

Buuut I'm having difficulty deciding on first name/middle name combos from my list. My surname is double barrelled, both names beginning in R.
If anyone could help me out, it'd be so appreciated.

Girls:
Meredith
Bethany
Olive
Alice
Blythe
Ivy

Boys:
Raphael
Bryan
Noah
Zachary
Frederick
James

Thank you! Smile

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CocoLoco87 · 25/01/2017 23:24

Zachary James & Alice Ivy

Joeybee · 25/01/2017 23:14

BikeRunSki I LOVE love love Raphael...but yeah, I'm concerned there is too much alliteration for it to work....I just can't bring myself to let it go yet.

fabulousfun Meredith and Bethany are my favourites I think. Zachary is a great name, and one for some reason that I'd completely overlooked till recently.
Phoebe is a name I keep coming back to, and Angus was on my list too (Husband hates it though Sad )
We do have similar tastes I think, thanks for your help.

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fabulousfun · 25/01/2017 23:03

Love Meredith and Bethany

And I have a Zachary so obviously like that one too.

Other names I likes (as we have similar tastes)

Phoebe
Josephine
Dorothy (Dotty)

Noah
Angus
Maxwell

BikeRunSki · 25/01/2017 22:54

I have an irrational dislike of Raphael, and I'd probably dismiss it with a double barrelled R-R surname.