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Down to three...

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deptfordgirl · 09/11/2017 10:05

Not certain yet but currently these are our top 3. We already have one ds who has a biblical name outside the top 100.

Edward, Caleb, Luke.
I think Caleb goes the best with ds's name but I love Edward. Luke is nice but our surname is 1 syllable. Not sure about Lucas/Luca.

Matilda, Tabitha, Harriet.
Like these equally!

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user1498549192 · 12/11/2017 18:34

I have a three month old Edward, who currently goes by Ted :) We love his name and most people are very complimentary.

Harriet was one of my favourite options for a girl too, so you obviously have impeccable tasteWink

RosyPP · 10/11/2017 15:35

Caleb and Tabitha are a bit more out there than the other choices. Matilda has been very popular in recent years so a bit of its time

Edward is a great choice and has many nn options eg Ed, Ned, Ted(dy)

Ceesadoo · 10/11/2017 14:42

Love your name choices. You could always choose a multi syllable name for a middle name if you went with Luke.

starkid · 10/11/2017 13:53

Edward and Harriet!
I like Luke and Matilda second.

TheVanguardSix · 10/11/2017 10:53

Edward

Tabitha

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/11/2017 10:53

Caleb, and any of your girls names, they're all lovely !

mum2be2boys · 10/11/2017 09:50

My favourites from your lists are Edward and Harriet :-)

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deptfordgirl · 10/11/2017 08:55

Lots of love for Edward.

We've got a close family member who has just had a Freddie. Would Edward inevitably get Eddie and is this weird? What else could he be?

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CakeRattleandRoll · 10/11/2017 06:21

Love Edward and Tabitha.

ButterflyOfFreedom · 10/11/2017 06:16

Caleb or Matilda

SuperBeagle · 10/11/2017 06:15

Edward.

I love Tabitha and Matilda, but I would probably choose Matilda if pushed. Mainly, that's just because I like the Waltzing Matilda association, which obviously won't apply to anyone outside of Australia. Grin

Montsti · 10/11/2017 02:22

Edward

DramaAlpaca · 09/11/2017 22:05

Order of preference for me:

1 Edward
2 Luke
3 Caleb

1 Harriet
2 Matilda
3 Tabitha

Smoliver · 09/11/2017 19:53

Order of my preference:

  1. Edward
  2. Caleb
  3. Luke
  1. Matilda
  2. Harriet
  3. Tabitha
17caterpillars1mouse · 09/11/2017 19:46

Luke and Harriet nn Hattie

HettyB · 09/11/2017 13:19

My favourites are Edward and Harriet.

I really dislike Caleb and I know about a million Matildas under 5.

DontShootMeDown · 09/11/2017 12:45

Luke
Caleb
Edward

Matilda (non Mattie not Tilly)
Tabitha
Harriet

PhuntSox · 09/11/2017 12:44

All excellent names.
If it were me I would chose Edward (perhaps with Luck as a middle name, they go well together).

With the girls names I find it hard to chose so perhaps base it on possible nick names, Tilly, Matty, Harry, Hetty etc.

AnyaMoondial · 09/11/2017 12:41

When I was pregnant with my DD I was completely in love with the name Tabitha and was gutted because DH didn't like it. Then one day I was sat on a train and the woman across from me was talking to her friend about her DD and saying "tabby this and tabby that". By the time I got off at my stop half an hour later I was completely sick of the name and haven't liked it since!

JenTeale · 09/11/2017 12:32

Caleb or Tabitha

helpmum2003 · 09/11/2017 12:32

Edward. If you love it use it - I think the sibling's name and matching is less important.

Like all girls names but Tabitha is my favourite. ( I wasn't allowed to use it as dh said it's a cat's name.😐😐😐) Not sure about nn Tabby though? That does sound cat like to me. We know 1 Tabitha whose nn is Tabs.

IVflytrap · 09/11/2017 12:26

Definitely Edward!

As for a girl, I like all three equally too. Tabitha is more unusual, Matilda more common these days. Harriet is somewhere in between them in terms of popularity. I don't know if that helps at all.

MrsHathaway · 09/11/2017 12:16

I have an Edward. We get so many compliments. Of the others I honestly prefer Luke - it was on our shortlist but rejected for family reasons - though I'm not nearly as keen on Lucas or Luca. It does sound likely that Caleb would "go" better with your other son but do they need to "match"? Is this your final child? Would you feel obliged to stick to a "theme" if you had a third?

I adore Harriet and although I like the others they're distant second/third.

  1. Edward
  2. Luke
  3. Caleb
  1. Harriet
  2. Tabitha
  3. Matilda
MollyHuaCha · 09/11/2017 11:55
  1. Edward
  2. Luke
  3. Caleb
  1. Tabitha
  2. Harriet
  3. Matilda
Annabelle4 · 09/11/2017 11:50

Edward or Matilda.

Beautiful names.

I like your other names, apart from Caleb.

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