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If I love Arlo...

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 06:51

What other names might I like?

DC3 is due in Sept and both dh and I love love love Arlo but it’s so popular (in NZ) that every time I’m at the park I hear it at least twice and that’s just a bit too much for me.

I’m struggling to find anything else I like as much though. Dh has suggested Walter, Jed, Kai, Clarence, and Ari.

My suggestions have been Ennis, Theo, Ezra, Harry and James.

Any suggestions that we might have missed?

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maras2 · 17/05/2018 13:17

Elvis
Ichabod

LolaLolaAndMe · 17/05/2018 12:58

Ludo

InkSnail · 17/05/2018 12:49

Leo
Wilbur
Jerome
Nathan
Ray
Ethan
Aidan
Ross
Michael
Otto
Vincent
Peter
Kit
Max
Arran
Luca

Waterlemon · 17/05/2018 12:45

Kaison (rhymes with Jason)
Mackenzie
Jayden
Joel
Archer
Milo
Finlay/Finley/Finn
Emre
Bailey
Carter
Jesse
Ted
Ashton

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/05/2018 12:35

Eden.

clairehr · 17/05/2018 12:04

Kian is pronounced Kee-an :)

MammieBear · 17/05/2018 10:26

Archer
Byron
Cosmo

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 08:49

DD1 is Piper and DD2 is Ivy, which names might go best as a set with those two?

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 08:46

Lost not even as a nn?? I’m grasping here I know because we both do like Kai and there is another dc at my dd’s preschool that is called Kai. Tell me if I’m crazy though. If I can move on from Arlo, I can move on from Kai

I love Jasper.

How do you pronounce Kian? I’m saying it as Ky-ann but it doesn’t sound great with my American accent.

Cormac is very nice as well

Dh has also suggested Thaddaeus which I don’t mind but am not in love with —although it doesn’t mean food so maybe I should focus on that— Grin

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AnyaMoondial · 17/05/2018 08:30

Cormac

ScrubTheDecks · 17/05/2018 08:27

Not Kai in NZ!

And not if your Dd is called Moana.

clairehr · 17/05/2018 08:04

OP I love Jed!!

How about Cian/Kian?

jazzyjefff · 17/05/2018 08:03

Indie
Jaxon
Gene

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 08:00

Grin Lost yes that was ultimately why it got crossed off the list. We loved it for our first who was born in the US and we were looking at all the ocean meanings but definitely a bit of a different situation here. Good thing DC was a girl and hasn’t been called ‘food’ here.

Albie is nice but is it getting more popular now?

We both like Malakai/Malachy , with chi/kai as a nn but would that still be not great here or maybe ok?

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vintagechick43 · 17/05/2018 07:52

Albie
Monty
Jonah
Rowan
Donovan

SwayingInTime · 17/05/2018 07:51

Ingo
Ezra

EduCated · 17/05/2018 07:50

Jem, from Jeremy
Hugo
Marcus
Jago

LostInTheColonies · 17/05/2018 07:42

Ivo?
If you're in NZ you really can't call a child Kai! Means 'food'.

HisBetterHalf · 17/05/2018 07:41

Mylo

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 07:30

Scrub I had forgotten about Cosmo which is one that dh has suggested with every pregnancy! He loves that one and maybe it’s growing on me too. I always associate it with Seinfeld though.

I like Fraser and Harlan. We both like Wyatt too. Close enough to Walter for him and very similar feel to Arlo.

Thanks for all these great suggestions!

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RedDwarves · 17/05/2018 07:19

Aldous
Fraser
Jasper
Crosby
Gene
Desmond
Caspian / Caspar
Gilbert
Marlon
Rupert
Flynn
Milo
Raymond
Ellis
Griffin
Harlan / Harland
Magnus
Orson
Rafferty
Rudy
Spencer
Wyatt

Saisong · 17/05/2018 07:12

Kit, Kester, Keir, Alban, Oren, Jasper

ScrubTheDecks · 17/05/2018 07:05

Cosmo

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coffeeandrainbows · 17/05/2018 07:03

I love Otis!

Dh has vetoed Milo, Otto and Amos but I liked those. He liked Woody but I am not as much of a fan.

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Grumpbum · 17/05/2018 06:56

Otis

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