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Please rate our top 5/4 (DC2, Sibling to Clarissa)

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QuietNameChange · 02/05/2017 22:28

Anthony
William
Florian
Jonathan
Magnus (will be used as a middle name if not as a first)

Erica
Louisa
Isidora
Adaline (do you prefer Ada?)

Thank you very much :)

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/05/2017 08:50

😂😂 😂 Indeed !
I need to read more slowly. Definitely not David ... 😜

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 22:34

Sugar

Sorry, just saw that now. I also like Apolline Thomasina, yes...

But her middle name won't be Thomasina. DH likes it and knows it's one of my favourite names (And would probably therefore use it)... But my father hates the tradition of naming children after the father etc...

I also like David. But wouldn't it be weird. "hey ex OH/good friend. I named DC2 after your husband. Isn't that just adorable?" Idk.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 03/05/2017 18:45

Apolline Thomasina is fabulous.
Louisa is also a beautiful name, would she be Louisa Thomasina, or something else ?
Still love Jonathan, and also like David.

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 15:51

Or Apolline Thomasina (I'm about 99% sure he'd go with either of those if he needed to make a quick decision)

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 03/05/2017 15:48

William and Louisa

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 15:48

White... Thay's too bad. :( I don't want a boy named Sue situation.

DH also likes Henry (basically my insanely grumpy gandfather's name) and David, the name of a friend who also happens to be the husband of my ex, who is a v good friend of mine... Naming babies is hard.

And if we don't figure this out I will panick and DH will name the poor boy Ignatius.

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NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 03/05/2017 15:44

Magnus
Ada

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 15:41

Red
I do like Florianne. But Flor.... Names have been done to death in my family for women/girls, tbh. But I agree, it is a lovely name.

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WhiteHairReally · 03/05/2017 14:51

Because to some it would appear very very girly.

Redpramlady · 03/05/2017 10:20

Grandmother!!

Redpramlady · 03/05/2017 10:19

I really like Louisa and Adaline

With the connection of your frandmather maybe consider florianne
One of my current favs

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 10:04

(assuming you and DH aren't petite)

That made me grin. It diddn't even occur to us to think about this!

DH was actually a rather small/delicate looking boy. And then he looked gangly. At least looking at photos from that time...
But he grew up to be pretty long and muscular. And I've never been small or delicate (more like tall-ish and muscular)... So, I think we're good at that front?

So... I think pretty much everyone likes Louisa but that's the only consensus on the girl's list, did I get that right?

Whereas Florian is a bit of a marmite name, I guess...

Guardian
Huh, interesting. Thanks :) Annabella and Daphne were actually on our list but we took them off (for different reasons).

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Jooni · 03/05/2017 07:56

I like Magnus and William from your boys and Louisa and Erica from your girls best.

I do quite like Florian and Apolline but they seem quite "out there" compared to Clarissa, which is unusual but much more traditional IMO.

GuardianOfMyGalaxy · 03/05/2017 07:12

Louisa or Jonathan are the only ones that 'go' with Clarissa imo.

The Clarissas I know have siblings called Annabel, Daphne and Daniel.

flyingpinkduckgirl · 03/05/2017 07:10

Love Isidora and really like Louisa out of your girl's names.

You boys names are mainly fine, Jonathan is my favourite (but I hate John so wouldn't name my child that)
I hate Florian though.... Sorry!

Nametrekking · 03/05/2017 06:55

William by a long way for boys, lovely name!

Girls is harder but I would say Isadora spelt with an A, it looks a little made up with an I (IMO). The others I think might be hard to pull off and don't go so well with your other DD's name

Pansiesandredrosesandmarigolds · 03/05/2017 05:47

Boys: Anything but Florian. Girls: Anything but Apolline.

I'd go for Magnus (assuming you and DH aren't petite) and Isadora (Izzy/Dora). Isidora will just confuse people.

Congratulations btw.

mum2be2boys · 03/05/2017 05:39

Some lovely names! My favourites are William and Magnus from your boys list, and Louisa and Ada from your girls list.

WyfOfBathe · 03/05/2017 00:16

*Adaline

WyfOfBathe · 03/05/2017 00:16

I like Anthony or William for a boy, and Ada for a girl (or Adeline nn Ada)

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QuietNameChange · 03/05/2017 00:04

White

Yes, we are. Good memory ;) But we don't know if we're going to stay longterm. But it does seem really perfect (for DH's career [which has kind of... suffered because of mine, if I'm perfectly honest...], my job etc...)

Why would Florian have a harder time?

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WhiteHairReally · 03/05/2017 00:01

I think you are going to live in Scotland, from a previous post.

I love there and know grown men called Willie with no sniggering.

I think Florian might have a potentially hard time.

PirateQueenie · 02/05/2017 23:58

Quiet indeed! Nothing wrong with any of these names at all, they just aren't my usual style. I do love Ada though :)

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QuietNameChange · 02/05/2017 23:53

Pirate

Better one than none? ;)

Pipi

True... That would be rather awful. :/

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PirateQueenie · 02/05/2017 23:43

The only one I like on there is Ada personally ❤