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I think we might have decided on names...

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:04

Ok mainly because I don’t want to put this anywhere else...! But I THINK we may have decided on names for baby 2. We have a Rupert nn Roo as our first DS. Won’t find out ace of this one. We have been really struggling woth girls names as have really particular taste and hate most names! But this evening think we have found one! Nicknames are important to us so we have been deliberating a lot as most girl nicknames are yuck imo:

Frederick nn Freddy (not likely ever be Frederick except birth certificate)

Imogen nn Midge (unlike above, only likely to be Midge in conversation and not in writing eg signing birthday cards etc)

Phew. Thought we’d be stuck for a girl name!

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sooperdooper · 11/11/2017 21:19

Imogen is lovely but you can't force a nn - I mean you can call her they but she'll have her own opinion on what friends call her so if you're pushing that because you really dislike other nn for Imogen then just accept it's out of your hands

AmysTiara · 11/11/2017 21:17

I also thought minge Blush

Imogen is nice but not midge

lolalotta · 11/11/2017 21:15

Not keen on Midge at all! Agree with PP, too close to minge.

Standardpubquizname · 11/11/2017 21:14

Rupert and Freddie sound great together. Not sure that a teenage Imogen would like to be called Midge though, Imo or Immy are much nicer imo, but I guess she'll soon let you know if she doesn't approve. I've insisted fairly successfully since I was a toddler that my name should under no circumstances be shortened Wink

holidayqueriwifi · 11/11/2017 21:13

Midge is horrid.
Not a fan of Imogen anyway. I know one called Imo.

AdaColeman · 11/11/2017 21:13

Imogen is so lovely, but not Midge, the Imogen I know is Immy for short, though usually gets her full name.

anothernetter · 11/11/2017 21:12

Love both those names

pret · 11/11/2017 21:11

Midge? Like those annoying flit things that bite and irritate the fuck out of you?

Imogen is a nice name, the ones I know are either Modge, Imo or Genie.

Elkilil · 11/11/2017 21:10

Imogen I know gets called Imi

Itchytights · 11/11/2017 21:10

Like Rupert nn Roo, just not sure on Imogen nn Midge.

Personally I think it's too close to minge.

That's what I thought of straight away when I read your op.

Maybe it's just me but that would not work for me based on that.

calamityjam · 11/11/2017 21:08

Both Imogens I know get called Modge. One is 8 and the other 20.

tralaaa · 11/11/2017 21:08

I do t understand this nick name carry on
I like Imogen but not midge, it’s seems forced rather than fluid

AdalindSchade · 11/11/2017 21:07

Imogen is nice but why midge?

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:06

Thanks wobbly Grin gosh I feel relieved. I really do hate girl names 😂

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wobblywonderwoman · 11/11/2017 21:05

They are lovely op. Best of luck