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I can't find an 'us' name

31 replies

Greeneyedgeek83 · 16/08/2018 22:51

As the title suggests, we are struggling to find a name for both boys and girls that we feel is 'us'. Come up with a lot of names we like but that don't feel like something we would actually choose or could imagine calling our child. The only one I am actually considering right now is the girl name Frances as it is the closest thing I can imagine to the type of name we would choose. We have two boys already called George and James. George is named after a grandfather and we loved the name and James is a name we liked mainly based on the nicknames. I guess from our boys names it would appear we are more traditional/old fashioned. I guess I am seeking help to actually find a name that fits.

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pouraglasshalffull · 17/08/2018 14:28

Otilie
Elsie
Emily
Lottie
Alice

Benjamin
Albert (Albie for nn)
Theodore (Teddy or Theo for nn)
Freddie (although I don't like Fred as a nn)

My granddad is called Francis (pronounced the same as Frances) so I am very put off that name from that!

foxtiger · 17/08/2018 14:23

I love Frances and I hope you stick with it for a girl.

The brothers I know called George and James have another brother called Charlie (officially Charles I think). I like the suggestions of Arthur, William and Edward too.

Greeneyedgeek83 · 17/08/2018 14:13

Thanks. I'm going to go through them all tonight x

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everythingsgoingtobealright · 17/08/2018 13:00

Sebastian
Theodore
Seth
Andrew
Oliver
Harry
Daniel
Charlie
Mark
Aaron
Finlay
Lewis
Jude

Georgia
Isabella
Scarlett
Isla
Sophie
Bronte
Willow
Rowan
Cally
Katie
Mirren
Florence
Poppy

Frosty6611 · 17/08/2018 12:32

William
Callum
Matthew
Samuel
Benjamin
Theodore
Oscar

Alana
Freya
Vivienne
Hannah
Abigail
Sophie
Iona
Genevieve
verity
Nicole
Carla

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/08/2018 12:28

Cedric
Victor
Wilbur
Raymond (Ray)
Neville
Norman

Emma
Ruth
Maude
Rose
Iris
Louisa

auntyflonono · 17/08/2018 11:43

William
Henrietta
Adeline
Emmeline
Laurence
Elinor

EachPeachPearRum · 17/08/2018 11:29

Elena, Helen, Lena, Elizabeth, Anna, Emma, Laura, Jane?

Icklepup · 17/08/2018 11:19

Eliza

pipilangstrumpf · 17/08/2018 11:12

I like Helena and Elena. I'm not so keen on Eleanor, I dislike the -nor part.

AuntieStella · 17/08/2018 11:07

I like Edward best of your boy possible, and would add Alexander, William and Rupert.

I like Helena, Susannah and Margot best of your girl possibles.

TatianaLarina · 17/08/2018 11:06

I’ve only heard Eleanor pronounced Elenuh. But some people on here pronounce it EleaNOR.

TatianaLarina · 17/08/2018 11:05

Edward would be my choice for a boy.

TatianaLarina · 17/08/2018 11:04

Of your list I like Helena, Martha and Margot.

AtticaRose · 17/08/2018 08:27

How about looking on some popularity lists and seeing what names are approximately as popular as the names you like?

There are also lots of threads on classic/traditional names.

I thought you'd be looking for names ending in "-us", and I can think of LOADS. :-D

bridgetreilly · 17/08/2018 07:58

I've only ever heard one pronunciation of Eleanor:

I can't imagine how else you'd say it. Like Elena?

AjasLipstick · 17/08/2018 03:28

Tess is nice for a girl.

WaxOnFeckOff · 17/08/2018 01:18

William seems a logical choice. Robert? Elliot? Guy? Miles?

Eleanor is lovely, if pronounce it Ell en or. Gabriella? Hester? Honor? Maura?

Goostacean · 17/08/2018 00:58

Evangeline, Margot and Frances are all over these boards in the last week! I like Martha best, from your most recent list. Beautiful, underused, goes so well with your other boys’ names...

Greeneyedgeek83 · 16/08/2018 23:40

I love Henry but it is OH dad's middle name and he didn't have a good relationship with him so he won't go for it.

How are you all pronouncing Eleanor as I love it but I know people say it differently?

Some names have been mentioned that are already on my list so I am feeling a little bit more reassured that they actually might be us names. Names like Helena, Susannah and Martha are on the list.

We had Frances, Helena, Susannah, Martha, Evangeline, Evelyn and Margot on the list and for boys Francis, Edward, Isaac

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AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 16/08/2018 23:24

George, James and...Henry?
Arthur?
Mark?
Samuel?

George, James and...
Margaret?
Nancy?
Martha?

AtSea1979 · 16/08/2018 23:24

Alexander
Oliver

Madeline
Harriet

Sophronia · 16/08/2018 23:23

Andrew
Alexander
Albert
Arthur
Benjamin
Charles
Christopher
David
Daniel
Edmund
Francis
Henry
Joseph
John
Jonathan
Joshua
Luke
Laurence
Matthew
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Oliver
Peter
Samuel
Thomas
William
Zachary

Anna
Alice
Alexandra
Beatrice
Catherine
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Emily
Emma
Esther
Hannah
Harriet
Isabel
Josephine
Julia
Katherine
Lydia
Louisa
Lucy
Matilda
Mary
Olivia
Philippa
Rebecca
Rose
Susanna
Sophie
Sarah
Victoria

jedishelly1 · 16/08/2018 23:21

Edmund
Alexander
John
Henry
Frederick
Michael
Nicolas
Patrick

Lucy
Alice
Elizabeth
Catherine
Sophia
Harriet
Victoria
Alexandra

Lucked · 16/08/2018 23:20

Michael
Alexander
Rebecca
Harriet
Helena

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