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Sensible names?

34 replies

Totallytopsecret · 23/11/2017 14:41

I am torn between two totally different lists. One super sensible (boring? Will there be 3000 of them in their class?) And ones that I love but might be a bit too try hard...

I have an unfashionable name and HATE it (no one ever uses the whole thing thankfully) -she is in the Apocrypha and got a dude drunk and cut his head off. Lovely things to associate with a newborn.. (but that's a different rant)

Surname is the same as post (so Royal, Snail and E are out!)

Boys:
Barnaby
Joshua
Toby (maybe)

Asterix
Loki
Zeik

Girls:
Felicity
Emily
Lucy

Luna
Juno
Zelda

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DavetheCat2001 · 26/11/2017 22:46

Joshua definitely the best boys name on your list.

I quite like Juno.

mrspatel77 · 26/11/2017 08:19

I love Loki and I would also consider Zeke (sounds the same as the other spelling but more traditional)

yasmin05 · 25/11/2017 11:11

I'd go for Joshua. It maybe very common but it still comes very meaningful because of its biblical character.

daisypond · 25/11/2017 10:37

I like Barnaby and Felicity out of your sensible names. I do think Toby/Emily/Lucy are a bit dull and perhaps a bit abrupt-sounding with your surname. Joshua is OK, but is it dated? I know a few who are in their mid-20s. I like both Juno and particularly Zelda out of the fancy names, but none of the boys'. Asterix is a piece of punctuation to me.

lemoncrisp · 25/11/2017 10:28

Love all the sensible ones, especially barnaby and felicity.

NC4now · 25/11/2017 10:22

I like your sensibles and given the way you feel about your own name, do you really want to give your baby an out there name?

Iwanttousethatname · 25/11/2017 10:19

Toby and Luna get my vote :)
If I cud b so rude :-s I think the three 'different' boys names are horrific ! Don't do it !

vitaminC · 23/11/2017 19:47

I Like all the names on your sensible list.

I actually really like your name, too (it's my Hebrew name) and it meets all same criteria I would apply when choosing a baby name - not overly popular, but recognisable, easy to pronounce and spell and not too specific to any particular social class!

Toby and Felicity would be my favourite choices from your list.

EmmyInTheSticks · 23/11/2017 19:43

These lists are a bit polarised. There is a middle ground (I think Barnaby and Felicity are these types of names - that are neither boring or wacky).

Brokencrayonsstillcolour · 23/11/2017 19:34

If it influences your decision at all Luna is not unusual at all where I live, I know several 1 and under! Juno is beautiful and although a little unusual not that ‘out there’ also, you could call her June which I think is gorgeous😍 I like Barnaby, Zeke and Loki but would potentially go for Ezekiel and Lochlan and shorten them to Zeke and Loki myself.

NotAgainYoda · 23/11/2017 19:27

Female Asterix characters I like are

Panacea
Bicarbonatofsoda

and

Ulna

NotAgainYoda · 23/11/2017 19:14

If you want to go all Gosginny and Uderzo you could go with

Geriatrix
Getafix
Fulliautomatix

FluffyMcCloud · 23/11/2017 19:14

Toby or Lucy. I love the name Toby so much. My DD would have been a Toby had she been a boy

NotAgainYoda · 23/11/2017 19:12

Barnaby - a bit wet
Joshua - nice
Toby - a bit wet
Asterix - no way. It's not really a name; it's a pun on asterisk
Loki - no
Zeik - OK
Felicity - nice
Emily - quite popular. OK
Lucy - nice. Not commonplace
Luna - nice
Juno- lovely
Zelda - another one that sounds like you are joking.

Jedbartletforpresident · 23/11/2017 19:06

Barnaby - love this
Joshua - ok, but maybe a little dull
Toby - I like this but if it was me I'd probably go with Tobias which could then be shortened to Tobi/Toby but is a bit more unusual as a full name.

Asterix - just no - he's not a French cartoon!
Loki - also no!
Zeik - love this but would spell it Zeke and would also use Ezekiel as the full name. (Disclaimer: this was the name we had chosen for DD2 if she had been a boy and I am still a little sad that I never got to use it)

Felicity - love this
Emily - like but perhaps a little dull
Lucy - like this also - very pretty and less common than Emily where I live anyway.

Luna - ok
Juno - like, but prefer Junia as a name with a similar sound.
Zelda - no - she's unlikely to be a warrior princess!

AnonEvent · 23/11/2017 18:59

From your lists:

Boys:
Barnaby - love
Joshua - like
Toby (maybe) - no real feeling either way

Asterix - not for me
Loki - not for me (and wasn't he a particularly naughty God?)
Zeik - not for me

How about:

Sebastian - as a nice sensible name, or Spike for a fun one?

Girls:
Felicity - a bit wishy washy
Emily - like
Lucy - like

Luna - like
Juno - like
Zelda - not nice to my ear

ps I like your name, though admit, I probably like the shortening more

MadameJosephine · 23/11/2017 18:31

Joshua or Felicity

dowotmakesuhappy · 23/11/2017 18:29

Loki or Barnaby, Juno or Lucy.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 23/11/2017 18:24

I like your sensible boys names. Not the weird ones and definitely not Zeik - reminds me of Zika virus.

Love all the girls names.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/11/2017 18:24

❤️ Zeik and Zelda, go on OP, be brave ! 👍🏻

AmysTiara · 23/11/2017 18:11

I like Felicity and Joshua

ButterflyForest · 23/11/2017 18:08

I am a big fan of 'different' names.

Hate all your 'traditional' boys' names (sorry). Barnaby is the best of the three.

Love Zeik the most out of the other three.

Hate your 'traditional' girls' names. Emily and Lucy are boring and outdated. Felicity is very bland.

Love Luna, Juno and Zelda.

RaspberryBeret34 · 23/11/2017 17:53

I like Barnaby, Zeik, Felicity, Luna and Juno. I love Asterix books though!

I think there might be other not "sensible" but not too "out there" names too - a middle option if you like (although you may have already been through every name!). Maybe keep trawling?

Fwiw, my DS has an unusual name and he loves it and loves that he doesn't know anyone with his name (he is 5). It is the surname of a famous US president who was shot, beginning with L. If left to me, I'd have gone for a very straight laced name but his Dad wanted something unusual and I went with it. I don't regret it at all even though it isn't what everyone would go for. The name is totally DS now and really suits him. I can't imagine him as an Oliver or Alexander (I think those were my favourites).

I'd go for what you love over what you think is sensible (and that is totally NOT what I would have said before having an unusually named DS!).

formerbabe · 23/11/2017 17:24

I like Joshua, Toby, Emily, Lucy, Luna

MammieBear · 23/11/2017 17:19

Sensible list, it's not boring.