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Help us decide between these names - baby due in 2 weeks

39 replies

snufkin84 · 26/06/2018 12:24

Our first baby is due imminently and we're not having much luck reducing our shortlists... Which of these names do you like best? Any similar names to throw into the mix? Any thoughts about first name/middle name combinations?

Our surname is very common, starts with G, and is only one syllable long so looking for multi-syllable first names. DH and I are both English but live in Scotland, with connections to France and Japan.

Alexander
Fabian
Farron
Julius
Lucas
William

Anna
Aoi (Japanese, pr. just as written: A-o-i)
Elise/Eloise/Heloise
Freya
Katherine
Penelope
Saoirse (pr. seer-sha)
Sophie

Thank you!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/06/2018 15:20

Alexander.
Katherine
Elise

IggyAce · 26/06/2018 14:23

I like Freya and Alexander from your list. I prefer Lucien to Lucas.

juneau · 26/06/2018 14:22

Oh and Anna - nice but a bit boring!

juneau · 26/06/2018 14:21

Alexander
Fabian
Farron
Julius
Lucas
William

I love both Alexander and William - the latter is very popular around here - but I'd go with one of those. Lucas rhymes with mucus, which has always put me off! There are three in DS1's class though, so it obviously doesn't bother some parents. Fabian and Julius are a bit pretentious IMO and Farron is a surname.

Anna
Aoi (Japanese, pr. just as written: A-o-i)
Elise/Eloise/Heloise
Freya
Katherine
Penelope
Saoirse (pr. seer-sha)
Sophie

Freya and Sophie are popular around here. Saorise is too hard to spell and pronounce, so unless you're in Ireland I'd avoid that one, ditto Aoi (unless you're in Japan). I'd probably go with Elise/Eloise (not Heloise), Katherine or Penelope.

MiniAlphaBravo · 26/06/2018 14:17

William Lucas G
Katherine Sophie G

William is an excellent classic name with good nickname potential.

I like Penelope a lot as well but I think it’s becoming very popular and Katherine is a classic but not well used at present. I find aoi difficult to pronounce and Saoirse is also difficult. Plus you don’t say you have an Irish commections and it is a name very much associated with the Republic of Ireland.

kaytee87 · 26/06/2018 14:14

Lucas or William
Katharine or Elise

OrlandaFuriosa · 26/06/2018 14:13

And Julia, Juliana, Juliet.

OrlandaFuriosa · 26/06/2018 14:12

Alexander, Julius, William, then Fabian. I think Alexander William is a great combo. I too prefer Julian to Julius.

Tobias, Horatio, would have said Louis but that baby has nabbed it, Hector, Benedict, Augustus, Anselm, Jeremy. Duncan, Dugald.

I like Anna, esp as a sensible second name, love Penelope

Susanna, Judith, Theodora, Dorothea, Cecily, Felicity, Louisa, Eleanora, Lalage ( Lall a gee), Merran, Elspeth, Damaris, Persis, Thecla, Thalia, Artemis, Diana, Margaret/Marguerite, Jennifer and Jeannie.

Susannach · 26/06/2018 13:59

Julius or Fabian

Katherine or Heloise

diddl · 26/06/2018 13:30

Julius
Elise

Icklepup · 26/06/2018 12:53

Fabian
Elise

LoveInTokyo · 26/06/2018 12:49

Alexander - lovely
Fabian - like it
Farron - don't like it
Julius - prefer Julian
Lucas - OK
William - like it

Anna - one of my favourites Smile
Aoi (Japanese, pr. just as written: A-o-i) - I think this is weird if you're English
Elise/Eloise/Héloïse - like Elise the best out of these
Freya - nice but very popular at the moment
Katherine - lovely and underused
Penelope - really like it
Saoirse (pr. seer-sha) - nice but a bit weird if you're English
Sophie - little bit boring

Flamingosnbears · 26/06/2018 12:39

I think they are all good choices
Luca is another possibility or Antonio, Elisa is a possibility for girls following Elise.

HJL2506 · 26/06/2018 12:28

I love Elise the most!

Boys from your list I like Lucas the most.

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